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04 Nov

Posted at 09:11h in Community

United Construction was awarded the Big Legacy Sponsor recognition for partnering with Big Brothers Big Sisters to provide financial and volunteer support over the past five years. The organization serves more than 600 at-risk children in our community with safe, influential and one-on-one mentoring relationships every year.

United Construction was awarded the Big Legacy Sponsor recognition for partnering with Big Brothers Big Sisters to provide financial and volunteer support over the past five years. The organization serves more than 600 at-risk children in our community with safe, influential and one-on-one mentoring relationships every year. Impact of Mentoring – Rachel & Rachel
“As an employee of United Construction, a Big Sister and Board Member, I’m incredibly grateful for the continuous support from the company. My Little Sister, who is also named Rachel, and I will be sharing our match testimony during an upcoming fundraiser.

Here’s a sneak peek of our story… Rachel’s mom received up to a second-grade education and doesn’t speak English. As a result, she worked around the clock to support Rachel and her older sister and wasn’t able to provide much supervision during their teenage years. Rachel’s sister became a teenage mom and unfortunately didn’t finish high school.

Rachel is the first person in her immediate family to graduate high school and is now thriving as a TMCC student in her second year of college. I’m honored to be a trusted friend and mentor, helping Rachel overcome many challenges. Because of the BBBS program, I believe Rachel is well on her way to realizing her tremendous potential and breaking the cycle of poverty in her family.

I imagine the impact of our match multiplied by all the children in the program; it’s incredible to experience the shift that mentoring can create in a person, family, community and society. I’d like to express my sincerest gratitude to United Construction for their generous support of this transformational organization!”

-Rachel Yelley

14 May

Posted at 16:18h in News

RENO, Nev. — Northern Nevada’s construction community showcased its best work of the past year at the annual PINNACLE Awards, sponsored by the Nevada Chapter AGC.

The Projects In Northern Nevada Achieving Construction Leadership Excellence, or PINNACLE Awards program, was established in 1999 to honor the “Best of the Best” in Northern Nevada construction projects; recognizing construction leadership, excellence and community spirit.

Independent judges from the Utah AGC Chapter, measured entries based on safety, craftsmanship, challenges met, client relations, innovation and “green” building practices. Projects must have been completed during the 2017 calendar year.

General Engineering Construction and Building Construction projects vie separately for the PINNACLE Award in two divisions: under and over $5 million. Specialty Contractors vie for the PINNACLE in the over and under $500,000 $500,000 category.

United Construction received an award for Building Contractors under $5 million: Meeting the Challenge of a Difficult Job for the University Studies Abroad Consortium Annex.

Foot and auto traffic congestion. Unforeseen soil issues. Spikes in material prices. Such were the challenges, and more, overcome by United Construction in building the three-story, 11,631-square-foot office structure in the core of the University of Nevada, Reno’s main thoroughfare.

Situated on the west side of North Virginia Street across from Nightingale Concert Hall, the University Studies Abroad Consortium Annex presented United with changing land elevations that required exterior design adjustments, notably increasing the top floor by three inches to compensate.

Additionally, the site featured heavy clay soil that required mass excavation and the addition of a retaining wall with soil nailing and helical piers. United worked closely with geotechnical consultants to ensure that the retaining wall supported the soil of adjacent properties as well.

Then came a significant escalation in the price of materials, in some cases by 30 percent. One of the building’s interior finishes was to be a wood composite, and the cost swelled by more than $30,000. United worked closely with USAC the architect, Van Woert Bigotti, to find an alternative cedar product at a more reasonable price but with a similar visual impact.

Their teamwork shows in a the iconic stature of the final product which was completed in August 2017 at a cost of $3.8 million.

 

 

27 Dec

Posted at 15:32h in Community

Congratulations to TMCC student, Haley DeWitt, for being awarded the United Construction Company Scholarship. She is pursuing a degree in Architecture with a focus in Interior Design. The United Construction Team wishes Haley the best of luck during school and her professional design career.

Congrats Haley DeWitt

19 Dec

Posted at 10:42h in News

 

CA Team VolunteersMembers of United Construction’s Northern California office joined together with the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services to help provide people in need with clothing, blankets and household items. It was a heartwarming experience to help families in our community access provisions, especially as we head into the cold winter months.

Volunteering supports an important aspect of our Build United philosophy in giving back to the communities where we live and work. United Construction is honored to support the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services and their mission to assist those in need by alleviating their immediate pain and problems and moving them toward self-sufficiency and financial independence.