Library Trustees Accept General Trades Contract Bids for Market Street/Midlothian Boulevard Building Project

AUSTINTOWN (November 15 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) – In a special session Wednesday at Austintown Library, the Board of Trustees of the Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County accepted a General Trades contract bid of $2,460, 492 from The Murphy Contracting Company of Youngstown for the renovation of the building at the corner of Market Street and Midlothian Boulevard.

This was the second round of bidding for the General Trades Contract. Bids were previously accepted for all other contracts for this building project as follows:

Plumbing  Prout Boiler, Heating & Welding, Inc., Youngstown $217,500

Mechanical  York Mahoning Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Youngstown $159,100

Fire Protection  Fire Foe Corporation, Girard $84,650

Electrical  Geller Warden Electric, Inc., Canfield  $460,400

Casework Interior Products Co., Cleveland $266,159

Project bids came in well under the expected amounts. The total of all bids was $3,608,301, which represents a savings of $701,964 over the original published estimate of $4,310,365 for base bids.

The project will begin next week and is expected to be complete in 10-12 months.