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13 Dec

Posted at 14:28h in News, United Team

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!...

03 Dec

Posted at 14:39h in Community, News

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....

21 Oct

Posted at 14:01h in Community, News

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...

12 Oct

Posted at 11:06h in News, United Team

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....

05 Oct

Posted at 14:04h in News, United Team

Cheers to 25 years! We had a blast celebrating Catherine Bernauer's 25 years of service with a surprise lunch party, enjoying her favorite Chinese food. Thank you Catherine for being an integral part of UCC and a great friend to every one of us. We truly appreciate your hard work, loyalty, and the efforts you put in each day. Congrats Catherine!...

02 Sep

Posted at 08:44h in Community, News, United Team

We loved seeing the kids smile and their eyes light up with excitement as they ran to play in their new English Cottage-style playhouse! Thank you to our UCC team for their hard work designing, building and delivering the playhouse yesterday to its new home, and a huge thank you to Shannon Keel from Grand Sierra Resort for winning the playhouse at the auction at the Children's Cabinet Art of Childhood Gala and generously donating it to the Summit Church. Many kids will enjoy this for years to come!...

26 Aug

Posted at 15:08h in News, Project Milestone

Congratulations to the team for being granted a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO) for our Swope Middle School project! To celebrate this achievement our entire site crew including subcontractors, as well as Swope Middle School teachers, enjoyed a delicious lunch from Butcher's Kitchen Char-B-Que. Two lucky crew members on our subcontracting team scored some YETI swag in a raffle as a special thanks for all of their hard work on this project. Students will be welcomed back on Monday for their first day of school! The 3-phase project included a new gym and basketball courts, a new two-story classroom building,...

23 Aug

Posted at 10:57h in Community, News, United Team

Our team had fun attending this year's Art of Childhood fundraising gala event! The event raised over $600,000 throughout the night to help support The Children's Cabinet and their mission to keep children safe and families together. We are proud to support this organization and all they do to help members of our community with many different resources, including one resource highlighted at this years event - free family counseling services. We are happy to announce this year's English Cottage-style playhouse, designed and built by our team for the live auction, raised over $3,700 for The Children's Cabinet. Stay tuned...

01 Jun

Posted at 15:30h in Community, News, United Team

United Construction Company (UCC) announces Sarah Schmidt as their new Manager of Employee Retention and Development, a newly-created position at the company. The promotion went into effect on Wednesday, June 1, as she receives her Associate Professional in Human Resources (aPHR) certification. Schmidt was the Executive Administrator at UCC for more than three years, with a decade of office management, project coordination, executive assistance, and employee development experience. She will grow upon her skills in her new role at the company. “I’m excited to mix my passion for employee and corporate development with my devotion to United Construction and its people,”...

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...