We had a wonderful evening supporting the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows at their 43rd annual Cioppino Feed! Good times were had, delicious food was eaten, and fun auction items were won. It was great to see our community come together to raise funds to support the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows and their mission of helping the local youth in our community.
Our team was honored to attend Nevada Chapter AGC’s annual SIR and Construction Industry Awards Banquet which recognizes the construction community’s outstanding citizens as well as contractor, subcontractor, supplier, and design professional award winners. Thank you Nevada Chapter AGC for a wonderful event and congratulations to all of this year’s winners!
Washoe County School District hosted a ribbon-cutting celebration for the renovation and expansion of Swope Middle School! After the ceremony, friends, family, and members of the community were able to tour the school to get an inside look at all of the upgrades. The 3-phase project includes a new gym and basketball courts, a new 38,000 square-foot two-story classroom building, a new multipurpose room, a 5,300 square-foot media center, a new kitchen, outdoor courtyards, and renovations to the older section of the building including an updated HVAC system. Congratulations to the project team for all your hard work! Many students will enjoy these upgrades for years to come.
Congratulations to our Manager of Personnel Operations, Sarah Schmidt, for being selected as a winner of Reno Tahoe Young Professionals Network’s Twenty under 40 Award! This award recognizes people for their professional accolades and community involvement in our region. Way to go, Sarah!
More about Sarah and her involvement in our community:
Since 2019, she has been on the committee for the Art of Childhood, an annual fundraiser for the Children’s Cabinet. Each year, they begin planning the event almost at the conclusion of the previous year. They are constantly coming up with innovative ways to promote, fundraise and encourage participation to raise funds for an organization that makes such a large impact on our community. This year, they raised over $700,000 for the Cabinet, surpassing all previous records. She coordinates the building of a playhouse to be auctioned off at the event, this year selling for over $3,700. She also sits on two committees for the AGC, Women in Construction, and the Construction Leadership Council. Both groups do construction and education-based community service and fundraising for the greater Truckee Meadows Area.
Sarah is very active in our community. She has been a member of the Reno Rodeo since 2015. In April of this year, she was voted onto the Board of Directors, one of only two people in Association history to unseat a sitting Director. The Board of 50 oversees association decisions for the membership of over a thousand people. In addition to being a director, she serves as the Chairman for the 50/50 raffle, which donates funds to local charities for each of the ten nights of the Reno Rodeo. Since her appointment to the chair position, they have surpassed yearly records of tickets sold, with over $162,000 in 2022. In addition to the 50/50 committee, she writes for the Reno Rodeo magazine and serves on the Legacy committee which is dedicated to preserving the integrity of western heritage while pursuing a state-of-the-art facility for the Association and regional use. The time and effort dedicated to the Reno Rodeo is huge, but the payback to our community is priceless.
Happy 40th EDAWN! UCC team members attended the State of the Economy in Northern Nevada luncheon today, where we enjoyed celebrating their 40th-anniversary milestone and listening to presentations about the continued growth and success of our local economy. Thank you EDAWN for helping create a bright future for Northern Nevada!
Congratulations to our team members Leman Jones, Harlee Annis, and Robert Felstead for graduating from Nevada Chapter AGC’s Leadership Series training by BREAKTHROUGH TRAINING™’s Jeff Benjamin. The 8-module program took place over 4 months and focused on developing strong and effective communication skills and leadership skills and techniques. To celebrate this achievement, a luncheon was held and each graduate gave a 3-minute presentation before their fellow students and invited guests about what they learned over the course. Thank you Nevada Chapter AGC and Breakthrough Training for providing a great educational experience!
Our team had a fun night at STEP 2’s Jingle & Mingle Gala event! This event celebrates the work of STEP 2 and helps raise critical funds to support its mission of breaking the cycle of addiction and violence in families. We are proud to be a silver sponsor of this event and thank them for everything they do to help our community.
UCC team members Leman Jones, Jeremiah Bergara, Gladiss Hernandez, and Shelby Cox attended EDAWN’s Existing Industry Awards ceremony last night. From EDAWN “The Existing Industry Awards recognizes Primary Companies in the region for their outstanding contribution to our community in a variety of ways. A Primary Company is a private sector company in Washoe County, Storey County, or Fernley where the majority of the company’s revenue (>50%) is generated from outside the State of Nevada. The Existing Industry Awards is a great opportunity to recognize existing Primary Companies for their contribution to Northern Nevada.” At this year’s event a total of 56 companies were nominated for their valuable contributions to our community. United Construction is proud to be a gold investor for EDAWN.
United Construction is honored to be recognized as a Top Workplace in Nevada. Our employees are our greatest asset, and we are so proud you all love to work here. Congratulations to our wonderful employees that make United Construction the company that it is! And thank you to Las Vegas Review Journal for hosting a great awards ceremony luncheon to celebrate all of the Top Workplaces honorees.