VOL 9, Issue 1 • Summer 2020
THE ORANGE & BLACK The Q&D Employee and Safety News Source
Full Steam on the New Hug High School Q&D is sitework contractor on this $200M+ project
PROJECT AWARDS • Glacier Park International Airport Terminal Expansion JV with Swank Enterprises, Kalispell, MT, $100M • Trex Factory Expansion, Fernley, NV, $2.2M • WACC Warehouse at TRIC, Reno, NV, $26M • Carson Valley Swim Center Expansion CMAR, Carson City, NV, $0.7M • Heroes Memorial Building Renovation, Carson City, NV, $11M • NDOT 3829 US50A, Fernley, NV, $3.7M • Truckee Airport Taxiway A Reconstruction, Truckee, CA, $3.6M • RTC Sun Valley Multimodal Improvement Ph 1, Sun Valley, NV, $6.6M
(Above) the New Procter Hug High School. Photo by Brian Kulpa Photography, Courtesy Clark/Sullivan Construction
Washoe County School District (the District) is building the first new high school in our region in nearly two decades. Per the District, it will “provide a state-of-theart education space to [Washoe County’s] students. The new, 295,000-square-foot, three-story building will include 40 general learning rooms, 11 science labs, 15 shared group rooms, 17 specialized labs for art, media, and career tech, a student commons, a 425-seat performing arts center, music suites, 2 gymnasiums, and a JROTC room.” It is designed to accommodate 2,200 students, was part of WC-1-funded capital projects. The total cost of construction is over $200,000,000. The new school, which will retain the name Procter Hug High School, is being constructed now on the site of the former Wildcreek Golf Course. As you can see from the photo provided by Clark/Sullivan, who is the general contractor for the project, Q&D has made quick work of the earthwork, grading 500,000 cubic yards of earth since groundbreaking last November. The contract also includes three miles of storm drain, over 13,400 lineal feet of water lines, 7,000 lineal feet of sewer lines and 4,000 lineal feet of gas lines.
The total value of the sitework and utilities is over $15,000,000. Recently, Q&D was awarded additional contracts for footing excavation and backfill, concrete place and finish, site concrete and paving. Working for other general contractors in the region is part of Q&D Heavy/Civil Group’s strategy to continue to diversify our client list locally as well as outside the northern Nevada region. The strategic goal of subcontracting is to find projects that fit our business model, have the potential for profitability and help the team keep personnel and equipment working efficiently and as continuously as possible. Operationally, it’s no different than when we work with other groups in the company. We manage cost, risk and productivity stringently and with an eye to customer satisfaction. Ultimately, on a project like the New Proctor Hug High School, the client includes the District. Other parts of the initiative include the Specialty Services Group, operating within Heavy/Civil and offering a wide array of soft and hard demolition services, sawing, drilling, interior excavation, bridge deck prep, multilayer, concrete coatings, saw and seal, crack seal, slot cutting, and much more. The team is getting the word out that Q&D is available for grinding and grooving as well, having recently added new hire Bob Bleeker to supervise.
Use your smartphone’s camera to check out the video of the team’s progress out at the New Hug High School site. Just open the camera app, hold it over the symbol (left) and follow the prompts to open your web browser. Video by Brian Kulpa Photography, Courtesy of Clark/Sullivan Construction.
• Silver Springs Airport Apron Expansion, Silver Springs, NV, $0.5M • Caltrans 02-3H8104 Bridge Rehabilitation, CA, $3M • NDOT 3819 Parr-Dandini Interchange, Reno, NV, $8M • WCSD Wildcreek (New Procter Hug) High School Earthwork Subcontract, Sparks, NV, $15.1M • WCSD Wildcreek (New Procter Hug) High School Footing Ex/ Backfill, Sparks, NV, $2.5M • WCSD Wildcreek (New Procter Hug) High School Paving, Sparks, NV, $1.9M • WCSD Wildcreek (New Procter Hug) High School Concrete Place and Finish, Sparks, NV, $1.4M • WCSD Wildcreek (New Procter Hug) High School Site Concrete, Sparks, NV, $2.8M • Apple Well Test Site, Sparks, NV, $0.5M • Hawthorne Airport Project, Hawthorne, NV, $2.8M
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