They also used a combo Topcon HiPer V receiver rover and base station and a hand-held or rod mounted Tesla data collector. They also had a pair of 40-ton (36 t) rock trucks, a Cat D-5K dozer equipped with Topcon 3D-MC² GPS machine control system. “We were given a month to get the majority of the site balanced and the new building slab area approved and ready for the footings to be dug.”įor the project, Dirtworks used three mid-size hydraulic excavators that included a Case CX460, a Hitachi ZX350LC-6 and a Hitachi EX200LC-5. “The project was to be started around the first week of May 2016, but we were able to start in April,” Johnson said. Dirtworks approached the site as a site balance project, utilizing the hill on the back half of the property for fill. The soil was sandy gravel with big rock and silty brown topsoil type material. But in order to fit the new bigger Fred Meyer store the site needed to be bigger. The majority of the job site was previously occupied by the grocery store. (50,461 cu m) hill that ran along the back and around the corner. The condition of the 10-acre site was flat with a large, approximately 66,000 cu. The store will feature more furniture, apparel and garden supplies, as well as expanded natural food sections. Plans call for the new Palmer Fred Meyer to give shoppers more of the full-line amenities found in larger Fred Meyer stores. That store opted to build a new location across the road too, on the other side of the Glenn Highway where the new Fred Meyer store is being built. The site had a small commercial building, which housed a grocery store until 2010. The company has also completed work for the Alaska DOT and Public Facilities. The residential and commercial construction company, Dirtworks, was started in 1989 and has expanded gradually ever since completing projects for individual residents to large, complex municipal and commercial projects. “The contract value for our work on the project was $1.9 million.” “We were sub-contracted, by ESI, to perform the civil site work, and site balance to include import-export, waterline installation, storm drain installation, sewer installation, and all excavation for the concrete foundation, sidewalk, and curb,” stated Scottie Johnson, project manager with Dirtworks, Inc., Palmer, Alaska. ESI concentrates on commercial construction, primarily for major retail outlets such as Fred Meyer, Albertson's, Wal-Mart, Staples, Home Depot and other big-box stores in all of the Western states. The big-box builder giant ESI or Engineered Structures Inc., Boise, Idaho, won the contract as general contractor for the Palmer Fred Meyer. The new store is expected to cost $20 million to $30 million to build, and is expecting to add 100 jobs. With the demolition of a vacant 30-year-old shopping center, the site was readied for the new 100,000 sq. It does far more business than most stores its size.” Our community can support a bigger store. When Palmer community affairs manager Melinda Merrill confirmed that Portland-based Fred Meyer plans to build a new store on the other side of the Glenn Highway from the current location, she pointed out that although the store was small it had significant sales volume. Recent scuttlebutt was that the store was so successful it was outgrowing its “small” space. The location is big enough to offer groceries and other items including a little clothing - socks, jeans and underwear. Fred Meyer is owned by The Kroger Co., one of the nation's largest grocery retailers.ĭuring the years, Palmer residents made peace with its Fred Meyer store. (6,132 sq m) - the Palmer store was built much to the chagrin of many locals who feared the end of their quaint, small-town community. Built about 10 years ago - and the smallest in Fred Meyer's retail network at 66,000 sq.
The fairgrounds are located approximately one hour north of Anchorage, which helps explain how Palmer and the fairgrounds can draw such large numbers.Īn indicator of how Palmer, which was established around a 1930s New Deal farm colony has changed, can be seen in the growth of the Palmer big-box Fred Meyer store. Come the end of summer, the annual week-and-a-half long Alaska State Fair, located in Palmer, can draw more than 300,000 visitors. Palmer, Alaska, has just under 6,000 residents, but as a commercial and cultural center for the region it draws visitors from well beyond its city boundaries.
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