Interior welding lab nearing completion at Utica Shale Academy

Contributed ALMOST FINISHED — Utica Shale Academy is nearing completion of its 5,000-square-foot interior welding lab located next to the current exterior lab at 83 E. Main St. in Salineville.

SALINEVILLE — Utica Shale Academy’s interior welding lab is nearing completion as officials finalize details inside the facility.

The lab, which is located next to the community school’s exterior welding lab at 83 E. Main St. in Salineville, features a 5,000-square-foot structure which will be utilized by the welding and heavy equipment programs. It will include 20 additional welding bays, a five-foot-by-10-foot plasma cutter, a pipe beveler and a work area for the heavy equipment program. Ground was broken in March during a ceremony including local and state leaders and construction officials afte