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17 Dec

Posted at 09:01h in Community, News, United Team

Throughout the pandemic, 59 new and expanding companies persevered by making the move to call Reno their new home, bringing the region more than 5,000 high-quality jobs. These companies were deservedly honored at last night’s New and Expanded Companies Welcome Reception at the Peppermill, brought to us by EDAWN. United Construction and Dermody Properties were proud Co-Title Sponsors for this year’s event, and we had a lovely time celebrating the honorees and meeting new people in the Northern Nevada business community.

The reception was well-attended by business owners, elected officials, investors and other notable organizations. Thanks to EDAWN for a fantastic celebration!

30 Nov

Posted at 08:12h in Community, News, United Team

Today, November 30, is Giving Tuesday in the United States. This commemorative day happens every year on the Tuesday directly after Thanksgiving. As a company, United Construction proudly supports a local nonprofit with a mission to keep children safe and families together: The Children’s Cabinet. We have signed on to be social media ambassadors for The Children’s Cabinet, supporting their Giving Tuesday goals on our company Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages. In addition, our very own CEO Michael Russell has served on the Board of Directors of the organization for more than a decade.

Even the smallest donation can help a family in need, and 95 cents of every dollar donated goes directly to programs! We encourage you to donate today at: https://www.childrenscabinet.org/donate/

23 Nov

Posted at 09:21h in Community, News, United Team

“A development plan that started out with five modest-sized speculative industrial buildings turned into one of the single largest industrial buildings in Northern Nevada.”

These words, as stated by the Northern Nevada Business Weekly (NNBW), describe one of our major industrial projects, Park at McCarran – specifically the project’s significant anchor building. Northern Nevada is playing a vital part in the growing industrial industry, and Park at McCarran has made a notable impact within that industry locally.

According to John Ramous of Dermody Properties, “It’s the largest single infill development I can recall in the last decade. There just aren’t too many buildings like this.”

United Construction plans to complete the project by May 2022.

The NNBW published a feature story about the project, highlighting the involvement and hard work of both United Construction and Dermody Properties. Read the story here.

19 Nov

Posted at 09:05h in Community, News, United Team

Jami Fornelli, Sarah Schmidt and Alana Ridge – a few of our United Construction ladies – had a great time mixing and mingling with other women in the construction industry at the Nevada Chapter AGC’s Women in Construction (WIC) End-of-Year mixer. United was a proud sponsor of the networking event.

The event, which was held at GuiDenby Inc. office, was attended by commercial contractors, homebuilders, masonry firms, landscaping companies and much more.

More AGC and WIC events are coming soon – stay tuned to the AGC’s announcements.

Cheers to women in construction!

11 Nov

Posted at 08:58h in Community, News, United Team

United Construction is honored to celebrate the service and sacrifice of our very own veterans on our staff as well as those in our community and country. These individuals have dedicated themselves to protecting our freedoms, and for that, we are forever grateful.

Above, from left to right, are our United veterans:

– Kevin Abernethy, Senior Project Manager: Army
– Casey Gunther, Operations Manager: Marine Corps
– Mike Whittaker, President: Marine Corps
– Harlee Annis, Project Engineer: Navy

To all across the USA who have served and continue to serve our country, we thank you immensely. Happy Veterans Day from your supporters at United.

04 Nov

Posted at 14:52h in Community, News, United Team

Preconstruction Project Manager Greg Park was honored as the Associated Builders and Contractors’ 2021 Distinguished Member of the Year at today’s first-ever ABC Reno Recognition Awards luncheon at Wild River Grille. He has been involved on the ABC Board of Directors for about 15 years and continually goes above and beyond for the organization. Greg is incredibly talented in his work at United, holding more than 40 years of experience in the construction industry and 25 years with UCC. He excels in all things preconstruction and has successfully estimated several high-profile public and private projects. He is clearly well-deserving of this recognition.

Additionally, United Construction was given the 30-Year Milestone Award at the luncheon for being members of the Reno ABC chapter for 30 years.

Please join us in congratulating Greg for this wonderful achievement!

03 Nov

Posted at 08:30h in Community, News, United Team

Thanks to the support of our employees, partners, supporters and social media followers, United Construction has been voted as a Top 10 Construction Firm in Northern Nevada! This recognition comes from the Northern Nevada Business Weekly’s 2021 Best in Business awards. This annual awards program recognizes the companies and local business leaders that have had a vital impact in the regional business community. As such, we are among an impressive list of businesses, due to all of you rallying behind us. Thank you for being our champion!

Our Top 10 recognition, along with the many other great companies who achieved this award, can be found via this hyperlink.

30 Sep

Posted at 11:38h in Community, News, United Team

United Construction had a lovely time supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada (BBBSNN) at one of their annual Big Chefs Little Galas last weekend. We were a proud sponsor of the event, which raised funds for BBBSNN’s mission: “To create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.” During the pandemic, caring for our community’s children at-risk is even more important, and every dollar raised at the gala is going to help BBBSNN “match at-risk youth with caring adult mentors to help ignite, inspire, and empower their potential.”

Cheers to children!

22 Sep

Posted at 08:26h in Community, News, United Team

In recognition of their vast talents and commitment to our team, United Construction is honored to announce that two of our project administrators are being promoted, effective next Monday, September 27.

Carrie Dyer will be our newest Project Engineer, while Audrey Mackey will be our next Operations Administrator.

Carrie began her career with us in September 2019, exactly two years ago. First serving as a Project Administrator, she was integral to several of our key Northern Nevada and Northern California projects, including Swope Middle School Phases 1-3, Berkley International, LogistiCenter at Vacaville and more. With a wide variety of both project and operations experience under her belt, she is well-suited to be our next Project Engineer.

Audrey came to United in February 2020, right before the pandemic first hit, but that certainly didn’t stop her from hitting the ground running. Since joining us, she has been a driving force on many of our Northern and Southern Nevada projects, including Symmetrix, Distribution Circle, Reno Ice and LogistiCenter at Sunset Road. She will be a fantastic asset to the Operations team as the new Operations Administrator.

“Following our company tradition of employee succession, it was an easy task when it came to Carrie and Audrey,” said Casey Gunther, Operations Manager. “These two have displayed immense leadership in their positions here at United, and we are proud to welcome them into their new roles. We look forward to seeing them accomplish more goals and reach new heights.”

Congratulations, Carrie and Audrey!

13 Sep

Posted at 14:48h in Community, News, United Team

Today, September 13, marks the beginning of Construction Appreciation Week in the U.S. This commemorative week “recognizes the dedicated, hard-working men and women instrumental in the development of our infrastructure.” As a leading design-build construction firm in Nevada, we are proud United team members who have given our tireless efforts to many projects that have helped our communities, from public schools and community health clinics to distribution centers and aircraft services buildings. We will be featuring many of these projects, along with the teams that aided us along the way, throughout this week on our Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages.

From September 13-17, we encourage our supporters and followers to give some special thought about how you give thanks to your fellow industry professionals for all the hard work they do day in and day out. How do you give thanks for building?