Public works — prevailing wage, tax exempt; two-phase paving on a $40M facility build
When you are building a $40 million facility with the goal of earning architectural and engineering awards for excellence in construction, you do not hire the lowest bid. You hire the best bid within budget. That is the standard Krill held on the new Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District headquarters, and it is the standard Kingsway was selected against — best qualified bid, not cheapest.
On a project at this level, quality and communication carry the same weight as price. The paving was delivered in two phases. The base phase was completed at the very end of last season with the weather turning, placed while temperatures sat at 40 degrees and rising. It still had to be scheduled, coordinated and built correctly, and it was.
The surface phase brought its own problem. Several elevation changes in the curbing left areas that would have held water. Rather than tear out and reset curb, Kingsway was tasked with correcting the grade in asphalt — building the transitions so the finished lot drains clean and there are no puddles against the curb line.
With only days left on the schedule, Krill laid the foundation and cleared the way for our team to get in, get it done and get out: paved, striped and signs installed by the following Monday. When quality, communication and schedule all matter at once, a general contractor needs subcontractors who can deliver.
