Appointment setting for commercial contractors in Akron

A 193,000 sq ft plant (180,000 sq ft of manufacturing and warehouse space plus 13,000 sq ft of offices) in Brimfield Township near Kent, Portage County, where Kenda's Martin Wheel makes steel wheels and tire-and-wheel assemblies after moving from Tallmadge.

A newly occupied plant needs HVAC and electrical service contracts, sprinkler inspections, and recurring cleaning, and the 28-acre site has room for another 400,000 sq ft of building space that would bring new construction and paving work.

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A dual-school campus on the former Kenmore High School site in Akron's Kenmore neighborhood that combines Pfeiffer Elementary and Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts.

A new school building runs through mechanical, electrical, fire protection and roofing packages into 2028, then finish work in flooring and painting before students arrive.

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A phased buildout of the University of Akron's Polsky Building in downtown Akron for purchasing, HR and administrative offices, followed by the School of Counseling, bringing about 100 employees downtown.

Office and classroom buildouts inside an existing building are steady work for electrical, HVAC, flooring and painting crews across 2027 and 2028.

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A 9.25-acre expansion of the Akron Zoo with indoor and outdoor giraffe viewing areas, a concessions stand, gift shop and tower ride, the zoo's largest expansion to date.

Indoor animal buildings and visitor amenities need heating, ventilation and electrical work, and a 9.25-acre outdoor exhibit brings landscaping and paving scope through 2028.

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An expanded pediatric inpatient behavioral health unit on the fifth floor of Akron Children's Kay Jewelers Pavilion in Akron, growing from 24 to 30 beds with room for 40, and adding a crisis stabilization unit.

Behavioral health units need medical-grade cleaning and durable flooring, and room to grow to 40 beds signals more interior fit-out work for HVAC and electrical contractors.

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A new or partly renovated North High School in Akron's North Hill for about 1,100 students, with Hasenstab Architects presenting options from an $85 million, 169,000-square-foot new build to a $105 million to $110 million version; the 90-plus-year-old original building will be demolished under every option.

Whichever concept the board picks, a high school of 169,000 square feet or more needs roofing, fire sprinkler and alarm systems, flooring and painting, with a construction manager at risk now pricing the work.

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State capital money toward renovating Schrank Hall North and South, a pair of multipurpose academic halls in the center of the University of Akron campus, as part of the university's plan to consolidate into fewer buildings.

The university puts elevator repairs, roof replacements and interior renovations at about $20 million, so roofing contractors and interior finish trades are the main openings once the program is set.

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Conversion of the Quaker Oats silos at Quaker Square in downtown Akron into a hotel and residences, plus updates to the restrooms, kitchen facilities and roof of the neighboring Quaker Station conference center at 120 E. Mill St.

The state describes the work as addressing deteriorated materials and modernizing building systems, which in a hotel conversion means fire sprinkler and alarm work, new floors and interior build-out, while Quaker Station adds a roof job and an operating banquet venue that needs cleaning.

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Welty Development's conversion of the vacant 10-story former YWCA building at 146 S. High St. in downtown Akron into 115 market-rate apartments.

Converting a 95-year-old building to apartments means new fire sprinkler and alarm systems, flooring and painting throughout, with historic plaster restoration adding specialty finish work through 2027.

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A voter-approved bond program to renovate all 19 Akron-Summit County Public Library locations, including a $33 million Main Library makeover, a new Springfield-Lakemore branch and about $6.8 million for each remaining branch.

The first phase is roof replacement at the Ellet, Nordonia Hills and Tallmadge branches, closed until summer 2027, and the phased renovations that follow at the other branches bring interior construction, flooring and paint work for years.

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