Suitt Starts Construction on Greenville County, S.C. School

Business Wire, Sept 16, 2003

Business Editors

GREENVILLE, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 2003

Suitt Construction Company has begun work on the $9.1-million Cone/Sans Souci Elementary School for the School District of Greenville County.

The new school, which combines Cone Primary and Sans Souci Intermediate, is being built on the site now occupied by Sans Souci Intermediate at 302 Perry Road. Construction is scheduled to be finished in mid-June 2004. When completed, the school will serve approximately 500 students, faculty and staff.

The scope of work calls for the construction of a two-story, 79,000-square-foot building and for the renovation of the 6,000-square-foot Sans Souci gymnasium. The first floor will house kindergarten, first grade, a media center, cafetorium and kitchen, as well as space dedicated to administration, guidance counseling, special education and the gym. The second, third, fourth and fifth grades will occupy the second floor.

The sitework includes a playground, sidewalks and a parking lot that will accommodate 70 vehicles. The cafeteria will have areas for food storage, preparation and serving.

This represents the ninth public sector project recently awarded to Suitt or under construction. Among the projects are five for the University of North Carolina, and one each for Florida State University, Longwood University in Virginia, and Pope Air Force Base near Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Suitt provides construction services to the public sector and a broad range of industries across the Unites States and in Mexico. Based in Greenville, it has offices in Raleigh, N.C.; Atlanta, Ga.; Birmingham, Ala.; Orlando, Fla.; and Providence, R.I.

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