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03 Aug

Posted at 11:11h in

  • Customer: Washoe County School District

  • Our Role: General Contractor

  • Size: 187,343 SF

  • Construction Schedule: 14 Months

  • Location: Reno, NV

Project Description

This 187,343 square-foot, environmentally sensitive school was built for the Washoe County School District. The new school prototype accommodates a maximum of 1,400 students and is comprised of five buildings, two of which are two-story plus two athletic fields. United Construction worked closely with the architect and structural engineer on the challenges and unique features of this first of its kind prototype middle school.

 

The school contains more energy efficient features than any other school in the district to date and uses ground source heating and cooling systems to provide heating and cooling to the school’s individual mechanical systems. A cool roof deflects radiant energy resulting in less energy required to cool the building. Skylights and day lighting windows as well as light shelves which bounce sunlight off classroom ceilings allow the building to be lit naturally thus reducing the amount of artificial light needed.

08 Jul

Posted at 10:17h in

  • Customer: United Construction

  • Our Role: Design-Build

  • Size: 12,250 SF

  • Construction Schedule: 8 Months

  • Location: Reno, NV

Project Description

The 12,250 square-foot, LEED Gold Certified office includes 2 interior courtyards, lighting control systems to reduce energy use, and recycled building materials purchased from local sources to minimize gas consumption. Each workstation features a window and roller shades allowing employees a view outside and control of their lighting.

03 Jul

Posted at 14:53h in

  • Customer: Nevada Air National Gaurd

  • Our Role: Design-Build

  • Size: 36,150 SF

  • Construction Schedule: 14 Months

  • Location: Reno, NV

Project Description

This project included the demolition and removal of two existing buildings and construction of a two-story, 36,150 square-foot building with structural steel and masonry bearing walls, with Centria metal panels, glass window and curtain walls, and barrel and flat roof components. Includes offices, operational areas, meeting & assembly rooms, and locker rooms. The building is blast resistant in both the structural system and the exterior shell and skin system and includes a sophisticated communications and data system capable of transmitting visual, written, and voice information to military operations throughout the world. Intelligence gathering and transmitting operations within the building are shielded to prevent electronic penetration by outside sources.

05 Apr

Posted at 12:56h in

  • Customer: PetSmart

  • Our Role: General Contractor

  • Size: 872,710 SF

  • Construction Schedule: 13 Months

  • Location: McCarran, NV

Project Description

New 872,710 square-foot distribution center that houses a 55,000 square foot fish distribution aquarium with 5,000 aquariums. The fish distribution area has 6” thick insulated interior wall panels for climate control, a fish testing laboratory, 1500 KVA generators for back-up power to the aquariums and the water for the fish tanks is reclaimed in a 10,000 gallon under slab tank. Above ground are seven 10,000 gallon water tanks that circulate 130 gallons of water through the aquariums per day.

02 Nov

Posted at 16:07h in

  • Customer: City of Fernley

  • Our Role: Design-Build

  • Size: 35,000 SF

  • Construction Schedule: 10 Months

  • Location: McCarran, NV

  • public works CMAR Northern Nevada

Project Description

This design-build project included the design and expansion of the existing city hall to a total of 35,000 square-feet. The building was constructed of cast-in-place concrete for the basement walls, masonry and steel structural system for ground level floor and roof support, and a steel and wood structural system for the roof.

05 Feb

Posted at 13:29h in

  • Customer: Rite Aid & Longs Drugs

  • Our Role: General Contractor

  • Size: 89,537 SF

  • Location: Reno, NV

Project Description

Construction of three Rite Aid stores totaling 51,279 square-feet and two Longs Drugs locations totaling 38,258 square-feet.

08 Jul

Posted at 11:04h in

  • Customer: Washoe County School District

  • Our Role: General Contractor

  • Size: 62,000 SF

  • Location: Reno, NV

Project Description

New construction for a 62,000 square-foot elementary school for the Washoe County School District. Features included a cafeteria, gymnasium, site improvements and athletic field.

08 Jul

Posted at 10:43h in

  • Customer: Washoe County School District

  • Our Role: General Contractor

  • Size: 150,000 SF

  • Location: Reno, NV

Project Description

This project included the construction of a new 150,000 square-foot middle school for the Washoe County School District.

05 May

Posted at 13:03h in

  • Customer: Sierra Nevada College

  • Our Role: Design-Assist/CMAR

  • Construction Schedule: 8 Months

  • Location: Incline Village, NV

Project Description

Our work on the Sierra Nevada College Prim Library is an example of working with an Owner and Design Team to provide the best value. When the original competitive bids were opened the project was $1,000,000 over budget. Rather than start over, the College engaged United Construction to work closely with the owner and design team to perform constructability reviews and value engineer components of the design to find ways to reduce costs without compromising the quality of the project. This collaborative effort continued throughout the duration of the project resulting in a library that maintained its original design intent, but was completed for 8% less than the Owner’s original budget.

03 Dec

Posted at 11:00h in

  • Customer: Harley Davidson

  • Our Role: Design-Assist/CMAR

  • Size: 100,000 SF

  • Construction Schedule: 13 Months

  • Location: Carson City, NV

Project Description

This three-story, 100,000 square foot call center and financial operations facility houses a 400-person call center. The project also incorporates a disaster recovery function that is real-time linked to other HDFS centers in the country, an employee courtyard, a three-story glass curtain wall, and three full floors of office build-out with a centralized communications and data processing center.