Built by union building trade workers,
Costco’s opens third store in Pittsburgh area

Costco Wholesale Corporation recently celebrated the grand opening of its newest store located in West Homestead’s Waterfront complex on Thursday, March 8, 2007. The 143,000 square foot structure was built by local building trade workers, with Whiting Turner serving as the General Contractor.

Like its stores located in Robinson and Cranberry townships, the West Homestead store offers a wide array of products and services, including food, clothing, automotive and household goods. It also includes a pharmacy and other amenities.

“Costco has been a supporter of local union contractors and building trade workers in Western Pennsylvania,” said Jason Fincke, executive director of the Builders Guild of Western Pennsylvania, Inc. “In an effort to show our mutual support and thank the company for working with the union building and construction trades’ industry, I would encourage our members to consider purchasing Costco memberships and frequenting its stores whenever possible.”

To prepare the site, approximately 50,000 cubic yards of slag and dirt were excavated from a 38-foot deep hole. Subcontractors that worked on the site included Century Steel, Wyatt Inc., Lagoni Erection, Friday, Costa, D & G Mechanical, Carl Taylor & Sons, Lighthouse Electric, Fayette Plumbing, Preferred Fire and Fisher Construction. The project was completed in less than five months.