The City of Covington awarded a contract to Radius Construct to perform the work of transforming a warehouse space into the new home of the city’s public works department. Radius will begin its work immediately with an expected completion date of February 2022, according to interim City Manager Ken Smith. “It can’t happen soon enough,” said Chris Warneford, Covington’s public works director. “We’re going to have a bigger building, be able to house all of our operations under one roof, have a better ventilation system, be away from the transfer station, and be more centrally located as related to the urban core of the city. We’re excited.”
The renovated building will be subdivided to hold offices, the mechanics’ bays for the department’s fleet management division, a sign-making operation, and storage for equipment, tools, supplies, and vehicles. Among the work required will be the installation of more floor drains, a more sophisticated ventilation system, expanded electric capacity, and doors of various sizes, the city said.
Separately, public works employees are grading the site and building a slab that will serve as a foundation for the dome-shaped building that will house road salt for winter treatment. The salt dome will be built via a separate contract.