General Construction & Design Build Services Brochure

GENERAL CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN BUILD EXPERIENCE

“We were impressed right from the start by the quality of the C&S team. The depth of the team is pretty amazing. You literally have an expert in every field.”

—Tim McKernan Facility Manager, EJ

“It is very efficient to work with one company that handles the engineering, management, and construction phases of the job. It is very pleasing to work with a team that will get the job done right and who operates on such a high level of professionalism.”

—Dave Ozog Engineer, Revere Copper Products, Inc.

“C&S has met and exceeded our expectations through every step of this project, from conception through design and construction. Work was completed on time and within budget, even with many challenges and hurdles to overcome.”

—Tim Hardy General Manager, Sunoco

ABOUT C&S

AN INTEGRATED TEAM OF EXPERTS For more than fifty years, C&S has

put your needs and concerns at the

deliver the best solutions to each client.

focused on improving the world around

forefront, focusing on client satisfaction

We are as proficient at complex, diverse,

us. Our versatile group of experts work

throughout the process. The diversity

multimillion-dollar projects as we are at

as an integrated team, identifying and

of our abilities is unique in our industry,

small projects involving only one trade.

implementing well-rounded, compre-

enabling us to support an incredible

Coordinating projects from inception

hensive, and resilient solutions. Working

range of project types and specialties.

through construction provides a continu-

together, we plan, design, construct,

We can streamline the delivery of even

ity of service that our clients rely on. C&S

and maintain the built and natural

the most complicated multi-discipline

uses state-of-the-art equipment, and the

environment. Our staff of more than

projects by drawing on our significant

latest technologies to deliver tomorrow’s

500 has the expertise to handle almost

in-house resources. Our experts collab-

solutions to you today.

any challenge. The professionals at C&S

orate and combine their knowledge to

C&S CONSTRUCTION FULL DELIVERY DESIGN-BUILD SERVICES

C&S Companies is known nationwide for extensive full delivery design-build services.

Our Upstate New York general contracting team has a combined experience of over 50 years working in the Upstate New York community on a variety of commercial, industrial, mixed use and retail type projects. With our in-house design and construction professional resources we can streamline the delivery of everything from small renovations and additions to major reconstruction and large scale buildings from the ground up. Clients across the country have trusted C&S time and time again to deliver and achieve their critical project goals. With extensive engineering, and construction expertise all under one roof, Our approach is founded on the integrated project delivery (IPD) method, a true design-build approach that focuses on collaboration among all design and construction team members and the owner from the beginning of the project. By bringing together experts in all trades and phases early on, expectations are met, efficiency is improved, waste is reduced, and costs and schedule can be more accurately predicted and controlled. Because the IPD process focuses on full team interaction and a steadily evolving progression of the project, more well-rounded solutions are developed. C&S also exemplifies a high level of safety for all of projects and has won several awards and received recognition for our design and construction services. Some of the national association that we have received awards from include CMAA, AGC, ACEC, and DBIA.

C&S DESIGN BUILD PROJECTS WAREHOUSE/FABRICATION FACILITY

To support our growing construction business and better serve clients, C&S designed, managed, and constructed a 25,000-square-foot fabrication and warehouse facility. The pre-engineered metal building includes a 5,000-square-foot office area for construction support services personnel and company-wide record storage, and a 20,000-square-foot open floor area for equipment storage and fabrication. The dedicated fabrication facility has provisions for welding fume exhaust, as well a 10-ton overhead crane for loading/unloading of material and equipment. Outdoor storage areas for material and equipment are protected with a card access operated gate. The project was designed and constructed in 10 months and is located within Hancock Air Park, near C&S’s headquarters. The overall project cost was $3,500,000.

OFFICE AND MANUFACTURING SPACE C&S was the general contractor and design professional for the new 70,000-square-foot EJ Facility in Upstate NY. After outgrowing their existing facility, C&S was selected to provide preliminary engineering services, wetland permitting,detailed design, and construction services. The new facility consolidates manufacturing, engineering, sales and distribution operations, leading to improved efficiencies. It consists of a 70,000-square-foot fabrication space and a two story office building EJ is the global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of access solutions for the world’s growing infra-structure (water and sewer, drainage, telecommunication, and utility projects).

DESIGN BUILD BUILDING ADDITION G.A. Braun, Inc., is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of commercial and industrial laundry equipment. C&S was the design-builder for a 100,000-square-foot addition to their existing manufacturing facility. The project also included a 2,000-square-foot new multi-purpose room, with an attached outdoor patio on their existing administrative area. The scope of work consisted of new driveways, parking areas, loading docks, site and infrastructure improvements, a new pre-engineered building, a new multi-purpose room with moveable partitions, and mechanical and electrical upgrades. The warehouse features a large American flag, the proceeds from which supports wounded veterans. The expansion supports G.A. Braun’s strategic domestic and international business growth initiatives.

MALT HOUSE DESIGN AND BUILD C&S constructed a 40,000-square-foot 1886 malt house at Sunoco’s biofuel plant in Fulton, NY. The new malt house, with a 60-ton per week capacity, is the largest of its kind east of the Mississippi river.

The design employed new German malting technology and innovative grain handling systems. Working collectively with the Sunoco team, C&S developed a comprehensive process design that allowed the operators to produce specialized malted barley. The malt house design included new or upgraded utilities, HVAC systems, six-drum schulz malting system with the process piping, raw grain storage and handling, chemistry lab and control room, robotic fully automatic grain packaging system, motor control center, dust collection system, fire protection system, access platforms, tempered water system, and steeping system. The process is housed in a newly refurbished building that was previously used to house mechanical equipment.

Consequently, new concrete floors and a new roof were installed. The walls were completely stripped and repainted. All new electrical service and lighting was incorporated. New floor drains and HVAC roof top units were installed. A 10,000-square-foot palletized product storage room was created that employed three tier racking and humidity control. New offices, bathrooms, and a conference room were design and constructed. The project scope include a complete redesign of the building interior. C&S provided construction management to implement the CM-at-risk agreement with Sunoco. This project, with a construction cost of more than $15 million, involved the services of dozens of contractors and vendors.

OFFICE TENANT IMPROVEMENT C&S completed the design and construction of our own San

general contracting required for completing the build. The new

Diego office expansion. C&S’s San Diego branch outgrew their

space has new and innovative architectural features that were

old space and in 2018 expanded into a 10,000-square-foot

designed and constructed by our in-house staff. Collabora-

office in Mission Valley. The tenant improvement project includ-

tion space was a major part of the overall design, including a

ed complete demolition of the old space in order to prepare

multipurpose room with glass garage doors that open or close

for the new build. The existing space was two separate suites

in the kitchen space to give maximum flexibility when holding

that we combined into one large suite to fit our growing staff.

meetings or hosting events.

C&S performed the full design and permitting as well as the

“C&S was a pleasure to work with during the build-out of the 3rd floor space at Mission City Corporate Center. The team maintained excellent communication with our staff on all fronts, which allowed the project to run smoothly from start to finish.

Despite continuous challenges from the Planning Department, C&S found ways to get the job done as quickly as possible, and stay ahead of any tenant impacts to their neighbors. Looking forward to working with C&S on future projects.”

—Jason G. Hunking, Senior Project Manager, CBRE

CLEANROOM EXPANSION DESIGN AND BUILD INFICON, Inc., is an international manu-

ceiling-mounted fan filter units that also

support systems are conditioned with

facturer of highly specialized gas instru-

provide HEPA filtration (99.99% efficient).

water source heat pumps. The heat

mentation devices. C&S designed and

The plenum space above the cleanroom

pumps have an outdoor closed circuit

built an 18,500-square-foot ISO 7, Class

is used as the return air path. The wall

cooler to reject heat in the summer and

10,000 cleanroom and provided MEP

systems are four-inch-thick modular

high-efficiency natural boilers to add

design for a 40,000-square-foot product

aluminum type. Return air chases are

heat in the winter. Automatic DDC-type

warehouse, most of which is an ISO 8,

aluminum panels similar to the wall sys-

temperature controls support the entire

Class 100,000 cleanroom. The clean-

tem. Within the wall cavity and the return

facility. Room particle monitoring is

rooms are three distinct spaces, so each

air chases, there are various inert gas

incorporated into the DDC system for

space has its own individual rooftop unit

piping and electrical service drops. The

ease of validating. Each cleanroom also

that provides the necessary temperature

ceiling system is a two-inch heavy-duty

has standalone panels adjacent to the

and humidity and maintains the room

extruded aluminum grid. Several air lock/

entrance to indicate the space is within

air pressure relationship by varying the

gowning rooms enable personnel to

pressure relationships. The project was

amount of outside air. Filtration and

exit and enter the cleanrooms without

designed using BIM.

room air velocity is maintained through

affecting air pressure. The miscellaneous

LABORATORY RENOVATIONS Garlock Sealing Technologies was

advantageous. The decision was made

located on a concrete pad at ground

founded in 1919 in Palmyra, NY and is a

to move the lab to be installed into

level due to snow load issues and the

manufacturer of specialty gaskets and

unused existing office space. The existing

structural requirements of the RTU. The

seals. Garlock desperately needed to

office space needed demolition and the

lab was completed and commissioned

update their in-house lab area which was

addition of underlab utilities. Trenches

within the schedule as well as within

dated back to the 1950’s. Original plans

needed to be infilled, new framing for

budget. The new lab is much more

were to renovate the lab in the original

HVAC system, new walls built as well as

“user-friendly”, with all of the most up-to-

space, but it was decided that moving it

the installation of lab equipment and

date equipment.

to the adjacent building would be more

fixtures. The HVAC system needed to be

VOLPI CLEAN MANUFACTURING RENOVATION Volpi USA’s production process flow was

several phases to minimize impact to

fied and installed. One challenge was to

not efficient and consequently, a com-

production. Through this entire project,

create a clean manufacturing space in a

plete renovation was needed to separate

Volpi continued to manufacture the high

facility not designed for the tightness or

“clean” manufacturing from “dirty” manu-

tech components maintaining produc-

HVAC required for such operations. New

facturing to ensure better quality control

tion capacity. The design separated the

controls were designed to allow produc-

in final assembly.

manufacturing spaces and maintain

tion staff to monitor the space air quality

C&S was tasked with a complete re-

continuity via an airlock system estab-

from their office.

design and renovation of the manu-

lished for both foot traffic and fork truck

The new design and install freed up

facturing plant floor spaces, electrical

traffic. New LED efficient lighting, a new

over 25% of the floor space to allow for

and mechanical system infrastructure.

MCC room, and new compressed air

growth without adding a new facility.

Entire manufacturing processes were

distribution were designed and installed.

relocated and the renovation required

New walls, ceilings flooring were speci-

OFFICE AND PRODUCTION PRINTING FACILITY Syracuse Label and Surround Printing

(PEMB) for production and warehousing,

manufacturing practices with efficient

had outgrown their existing facility. C&S

and an 8,000-square-foot convention-

flow of employees and equipment. The

designed and provided construction

ally constructed office area that wraps

building is designed for expansion so the

phase services for a new 60,000-square-

around the corner of metal building. The

company can continue to grow.

foot facility, including a 52,000-square-

new office, production, and warehouse

foot pre-engineered metal building

spaces are programmed to allow for lean

NEUROSURGERY OUTPATIENT CLINIC C&S was the general contractor that

lounge, and eight offices for support staff.

control) plan due to the project taking

completed the construction of a

The existing space had been through

place in an active hospital, near the

3,800-square-foot renovation for a clin-

several previous re-models and there

emergency room entrance.

ical outpatient space and 1,460-square-

were many left over mechanical, electri-

A unique feature to the project was the

foot office for support staff. The reno-

cal, and plumbing (MEP) services above

addition of a stone wall accent at the

vation involved asbestos abatement,

the ceiling. All unused/unneeded MEP’s

reception desk complimented with a

complete demolition of existing walls,

were removed and capped back to their

stainless steel logo. C&S also installed

ceilings, flooring, removal of unused me-

source. A total of 35 penetrations were

“3-Form” plastic panels used as dividers

chanical piping, ductwork and electric.

patched through the floor which were

at the check in and check out area. The

The renovation included the construction

existing and unused. C&S then applied

panels have a custom graphic installed

of 11 exam rooms, three work rooms,

a fireproofing spray to all structural steel

between the layers.

a nurses station, check in/check out,

below to ensure a two hour fire rating.

a waiting room, three restrooms, staff

C&S implemented a strict ICRA (infection

FAYETTEVILLE-MANLIUS WELLWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL The Fayetteville-Manlius Wellwood

ceilings, specialty lighting, sound absorb-

library stack system.

project consisted of a 25,000-square-foot

ing fabric panels, and new cabinets and

The building was fully abated of all

addition of the existing middle school;

solid surface countertops. The exterior

asbestos, including the existing windows.

consisting of a new cafeteria with a new

of the addition is made up of brick, new

The classrooms were fully renovated

kitchen and serving area. The existing

glass aluminum doors, large aluminum

with new sheetrock walls, paint, ceilings,

administration offices were relocated

windows, and an EPDM roofing system.

specialty lighting, new HVAC systems,

into the new addition, adjacent to a new

This project also included a

classroom accessories, doors, frames,

lobby entrance, which was constructed

55,000-square-foot renovation of the

hardware and flooring. The exterior of

of specially limestone and metal panels.

existing 1931 building. The media center

the building also was renovated with new

Across the new corridor from the admin-

was completely renovated and includes

windows, trim, EPDM roofing system, and

istration offices are a new nursing suit and

new ceilings, specialty lighting, HVAC,

restoration of existing historical wood

counseling area for students. Also part

specialty plastic laminate column and

trim around the building.

of the new addition are band, chorus,

soffit wraps, new cabinets, solid surface

and art rooms that consist of new cloud

counter tops, carpet flooring, and new

ONE TEAM START TO FINISH C&S brings a distinct advantage to

Bringing together experts in all trades

tifying early on where potential issues

our clients because we are one of very

and phases of a project early on im-

may exist and resolving them before they

few firms offering both comprehensive

proves efficiency, reduces waste, and

become problems in the field. Computer

design and construction services. With

allows costs and schedule to be more

and graphic-based analytics help make

extensive architecture, engineering, and

accurately predicted and controlled.

a building as efficient as possible, saving

construction expertise all under one

Because the IPD process focuses on full

considerable up-front capital and opera-

roof, we can streamline the planning,

team interaction and a steadily evolving

tional costs over the life of the facility.

design, and delivery of everything from

project progression, more well-rounded

C&S’s professional consulting and con-

small renovations and additions to major

solutions are developed. IPD also aligns

struction capabilities cover every phase

reconstruction and large-scale new

with LEED and Envision rating systems

of a project. Our services include:

builds. Our clients cover a wide range of

and green design, enabling sustainable

markets, including industrial/commercial,

features to be integrated early in the

K-12 and higher education, government

process, minimizing costs and maximiz-

and military, aviation, and private devel-

ing effectiveness.

opers.

The value of IPD is further enhanced by Our approach is founded on the inte-

the use of sophisticated technologies,

grated project delivery (IPD) method,

such as building information modeling

which focuses on collaboration among

(BIM) and computer-based analytical

all members of a design and construc-

tools. BIM enables a team to design an

tion team from the outset of a project.

entire project in three dimensions, iden-

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Architecture

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Engineering

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General, building, and mechanical contracting

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Industrial process/systems installation

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Energy performance contracting

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Commissioning and equipment/system start-up

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Service and maintenance

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Operations assistance

ADVANCING PROJECT DELIVERY The IPD approach can take many forms, depending on the

tablished performance requirements. C&S delivers the design,

scope of the project and owner procurement requirements.

equipment, and construction to satisfy the project needs.

To meet the needs of each individual client and project, we employ a number of contracting methods.

Energy performance contracting: After conducting an en-

Design-build: C&S performs a preliminary design and scop-

and develops a program and financing strategy to implement

ing effort to determine a project’s budget, schedule, and cost, and then enters into a design-build contract to complete final design and construction.

CM-at-risk: We hold the prime contract and manage the project using primarily subcontracted construction labor. This method is usually completed on an open-book basis with a contractor fee.

Engineer-procure-construct: This method is typically used in industrial/process or systems installation projects that have es-

ergy audit or evaluation, C&S identifies energy saving measures those measures within a capital project. The capital project is paid for over time through the energy savings.

A/E/C consulting (agent): C&S provides design, construction management, and/or inspection services, on a fee basis as an agent of the owner, but is not responsible for performing or guaranteeing the actual construction.

In addition to these project-specific approaches, C&S provides ongoing facility-wide operations software solutions, service, and maintenance to support our clients.

SAFETY C&S is dedicated to providing a safe work environment at all times for C&S employees as well as all partner company employees. The C&S safety culture incorporates safety in each step of the construction process. Employees are encouraged to check, question, and guide others on safe work practices. At all times C&S employees will meet or exceed the safety guidance of federal, state, local, laws as well as C&S policies and procedures. It is the policy of C&S to comply with all OSHA standards including the general duty clause. We expect all contractors, sub-contractors, and their employees to comply with these regulations.

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Full-time dedicated safety staff Site and project specific training Regular on-site project inspections Subcontractor safety qualification ISN,PICS/Avetta, BROWSE, and SMI safety, health and safety program compliance

QUALITY CONTROL

Every member of C&S’s management

multitude of contributors are involved in

flow through the entire organizational

and staff has the responsibility and duty

the construction process and require the

chain of command from field staff to the

to set and obtain objectives for its care

services of 3rd party inspection such as

president. C&S management identifies

and commitment to quality. Increasing

concrete, steel and compaction testing.

and assigns the in-house resources to

the awareness of quality in the prelim-

However, it should be emphasized that

insure adequate resources and trained

inary stages of a project, from working

these are a formal check on quality con-

personnel as needed to support your

with designers to material suppliers and

trol. Quality control is a primary objective

project. Verification activities shall include

installers not only makes for a better final

for all the members of the project team.

inspection, testing and monitoring of the

product but a safer and more efficient

C&S managers take accountability for

construction and installation processes

job site. Minor defects can cause re-con-

maintaining and cultivating a culture

and audits of the quality systems. With a

struction, failures, or in worst cases cause

of quality control. All C&S employees

commitment to total quality control and

injury. As cost control becomes more

have the responsibility and authority

overall excellence, C&S has the knowl-

and more important as a driving force

for implementation of established QA/

edge and focus to differentiate from

of decision making in the construction

QC activities. This includes resolution

other organizations.

industry, quality is often forgotten. A

of conflicts in QA/QC management President/Vice President

Project Manager

Project QA/QC Manager

General Superintendents

Field Superintendents

General Foreman

Field Staff

“The team has been extremely focused on quality and timely delivery for our Coast Air Design Build Project. We have entrusted in C&S to provide conceptual renderings, present to public officials and take our project through delivery. We thank you!”

—Kevin Slatnick Coast Air Center, LLC

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