Projects Tag

03 Mar United Construction wins $25M Hamilton clean room project

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 Dassault Falcon celebrates with groundbreaking

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 United Team Breaks Ground on LUX’s Manufacturing Building

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 LogistiCenter at Speedway Slab Pour

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 LUX Builds For a Bright Future in Northern Nevada

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 Berkley Groundbreaking Announcement

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 Bedrosians Tile & Stone Grand Opening

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 United Construction is Honored During Northern Nevada’s 19th Annual PINNACLE Awards

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.

19 Oct Catch the Action in Livermore

Posted at 09:06h in News

Check out the action as crews work on the site for Crow Holding Industrial’s new facility in Livermore, CA. Thank you to George Reed for sharing this video with us!

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05 Apr An Inside Look: 180K SF Industrial Building Conversion into Class-A Office

Posted at 14:06h in News

Sparks, NV. April 5, 2017 – United Construction is well underway on the first phase of converting a vacant industrial building that was previously a Lowe’s Home Improvement store into a Class-A office for Renown Health.

United Construction partnered with Renown Health and ZPD+A Architects to provide preconstruction services including preliminary pricing, mock-ups, expertise about local conditions/climate best practices and assisted in coordinating meetings with local planning and building officials to help facilitate the project budget and schedule. After partnering for the preconstruction phase of the project, and through a competitive bid process, United Construction was selected as the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) to complete the demolition and construction phases of the project.