Union Labor To Build New Will County Health Building

(The following press release was issued Wednesday morning by Mack Communications.)

JOLIET, IL -As construction gets set to begin on a new $25 million Health Department facility for Will County, the Will County Board has entered into a project labor management agreement to ensure high quality, cost effectiveness and timeliness.

The county board inked the agreement with Three Rivers Construction Alliance, the Will and Grundy Counties Building Trades Council and Leopardo Inc. The new building is expected to be built in the parking lot of the old building, officials said. The new building is slated to be completed in the middle of 2020. A groundbreaking ceremony may occur this December.

“We want to make sure that the taxpayers are getting the best product for the best price and this Project Labor Agreement assures us of that,” said Will County Board Finance Committee Chair Mike Fricilone. The Finance Committee will oversee expenditures of the new $25 million Health Department Building.

The Will County Health Department is responsible for fostering a healthy environment in the county and for preventing the spread of disease.

“This new 60,000 square foot building will be a state-of-the-art facility that will help our health department achieve its overarching goals of providing for a healthier safer environment for all the residents of our county,” said Beth Rice, Democrat from Bolingbrook.

Will County Board Speaker Jim Moustis remarked that “this project is too big and too important to let any detail go unchecked for quality and cost effectiveness.”

Image of current Will County Health Department property via Google Maps