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Construction is under way for Consolidated Electric Cooperative's new home office. Located on East Liberty, next door to its current location, the co-op's new building will be the first Mexico business constructed using facebrick manufactured at Mid America Brick.
In business since 1938, Consolidated Electric Cooperative is a not-for-profit electric utility owned by the consumer members who use the electricity and other allied services it provides. Based in Mexico, CEC serves parts of Audrain, Callaway, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike and Ralls counties. CEC provides services to homes, farms, businesses and industry members.
The current building was originally built in 1952. Through the years, numerous problems throughout the building have developed. Despite repair attempts, CEC officials say the current office is in a state of deterioration and is posing significant health and safety issues.
"During the past year, numerous discussions have been held, studies and assessments have been performed and a cost analysis for the rectification of structural, health and safety issues in the current building have been presented. Based on these reports, the directors were faced with the decision of investing in extensive repairs and renovation of the current office, or construction of a new office building," according to a member-owner correspondence.
Work on the new structure started early this summer, and completion is expected in late February or early March of 2012, CEC officials said.
Although the exterior of the current building appears to be in reasonable condition, a facility study paid for by CEC indicates the following issues need to be addressed: structural damage to floors, walls, windows and doors due to water infiltration; high levels of mold inside the building, capable of causing disease and serious respiratory complications; poor air quality; doors and windows need to be replaced; electrical and plumbing systems are outdated and non-code compliant; the building is not ADA and building code compliant, the building functionality and space adjacencies are poor.
The new structure, a CEC spokesperson said, "will eliminate the environmental, health and safety issues present in the existing office building, plus provide our customers and employees with a nice place to conduct business."
Mid America Brick is glad to see local business come their way. The company recently shipped its first truckload of product to a company in Iowa. The construction of Consolidated Electric's new building is expected to use 47,560 Madison brick.
"We shipped a few orders to places in Iowa, Minnesota and Tennessee; it's nice to have an opportunity to serve customers in our hometown. Now, all the folks will be able to drive by and see our bricks for years to come," said brick industry veteran and Mid America Brick CEO Frank Cordie.
Construction is under way for Consolidated Electric Cooperative's new home office. Located on East Liberty, next door to its current location, the co-op's new building will be the first Mexico business constructed using facebrick manufactured at Mid America Brick.
In business since 1938, Consolidated Electric Cooperative is a not-for-profit electric utility owned by the consumer members who use the electricity and other allied services it provides. Based in Mexico, CEC serves parts of Audrain, Callaway, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike and Ralls counties. CEC provides services to homes, farms, businesses and industry members.
The current building was originally built in 1952. Through the years, numerous problems throughout the building have developed. Despite repair attempts, CEC officials say the current office is in a state of deterioration and is posing significant health and safety issues.
"During the past year, numerous discussions have been held, studies and assessments have been performed and a cost analysis for the rectification of structural, health and safety issues in the current building have been presented. Based on these reports, the directors were faced with the decision of investing in extensive repairs and renovation of the current office, or construction of a new office building," according to a member-owner correspondence.
Work on the new structure started early this summer, and completion is expected in late February or early March of 2012, CEC officials said.
Although the exterior of the current building appears to be in reasonable condition, a facility study paid for by CEC indicates the following issues need to be addressed: structural damage to floors, walls, windows and doors due to water infiltration; high levels of mold inside the building, capable of causing disease and serious respiratory complications; poor air quality; doors and windows need to be replaced; electrical and plumbing systems are outdated and non-code compliant; the building is not ADA and building code compliant, the building functionality and space adjacencies are poor.
The new structure, a CEC spokesperson said, "will eliminate the environmental, health and safety issues present in the existing office building, plus provide our customers and employees with a nice place to conduct business."
Mid America Brick is glad to see local business come their way. The company recently shipped its first truckload of product to a company in Iowa. The construction of Consolidated Electric's new building is expected to use 47,560 Madison brick.
"We shipped a few orders to places in Iowa, Minnesota and Tennessee; it's nice to have an opportunity to serve customers in our hometown. Now, all the folks will be able to drive by and see our bricks for years to come," said brick industry veteran and Mid America Brick CEO Frank Cordie.
