Update, 1 p.m.: Common mistake, as Mark notes below: Not Eureka, Yreka. Despite doing two other jobs in the Humboldt County seat, the Millcon Group still got Eureka mixed up with our country cousin over in Siskiyou County. So, for now, the mystery continues.
Original post:
Resourceful blog commenter “James” has tracked down the evidence. The above image comes from a list of current projects for a Texas-based air conditioning/insulation company called the Millcon Group, which has been subcontracted by the general contractor, R&O Construction of Ogden, Utah. (The Millcon site also lists a completed project for St. Joseph Hospital and an awarded contract for the new Eureka Safeway on Harris St.)
Expect more info in next week’s Journal.
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Maybe, maybe not. A look at R&O Construction’s web site in their detailed plans for projects (accessible to registered users only) doesn’t show any Eureka projects. However, there is a Walmart project in Yreka. Wouldn’t be the first time that a geographic mistake of that sort was made. I’m still waiting to see for sure.
Not a local contractor? Walmart setting the tone right off the bat, how appropriate.
Regardless of which megastore it is, it doesn’t bode well that the plans are so secretive. If it’s going to be such a great thing for the local community and economy, why be so shady?!
Great point, rachel. Also, regardless of which megastore it is, it’s still a big box megastore fer cryin out loud.
Coming soon to Humboldt…less Humboldt.
Actually, walmart has been in yreka for many years now. You guys are a little late to the big-box party…
There are reasons not to use a local contractor for this job. One of them being most have no idea how to deal with a “big box” store.
It’s easier to deal with someone that builds them over and over again, has worked with the company, and has the crew to handle it.
In a place like Humboldt County, it would take every HVAC tech AND more to do one of these jobs. And if the store is already there, it’s a remodel or they are upgrading to what used to be called “Super” Walmart.