

TABLE OF CONTENTS CONSTRUCT ISSUE 02
TABLE OF CONTENTS CONSTRUCT ISSUE 02
From the desk of Scott Lee “Doing the right thing, regardless of who is watching,” is the safety motto of Scott Lee, Vice President, North Texas. Scott speaks to the importance of commitment, integrity and leadership to create a strong safety culture.
Adaptive use of construction technology transforms quality of HEB ISD Trinity Lakes Elementary School Application of construction technology saved valuable resources in more ways than one during the construction of HEB ISD Trinity Lakes Elementary.
The value of putting safety first Adolph Fierros, Safety Director, shares his insight of the wide-ranging successes of the Safety Program. The best practices and processes implemented have improved our safety program and resulted in an ABC Diamond STEP certification.
Joeris projects receive industry awards
The Cristo Rey Innovation Center is recognized by TEXO for construction excellence. The RK Group’s Headquarters, Red Berry Estate, and the Broadway Office Development all received multiple awards from San Antonio A/E/C industry organizations and publications.
The Broadway Office Development, housing the Credit Human Headquarters and the Oxbow, is a new addition to the San Antonio skyline. This mixed-use retail development is a pioneer in sustainable building.
Ongoing Texas Projects
More than 40 projects are currently underway from north Dallas to the outskirts of San Antonio. Our project teams are busy completing schools just in time for the new school year and continuing work on multiple healthcare facilities.
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FROM THE DESK OF SCOTT LEEDoing the right thing, regardless of who’s watching is the safety culture at Joeris. Choosing to do the right thing for the well-being of all team members has been top-of-mind and the most important factor as the country emerges from the pandemic.
In 2019, we reassessed our values and identified four values: safety, integrity, leadership, and excellence. Safety is our most important value because of its impact on our people and others with whom we work with in the community.
We are committed to ensuring everyone’s safety and have taken measurable action to develop goals and tactics that support our safety culture.
The executive team and I are working together to identify safety goals and processes to be implemented over the next three to five years.
One of our biggest goals as it relates to safety, is to create a positive safety culture on our projects.
The way we plan to make this happen is by accomplishing these four goals:
• Develop a Safety Data Plan
• Implement behavior-based training
• Recognize and reinforce positive safety actions
• Develop a comprehensive risk assessment tool
These four short-term goals encapsulate both the quantifiable data and behavioral changes that allow our teams to work safer through application of historical data with top executive and leadership commitment to a positive safety culture.
Aligning our corporate values with our safety culture has produced measurable positive results on our projects. A Diamond STEP safety certification was achieved in the Joeris North Texas office. This is a first in our company’s history to receive the highest-level safety certification by ABC!
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SCOTT LEE Vice President, North Texas SCOTT LEE, VP NORTH TEXASWe are extremely proud of our Joeris team members for creating a positive safety culture characterized by communication rooted in mutual trust, a shared perception of the importance of safety, and with confidence in the efficacy of preventative measures.
Our people work day-in and day-out transforming their communities and my role is to ensure they have all the resources they need to be successful. I am very proud everyone has done their part to keep our projects safe.
I am confident that as long as we continue to focus on doing what’s right and emphasizing our shared values we will transform Joeris into a world-class industry leader in safety.
Scott Lee Vice President, North TexasOur approach to safety takes a focused mindset from everyone on the project to be successful. The recognition by ABC shows that everyone has taken this seriously. That mindset is a part of our culture.”
Think Safety” in bold, black letters is imprinted on the back of every Joeris safety vest. These words stand out against the bright yellow vests, a call to action to practice safety daily with intentionality and forethought.
The Safety team has been on a mission to transform the safety program at Joeris, beginning with changing the mindset around jobsite safety.
Ensuring a safe work area is everyone’s responsibility and the Safety team has found ways to make the program workable, applicable, and functional. Or, as Adolph Fierros, Safety Director, describes it, “we made it commonsensical.”
The result of this new program and mindset has truly been astounding! For the first time in company history, Joeris has received the distinguished recognition of Diamond STEP certification by the Associated of Builders & Contractors (ABC)! This incredible achievement was accomplished by the North Texas office and is directly attributable to embracing the company’s top value of safety.
Each year ABC bestows safety STEP awards based on a measurement of leadership, commitment, and the quality of processes and systems of each construction manager’s safety program. Construction management firms receiving various levels of certification, from bronze all the way to diamond, can use these certifications as a benchmarking tool to assess effectiveness of their program.
Two key factors that have been instrumental in decreasing accidents and injuries are site logistics pre-planning and safety pre-construction meetings with trades. An assessment of site logistics with respect to safety concerns occurs before a shovel ever turns the dirt.
A site walk and discussion of ingress and egress routes, pedestrian and vehicular traffic, lay-down areas, and electrical sources are critical to starting a project safely.
ADOLPHAdditionally, once a project gets going, safety preconstruction meetings occur with the project team and trades performing high-impact work to plan for potentially hazardous operations and safety-engineer out as much risk as possible.
Adolph’s goal is to have the best safety-trained project teams in the industry, and he and his staff provide inperson formal safety training for all four Joeris offices.
ADOLPH FIERROS, SAFETY DIRECTORElevating the safety program and providing opportunities for safety leadership will be one of the first safety courses Adolph develops later this year. This course will focus on implementation of the four core values of safety, integrity, leadership, and excellence into safety best practices.
The behavioral-based safety program’s success is in large part a result from the company’s commitment, accountability, relationships, extra step and sustainability to safety. Read more on the next pages about the Joeris CARES program.
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Safety is a moving target. As the industry changes, we are adapting to these changes in our safety program.”
FIERROS Safety Director
THE VALUE OF PUTTING SAFETY FIRST
Joeris CARES is about the personal side of our safety program. We have rules and regulations, but we also need to engage our employees on a personal level to help them stay focused on safety. Joeris CARES is about moving people to be more proactive in recognizing safety issues and taking the time to bring the issue up and solve it.
It takes a deep commitment to change, an even deeper commitment to grow. We are making a commitment to advancing our safety program. We want each of our employees to make it home safely everyday.
Joeris provides all employees with safety equipment procedures to make sure they can do their jobs safely, but ultimately each individual is accountable for his/her safety and the safety of their co-workers.
Relationships are the key foundation for ensuring the safety of our co-workers and ourselves. When you build a relationship with someone it is easier to approach them and discuss unsafe behaviors.
If you see a safety risk, don’t assume that someone else will take care of it. If you see it, take the extra step and fix it. Understand the process to solve a problem, or request service or replacement of equipment.
The sustainability of the safety program here at Joeris relies on commitment, accountability, relationships and taking the extra step to make sure we all go home to our families. There is no set target for safety, it is continuous.
“The safety program has undergone a cultural transformation at Joeris.”ADOLPH
FIERROS, SAFETY DIRECTOR
Joeris CARES isn’t hard or require paperwork - its success is dependent on each and every person committing to doing their work safely. These five actions can help you in creating more awareness of Joeris CARES.
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The Broadway Office development is a twelve-story office building with an accompanying eight-story mixed-office and retail development located on a 3.1 acre lot off the northwest corner of Broadway and Pearl Parkway, just on the other side of HWY 281 from the Pearl Brewery in San Antonio, TX.
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The full project scope includes a twelve-story, client buildto-suit headquarters office building over a structured parking garage and an eight-story multi-tenant office building over a structured parking garage. Also included in the scope of the project, is the core and shell for the ground floor commercial space, demolition of existing foundations and structures and associated site work, courtyards and landscape.
Interior Finish-Out of Credit Human The Credit Human interior finish-out space was designed to provide a space reflecting the surrounding community, appreciating the Credit Human Members, employees, partners, and celebrating the long-term relationships. The design implemented a connection to nature, exposure to daylight, a mixture of natural and industrial materials to capture the owner’s goal of connecting people in engaging spaces.
The space was also used to display art highlighting Credit Human’s mission statement, member stories, and the implementation of building slack. The space implements the use of shareable spaces and amenities, creating a connection with the Credit Human members and the community partners. The overall space of Credit Human was designed to be open and flexible to allow for the interaction of the employees, as well as their interaction with the members.
With this open concept there was great focus on the flexibility and functionality of all spaces including the open work environment, the Financial Health Center (FHC), the public spaces, such as break areas, focus rooms, dining and serving areas, terraces, large and small conference rooms, phone rooms, and huddle rooms.
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The buildings and spaces as a whole were designed to push the envelope of sustainability. The materials selected on the interior finish-out did not shy away from these demands either.
All building materials used throughout the project were selected specifically by the design team, owner and Joeris to meet the sustainability requirements, and to implement reclaimed materials, specifically, locally sourced reclaimed materials.
The development includes a reclaimed 20,000 gallon vertical water storage tank, which was originally a horizontal brewing tank, as well as 20 smaller 100-gallon tanks reworked to become a fence, blocking the view of electrical transformers, and six reclaimed trusses from the original brewery installed as decorative elements.
The design and construction teams worked together to ensure the building looked native to the San Antonio skyline. Achieving this required hundreds of intricate brick details used on the first five floors. D’Hanis brick was “tumbled” with other bricks to create the appearance of an aged building.
The tumbled brick was carried into the interior of the building and brick from a local plant was used exclusively in the construction of the garage.
There was an expansive amount of reclaimed wood materials and features used throughout the interior finish-out space that were locally sourced including the reclaimed pine from the GJ Sutton building that was recently demolished on the east side of San Antonio.
The reclaimed wood material was used on level one and the mezzanine of the FHC adjacent to the living green wall and on the feature walls in all of the meeting rooms.
A majority of the reclaimed wood was a variety of red oak, white oak, and oak used specifically for the wood cladding details and millwork throughout the project.
A vast quantity of metal finishes were used throughout the building, including a prominent steel stair structure installed in concrete slab voids created during the installation of the core and shell building structure on levels 6-11.
There was also an exposed steel structure used to create the mezzanine level of the Financial Health Center. Carried throughout the space are solid steel members, as well as metal and steel cladding details.
To achieve the flexibility of the open work environment, building materials and systems were selected to allow for Credit Human to have the option to move throughout the space.
Systems such as a low-profile raised floor were installed on levels 6-12 to allow for workstations and huddle rooms.
Demountable wall and pod systems were installed throughout the building to allow for the flexibility of space used in conference rooms, huddle rooms, open collaboration, phone rooms, and work rooms. With the open work environment, careful thought was put into the acoustics of the work areas.
Ceiling baffles and ceiling clouds were installed to help with acoustics and provide a filter between the work space and exposed MEP systems above. There were also fabric panels installed in conference rooms to help with reducing noise levels.
The Credit Human building utilizes a hybrid condenser water system comprised of a geothermal bore field, cooling towers, fans, and pumps to optimize the energy efficiency of the building.
The cooling towers were selected with low static, highefficiency fans to maximize the amount of energy transferred per horsepower. The condenser water pumps were selected to provide the maximum efficiency and are provided with intelligent, on-board VFDs to match the water flow of the towers and central system to the building load. With these strategies in place, the building is highly efficient, reducing energy and water consumption.
The Credit Human tower features walls with four inches of continuous insulation and a thermally broken window system, a type of window construction in which there is a barrier between the inner and outer window frames that limits the heat transfer through the window. The wall system doubles the insulation compared to a Texas code baseline design. The glass selected by the tenant has a shading coefficient of 0.25, which is significantly more efficient than code minimum glass.
There are 150 geothermal wells on the site that circulate water through a network of tubes 355-feet below the surface collecting and dissipating heat. The underground geothermal system will provide heat transfer for 40% of the annual building cooling load and 100% of the annual heating load. This will save an estimated 1.25 million gallons of water each year by reducing the load of the cooling towers.
There is a radiant flooring system in the 5th floor slab of the Credit Human tower that is fed by the condenser water system. This will warm the floor plate during periods of colder weather, reducing the need for heating.
Cutting-edge solar energy and water conservation and energy-efficient systems make this development a symbol of sustainable construction.
Estimated 97% of non-potable water collected from rainwater capture systems
40% more efficient as compared to buildings of a similar size
150 geothermal wells to supply 100% of each building’s heat & 40% of air conditioning
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There is a one-megawatt system, which happens to be the largest system in the country on a building of this size. Installation of 2,912 photo-voltaic panels totaling one megawatt of photo-voltaic capacity on the roofs and parking structure of the building provide an estimated 60% renewable energy for the building’s total annual electricity demand.
The domestic water heaters are connected to the building’s condenser water system, which will help pre-heat the domestic water through an internal heat exchanger within the water heater allowing the water heaters to use less energy to heat the domestic water. Once the condenser water has raised the domestic water temperature, then the water heater turns on and heats the domestic water up to reach the required temperature.
All of the lighting in the office spaces will be turned off based on occupancy sensors and according to the building’s scheduled on and off times. There are daylight harvesting zones around the exterior that will dim based on the amount of sunlight coming through.
Other energy-efficient fixtures and technologies are incorporated throughout the building, including LED lighting, advanced plug controls, and energy star appliances. Advanced plug load controls help save energy by switching off typical office loads such as computer monitors when spaces are unoccupied.
Some of the outlets throughout the office floors are controlled by the light fixture occupancy sensors, so when no movement is detected for a certain amount of time that plug is automatically turned off. Also, these plugs are on a schedule to be off and on with the other building systems.
The building will use 97% less potable water than a typical 200,000 square-foot building. This is accomplished by both capturing water and conserving the water use. Capturing rainwater and HVAC condensate for non-potable uses, such as toilet flushing, landscape irrigation, and cooling tower supply, is an integral part of the building’s plumbing design.
The rainwater/condensate harvesting system on the site can store up to 150,000 gallons of rainwater in above- and below-ground cisterns and day tanks — more than any other building in the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) service area. Two of the water recapture tanks are salvaged tanks from the original Pearl Brewery.
With the help of the City of San Antonio recycled water back-up, this system provides 100% of its nonpotable water needs. As demand for and cost of water increases, rainwater/condensate harvesting presents an incredible opportunity to help the community conserve potable water.
The development is connected to the city’s recycled water system. The City of San Antonio’s recycled water line system is available to qualifying buildings that utilize grey water (sanitized, cleaned and treated sewage) to flush toilets. This helps lower the usage of domestic water and is sold to the end user at a much cheaper rate than domestic water.
This large commercial building has no boiler. Boilers use a lot of energy to run and typically are used for the HVAC system when heating is required. Instead, the variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system handles the building heating through refrigerant.
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Sustainable MEP Systems reduce operational costs and provide functionality.
The heating and cooling for this building are all run by a Mitsubishi VRF system. This is a refrigerant based system that can provide simultaneous heating and cooling and is the most energy-efficient HVAC system available. A VRF system utilizes high-efficiency condensing units and heat recovery boxes to minimize energy usage while providing increased occupant control and comfort for occupants.
The system accomplishes this by utilizing energy from other zones to heat and cool each other. For example, if Zone 1 is in cooling and Zone 2 is in heating, the VRF system takes the energy discharged into the system from Zone 1 and utilizes it to heat Zone 2. In addition to the energy savings, material is saved during installation, as well as, the fan coils eliminate the need for bulky ductwork throughout the space.
SWEGON Dedicated Outdoor Air System (DOAS)
These units provide fresh air to the building. The SEWGON brand was selected by the owner because it was the most energy-efficient DOAS unit available. These units have an internal energy recovery wheel that uses the exhaust air from the building to transfer cooling to and pre-treat the incoming hot outside air before the outside air hits the unit’s cooling coils.
Energy recovery wheels help save electricity. For example, if the outdoor temperature is 100 degrees, the unit does not have to cool 100-degree air because the energy recovery wheel can pre-cool this air to 80-degrees by transferring the temperature from the conditioned building exhaust air to the incoming outside air.
The air streams never cross, instead there is an enthalpy wheel (energy recovery wheel) that is cooled by the exhaust air from the building, then the outside air blows through the other side of that wheel as it spins, cooling the outside air stream before it gets to the units’ refrigerant cooling coils.
Transforming the people and places in our community drives us to continually seek out developers and clients, like Silver Ventures and Credit Human, who have a shared vision and mission of positively impacting local Texas communities.
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Innovative and creative application of construction technology solutions on HEB ISD Trinity Lakes Elementary School project sparks a transformation in quality control. Application of VDC & Drone Deploy capabilities in more ways than one saved valuable resources during the construction of HEB ISD Trinity Lakes Elementary.
Trinity Lakes Elementary is one of the newest schools built and constructed in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford school district. This school, along with more than 30 schools, serves a growing district with an expected student enrollment of nearly 24,000 students.
Trinity Lakes Elementary is aptly named for the 1,600-acre residential and mixed-use development called Trinity Lakes, located in east Dallas. This school can accommodate 850 students from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade and is a replacement elementary for West Hurst.
Using Construction Technology in New Ways to Solve Challenges
Project team members Zach Bryson, Assistant Project Manager and FAA Certified Drone Pilot and Eddie Dixon, Senior Superintendent, were already using a drone to photo-document project progress at the elementary school site. They employed the drone, along with drone-mapping software capabilities, to ensure accuracy of formwork and utilities for a concrete prepour inspection.
The project team mapped pre-determined flight routes and used the images to capture an overview of the site. Next, the jobsite images were overlayed with the architectural, site and MEP design drawings. This allowed for identification of discrepancies between the two images.
In this case, the team was able to identify a misplaced mechanical chase and a floor hatch that needed relocating. Though minor issues, early identification of these items allowed the project team and trade partners to address changes prior to the concrete pour resulting in significant cost and time savings.
Intelligent use of construction technologies during the construction phase reduces costly re-work. This project’s ambitious 11-month schedule was achieved as a result of effective use of VDC and drones for real-time assessment and analysis to identify issues before they were an impact to the budget or schedule.
ZACH BRYSON, ASSISTANT PMEarly VDC coordination prevented costly rework in the field during construction, allowing the construction to remain within schedule and budget.
Coordination of steel, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and the fire sprinkler system through VDC occurred during the pre-construction phase of the project.
The Joeris Construction Technology team worked with trade partners to develop models showing each trade partners’ systems in both above-ceiling and crawl spaces of the school.
The Joeris project team collaborated with trade partners to optimize system routing and pre-plan installation locations. This up-front coordination reduces unforeseen conflicts in the field and allows for schedule optimization during construction.
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“Drone imagery for QA/QC is an added level of security that ultimately prevents stress on the schedule, budget and owner relationship for the project.”
Recognized as the best educational facilities project by TEXO, the Innovation Center on the Cristo Rey College Prep campus in Dallas shapes healthy minds, bodies and souls and prepares students for higher education and the “real world” through a new Corporate Work Study Program housed in this new facility.
The Innovation Center, Red Berry Estate, Broadway Office Development, and The RK Group Headquarters are awarded best projects by industry organizations.
An iconic piece of San Antonio history, the Red Berry Mansion was home to the notorious Virgil Edward “Red” Berry from the 1950s to the 1960s. After extensive renovations transformed this 14,000 square foot residential mansion to an event venue, the estate received multiple awards from the San Antonio ASA Chapter, San Antonio AGC Chapter, and the San Antonio Business Journal.
Awarded the best flex-space by the San Antonio Business Journal, the new RK Group Headquarters is a 155,000 SF office and warehouse. The RK Group has called San Antonio home for more than 75-years and now has a new, expansive space on the city’s eastside to continue serving the community.
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San Antonio 1 New Braunfels Police Station and Veterans Memorial
HEB New Braunfels 01 New Store
UTSA Roadrunner Athletic Center of Excellence (RACE) and Fields
Project Black
Walker Ranch Business Park
HEB SA 20 Remodel
NSID Joey Tomlinson Elementary School
UHS Women’s & Children’s Hospital
NISD Sotomayor High School
HEB 37 Curbside
Meals On Wheels San Antonio
Bienvivir Senior Health Care Facility
AHISD STEM and Athletics Building
Highlands at Dove Creek
Alamo Colleges Westside Education Training Center
San Antonio Academy New Gymnasium & Fine Arts Bldg
Bexar County Quincy Parking Garage
1900 Broadway
SAISD Central Office Admin Bldg
Bexar County Parking Garage
SAISD Brackenridge High School Renovations
HEB Dry Grocery Distribution Facility Partner Parking
Port SA GSA Finish Out
SWISD New Natatorium
Natalia ISD Jr. High School Adds. & Renovations
San Antonio, Texas
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1 Brookshire’s 054 Bonham Remodel 2 FISD Rogers Elementary Renovations 3 FISD Smith Elementary Renovations 4 FISD Curtsinger Elementary Renovations 5 Allen High School Academic Wing G Renovations 6 Central Market Southlake, TX Remodel Phase 2 7 North Lake College Construction Sciences Building 8 Brookshire’s 087 Quinlan 9 Idea Achieve Phase 2 Addition 10 HEB ISD Oakwood Terrace Elementary School Replacement 11 BGC FRESH #802 12 MISD Additions Cannaday Elementary School 13 Brookshire’s 097 Aledo Remodel 14 IDEA Public School Seminary Rd. 15 MISD Additions at AC New Middle School 16 Brookshire’s 033 Grand Saline 17 Brookshire’s 072 New Boston 18 Brookshire’s 130 Hallsville Remodel
Dallas, Texas
PROJECT UPDATES CONSTRUCT
Austin 1 HEB Leander 2 Leander Middle School 3 RRISD Elementary School 35
Hutto ISD Stadium Improvements
RRISD McNeil HS Additions & Renovations
Basis Charter School Pflugerville
LISD Steiner Ranch Renovations
HEB 17 Remodel
Austin ISD Casis Elementary School
HEB Austin 10 New Store
HEB Austin 32 Lake Austin New Store
Austin ISD Northeast Middle School
HEB Austin 33 (Nutty Brown) WWTP
Central Market 22
HEB Slaughter Lane Fuel Station & Car Wash 16 HEB Wimberly Curbside
HEB San Marcos RSC Bunker Room Remodel
Austin, Texas
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Houston, Texas
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