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Jenkins-Essex Jobs in Progress

New Projects


Jenkins-Essex is getting started on several new projects in Central Kentucky.

We are proud to announce we are the General Contractor of the Meade County Public Library expansion. The new 7,300 square-foot addition includes a community room with a commercial kitchen and restrooms.

We have also been selected by Gethsemane Distillery as the Design-Builder for the Affordable Truss plant relocation. Construction will start in late November on the 30,000 square-foot manufacturing and office area in Nelson County. This will allow Log Still Distillery to reclaim their original property and buildings. 

Belgium manufacturer, Soudal is partnering with us for the design and construction of their new North American Headquarters office building in Elizabethtown. This state of the art, two-story, 11,000 square-foot facility is currently in the programming phase and actual construction is slated for December.

Jenkins-Essex has also been selected as the General Contractor for the new Elizabethtown Fire Station No. 2 with site work already underway on E. Dixie Ave.

Work Underway

We are moving right along with the new LaRue County High School football stadium and greenhouse project. The foundations and slabs have been poured for the new greenhouse and 1,500 square-foot concession stand. The new football stadium includes over 1,300 seats. The 6,600 square-foot greenhouse will have an aquaponics system yielding both produce and fish. 

The plant expansion at Altec Industries is in the fourth and final phase of the multi-million dollar construction. The project will wrap up in November.

Finished Projects

Agents and staff have moved into the new Hardin County Cooperative Extension Service Office. The 35,000 square-foot facility includes offices, meeting rooms, a conference center, a teaching kitchen, as well as a commercial catering kitchen.

The Central Kentucky Community Foundation recently moved into their new 10,000 square-foot office. The facility includes a modern meeting space and offices dedicated to the organization’s operations.

Completed projects also include the new Physical Therapy Associates’ athletic field house in Hodgenville, as well as the Bullitt County Cooperative Extension Service Office’s education building.

Additional Projects

  • Modern Planting Plant Expansion, Elizabethtown, KY
  • Cytech Products Plant Expansion, Elizabethtown, KY
  • WL Plastics Corporation Pipe Plant, Elizabethtown, KY
  • MeadWestvaco AGI Midwest Amaray Expansion, Elizabethtown, KY
  • Akebono (Ambrake) Corporation, Elizabethtown, KY
  • Baillie Lumber Co., Leitchfield, KY
  • Dow Corning Corporation, Elizabethtown, KY
  • E-town Laundry
  • Dana Corporation, Elizabethtown, KY
  • Greensburg/Green County Industrial Spec Building

Additional Projects

  • Big M Chevrolet Service Area Renovation, Louisville, KY
  • Kia Store Service Area Expansion, Elizabethtown, KY
  • Parkway Self Storage, Hopkinsville, KY
  • Kia of Clarksville, IN
  • Bluegrass Cellular, Bowling Green, KY

Additional Projects

  • The Cecilian Bank, Radcliff, KY
  • Breckinridge County Association for the Handicapped Phase I, II and II
  • Bullitt County Health Department Annex
  • Kensington Manor Nursing Home, Elizabethtown, KY
  • Women’s Recovery Center, Colombia, KY
  • Ryan Clagett Periodontal Office, Elizabethtown, KY
  • Metcalfe County Health Care Center

Additional Projects

  • Kentucky Baptist Children’s Home and Ministry Support Center, Mt. Washington, KY
  • Northside Baptist Church Addition, Elizabethtown, KY
  • Kentucky Baptist Youth Ranch, Elizabethtown, KY

Additional Projects

  • Transit Authority of Central Kentucky Building Renovation, Elizabethtown, KY
  • Kentucky Department of Transportation District 4, Elizabethtown, KY
  • City of Elizabethtown Fire Station #3

Additional Projects

  • Butler County Schools Renovation
  • Franklin-Simpson High School Addition
  • Barren County Schools Renovations
  • Hardin County Public Schools Bus Garage Renovation
  • East Hardin Middle School Renovation, Glendale, KY
  • Campbellsville University Women’s Village II
  • Caverna High/Middle School Addition, Horse Cave, KY
  • Campbellsville University Library Renovation
  • Pleasant Grove Elementary School, Mt. Washington, KY

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