Pro Con general contractor for new Market Basket store in Manchester
The steel framing is underway and the concrete foundations are complete for the new Market Basket store located at the corner of Elm and West Auburn Sts. in downtown Manchester. RMD Inc. of Tewksbury, Mass. is developing the store for Demoulas Super Markets Inc. and the Market Basket stores. Prellwitz/Chilinski Associates Inc. of Cambridge, Mass. is the project architect and Pro Con Inc. of Manchester, N.H. is the general contractor for the project.
"The steel framing for Market Basket's signature towers is complete and 50% of the framing for the store's canopy is complete," said the project manager for Pro Con Inc. "We are currently working on the metal roof deck and building the exterior masonry walls. As part of the site work, the parking lot has been partially paved and new sidewalks have been installed along Elm St."
The new Market Basket store will be located on a 10.7 acre site that was most recently home to Rockwell Automation Inc.'s Allen Bradley Plant. As part of the extensive renovation project, Pro Con demolished a portion of the structure including exterior walls and the existing concrete slab. Pro Con is planning to recycle 95% of the demolished construction waste material from the former building, diverting tons of debris from the landfills. Pro Con began the demolition work in March 2011 and has scheduled an early spring 2012 completion date for the project.
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