October 15,2015 The Lovell Chronicle 3
Growing Bairco expands to new facility
BY DAVID PECK
A successful and grow-
ing Lovell company is ex-
panding with the construc—
tion of a new facility just
west of town.
Bairco Construction, a
specialty civil construction
company founded by Devin
and Stacy Bair, has operat-
ed out of the former Pacif-
ic Power/Rocky Mountain
Power office and yard in
Lovell for seven years but
has outgrown the facility,
co-owner Stacy Bair and
project manager Charlie
Cooley said Tuesday.
Alan Bair purchased
the building several years
ago after the power com-
pany closed its offices and
later sold the facility to his
son and daughter—in-law.
The current building
and yard isn’t large enough
to store all of the compa-
ny’s equipment, Bair said,
noting that the new 10-
DAVID PECK
cation two miles west of A need to expand has led Bairco Construction to
construct this new building
just west of Lovell near the Oasis Junction. The project should be
finished
Lovell on the east end of
the Cannery Road has 17
acres so Bairco will be able
to consolidate the office,
maintenance and storage
facilities.
“We’ve outgrown our
office space,” Bair said,
adding that the company
hires around 35 employees
during the busy season.
Bairco has sold the cur-
rent office and yard to Big
Horn County Fire District
No. 1 and will move in ear-
ly 2016 to the new facility
formerly owned by LD An—
derson Trucking and then
Warren Transport, most
recently owned by real es-
tate investor Joseph Cad-
del of Montana.
With the purchase Bair-
co gets the 17 acres of land,
1,300 square feet of office
space and 9,535 square feet
of warehouse space. Bairco
is currently constructing a
4,600-square foot office ad-
dition, which is being add-
ed to the current office and
warehouse facility, plus
a new 8,400-square foot
cold storage building for
equipment.
Bairco is acting as
the project general con—
tractor, and John Schnei-
der is in charge of quality
control and subcontractor
management.
Bair and Cooley said
the new facility is badly
needed.
“We’re in a position
now where we need to hire
Coat drive
BY DAVID PECK
The annual commu-
nity coat drive sponsored
by North Big Horn Hospi-
tal, the Lovell Area Cham-
ber of Commerce and Lovell
Inc. is under way, organiz-
er Janet Koritnik said this
week.
Those wishing to do—
early next year.
additional office personnel,
but we’re limited by the of-
fice space we have,” Bair
said, “which limits our
growth potential.”
“We have a limited
area for equipment storage
and to work on equipment
maintenance,” Cooley add-
ed. “The new acreage will
allow more material stor-
age and better access and
delivery of material and
construction equipment.
It’s a never-ending battle
to get semis pulled in here
and unloaded.”
Bairco Construction
has built a reputation over
the years for tackling dif-
ficult projects, perform-
ing projects for federal,
state and private custom-
ers in the Rocky Mountain
West. The company was
named the 2011 Wyoming
Small Business of the Year
by the Small Business
Administration.
Recent prejects have
included fish barriers for
re-establishing native
fish populations, missile
silo demolition and main-
tenance for the US. Air
Force, campground resto-
ration projects, National
Park Service utility proj-
ects, site work for the Mi-
crosoft Data Center in
Cheyenne, building demo-
lition including hazardous
waste disposal and a cur-
under way
nate are asked to drop off
new or clean and gently
used coats at the hospital,
New Horizons Care Center,
any Lovell or Rocky Moun-
tain school, the chamber of
commerce building down-
town and the Lovell Inc.
building any time during
October.
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A dazzling new interior is being constructed at the
new Bairco Construction building on the east end of
the Cannery Road two miles west of Lovell.
rent infrastructure project
for an arts center near Ab-
sarokee, Mont.
in Lovell
Coats will be available
for those in need during
November on Wednesdays
and Fridays at the Lovell
Inc. building across the
street from the post office in
Lovell.
The coat drive collected
around 350 coats last year,
Koritnik said.
Mail your application to:
PO. Box 31
Basin, WY 82410
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Bairco also works as a
general contractor for var-
ious projects.
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