The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, August 5, 1996                TAG: 9608030226
SECTION: BUSINESS WEEKLY         PAGE: 05   EDITION: FINAL 
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DIGEST

CONTRACTS

Snap Contracting Corp. in Norfolk received a $525,000 contract for LS 2-4 reconstruction in James City. Snap also received a $813,700 for a less secure detention facility on Kecoughtan Road in Hampton.

Cochran Construction Co. in Hampton received a $565,700 for the Tidewater Detention Home security modification in Chesapeake.

Mid Eastern Builders Inc. in Chesapeake received a $1.6 million contract for a bulky waste building and conveyor and erection at the SPSA RDF plant in Portsmouth.

S.B. Ballard Inc. in Norfolk received a $2.7 million contract for Fire Station No. 1 in Norfolk.

- By Juanita Raisor by CNB