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30 Apr

Posted at 11:15h in News, Project Milestone, United Team

Tenancy has begun at 4141 Distribution Circle in North Las Vegas, one of our projects we’ve turned over with Dermody Properties after an aggressive 7-month schedule.

Justin Williams, who was project manager until handing off the project to Dane Horton in March, said it’s been a great project. “Thanks to the father-son team of Kerry and Colton Brock, the job went smoothly. We transformed a 20-year-old portion of the building with new finishes and systems, and we roughly doubled the warehouse space to a total of about 226,000 square feet.”

“Our expansion and renovation greatly increased the function and value of 4141 Distribution Circle, and helped re-position the building to a more modern and desirable warehouse/distribution facility,” said CEO Michael Russell.

The new warehouse is keeping Dermody Property representatives busy talking to interested tenants. In the photo above, you’ll see a shot highlighting the transition from the existing building to the expansion.

12 Apr

Posted at 10:19h in News, Project Milestone, United Team

“As Uline shipped its first package today from its new Reno Fulfillment Center, I want to salute the United Construction team that kept and met our promises. Uline, at nearly a million square feet, is one of the most complex and aggressive projects we’ve ever delivered. Uline required an intense amount of customer service, and our team did an amazing job of responding to Uline’s highly detailed needs and expectations.”

Strong words of positivity from United’s Operations Manager Casey Gunther, as we complete our work at Uline’s new facility in Northern Nevada and employees begin shipping out products.

Uline is the largest shipping supply company in the world. They have 12 buildings in three countries including Canada, Mexico and the USA. This facility is just over 900,000 sf that features three separate tenant improvements. The main office is nearly 16,000 sf while the separate Warehouse Managers Office is a two-story office structure.

Uline has extremely high standards when it comes to their building – those standards which are set by the owner Elizabeth Uihlein as they try to keep each of their facilities set up the same.

For instance, Nick Crawford, the Superintendent on the project, gave a few examples of Uline’s high standards of excellence:

  • “The entire ceiling structure was painted with three coats of paint! While we had originally allotted two coats of paint for each 100,000 sf, we ended up adding an additional coat of oil base paint to the scope. Uline accelerated the painting contractor by paying all the overtime it took. So this meant three coats of paint on the ceiling structure totaling over 3,150,000 sf of paint.”
  • “The facility has a lot of racking, as one would expect for a warehouse, with some of the racking requiring in-rack fire suppression. The facility has a large automated UPS conveyor system In the UPS area. It also has an automated shrink wrap machine for shrink wrapping full size pallets in their bulk shipping area. The facility is equipped with a unique Sackett Battery charging station. This Sackett system is a fully automated battery charging station with 120 battery capacity for warehouse equipment charging needs. Given the facility operates 20 hours a day, the demand for batteries is more then we have seen in the past.”
  • “This project also has a generator that supports full power back up. In case of a power outage the Uline facility can fully operate with no down time. These are the things that made this project unique and challenging for our project team.”

The new Uline center sits at 8800 Military Road in Reno.

03 Mar

Posted at 09:03h in News, United Team

United Construction is in design on a $25,000,000 clean room project, says Paul Laird, our VP of Preconstruction. Hamilton Company, a manufacturer of precision measurement devices, hired us to expand its campus to include a 68,000 sf multi-story, high tech facility. Hamilton is responding to a tremendous demand in their products, including syringes, needles and lab instruments.

While we’ve worked for Hamilton before, United won the project by providing a competitive budget estimate, beating out a national clean room specialty contractor, who has worked for Hamilton. “We are seeing more owners who want multiple contractors to provide competitive budgets. The new facility featured a competition, and we won the work because we had the best number.”

Paul is collaborating with local architects at FormGrey Studio to design the facility. Architect Kay Radzik, who formerly worked at United, is on the FormGrey team.

“It’s a tough, complicated project,” Paul explains. “We have a lot of challenges with the small site and the logistics of fitting in a tremendous amount of equipment in the given space. We will be working closely with the city to scope the project to meet their parking and landscaping expectations within the one-acre site. It will take some finesse to get this through permitting.”

In 2013 at Hamilton, United delivered a 13,200 sf clean room, which is shown in the image above, and a workshop in an existing warehouse. We have done other tenant improvements at the campus, including the total renovation of their parking lot in 2020. Currently, we have an important roadway project in permitting for Hamilton on Reactor Way.

13 Jan

Posted at 07:57h in News, Project Milestone, United Team

 

Digging the dirt today are Tina Iftiger, Chief Commercial Officer, and Darren Griffen, President/CEO of the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority along with Dassault’s Michael Montgomery and United Superintendent Pete Brunner. The ceremony marked the beginning of the expansion of the Dassault Falcon building at Reno Tahoe International Airport. United Estimators Greg Park and Jami Evanson supported the project through preconstruction, while the United team leading the project through to completion consists of Pete Brunner, Project Managers Casey Gunther and Robert Felstead, and Project Administrator Glady Robinette.

Designed by United Design Manager David Eckes with assistance from local architect Fred Graham, the 11,000 sf, two-story addition will feature parts storage, locker rooms, records storage and a second-floor training/event room, avionics work room, engineering, conference room and quality assurance department. United’s in-house architects designed the expansion. Completion is set for late June.

Dassault is a French based aircraft manufacturer of business and corporate jets. The United design-build team also delivered the existing building used by Dassault. United delivered it in 1996 as an aircraft maintenance hangar for Reno Air.

28 Aug

Posted at 15:08h in Project Milestone

United Construction was honored to help LUX dynamics celebrate the groundbreaking of their new manufacturing facility in Reno, NV earlier this month.

As the Design-Build Contractor, United Construction is providing in-house architectural design and construction management for the new 51,050 square-foot, tilt-up facility. The building will feature 28’ clear-height ceilings and a 5,724 square-foot mezzanine offering flexible expansion options. Click here to read more about this project. 

 

20 Aug

Posted at 11:05h in Project Milestone

Check out the recent slab on grade pour for LogistiCenter at Speedway in North Las Vegas. As the Design-Build Contractor, United Construction is grateful to work with Dermody Properties on this exciting project.

This building will feature 251,800 SF of available space (divisible at 24,300 SF), 32′ of clear height, 52 dock doors, 8 grade-level doors and 182 car parking spaces and will be ideal for warehouse, distribution and manufacturing operations.

 

LogistiCenter at Speedway, North Las Vegas, August 9, 2019 from United Construction on Vimeo.

07 Aug

Posted at 11:47h in News, Project Milestone

Reno-based manufacturing company announces groundbreaking of new 51,050 sf facility.

Reno, Nev. August 7, 2019 – United Construction is partnering with LUX dynamics, a Reno-based manufacturer of high bay lighting fixtures, to design and build their new manufacturing facility. The building will be located within blocks of the existing LUX dynamics corporate headquarters to further their exponential growth.

LUX dynamics was founded in 2008 by inventor, John McCarty, after he identified an opportunity to improve the design of industrial lighting fixtures so they would stay cooler, and in turn, last longer.  Their designs for high quality, longer-lasting products garner high demand nationwide among government agencies, NASA, industrial facilities, gymnasiums and even aquatic centers.

While LUX dynamics’ luminaires are frequently used in local facilities, the biggest driver of recent growth comes from government contracts for use throughout the United States. Their products are 100% made in America and engineered to reduce replacement costs – a winning combination that has LUX dynamics building for a bright future.

Construction for the new facility is scheduled to start immediately, with a groundbreaking ceremony Friday, August 16. (Click here for event details.)

As the Design-Build contractor, United Construction is providing in-house architectural design and construction management for the new 51,050 square-foot, tilt-up facility. The building will feature 28’ clear-height ceilings and a 5,724 square-foot mezzanine that offers flexible expansion options.

Michael Russell, CEO of United Construction shared, “We are honored that LUX dynamics selected us to build their new facility. There is something symbolic about building for an expanding, Reno-based company that nationally represents quality and ingenuity cultivated in our own backyard. Our industrial projects proudly feature LUX dynamics fixtures, similar to the ones that are illuminating NASA. They are manufactured down the street from our office – and that is incredible.”

With completion of the new facility, LUX dynamics will have capacity to expand their team of 48 to upwards of 100 employees. McCarty has great success attracting talent based on word-of-mouth. The culture at LUX dynamics has been carefully germinated around people’s genius; not their appearance.

McCarty is grateful for the support he has received from the northern Nevada community and would like to acknowledge Doug Erwin and Nancy McCormick with the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN). Also, as a long-time member of Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) Reno Tahoe, McCarty appreciates the support he’s received from them over the years.

He credits Christopher Mann of Community Ventures for being instrumental in finding and procuring the perfect site for the future of LUX dynamics.

Additionally, he would like to thank the team at Umpqua Bank.  McCarty claims, “Nick Butler, Nathan Wilkerson and Kevin Tappan have been especially helpful in getting this project off the ground.  They have proven to live up to their mantra of being The World’s Greatest Bank.”

LUX dynamics will continue administrative and R&D operations in their corporate headquarters located at 1350 Capital Blvd in Reno. For more company information, visit www.luxdynamics.com.

 

Direct media and event questions to:

Rachel Yelley, Marketing & Communications Manager

United Construction

ryelley@unitedconstruction.com

(775) 389-1739

 

05 Apr

Posted at 11:47h in Project Milestone

Attend the event, view invitation: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/berkley-groundbreaking-tickets-60837297996

Relocating operations from California, eco-conscious packaging company announces the groundbreaking of their new facility in Northern Nevada.

United Construction, Northern Nevada Development Authority, Storey County and Nevada Governor’s Office for Economic Development will welcome Berkley manufacturing company during their groundbreaking celebration on Friday, May 17.

Berkley’s new 80,472 square-foot manufacturing facility will be constructed on 12 acres directly across from Aqua Metals in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center. The building will feature an attached 4,400 square-foot, Class-A office. It is scheduled to begin operations late 2019.

Amid rising business costs in California, Berkley began their search to relocate a couple years ago. Proximity to current customers and tax incentives made Northern Nevada a standout choice.

ABOUT BERKLEY

Berkley recycles and repurposes corrugated cardboard, newsprint and paper to create molded fiber products which include packaging for wine, consumer electronics and other custom packaging solutions.

“At Berkley, every paper product in the office gets recycled to make molded fiber products.”

Founded in 2012, Berkley evolved from a small family business into an international company providing supply chain solutions for e-commerce, retail packaging and logistics. Berkley sources materials from local recycling companies and reuses contract packaging.

For more information, visit: www.goberkley.com.

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Direct event questions to:

Rachel Yelley, Marketing & Communications Manager

United Construction

ryelley@unitedconstruction.com

(775) 389-1739

18 Mar

Posted at 12:03h in Project Milestone

Congratulations to Bedrosians Tile & Stone on the Grand Opening celebration of their new showroom and warehouse in Reno, NV.

Shout out to Pete Brunner (United Superintendent) for doing a fantastic job. His grandsons think he’s pretty cool, too!

The new 53,000 sf facility features a state-of-the-art showroom, a 22,095 sf warehouse with a 5-ton overhead crane spanning 70 feet, and plenty of room for future expansion.

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.