City News & Updates

Jul 28th, 2025
10:19 AM

Contract Awarded to Omega III for HK Porter Demolition
5 days ago
Posted by
 Krauskopf, Kevin
Contractors tour HK Porter site, June 26, 2025
Representatives of demolition and environmental contractors tour the HK Porter site on June 26, 2025.

H.K. Porter’s demolition will begin in the coming weeks after the Board of Public Works & Safety voted on July 21 to award the project to Illinois-based Omega III LLC.

At about $1.3 million, Omega submitted the lowest, most responsive and responsible bid among nine that were unsealed at the Board’s July 7 meeting. The City and Omega will work toward finalizing contract details prior to the Board’s next meeting on August 4, when the contract is expected to be presented for approval.

H.K. Porter is an abandoned brownfield site on Huntington’s east side. It had previously been a manufacturing site since the early 1900s. The City has addressed known contaminants at the site in multiple phases since acquiring the property in 2014.

A $991,000 EPA Brownfields grant will help pay for the upcoming demolition and site remediation. City funds will cover the remaining portion.