Sheriff BJ Barnes welcomes Tony Stoneking, Operations Manager for Balfour Beatty Construction.  Balfour Beatty is building the new Guilford County Jail in Greensboro, in a partnership with D.H. Griffin Construction.  The site is located at the corner of West Sycamore and South Edgeworth street.

• Despite wet winter, construction is on schedule.
• Excavation now underway, encountering some unsuitable soil.
• This requires over-excavating approximately 25 feet.
• The “unsuitable” soil is not contaminated, just not suitable for bearing weight.
• Unsuitable dirt being taken to the firing range, for larger and safer berm.
• Steel pilings are being placed 25-40 feet in the ground.
• Excavation is finding many unforeseen utilities underground, thus minor delay.
• Heating oil tanks from long-ago homes, abandoned sewer lines are found.
• Over course of this project, 3,000-5,000 local hires will be made.
• Traffic flow in and out of the present jail is a challenge.
• Next week: Concrete pouring begins.
• Scheduled completion date: Summer of 2012.

Next, “Standing Up, Fighting Back” produced by the office of NC Attorney General Roy Cooper, presents information on consumer fraud and ways to protect one’s resources from scam artists.

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