Supply line issues have hampered the completion of work at the Clarion County Sorce Center.
“We are waiting on HVAC units,” county commissioner Ted Thran said during Tuesday’s commissioners meeting. “We just can’t get them…no one can. We ordered them eight months ago. The supply chain issue has bit us.”
The 50,000-square foot former Sorce building has been converted into an emergency management center, 911 dispatch center and other uses.
The 911 center was the top priority and that was finished earlier this year, but not all areas inside the building have been finished because of the supply line issues.
Tharan said Tuesday the holdup with the air conditioner supplies has delayed work on the conference center, voting register office and the office suite.
“We can’t put the ceiling tiles in the conference room until we install the air conditioning unit,” said Tharan.
Several other areas haven’t been affected because those materials were ordered a year and a half ago.
“The maintenance crew is working on the offices currently,” said Tharan. The office suite may eventually house other county offices or private enterprises.
Two other construction projects are moving forward.
Commissioners on Tuesday approved a contract with Bachman’s Roofing and Remodeling for the installation of a new roof at the Human Resources building at a cost of $125,694.
And the exterior brickwork at the Clarion district judge office is being completed, and Tharan said “that will pretty much finish that project.”
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