Building Nevada Briefs - September 2003

Building Nevada Briefs

Transportation Company Plans Headquarters

Yellow-Checker-Star Transportation recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the firm’s 58,000-square-foot headquarters in southwest Las Vegas. The 46-acre facility, scheduled for completion in December, will house administrative and maintenance buildings, including a service bay and car wash. The development team includes G/S Architecture + Design and RB&G Construction Company.

Call for Entries

The Nevada Contractors Association, a non-profit trade group, is seeking
entries for its fourth annual Contractor of the Year awards. Categories include:
Contractor, Subcontractor, Safest Contractor, Associate, Building Project
and Heavy Highway/Civil Project. A jury of peers will select the winners based
on professionalism, project challenges, safety record and industry contribution. Winners will be announced at gala luncheon held on December 2 at the Stardust Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas. The submission deadline is October 1. For more information or an entry form, contact the Nevada Contractors Association at 702/222-0320 or 2881 S. Valley View Blvd., Suite 1, Las Vegas, NV 89102.

Target General Completes Mesquite School

Las Vegas-based Target General Inc. recently completed construction on the Charles Arthur Hughes Middle School complex in Mesquite. The project involved nine separate buildings totaling 92,000 square feet. Target General’s scope of work included complete general contracting services for all structures, site work for athletic facilities, and on-site and off-site improvements. KGA Associates, which served as the architect for the project, designed the school to follow the natural topography of the adjacent Virgin River, and the flat and angled forms of the buildings were inspired by the natural landscape of mountains surrounding the valley. The school also features translucent ceiling panels that provide diffused daylight. Chuck Jackson served as project manager and Bill Purington as superintendent of the $16.2 million project.

SNHBA Building Wins Landscape Award

The Southern Nevada Water Authority presented a First Place Award in its 2003 Landscape Awards to the Southern Nevada Home Builders Association (SNHBA) and Landscape Services Inc. (LSI) for the water-conserving re-landscaping of the SNHBA building. The awards recognize properties that have been upgraded to xeriscape, a water-efficient version of landscaping. Landscape and irrigation professionals, horticulturists and gardening experts served as judges for the competition. The award was presented for Phase 2 of a re-landscaping project at the building, completed this spring. The third and final phase of the re-landscaping project is expected to be completed later this year. The project involves the removal of turf and the installation of water-efficient xeriscaping at the SNHBA building.

LV Tech Center Adds Two Buildings

Thomas & Mack Development Group (TMDG) broke ground in August on a two-story office building and a flex office building, bringing an additional 58,800 square feet of space to Las Vegas Technology Center II, located at Buffalo Drive and Smoke Ranch Road in Las Vegas. The two-story, Class B office building, designed by Howard F. Thompson & Associates, will be 38,500 square feet in size. The $4.8 million building will be completed and ready for occupancy in April, 2004. Martin Harris Construction is serving as general contractor. The flex office building will include 23,000 square feet of commercial space. Arcata Associates, an engineering services, information technology and multimedia company, will occupy 14,000 square feet. The $3.1 million building was designed by Howard F. Thompson & Associates, and is being constructed by Cartmill Rogers Construction. Occupancy is slated for March 2004. Las Vegas Tech Center II, which includes tenants such as Nevada Title Company, Kaercher Insurance Agency and Nevada State Bank, will ultimately consist of 14 buildings comprised of back-office production-center offices, flex uses and some Class A and Class B commercial. The $125 million project comprises 100 acres and more than 1 million square feet of commercial space.