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04 Mar

Posted at 10:30h in News

On March 2nd, Dermody Properties and Locus Development Group as the project Developer team and United Construction as the Design-Builder were honored with awards for NAIOP Northern Nevada Industrial Park of the Year (Park at McCarran) and Industrial Build-to-Suit of the Year (Building 1 Ames). Since the NAIOP CRE Awards event was not held in 2023, the 2024 event was held to recognize projects completed in 2022 and 2023.

With the sheer size and scale of this development, United Construction people drove this project to successful completion over the 2-1/2-year project development timeline. This project was designed and built during the pandemic and broke ground just as supply chain issues started causing long lead times for various equipment and materials and the subsequent unpredictable material cost escalations.

Our deepest thanks and appreciation go to Locus Development Group (Joel Grace) and Dermody Properties (John Ramous) for selecting United Construction as their Design-Build partner on this remarkable project. We also thank the Ames, InnoPak, Candle Science and Fidelitone companies that occupied all the buildings as initial tenants.

Numerous United Construction team members who were responsible for successfully delivering these facilities deserve our utmost recognition include Audrey Mackey, Carrie Dyer, Casey Gunther, Jeremy Kearns, Chuck Brown, Dylan McAninch, Pete Brunner, Paul Laird, Sandy Penny, Catherine Bernauer, Chris Bennett, Keith Deutscher, Glady Robinette, Ken Rice, Leman Jones and Mark Byars.

United Construction has over 45 years’ experience designing and building industrial and manufacturing facilities, and for the Park at McCarran development was able to assemble the best project management/control team, consultants, vendors and subcontractors to successfully navigate and mitigate the project regulatory, permitting, schedule and financial challenges that were encountered on the project. This is what United Construction always does best, day in and day out for and with our customers.

Congratulations everyone!

01 Dec

Posted at 10:09h in News, Project Milestone

Stellar Aviation’s campus vision is becoming a reality at Reno-Tahoe International Airport. We’re thrilled to share the latest video footage from our Stellar Aviation project at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport! The first phase includes a 5,000-square-foot stand-alone FBO terminal building and 30,000-square-foot Hangar with a 5,000-square-foot attached office is reaching its final stages, with an anticipated completion date set for February 2024. Paving at the site was completed the first week of November, and interior finishes and final site and landscaping work are underway. United Construction is fortunate to have partnered with Stellar Aviation since 2019 to help Stellar Aviation deliver the initial phase of their campus commitment at Reno-Tahoe International Airport on a design-build basis. Our thanks go out to Stellar Aviation, Reno Tahoe Airport Authority, the United project team, and the subcontractors helping deliver this important and highly visible build.

View the project video here – https://vimeo.com/885802781?share=copy

05 Apr

Posted at 09:49h in News, Project Milestone

Congratulations to CAE on the official opening of your aviation training center in Las Vegas! The 150,000-square-foot facility is the first CAE training center to open on the West Coast and currently houses seven flight simulators, with plans for one more simulator to be installed in the future. This facility is expected to train over 2,500 pilots annually and has created 75 highly skilled jobs in the region. We were honored to be on CAE’s team for this project and excited to attend the ribbon-cutting celebration for the opening of this world-class facility here in Nevada!

27 Mar

Posted at 10:00h in News

We are honored to announce our CAE TI project has won a NAIOP Southern Nevada Spotlight Award in the Industrial Tenant Improvement category! Congratulations to CAE and our fantastic partners that made this project a success, including:

  • Dermody Properties (Developer) project team led by John Ramous and Jim Nass
  • The United Construction preconstruction team of Mark Duran, Keith Deutscher, and Paul Laird, and construction team of Dane Horton, Wendy Orcutt, Audrey Mackey, Michael Richardson, Chris Casanova, and Colton Brock
  • CAE Team led by Danny Neubarth, Ash Zare, and Jestina Mahon
  • Figurr / JL Richards Team (CAE programming Architect / MEP Engineers ) led by Keith Johnson Figurr, Rick Rubin Figurr, Bogdan Burzawa M/P Engineer, and Harminder Matharu Electrical Engineer
  • Forbes Linchpin Structural Engineers
  • The design-build contractors:
    • Helix Electric
    • Gallagher Plumbing
    • Air Design Systems
    • Shambaugh & Sons
    • Southern Nevada Drywall
  • Standout subcontractors – Southern Nevada Drywall, Helix Electric, and Air Design Systems

 

The CAE TI project is located in the LogistiCenter at Sunset Road building located at 6550 South Bruce Street, right next to the Las Vegas airport. CAE is a Canadian-based full-service commercial pilot training company with training facilities in over 35 countries. The 150,000-square-foot Las Vegas facility houses training/flight simulators, classrooms, and administrative support spaces. CAE started operations in the facility Q4 of 2022 and currently, there are seven simulators, with plans for one more simulator to be installed in the facility.

Congratulations team for winning this award and delivering this world-class facility here in Nevada!

08 Mar

Posted at 14:22h in News, Project Milestone

On 3/6/23 United Construction obtained the Certificate of Occupancy for the Hamilton Company Clean Room Project located on Edison Way. The Hamilton Company Clean Room Project consisted of a 3-story, 64,916 square-foot concrete tilt-up and steel framed structure with a state-of-the-art clean room located on the first floor. The building will include injection molding machines and packaging automation for medical-grade pipette tips. The capital investment for the building and equipment signifies Hamilton Company’s continued and significant investment in northern Nevada.

The Hamilton Company Clean Room Project was managed by a fantastic team of United Construction professionals that delivered the project under budget and on schedule. Construction of the project was led by Superintendent Nick Crawford and Assistant Superintendent Justin Brunner, Project Manager Robert Felstead, Project Engineer Harlee Annis, Project Administrator Yajaira Medina, Accounts Payable Ariel Mooney, and Preconstruction Project Manager Zach Caron. The Hamilton Company project representative was Brian Slenker who helped lead the project to a successful delivery.

Nick Crawford discloses “This project started with the razing of two older buildings at the site, then the construction of a new 3-story building on a tight land-locked site with an existing drainage channel running beneath it. There were numerous logistical challenges on this site, including lifting 90-ton concrete wall panels with a 330-ton crane on a very tight site, none of which would have been made possible without the great work of our United Construction Team and our local engineers, designers, and subcontractors”.

Michael Russell United Construction CEO adds “Congratulations to our team for obtaining the Certificate of Occupancy for the Hamilton Company Clean Room project! The new 3-story high-tech facility will support and enhance Hamilton’s development, manufacturing, and customization of precision measurement devices, automated liquid handling workstations, and sample management systems business. We are honored and proud to have been selected by Hamilton Company for this important design-build commission, and to deliver this project with Hamilton Company as our third major project working together, previously completing several other site improvements, building, and tenant improvement projects on Hamilton’s campus over the last 10 years. Thank you Hamilton Company for selecting United Construction for this amazing project, and the United Construction project team for achieving this huge project milestone.”

26 May

Posted at 09:30h in News, Project Milestone

The month of May marked an especially productive timeframe for the construction team at Swope Middle School. Site crews have reached completion or near completion on several aspects of both the interior and exterior of the new two-story classroom building and the existing classroom building.

“We are proud of the immense progress our team has made thus far at Swope,” said Casey Gunther, Operations Manager for United Construction. “This work is a testament to the dedication of our subcontractors, partners, and Washoe County School District.”

The roof atop the new classroom building is finished, and the building is dried in as well. The mechanical, electrical, and plumbing rough-ins are also substantially complete. Thanks to the quick work of our site crews, almost all walls and soffits are completely covered with drywall. Our team is now in the process of taping and texturing the interior walls, which will be followed by paint. On the exterior of the building, the areas in the north courtyard have been excavated for the six above-ground planters that are planned to be built. After the footings for the planters are poured, the forms will be stripped, and the concrete masonry units (CMUs) will be installed.

On the northwest corner of the new gym, the pad for the new chiller unit has been prepped for the concrete slab to be formed and poured. Crews have been working on the HVAC system in the attics of the existing classroom building after school every day, installing new duct work and mechanical equipment.

Concurrent with the physical work on site, United Construction has been meeting with their key subcontractors to plan the sequencing of all work planned to be performed during summer break.

Photos by Ryland Sweigard

28 Apr

Posted at 14:50h in News, Project Milestone

Students and staff at Swope Middle School are anticipating the completion of their brand new classroom building, as the site crews make notable progress witnessed by the Swope community.

“We are approaching new milestones that will help prepare us to welcome students and staff into their revamped learning space upon project completion,” said Casey Gunther, Operations Manager for United Construction. “We appreciate everyone’s patience and enthusiasm as we shape up the expansions and renovations at the school.”

In the new two-story classroom area, the on-site construction team is in the process of installing the new roof. Upon roof completion, the building will be dried-in. Crews have “one-sided” the drywall in several sections on the first floor and will continue this work on the second floor after roofing work is complete. After the building is dried-in, the team will be able to use a crane to install the new mechanical equipment onto the roof towards the end of this month. Additionally, all the metal stud framing is complete. Crews will continue to work on the rough-in of the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, and this process should be complete in the coming weeks.

Concurrent to the performance of the physical work on-site, United Construction is holding pre-installation meetings with key subcontractors to plan work on the existing classroom building. Their goal is to commence work that can be done before Washoe County School District releases for the summer, as well as the work that will need to be performed during summer break.

United Construction will continue to update neighbors with current construction information.

Photos by Ryland Sweigard

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 and the existing school at the same time. In the new building, the team continued with rough-in mechanical, electrical, and plumbing. They are substantially complete with the metal stud framing on the first floor, and the next focus will be the soffits and ceilings. On the second floor, the team insulated the exterior walls and began metal stud framing there as well.

Within the existing school, site crews are finishing the retrofit of the HVAC system. They cut a large hole in the gable at the front of the building to install new equipment in the attic. Additionally, they are insulating specific areas of the ceiling to increase the R-value, which is a figure that measures how well insulation resists conductive heat flow.

In the north courtyard, the team has installed the new sewer line that connects the new two-story classroom building to an existing sewer line. On the northwest side, crews also began the installation of piping for the new chiller.

United Construction will continue to update neighbors with current construction information.

Photos by Ryland Sweigard

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 recently been completed, and according to Superintendent Kerry Brock, crews are beginning the tie-ins for the sanitary, storm, and water systems. Up next, the team will start digging footings.

Below, the photo to the left features March progress at our North Las Vegas site, and the photo to the right highlights our Henderson project, also in March.