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Officials Give Tour Of Construction Site

Posted by Paul Petrone (Editor), September 26, 2011 at 11:57 pm

Friday, Buildings and Grounds Director Jay Miner, Superintendent Jerome Belair and Project Manager Gus Kotait of O & G Industries gave a tour of the to a class of Coast Guard cadets majoring in civil engineering.

Kotait and Miner described several different areas of the construction, from the renovations inside the existing building, to the transformation of the football field from grass to turf to the new steel construction. At the end, the group asked Kotait questions about how he manages the $67 million project.

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