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Bids ok’d for water upgrades

Belmont County approved for millions for extensive work

Belmont County Commissioner Jerry Echemann and others accept bids for water system upgrades. A decision may be announced this week.

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Belmont County Board of Commissioners may award bids to extensively update the county’s water and sewer system this week.

Plans have been in the works since the county was approved for $9 million in loans and $3 million in grants for sewer upgrades, and $45 million in loans and $15 million in grants for water upgrades months ago. Commissioners J.P. Dutton, Josh Meyer and Jerry Echemann last week accepted bids for several water service projects. While some aspects of the project received only one bid, others attracted multiple bids.

Christman Constructors of Lansing, Michigan, was the sole bidder for construction of a water treatment plant to be located on Guernsey Street in Bellaire. Its bid was $26,973,000.

Water main replacement projects attracted bids from Bear Contracting of Bridgeport, West Virginia, for $3,613,275 for the first phase and $7,650,000 for the second; from James White Construction of Weirton for $4,396590 for Phase 1; J.S. Bava Excavating of Struthers, Ohio, for $3,093,950 for Phase 1 and $9,026,600 for Phase 2; Littman Excavating of New Martinsville for $4,261,827 for Phase 1 and $8,107,299 for Phase 2; Tribute Contractors & Consultants of Southpointe, Ohio, for $3,855,300 for Phase 1 and $8,465,330 for Phase 2; J.R. Contracting LLC of Bentleyville, Pennsylvania, for $3,300,000 for Phase 1 and $7,489,600 for Phase 2; Border Patrol LLC of Hopedale for $3,388,995.38 for Phase 1 and $7,359,081.69 for Phase 2; Glenn Johnson Inc. of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, for $3,727,515 for Phase 1; Pollard Land Services Inc. of Girard, Pennsylvania, for $3,389,875 for Phase 1; Stonegate Construction Inc. of Belpre, Ohio, for $4,252,550 for Phase 1; Pro Contracting Inc. of Lost Creek, West Virginia, $3,998,940 for Phase 1; Rudzik Excavating Inc. of Lowellville Road, Struthers, $3,245,045 for Phase 1 and $6,650,000 for Phase 2; Alex E. Paris Contracting out of Atlasburg, Pennsylvania, $3,293,680 for Phase 1 and $7,881,050 for Phase 2; and from Shelly & Sands Inc. of Rayland, $3,739,550 for Phase 1 and $7,569,100 for Phase 2.

A booster station project at Little McMahon Creek Road in St. Clairsville received bids from James White Construction for $1,690,000; B&B Contractors & Developers of Youngstown, Ohio, for $1,406,822; Ohio-West Virginia Excavating of Powhatan Point for $1,337,000; Ferri Contracting Co. of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, for $1,390,800; Border Patrol LLC for $1,256,552; Alex E. Paris Contracting for $1,588,800; and from Kirk Brothers Co. of Findlay, Ohio, for $1,463,000.

Meter replacements received bids from Zenner USA for $2,067,571.70 and Neptune Equipment of Cincinnati for $1,893,994.03.

A service building addition project received one bid from JD&E Inc. of Wheeling for $524,000.

Bids were turned over to Kelly Porter, director of the water and sewer district, and the Poggemeyer Engineering Firm for consideration and recommendations.

“They’re going to take at least until the next week to do a close evaluation and look at these bids and try to find a combination of the lowest bid, obviously, and the best bid,” Dutton said Wednesday. “It’s exciting we’re one step closer to getting these projects up and running against next year.

“Two of them only received one bid. Another only received two,” Dutton said. “Some of the projects there was a lot of interest in.”

Many are looking forward to the upgrades. The city of St. Clairsville is proceeding with upgrades to its water system with the plan to eventually purchase water from the county, once the county’s upgrades are complete and it has the capacity to supply the city.

Bids for sewer upgrades are expected soon.

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