Owner: Central Oregon Seed

General Contractor: Rob Birky

Contact: 541-475-7231

Details: After more than 30 years of operation in Madras, Central Oregon Seed — a company that cleans and processes carrot and bluegrass seed — is revamping its facility by adding new structures.

The expansion project involves Cascades Minerals, a subsidiary of the company that started operations last July.

Since last fall, new offices for Cascades Minerals have gone up in Madras. Two 30,000-square-foot greenhouses were finished last month, and now a 20,000-square-foot steel warehouse is under construction, said Rob Birky, project manager and general contractor.

Together, the projects will end up costing more than $750,000, said Scott Andrews, managing partner of Central Oregon Basalt, which does business as Cascade Minerals.

Construction on the warehouse started about a month ago to provide the company with more seed storage, Andrews said. The foundations are up and the floor will be poured soon, he said. He expects the building, located on Northwest Mill Street, to be completed sometime in August.

— Rachael Rees, The Bulletin