A school in Rockland, a condo building in Portland, and a clinic for Maine General Medical Center in Gardiner are some of the projects recently completed or underway.
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Sheridan Construction finished up the Mid-Coast School of Technology in Rockland on schedule, with classes starting this fall. Design is by Lavallee | Brensinger Architects. The 89,400-square-foot building, on 6.7 acres, with voters approving $25 million for the project. The new school is a project of the Region 8 Cooperative Board for Vocational Education, whose member Midcoast towns — Islesboro, Rockland, North Haven, Vinalhaven, Waldoboro and Rockport — send high school students to the Rockland school for career and technical education. Jake Barbour Inc. of Owls Head handled earthwork.
Wright-Ryan Construction is busy on the Franklin Street corridor in Portland. It’s building a condominium building, the 31-unit Verdant at Lincoln Park, for NewHeight Group at the corner of Federal and Hampshire streets. It is in the early phases of construction, with a 2020 completion date planned. For the Portland Housing Authority, Wright-Ryan has gotten the footings in for the Boyd Street Apartments, at 58 Boyd St., working from plans from CWS Architects. It will be six stories, with 55 housing units.
Last month we reported that Augusta-based Lajoie Bros. Inc. had been hard at work on three Ford dealerships in Maine. Joseph Lajoie, vice president of the company, now fills us in on some of the company’s other projects, in the Hallowell and Gardiner. In downtown Hallowell, it is building out the Liberal Cup’s kitchen expansion and patio. On Route 201 in Gardiner, it is building a new freestanding site for Maine General Medical Center’s Gardiner Urgent Care. It’s in the Central Maine Crossing development, within a mile of I-295 and across from Libby Hill Business Park.
Great Falls Construction of Gorham is the general contractor on Infinity Federal Credit Union’s planned, 3,000-square-foot Scarborough branch, which will cost $2.9 million and be at 35 Plaza Drive. Sebago Technics of South Portland is the engineer for the site. SMMA, which is based in Cambridge, Mass., is the architect. The branch will include two drive-up lanes, a 24-hour ATM, a coffee bar and a “distinctly Maine look and feel” of exposed wood and stone, Infinity said.
A team made up of KW Architects (of Wells), TPD Construction (Sanford) and Sebago Technics (South Portland) will be building Hancock Lumber’s planned lumber yard and kitchen design showroom in Saco. It will be Hancock’s fifteenth location. The 11-acre parcel, on Route 1, will have a 3,000-square-foot kitchen showroom and hardware store, in addition to a 30,000-square-foot lumberyard. It will open in summer 2020.
Ledgewood Construction of South Portland is building the Kate Furbish Elementary School in Brunswick from plans drawn up by CHA Architecture (PDT Architects), which has a Portland office. The 70,900-square-foot school, being built at a cost of $20.3 million, is expected to open for the 2020-21 school year.
Landry/French Construction of Scarborough is building a new Bangor Savings Bank branch in Auburn.
MDOT updates
In Waterford, Holden-based BMB Construction LLC will be replacing the bridge deck of the Horrs Bridge … In Livermore Falls, Sidney-based Manter Construction of Maine Inc. is the contractor handling culvert, drainage and paving work along Route 106.
