A 9-month-old Spokane Valley company that designs and builds precast-concrete park and restroom structures says it is growing rapidly and is looking at developing a manufacturing plant on a yet-to-be-determined site here.


Weve been meeting with a couple of engineers, looking at three different options for a new building here in the Valley, says Nick Bianco, who is president of the company, Park & Restroom Structures Inc., and owns it with six other investors.


The company leases three acres at 7620 E. Spear, just north of Sprague Avenue and east of Park Road, where it builds the concrete structures, but the only enclosed space it has there is a job trailer.


Its seeking to exercise an option to lease three more acres of land there and might construct a manufacturing plant on the site, but also is evaluating other potential development sites, Bianco says. He says he expects the company to decide on a location and to firm up building plans by August and to start construction probably about a year from now.


The manufacturing plant probably would have between 16,000 and 24,000 square feet of floor space, but since its size has yet to be determined, the cost to build it isnt known yet, Bianco says. He says the company separately is considering acquiring a historical building in the Valley to house its offices.


The company had revenues of about $800,000 in its partial first year, and expects that figure to jump to about $3.5 million in 2007 based on the demand its seeing, Bianco says, adding, Weve already got over a third of that booked.


It employs 11 people, and Bianco says it probably will add at least several more workers within the next few months.


Were doing a lot with state parks, and cities and counties, and weve had a lot of interest from the federal government, he says.


The buildings that the company makes include not just restrooms, but also concession and utility structures. It offers restroom buildings both for vault toilets and flush units, the latter of which it equips with electrical wiring and for sewer hookups. The buildings are cast, assembled, and painted here, then shipped to customers. The company offers them in a range of floor-plan designs, colors, textures, and roof pitches.


Bianco formerly worked for 13 years at Spokane Valley-based CXT Inc., which has separate divisions that make concrete railroad ties and precast buildings. He claims he was largely responsible for starting the latter division and says he developed most of its products.