SCIO TOWNSHIP - It's beginning to look a lot like a union hall.

More than nine months after ground was broken on the new 18,000 square-foot building that will house Electrical Workers Local 252 and Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Local 190, working is rapidly wrapping up.

Office staff from the two Washtenaw County local unions are set to move into the building early next month. Managing the project is Rand Construction Engineering, Inc., a Brighton-based design and build firm.

Construction began last spring on the $2 million project west of Ann Arbor.

While not looking forward to the headaches associated with moving their operations, both Local 252 Business Manager Greg Stephens and Local 190 Business Manager Ron House said the new hall will be a big improvement over their current shared 30-year-old facility on Michigan Ave. in Ypsilanti, which has seen better days.

"It's really taking shape and we're looking forward to moving in," said Local 190 Business Manager Ron House.

THE NEW UNION hall for IBEW Local 252 and Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Local 190 will be open in less than a month. In front of the new building are (l-r) Local 252 Business Mgr. Greg Stephens, Local 190 BA Mike Kemp, and Local 190 Business Mgr. Ron House.