SARAA to construct $2.9 million equipment facility

The Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority approved and awarded three contracts totaling nearly $2.9 million to construct a snow equipment storage facility at Harrisburg International Airport.

SARAA is building the facility in partnership with the Federal Aviation Administration and the Pennsylvania Bureau of Aviation, the organization said in a news release.

“SARAA operates and maintains more than 30 pieces of snow removal equipment -- valued at more than $5 million -- that, when not in use, are kept at various locations around the airport,” said SARAA board member Timothy Tate. “Unfortunately, most of this equipment is stored outside, which increases maintenance costs and reduces long-term reliability. If everything goes as planned, our staff will move this equipment into the new facility in December of 2015.”

Contracts were awarded to: eciConstruction LLC of Dillsburg, general contractor, $1.72 million; Eshenauer & Sons of Harrisburg, mechanical contractor, $640,700; and Edwards Electric of Stevens, electrical, $507,590.

The 24,000-square-foot facility will be built on the western-most portion of the old terminal building site at the airport. The contract awards are contingent on final FAA grant approvals, the release said.

Source: Central Penn Business Journal