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Photos: Sevier County Chamber of Commerce Tri-Lakes Big Bass Festival in SW AR

The Sevier County Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual Tri Lakes Big Bass Festival in SW AR on Saturday, July 17 on De Queen, Dierks and Gillham Lakes. Chris McKinney of Hot Springs took home the grand prize.

Progress from the Construction Site of the New Sevier County Medical Center

The latest progress report from the Sevier County Medical Center construction site

PERSONNEL ONSITE:

• Four (4) Prime Contractors Onsite:

o Gigerich Electrical

o Bass Concrete

o Middleton Plumbing

o Car-Son Construction

• Three (3) Electricians

• Five (5) Concrete Workers

• Six (6) Plumbers

• Seven (7) Structural Steel Erectors

EQUIPMENT ONSITE:

• One (1) SkyJack Scissor Lift

• One (1) Bobcat Mini Excavator

• Three (3) Takeuchi Mini Excavators

• One (1) Dynapac Smooth Drum Compactor

• One (1) Backhoe

• One (1) Komat’su Excavator

• One (1) Caterpillar Excavator

• One (1) Bigge Grove Crane

• One (1) Gradall Shooting Boom Forklift

STORED MATERIALS:

• Reinforced Concrete Pipe (RCP)

• Polyethylene Piping

• PVC Conduit

• Rigid Steel Conduit Fittings

WORK IN PROGRESS:

1. Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP):

a. The SWPPP remains as previously reported.

2. Site:

a. Underground electrical risers are being installed as shown on E0.01 Electrical

Site, PR#005, dated 04-07-21.

3. Building:

a. Building “A”:

i. The south half of the slab has been poured.

ii. Structural steel is being erected at the northwest corner of the building.

Columns and some beams have been erected.

iii. Concrete footings are being poured at Grid H.7.

b. Building “B”:

i. The under-slab sanitary sewer piping has been installed. Due to the excessive rain the contractor has removed the excavated, engineered fill and installed SB-2 for the purposes of time required to aerate and dry the excessive wet material excavated from the plumbing trenches.

ii. Most of the electrical conduit has been installed; a few conduit risers and conduit runs to be stubbed out of the building remain to be completed.