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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!...

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 /...

Congratulations to our Design Partner, Van Woert Bigotti Architects, and our Trade Partner, Kemper Masonry, for the LifeChurch project being featured on the cover page of Concrete Masonry Association of California and Nevada's CMU Profiles in Architecture! Check out the featured article on page 4 of the winter 2023 issue of this publication. This phased project included a multi-purpose gymnatorium with a worship center and recreation court for basketball and volleyball, and a two-story child center featuring outdoor and indoor recreation areas, classrooms, and a conference/multi-purpose space. We are honored to have been a part of the project team...

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...

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!...

Stellar Aviation held a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the start of construction of our Stellar Aviation project located at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport! We are excited about this new facility which will help serve the demand for air travel as the Reno area continues to grow. The first phase of the project consists of a 5,000-square-foot stand-alone FBO terminal building and 30,000-square-foot Hangar 1, with a 5,000-square-foot attached office. The FBO building will serve as a terminal for private aircraft as well as JSX hop-on jet services. The FBO building includes a reception with open seating, a refreshments area,...

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...

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...

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!...