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B U I L D I N G W I T H T H E A M E R I C A N S P I R I T: P E OP L E
P R OJ E C T S
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L E A P S LEARNING PRACTICUM for STUDENTS
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Since 1984, Barton Malow’s internship program, the LEArning Practicum for Students (LEAPS) has recruited top students from universities across the country. The LEAPS Program is an intensive and immersive, 12 week paid program that provides hands-on, practical experience in all areas of the construction industry. This summer, I had the privilege of participating in the LEAPS program as a Marketing intern. In addition to my industry research paper, presentation, and daily tasks, I was charged with the role of deputy editor on this issue of Marvels. In this capacity, I was responsible for planning the issue, coordinating and conducting interviews with the LEAPS interns featured in the issue, writing the associated articles as well as layout direction for the publication. As a junior and Communications major at Indiana University, my internship provided me the opportunity to apply knowledge gained in the classroom to challenging, real world projects. I am excited to share this year’s LEAPS Marvels issue. I hope you enjoy reading about our interns as much as I enjoyed learning and working with them. Katie Maibach LEAPS Marketing Intern
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LEAPS CLASS OF 2013 SCHOOL ATTENDING | MAJOR | PROJECT ASSIGNMENT | CLASS ELECTION
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ANDREW
BENJAMIN
NICCO
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY Architectural Engineering DTE Echo Wind Park Most Overdressed for Work in the Field
PURDUE UNIVERSITY CEM Program DTE Echo Wind Park Most Likely to Become an Iron Worker
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Construction Management Penn State Frear South Building Most Likely to Collaborate with Others
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Construction Management Daytona International Speedway King of Electronic Documentation
AURELIA
KEVIN
MAX
ABBY
PURDUE UNIVERSITY CEM Program Consumer’s Energy Karn Most Likely to be Wearing Her Hard Hat in the Office
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY Engineering Management Technology Preconstruction - BIM Best Bid Runner
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Civil Engineering Lake Central High School Most Likely to Lend a Hand to his Project Team
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY Architectural Engineering University of Michigan ISR Most Likely to Get Her Gloves Dirty
CAITLIN
TOM
MICHAEL
DANA
OHIO UNIVERSITY Marketing Richmond Marketing Best Performance Under Pressure
PURDUE UNIVERSITY CEM Program Estimating / Preconstruction Most Likely to Coordinate a Bid Package
VIRGINIA TECH Building Construction Virginia Commonwealth University Friendliest in the FIeld
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY Architectural Engineering Penn State South Frear Pushing Barton Malow Towards Paperless Perfection
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DYLAN
GRACE
ROB
CASIE
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Construction Management Michigan State University FRIB Quality Control Plan Expert
PURDUE UNIVERSITY Civil Engineering Fermi IARC Most Likely to Create a BIM Model
PURDUE UNIVERSITY BCM Program St. Joseph Hospital South Most Likely to be in the Field with his Tablet Working through BIM
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Building Construction Virginia Tech Quick Footed and Motivated On and Off the Field
SHEILA
RACHEL
JOSE
ROSS
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY Civil Engineering Wayne State University MBRB Most Likely to Run a Self-Perform Project Using Productivity in SAP
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY Civil Engineering Crittenton Hospital Most Likely to Gain Multiple Certifications
PURDUE UNIVERSITY MS CM Program Daytona International Speedway Material Tracking Extraordinnaire
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Civil Engineering GM Saginaw Best Problem Solver
STEVE
MIKE
AUBREY (left)
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Civil Engineering University of Virginia New Caball Hall Most Likely to Ask Questions
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CEM Program University of Virginia New Caball Hall Most Likely to be Found in the Field
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY Architectural Engineering Charlotte Knights Most Likely to be the Jobsite Mascot
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ROB HENRY
LIFE IN THE FIELD
“Barton Malow has great values and work ethic. Everyone that I met wanted to get to know me and had my best interest at heart.” Rob Henry
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Rob Henry, currently a senior at Purdue University studying Building Construction Management, worked this summer as the Project Engineer Intern at St. Joseph Hospital-South in Tampa, Florida. Having grown-up on a farm ninety miles east of Memphis, Tennessee, the strong work ethic and problem solving skills he learned motivated him to pursue a career in the construction industry. This year, Rob got a great opportunity to advance his career and apply his knowledge on a challenging project. His assignment was on-site at the new, $100+ million, 430,000 SF project at St. Joseph Hospital-South. Rob worked on quality management tasks for a medical office building and a patient acute care center. Working on a large healthcare campus is demanding and Rob gained fulfillment knowing that when the job is finished many people will benefit from treatment the buildings help support. Rob brought prior knowledge of Building Information Modeling (BIM) software that the team uses on a daily basis. This knowledge allowed Rob to adapt quickly and to make measurable contributions to the project. One of his goals included field inspections for the installation of rainwater
leaders to verify actual locations compared to the coordinated areas displayed on the BIM model. Rob also learned a lot about the importance of project safety. Reflecting on his internship, he commented on team safety. “I believe safety is always the number one goal on any construction project,” shared Rob. “It is our job as construction professionals to provide a safe jobsite for everyone.” When asked about his internship experience, Rob stated, “It was everything that I expected and more. Barton Malow has great values and work ethic. Everyone that I met wanted to get to know me and had my best interest at heart. It will be hard to find any other company more morally sound and enjoyable to work for.” On the farm, Rob enjoyed watching his hard work turn into something he could be proud of as well as working outdoors with people to accomplish shared goals. These interests along with Rob’s friendly personality and quality internship experience made Rob’s experience seamless this summer to break ground on a meaningful career and help the construction industry foster future leaders.
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ABBY KREIDER
EMBRACING CHANGE Barton Malow’s vision for the future includes being recognized as an organization compromised of selfconfident and collaborative people who embrace responsibility. Second year LEAPS Intern, Abby Kreider, studying at Penn State University, embodies these qualities and she is putting them to good use working with the project team at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research (ISR) in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Abby has always been an advocate for change. She shared, “I feel like it is important to step back and make sure I am always open to change. No matter what project a person is on, there are always elements that are constantly changing.” It was no surprise when Abby eagerly embraced an opportunity to be involved with a new project management tool. Barton Malow elected to launch new software called Mobile Field Manger by Viewpoint Construction Software to streamline the labor tracking process by directly
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linking it to payroll. This software eliminates double entry of data to reduce errors and accelerates the payroll process. Abby collaborated with company Systems personnel to launch the software on the ISR jobsite. As an early adapter, she then worked to integrate the Mobile Field Manager with other project sites to help fulfill companywide launch objectives. In addition to working on the new software, Abby also managed select subcontractors working at the Michigan Stadium, commonly called the “Big House.” Her willingness to take on new roles has been valuable to Barton Malow and the projects she has worked on. When asked about her experience this summer Abby stated, “It is important to me to continuously learn - with the wide variety of work at Barton Malow I am pleased that interesting experiences are always available.” Abby has demonstrated leadership and accepted new collaborative challenges. Her actions and attitude are a good example for professionals at any age.
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LEAPS MARVELS
S T E P H E N U N G E R L E I D E R + M I K E S TA N BA RY
PARTNERSHIP IN ACTION One of Barton Malow’s core values is partnership. But what does that mean to a construction company? For us, it means working together to advance mutual interests. For over 25 years, Barton Malow has worked on campus at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. We have built prominent projects on campus including the Replacement Hospital, Carl Smith Center at Scott Stadium and John Paul Jones Multipurpose Arena. We in turn support university programs and make it a priority to hire student interns and recruit graduating engineers. This summer second-year intern Mike Stanbary, Purdue University, and first-year intern Stephen Ungerleider, University of Virginia, worked at the New Cabell Hall renovation project. Mike worked with our superintendents performing quality control, punch list management, subcontractor management and field coordination. Stephen, a project engineering intern, worked on schedules, document control and, change management. Safety is fundamental to the Barton Malow mission, Mike and Stephen were actively involved with site safety at New Cabell Hall. They participated in safety walk-throughs to identify violations or hazards,
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attended weekly safety meetings, and had the opportunity to lead several meetings. Communicating with candor and appreciating the input of others are also ways we define partnership. With Mike in the field and Stephen in the office, the two worked together and played off each other’s strengths and weaknesses. “It was a good relationship. We both taught each other something, “ Stephen said. We also define partnership as building relationships based on trust and respect. As a second-year intern, Mike had increased responsibilities. “I get a lot of freedom to make decisions and solve problems on my own and then if I have questions and am hesitant about something, I’m more than able to ask whoever may be the best resource,” Mike said. Community service is another way to demonstrate partnership in action. Mike and Stephen donated time over weekends to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville. Some of the furniture removed from the project site was donated to Advancing Native Missions and Community Christian School.
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Stephen “Office Rookie” Ungerleider and Mike “Field Rookie” Stanbary
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JOSE SANDOVAL + NICCO BUFFONE
TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATOR Transforming the Daytona International Speedway (DIS) into the World Center of Racing requires world-class technology in every aspect from preconstruction to the final handoff to run lean and smoothly. The Design Build team of ROSSETTI and Barton Malow, two Metro Detroit-based firms, have been working with International Speedway Corporation (ISC), owners of the famous Daytona International Speedway, to completely transform the mile-long grandstand and 3.2M SF site into a brand new experience for fans, media, sponsors, drivers and operations staff. Working with the Applied Technology Team at the Daytona International Speedway Redevelopment project was the first task given to two first years LEAPS interns, Jose Sandoval and Nicco Buffone. Jose Sandoval, a graduate student at Purdue University Nicco Buffone, Michigan State University, joined the DIS project team during the start-up phase and were tasked with getting the jobsite technology up and running and getting the entire project team familiar with how to use it. Jose and Nicco worked side by side as they implemented iPad technology and software programs such as BlueBeam, DropBox, Prolog Converge. “There
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was a whole lot of team work going on,” said Nicco when asked about how they worked together while learning the software programs and implementing them at the same time. “We frequently divided and conquered” Jose noted while creating tutorials that jobsite staff are utilizing in order to learn how to implement the technology and software. Subcontractors are using the tutorials as well. Every drawing, request for information, submittal, safety form and more are connected using SMARTboards in the trailer and iPads in the field. The mobility of an iPad, allows the project team to access all documents in real-time in the field and is a life saver when the project site is over a mile long. Jose and Nicco both noted that working and learning all the technology on the jobsite was the most fun part of their job this summer. Working with these technologies have changed their mindset and now they both truly understand how important technology is. The upfront effort toward implementing technology makes jobsite run smoother and they believe technology is going to take over the industry in the coming years. Technology will also help Barton Malow achieve the goal of doubling efficiency by 2024.
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Jose Sandoval keeping communication on track
Nicco Buffone staying connected in the field
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AU R E L I A YA Z Z I E
ENERGY FOR THE FUTURE How do you hold a first-year intern’s attention through a summer filled with Requests for Information (RFIs), submittals, drawing log updates and mountains of related paperwork? Place her on a project that is nothing like what she was expecting. Seated at the mouth of the Saginaw River, the Dan E. Karn Power Plant is part of Consumer’s Energy’s Karn/Weadock generating complex. Barton Malow is upgrading coal-fueled Units 1 and 2 to improve overall air quality emissions from the plant.
shutdown, the new structures will be tied into the existing operations. More than the straightforward “four walls and a roof” that many people picture when they think of building construction, the new systems will route the exhaust generated by the plant through a series of mechanical structures and chemical processes, resulting in cleaner emissions from the facility.
Considered, baseload units, Karn 1 and 2 operate 24-7-365, generating 511 megawatts and have been in service since 1959 and 1961, respectively.
Communication of ongoing and planned activities between the trade contractors and plant operations is critical for a project of this nature. Field coordination meetings were the first order of business every day, covering topics such as safety, material delivery, crane activities and individual plant area logistics.
“Truthfully, I wasn’t sure what to expect coming into my first internship experience with a major construction company,” stated Aurelia Yazzie, Purdue University. “I grew up working in the construction industry, but it was all residential – nothing on a scale of what Barton Malow is doing at the Karn Plant.”
“Seeing the various trades interacting with each other at these daily meetings, and watching firsthand as their planning sessions came together with one successful field activity after another, provided me with a great example of how a project is built,” remarked Yazzie.
The Air Quality Control System upgrades being performed on Karn Units 1 and 2 entail building additional structures and installing process piping within an existing power plant – while still in full operation. During a separate three-month plant-wide
“Seeing it happen right in front of me helped put the volume of drawing updates, RFIs and submittals I tracked all summer into greater perspective.”
Aurelia working with the team to backfill foundations.
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Challenging site logistics provided Aurelia Nicco Buffone staying connected in the field with a great perspective of construction.
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SHEILA McLAUGHLIN
P E R S O N N E L
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TECHNOLOGY APPLIED • SHEILA McLAUGHLIN Sheila McLaughlin, Florida State University, spent her summer as a Project Engineer Intern at the Multidisciplinary Biomedical Research Building (MBRB) at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Sheila is a third year intern at Barton Malow, she as worked in estimating, preconstruction and project delivery. This summer she got to experience first hand how Barton Malow is implementing technology in the field. Cutting edge technology on the job equals efficiency, cost savings, and quality control. Sheila and the project team use it to pull up documents and architectural plans through Bluebeam and pull them up on the SmartBoard. Everyone on the Management team has iPads and they use Bluebeam software in the field to view documents. They use it to easily reference all of the projects drawings in a quick efficient manor. Sheila’s career as a LEAPS intern has evolved from estimating, to preconstruction, and most recently project delivery. She enjoyed the fact that her internships “progressed the way a project is developed.” Following that route she has learned how the level of communication and productivity increases with technology. WATCH THE MBRB PROJEC T PROGRESS VIDEO
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