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21 Apr

Posted at 14:09h in Community, News, United Team

Our Operations Manager Casey Gunther and our Talent Acquisition Manager Susan Rowland recently participated in the Employer Support of the Guard & Reserve (ESGR) Boss Lift at the Nevada Air National Guard Base in Reno. The Boss Lift is a recognition event for employers (like United Construction) who support the United States National Guard and Reserve, and the event provided critical first-hand insight into why our support of employing Guard and Reserve members is essential to our national defense. As a part of the program, Casey and Susan had the exciting opportunity to fly in a Military C-130 Aircraft and...

11 Apr

Posted at 08:39h in Community, News, United Team

United Construction is officially a Top Workplace in Nevada! We are thrilled to announce that our company is a winner of the 2022 Top Workplaces awards program. In order to qualify for this program, companies must distribute an in-depth, anonymous employee survey to thoroughly analyze staff engagement levels, company perception, leadership efficiency, and many more critical points that make an organization function well. The data is in – and we are so proud to be among the greatest places to work in the Silver State. Congratulations to our wonderful employees that make United Construction the company that it is! All this...

08 Apr

Posted at 09:32h in Community, News, Project Milestone

Our Park at McCarran project and field team welcomed the NAIOP Northern Nevada Developing Leaders onsite yesterday for a tour of Buildings 1-3. We had a great time showing these young construction and development professionals the immense progress of the park, both inside and outside. They were a delight to have! Thank you, Developing Leaders, for taking the time out of your day to experience the Park at McCarran construction site! ...

29 Mar

Posted at 11:18h in News, Project Milestone

As the season of spring officially begins, site crews continue to take advantage of the good weather by making great headway at Swope Middle School. “It is exciting to see the swift progress happening at the school, and we only have greater milestones in store as we embrace spring,” said Casey Gunther, Operations Manager for United Construction. “Our site crews are continuing with framing, retrofitting, HVAC installation, and many other finishes within the new classroom building, which is getting closer and closer to completion.” During the Washoe County School District spring break, crews worked in both the new two-story classroom building...

25 Mar

Posted at 11:23h in News, Project Milestone

Crews are making great progress at the project site of our industrial 664,000-square-foot inventory facility in North Las Vegas. Superintendent Colton Brock is celebrating the fact that the pad subgrade is about 90% completed, and only 40,000 yards of export remain. Additionally, crushing for Type-II is currently taking place onsite. Additionally, swift progress is afoot at our logistics project in Henderson. Our work on this project will initially consist of two logistics buildings (of a four-building project). Building 1 will be 330,000 square feet, and Building 2 will be 265,000 square feet. Under-slab utilities for those first two buildings have...

11 Mar

Posted at 08:41h in Community, News, United Team

United Construction Welcomes Edward Morgan as New Chief Financial Officer CFO Brad Breach to retire after serving 35 years with the Nevada-based design-builder United Construction Company (UCC), a best-in-class general contractor and design-builder serving both Northern and Southern Nevada industrial and commercial markets, has named Edward “Ed” Morgan as their new Chief Financial Officer, beginning March 7, 2022. This announcement comes as UCC’s beloved CFO Brad Breach announces his retirement after 35 years of professional service to the company. Morgan joins UCC with several decades of accounting, finance, analysis, reporting, and operations leadership experience in Colorado, Northern California, and the Truckee/Tahoe region,...

06 Mar

Posted at 09:00h in Community, News, United Team

Here at United Construction, we are proud to celebrate the women who lift up our company every day, bringing us to new heights and reaching key milestones and successes. Happy Women in Construction Week (Sunday, March 6 - Saturday, March 12) to all the wonderful women who serve in the construction industry! Our celebratory video that we recorded for AGC Nevada can be found via this link. Featured from left to right: Carrie Dyer, Project Engineer Ariel Mooney, Administrative Assistant Sandy Penny, Accounting Supervisor Farhat Sameena, Architectural Designer Justine Lotz, Accounts Payable Clerk Gladiss Hernandez, Accounts Payable Clerk Sarah Schmidt, Executive...

02 Mar

Posted at 10:48h in Community, News, United Team

Despite supply chain issues affecting our industry, construction in Nevada continues onward efficiently and with confidence, as builders and developers help our state grow. Our CEO Michael Russell was recently a part of Nevada Business Magazine's Builder & Developer Roundtable with other Silver State construction/development leaders to discuss the reality of these matters and how the industry continues to overcome these obstacles. Dive into Michael's words of wisdom as well as insight from the other expert panelists in Nevada Business Magazine's Industry Focus article, which highlights the conversation at the recent roundtable....

01 Mar

Posted at 09:07h in News, Project Milestone

If you've driven through the Mill Street and McCarran intersection in Reno recently, you may have noticed a new structure tilted up at Park at McCarran. Our site crews recently finished tilting one of the industrial buildings, marking the completion of a major milestone for the project. Superintendent Chuck Brown oversaw the progress onsite and ensured the tilt-up commenced safely and efficiently. Drone photography done by Ryland Sweigard (along with a corresponding video) showcases this successful process. ...

25 Feb

Posted at 08:55h in News, Project Milestone

Site crews at Swope Middle School continue to quickly hit major construction milestones, especially in regards to the new two-story classroom building. “We are thrilled to be about a quarter of the way through with the final phase of the expansions and renovations at Swope,” said Casey Gunther, Operations Manager for United Construction. “Our team has been using the dry weather this winter to their advantage and making great progress, so students and staff can start making more use of their new facilities.” Site crews have completed the concrete masonry unit walls for the new two-story classroom building and scaffolding has...