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ECI SITE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT Winter 2019

RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECT:

POUDRE RIVER WHITEWATER PARK

As one of Colorado’s leading park, recreation and waterway constructors, ECI is proud to have partnered with the City of Fort Collins to build this exciting one-of-a-kind venue.

- Ted Johnson, President of ECI

Winter 2019

The Poudre River Whitewater Park project began in August 2018 and was finished in October 2019. This innovative project was the first whitewater park to be built in northern Colorado, and ECI is proud to have been a part of it.

The park includes boating features for kayaking and tubing, a pedestrian bridge, children's play area, new paved trails and walkways, and three wooden benches that were repurposed from trees removed from the project site. Additionally, the project significantly improved the river floodplain.

Sustainability was always a chief focus as ECI worked on this project. More than 10,000 cubic yards of rock materials are included in the river, and all of the river rock extracted from the Poudre River was repurposed within the park. Furthermore, a fish passage was incorporated into the river in tandem with Colorado Parks and Wildlife for safe transport of fish.

Thank you to all who were involved in this project's success: The City of Fort Collins, Anderson Consulting Engineers, BHA Design Inc., S2o Design, and many subcontractors.

Winter 2019

RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECT:

JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT-WIDE TURF FIELDS, TRACK REPLACEMENT AND TENNIS COURTS

FEATURED SCHOOLS Arvada High School Chatfield High School Conifer High School Dakota Ridge High School Evergreen High School Lakewood High School Ralston Valley High School Three Creeks K-8 West Jefferson Middle School Winter 2019

After many months of hard work, ECI is pleased to announce that the Jefferson County Public School Field Improvement project was finished in late November.

The ECI team began the massive project in April 2019, and we are proud to share that this was ECI’s largest contract to date.  ECI was hired by Jefferson County Public Schools to conduct site improvements for nine public schools: Arvada High School, Chatfield High School, Conifer High School, Dakota Ridge High School, Evergreen High School, Lakewood High School, Ralston Valley High School, Three Creeks K-8, and West Jefferson Middle School.

The improvements largely consisted of replacing grass sports fields with synthetic turf and the installation of post-tension tennis and track facilities. These renovations were a part of an extensive voter-approved $567 million capital improvement program that included both internal and external updates.

This project was successfully completed thanks to the dedication of numerous entities: Jefferson County Public Schools, Hord Coplan Macht, JVA Engineering, and a strategic team of subcontractors.

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INDUSTRY

By Ian Mestdagh, PE

Vice President of Operations

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If you look outside your window as you drive to work or have caught a glimpse of the Denver skyline lately, you’ve most likely noticed that the construction industry is booming. While this has provided a multitude of opportunities for people to jumpstart careers and businesses, it has also brought about a few challenges that many companies are working through on a daily basis. One such challenge that seems to be front and center for most contractors is the overall shortage of resources – qualified craft workers, equipment shortages, material shortages, etc. As a general contractor, we see this challenge particularly in the subcontract market, which has a direct impact on our ability to produce reliable and accurate project schedules and budgets.

Over the years, we have found that one of the key ingredients to navigating these challenges is to develop and maintain solid relationships with our subcontractors and strategic partners. These relationships allow us to have open dialog with these teams to assess schedule and budget issues, not only as they develop but hopefully prior to us breaking ground. At the end of the day, it is all about effective communication among project team members. If you can establish this strong communication early on in the project, you can leverage these relationships when challenges present themselves over the course of the project – and you know they will because this is construction, after all.

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Strong relationships are a two-way street: You have to be willing to listen if you want to be heard.

It’s important to try to understand the challenges that any particular subcontractor is facing and work to help mitigate these issues. If you can do this, the subcontractor will oftentimes move mountains when needed.

One way that ECI accomplishes this is to monitor and cross-check schedules when we have the same subcontractor on multiple sites in an attempt to limit schedules stacking on top of each other.

Unfortunately, this is sometimes unavoidable, but it is always helpful for everyone to know the plan well in advance so that we can devise a strategy

When it comes down to it, treat your subcontractors well and they will return the favor.

ECI starts this process in the pre-construction phase. We sit down with key subcontractors and discuss the potential challenges that they see so that we can help them address these issues. Our team finds out what the subcontractor needs in order to have the best opportunity to be successful on the project, e.g., asking how they can provide the most efficient workflow, schedule, and area. Following this process typically sends you to the top of the subcontractor’s list for scheduling – and your project schedule and budget benefits directly as well.

on how to achieve the work, rather than figure it out once it is too late.

When it comes down to it, treat your subcontractors well and they will return the favor.

There is a reason it is called a project team – every team member and subcontractor has a very important role in the success of a project. As a general contractor, our role is to figure out how to manage this potential and allow the team to work as efficiently as possible. If we can do this, the rest of the project takes care of itself.

Winter 2019

GROUNDBREAKING

NEWS We are thrilled to begin construction on the following new projects:

TIMNATH COMMUNITY PARK - CM/GC The second phase of Timnath Community Park will include a more natural style of playground, a large sod field for community events, an additional parking area, a new dog park and a custom restroom building. The anticipated timeline for this 12-acre project is from November 2019summer 2020.

SEVERANCE COMMUNITY PARK - CM/GC The project will include new turn lanes into the park, 26 acres of earthwork, a large sod field for town events, and new parking. It will also include baseball and softball fields, a sledding hill, and other landscape and site features. The anticipated timeline is November 2019-spring 2020, and the approximate cost will be $2.5 million.

EAST CHERRY CREEK VALLEY EXPANSION AND SITE WORK The project purpose is to enhance and upgrade the stormwater system at the ECCV headquarters, along with create a new maintenance building, parking, site utilities, MSE walls, concrete flatwork, and additional landscape and irrigation. The project budget is $3.6 million, and the expected timeline is November 2019-summer 2020.

39TH AVENUE GREENWAY SITE AMENITIES ECI has partnered with SEMA Construction for the construction of the 39th Avenue Channel project. As part of this design/build project for the City and County of Denver, ECI's scope will generally include the amenity plazas, nature play components, and associated boulder work.

The expected timeline is December 2019-June 2020.

PLATTE FARM DETENTION BASIN ECI is working with the City and County of Denver and Mile High Flood District to create a detention pond to help with stormwater and flooding in the adjacent neighborhood. The park will also create an open space with trails, landscaping and irrigation, access roads to the neighborhood, and new on-street parking. The expected timeline is January 2020-summer 2020.

JEFFERSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT-WIDE FIELD IMPROVEMENTS - CM/GC After completing phase one in 2019, ECI is excited to begin phase two of the Jefferson County Public School District-Wide Field Improvements. Featured schools include Arvada West High School, Columbine High School, Green Mountain High School, Golden High School, Pomona High School and Standley Lake High School. The expected timeline is March-August 2020.

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ECI IN THE

COMMUNITY GREENWAY FOUNDATION The Greenway Foundation has led extensive efforts to reclaim the South Platte River. ECI has partnered with this incredible organization for multiple projects, including Confluence Park in Denver. Our team had a great time supporting their Reception on the River event in August.

AIMS FOUNDATION As part of our goal to invest in the future of the industry, ECI proudly funds Aims Community College's construction trades scholarships. Our 2nd annual golf tournament in June raised $15,000 for the Aims Foundation. Thank you to all our generous sponsors and participants. Save the date for our 2020 tournament: June 18 at Pelican Lakes in Windsor.

VETERANS SERVICES Our team has recently had the opportunity to support U.S. military veterans through a couple of unique events. Our founder, Brian Peterson, volunteered as a guide for Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, and ECI sponsored Front Range Energy's annual golf tournament that raised $100,000 for the Vail Veterans Program.

Winter 2019

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