From water reclamation to new training centers, JEA goes to work on $10.2M overhauls
A few multimillion-dollar structural projects are about to get underway for JEA.
The utility service is going to spend about a combined $10.2 million at two different Jacksonville locations. Permits for the projects were approved this month by the city's Building Inspections Division.
The larger-scale project will be erecting a new warehouse along with stormwater system improvements, new process piping and other upgrades at JEA’s Buckman Water Reclamation Facility at 2221 Buckman St.
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This project will cost about $6.5 million and the warehouse will cover 3,200 square feet. It also comes as JEA recently broke ground on its massive new Greenland Water Reclamation Facility near the eTown development on the Southside.
For the Buckman makeover, JEA officials plan to relocate utilities and new lines for the first phase of a new biosolids building and new process area to handle an increase in the area’s population. The building at that location has stood since the 1970s.
Wharton-Smith Inc. is the contractor that will implement the changes that are expected to be completed in the summer or fall of 2023.
Meanwhile, the other permits approved by city officials will be at 10855 New Berlin Road near where the utility tore down the St. Johns River Power Park. JEA purchased a 6-acre parcel and existing metal buildings there in 2020 at the former Industrial Cleaning Technology business.
That project will involve renovation of those structures and turning them into training centers, said Simone Garvey-Ewan, JEA media relations coordinator.
“The renovations are to the existing offices, warehouse spaces, annex ‘carport’ building, and a new back guard house entrance,” Garvey-Ewan said.
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One of the buildings at the New Berlin Road site will cover 14,459 square feet while the guard house is 313 square feet, according to the permits for the $3.7 million project.
The new training centers are needed since the JEA Technical Training Department lost its original training space at the St. Johns River Power Park headquarters on Church Street in 2018, Garvey-Ewan said.
Auld & White Constructors LLC will handle the New Berlin Road work for JEA.
Additional building permits
50 N. Laura St, Unit 3300, interior demolition then buildout of first floor of offices and conference space for McGuireWoods LLP, 18,900 square feet, $3.5 million. David E. Harvey Builders Inc.
4751 Walgreen Road, remodeling of an existing building for conversion to a storage facility for True Storage Jacksonville, $2.9 million. Contractor Construction LLC.
11100 Domain Drive, new clubhouse building for Alluvium at eTown housing development, 3,715 square feet, $2.2 million. Smith McKee Construction LLC.
4291 Southside Blvd., installation of new modular front counter and self-order kiosks in the lobby area of a McDonald’s restaurant, 2,946 square feet, $369,475. Stansell Properties & Development LLC.
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3853 Hendricks Ave., tenant buildout for Millkster, $200,000. Ticon Commercial Inc.
10304 San Jose Blvd., interior and external renovation for TD Bank Mandarin branch, $157,000. ICS Builders Inc.
9940 Southside Blvd., interior remodeling of Starbucks coffee shop, 2,500 square feet, $150,000. Elfrink Custom Construction Inc.
8221 Southside Blvd., Unit 9, tenant buildout for Teriyaki Express restaurant, $147,000. Honest Construction Inc.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: JEA fortifies Jacksonville water reclamation facility
