Winning bid comes in a full half million dollars below budget price.
Demolition of four idle buildings on the site of the Paulsboro port project will begin in the next few weeks, according to Gloucester County Improvement Authority officials.
AP Construction, of Blackwood, was awarded the contract for the demolition work at a GCIA meeting Thursday afternoon.
GCIA Administrator George Strachan said this is “the next logical step in construction.”
An empty warehouse, maintenance building and cement structures are included in the demolition. Strachan said the demolition should begin in the next few weeks and is slated to end by spring.
Dirt is still being brought into the port area as a foundation. Strachan said permits are being finalized and once that goes through, general construction efforts will move more quickly.
“The Port of Paulsboro is starting to take shape and we will be looking to bring a general contractor on before the end of the year,” said Freeholder Director Stephen M. Sweeney.
The contract was awarded for $2,056,600 and is being funded by a bond from the South Jersey Port Corporation. Strachan said he’s “pleased” with the amount, since it was more than $500,000 below the construction cost estimate.
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