Business View Civil and Municipal | Volume 2, Issue 9

148 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 2, ISSUE 9 prim.com Primoris, Building America’s Future, Today. Formerly Cardinal Contractors, Inc. and Cardinal Mechanical, L.P. WATER SERVICES Licensed General, Underground Utility, Plumbing, and Mechanical Contractor Design-Build • CMAR • Pump Stations New Treatment Facilities • Pretreatment Rehab & Upgrade of Existing Facilities MECHANICAL SERVICES Chilled Water & Heating Water Piping Steam & Condensate Piping Pre-Insulated Piping Valve Vaults • Direct Buried Valves Specialty & Trenchless Installation over 3,500 proposed rooftops. “Most are single family, but there are about 110 multi-family condos,” Hines states. “We do have an application for 14,000 units, which are a combination of single and multi-family dwellings. That is a large scale, probably multi-decade project. Our building department is staying extremely busy with lots of activity.” Along with construction, the county’s biggest industries are agriculture, government services, and healthcare. Distribution and logistics are also becoming increasingly important. In terms of upcoming projects, DeSoto County has 10 applications for new businesses ranging from a Planet Fitness to a lumber company. There is also an approved development plan, currently in the investor stage, for a very large agricultural project. Hines can’t announce anything yet but did share it would be the first pectin plant in the United States. It would also mean more