The City of Arkadelphia issued 12 building permits with an estimated construction value of $3,862,600 for the month of March 2024. The year-to-date value of construction jobs in Arkadelphia now totals $5.5 million.

Records were obtained from the city’s Building Department under the Freedom of Information Act and include valuations of work except where omitted from reports. Here’s a rundown of permits issued in March 2024:

Union Pacific filed a permit to remove the platform and provide drainage improvements to the train depot at 798 S. 5th St. The work also includes altering the existing restrooms at the station, bringing them in compliance with the American Disabilities Act. The estimated construction value was listed as $3,780,000. 

Union Pacific announced in February that it intends to invest $3.4 billion in 2024 to “support safe operations, renew assets and grow with customers” across its 23-state footprint.

The contractor named in the filing is Centennial Contractors Enterprises Inc. of Charlotte, North Carolina. STV Group of Douglasville, Pennsylvania, is the architect for the job, and Arora Engineers Inc. of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, is the engineer.

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A communications tower at 726 N. 10th St. is undergoing repairs. Its owner, SBA Towers LLC of Boca Raton, Florida, contracted Ericsson Inc. of Plano, Texas, to remove and replace cell tower equipment for AT&T. The job will cost an estimated $25,000.

Another SBA/AT&T tower at 28 Red Hill Road is getting new antennas and RRUs, as well as a new ray cap and new lines. That job also cost $25,000.

A city-condemned home at 121 Clinton St. was demolished for an unlisted price. McKenzie Farms & Excavating, of Gurdon, was contracted to raze the 3,380-SF home once owned by Christopher and Angela Gray.

Other building permits issued in March:

329 N. 13th St., owner listed as contractor, demolish an 18’x18’ accessory building, $2,000

1318 Center St., Jack Keeling (Arkadelphia), shingle removal and replacement, $8,000

1108 Haddock St., Jack Keeling, shingle removal and replacement, $5,000

518 S. 6th St., T&D Holdings LLC (registered to attorneys Todd Turner and Dan Turner), sign installation on existing pole, $100

620 S. 12th St., Jeff Edington, demolish a 16’x80’ manufactured home, $4,000

2507 Yorkshire, owned by Stewart Properties, Patino Roofing contractor, shingle removal and replacement, $4,000

1034 Village Dr., owned by Stewart Properties, Patino Roofing contractor, shingle removal and replacement, $2,500

1013 Village Dr., owned by Stewart Properties, Patino Roofing contractor, shingle removal and replacement, $7,000