CCR Issue 6.23

FEATURES

32 Close to home

How the expansion of the Geisinger Henry Cancer Center is delivering top notch cancer care to rural central Pennsylvania

78 Efficient. Sustainable. Functionable.

How the Santa Monica City Yards is helping prioritize public works employees

84 Inside the I-95 rebuild An expert takes us behind-the-scenes of how Pennsylvania officials restored the vital piece of infrastructure

94 Starting a new chapter

Inside the $18 million restoration of the former Cook County Hospital building in Chicago

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The house that Under Armour built R

ocking back gently in his chair, Kevin Plank was a little reluctant to answer my question about if his brand could ever reach the mythological height of the branding giant that is Nike. Plank was not new to the game, but the buzz his latest line of performance apparel was garnering among sporting goods retailers was at least worthy of the question.

"Do you ever see yourself facing off against the likes of Nike?" I asked.

Surveying the modest booth Under Armour occupied at The Super Show, Plank smiled and let the question hang in the air a little while.

"There is always the possibility that what you do can one day be something that people want to be a part of," Plank said.

Plank's response, as down the middle as you can get, had merit. In the years ahead, as the legend of Under Armour and Kevin Plank grew, our conversations were not so easy to set up, although he always made time for me and took my calls. Soon, for sporting goods retailers, the brand (and its founder) went from "one to watch" to "how in the hell are we going to get an audience with them."

Fast forward—and with Under Armour, we are still looking at warp speed ahead—and the brand continues to be one that people everywhere want to be a part of. Today, the $3.34 billion brand is the darling of high school, collegiate and professional sports leagues, rec leagues, school yards and anyone who wants to sport the brand's logo on their person.

And, as it continues to forge forward, the brand currently is breaking into the branded retail market in the UK. Under Armour is poised to open a new location on Oxford Street in early summer. Soon after that, the world’s fourth-largest sportswear brand will embark on a store opening spree in the UK, methodically increasing its bricks-and-mortar footprint across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

As I flip back past the notes I saved from the interviews I have done—and the friendships I have made—with icons like Plank, I always lean toward those "I remember you when..." moments. The conversation is as if it happened yesterday. And that Under Armour performance shirt I am wearing as I write this? Why, that is just some cool irony for the memory box.

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RETAILERS

AARON ANCELLO Facilities Asset Management

Public Storage

DEDRICK KIRKEM Facilities Director Fragracenet.com

BOB MEZA Senior Construction Project Manager Target

DAVID D. DILLON Director, Facility Standards Store Planning & Design Development Walgreens Company

LAURA GROSS Retail Facilities Manager American Signature Furniture

KELLY RADFORD VP Retail Construction and Development Ascend Wellness Holdings

RESTAURANTS

RON BIDINOST Vice President of Construction Bubbakoo’s Burritos

DAVID SHOTWELL Construction Manager Atticus Franchise Group

RON VOLSKE Development Director Focus Brands

HOSPITALITY

JOHN COOPER Principal Executive Vice President

Stormont Hospitality Group LLC

SAMUEL D. BUCKINGHAM, RS AMS CMCA President of Construction Devco Development

GARY RALL Vice President of Design and Development Holiday Inn Club Vacations

ROBERT RAUCH Chairman Brick Hospitality

JOE THOMAS Vice President Engineering Loews Hotels

LU SACHARSKI Vice President of Operations and Project Management Interserv Hospitality

ANDY BRIGGS, CHA Managing Principal A14 Capital Management

REAL ESTATE

ROB ADKINS, LEED AP CDP Senior Tenant Coordinator, Retail Peterson Companies

MEGAN HAGGERTY Founder Legacy Capital Investment

MARIE ANTONETTE G. WAITE

Founder and CEO Finest Women in Real Estate

GENERAL CONTRACTOR

DAVID THOMPSON

Vice President TCB Construction Group LLC.

MATT SCHIMENTI President

Schimenti Construction

JOHN STALLMAN Marketing Manager

Lakeview Construction

JEFFREY D. MAHLER RCA Advisory Board Member

DEVELOPMENT/PROJECT MANAGEMENT

KAY BARRETT NCIDQ, CDP Senior Vice President Cushman & Wakefield

CLINTON “BROOKS” HERMAN, PMP Construction Project Manager Hill International, Inc.

PAM GOODWIN Goodwin Advisors, LLC Goodwin Commercial The Pam Goodwin Show

JIM SHEUCHENKO President Property Management Advisors LLC

KEN DEMSKE

Vice President Jones Lang LaSalle

PERMITTING

VAUN PODLOGAR

CEO, Owner, Founder State Permits, Inc.

ARCHITECTS/ENGINEERS

MICHAEL MAGEE

Studio Leader Retail, Store Design Senior Associate Little

FRED MARGULIES Director of Retail Architecture Onyx Creative

STEVEN MCKAY Managing Principal, Global Design Leader DLR Group

STEVEN R. OLSON, AIA President CESO, Inc.

ADA

BRAD GASKINS Principal

The McIntosh Group

ACADEMIA

DR. MARK LEE LEVINE Professor Burns School/ Daniels College University of Denver

BOB WITKEN Senior Project Manager Fox Restaurant Concepts

GINA MARIE ROMEO Senior Consultant, Key Accounts Rarefied Real Estate Partners

CHRIS VARNEY Principal, Executive Vice President EMG

STEPHEN HEKMAN Executive VP Kingsmen Retail Services US

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AroundtheIndustry

RETAIL

Walmex

Walmex, Walmart’s arm in Central America and Mexico, will spend $1.49 billion this year to remodel and maintain existing stores, open new ones and make improvements to the supply chain. The retailer also plans to roll out a membership plan to deliver health services, including medical consultations and discounts on prescriptions.

Intimissimi

Italian lingerie brand Intimissimi opened its first Texas location in the Galleria Dallas mall with plans to expand to four more Texas cities. The retailer, whose latest campaign features Jennifer Lopez, aims to grow to more than 100 stores in the US by the end of 2024.

Wilson Sporting Goods

Wilson Sporting Goods is looking to “create a new level of retail” after 100-plus years of wholesale partnerships and pop-ups. Wilson’s foray into brick and mortar coincided with investments in footwear and apparel in 2021, and the company now has six US locations with plans for three more this year.

Kith’s

The Kith expansion continues. Not long after revealing a door in Miami’s Design District, the Ronnie Fieg-led retailer has opened its second Brooklyn, New York destination with Kith Williamsburg.

7-Eleven

7-Eleven is introducing 7Charge fast-charging stations for electric vehicles at its stores in the US and Canada. The stores are open 24 hours a day and located on busy transportation routes. The stations, which will roll out at 7-Eleven, Speedway and Stripes stores, are compatible with a range of EVs and can charge up to 80% in around 30 minutes.

Uniqlo

Uniqlo has expanded the number of its global in-store Re:Uniqlo Studios to 17 with the opening of locations in Chicago, Florida, Los Angeles and New York City. The shops offer clothing repair services and are designed to promote sustainable practices.

Mango

Spain-based fashion retailer Mango plans to grow its portfolio of 10 US stores to 40 by next year as shoppers increasingly embrace European brands. The retailer opened a flagship in New York City last year and will focus on opening stores in California, Georgia and Texas in 2023.

RESTAURANTS

Partnerships fuel Krispy Kreme’s expansion

Krispy Kreme’s multi-year makeover has focused on growing the brand’s presence in more outlets by turning some underperforming stores into order fulfillment locations for convenience and grocery stores. The company has worked with food brands, including General Mills and Mars, on limited-edition doughnut flavors.

True Food Kitchen tries its hand at fast-casual

True Food Kitchen will launch a limited-service concept called True Food To Go in Tempe, Arizona this summer, with a mix of popular menu items from the casual dining chain’s restaurants and some new dishes. True Food To Go will have indoor and outdoor seating, self-checkout options and pick-up areas for takeout orders.

Primanti Bros.

Primanti Bros. has drawn attention with a focus on innovation and changing with the times. The 42-unit chain has launched three virtual brands and a pizza subscription offering, built a loyalty program, and developed a thriving takeout business to feed the growing demand for off-premises dining.

Shake Shack

Shake Shack will open its first Canadian unit in Toronto in 2024, teaming with investment firms Osmington and Harlo Entertainment, with plans to grow to as many as 35 locations by 2035. The fast-casual burger chain now boasts 290 US locations and 150 units abroad in other markets, including London, Singapore and Mexico City.

Teriyaki Madness

Fast-casual chain Teriyaki Madness plans to add up to 50 new units to its existing lineup of 130 locations this year, as it signs new franchisees and supports growth of existing operators.

Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A has outlined a $1 billion international expansion plan that would open units in Asia and Europe in the next few years and build the chain’s presence to five global markets by 2030. The chain currently operates a handful of units in Canada and Puerto Rico.

McDonald’s/Krispy Kreme

McDonald’s will sell Krispy Kreme doughnuts at 160 of its restaurants in Kentucky starting March 21, in an expansion of a partnership that began as a nine-unit test last year. The doughnuts will be available in restaurants, at the drive-thru and via mobile and delivery orders, and the chain will use the larger test to gauge customer demand and evaluate the effect on operations.

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HOSPITALITY

Mirror Hotel

Set to debut in May, the aptly named Mirror Hotel in Marshall, North Carolina includes 18 secluded cabins that each offer a mirrorpaneled exterior and the opportunity to go off the grid in an upscale, luxurious way. The cabins, which are built on stilts and are available in elevated or grounded styles, come with their own hot tubs, pizza ovens, fire pits and high-end appliances.

Bellagio Resort & Casino

A $110 million upgrade of Bellagio Resort & Casino’s Spa Tower in Las Vegas is underway, with the renovation to include remodeling 819 rooms and 104 suites with Italian-inspired custom furnishings, art and color palettes. Some of the redesigned rooms will be available to guests in early July, with the project expected to be finished by October.

Hyatt Hotels Corp./Hyatt Studios

Hyatt Hotels Corp. will enter the upper-midscale lodging market with the introduction of Hyatt Studios, a brand of extended-stay hotels featuring studio apartment-style suites with kitchen amenities such as a multifunction convection microwave. Signed letters of interest have already been received for over 100 Hyatt Studios properties in the Americas, with the first property expected to open next year.

BWH Hotel Group

BWH Hotel Group has launched “Because We Care,” a sustainability program that seeks to reduce the environmental footprint of its properties around the world. Initiatives already taking place across the company’s portfolio include the use of environmentally friendly cleaning products, energy-saving LED lighting, compostable dishes, installation of EV charging stations and use of solar panels and wind turbines.

21c Museum Hotel

21c Museum Hotels is opening its newest art-focused property in St. Louis. The 10-story hotel will include 14,000 square feet of exhibition space and art in every room, as well as a fitness center and a restaurant overseen by Chef Matthew Daughaday.

Hilton Worldwide/Spark by Hilton

Hilton Worldwide is launching a new brand, Spark by Hilton, to appeal to more budget-minded guests. Executives hope to have more than 1,000 properties in the next decade.

Sonesta Hotels

Sonesta Hotels is scaling up and scaling down with two new brands. Sonesta enters the limited-service sector with Sonesta Essential, a little higher price point with Sonesta Select and the high-end sector with The James, which it acquired last year.

Taking healthcare to the streets

The Walmart healthcare brand is expanding. The retailer plans to open 17 Walmart Health centers this year along with 28 in 2024. In all, the portfolio will include 77 centers across seven states. Located inside Walmart Supercenters, the new Health centers will cover about 5,750 square feet and offer services including primary care, labs, dental and X-ray services, and the expansion comes as Amazon recently closed on its acquisition of One Medical, Walgreens is investing in VillageMD and CVS plans to acquire Oak Street Health.

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It's a size thing

IKEA is going big to get small. For the past three years, the furniture retailer has been working on small format stores, dubbed Planning Studios, to expand into more markets. The Sweden-based furniture retailer started in California with the opening of two new stores last year, and has plans to grow in other markets like New York City, Paris and Toronto with a focus on kitchen, bathroom and bedroom products and design services.

With a chef’s kiss

Chipotle Mexican Grill is debuting a spinoff concept called Farmesa Fresh Eatery. The new concept is part of the forthcoming Kitchen United Mix ghost kitchen facility in Santa Monica, California that features a menu of California-inspired bowls created by James Beard Award-winning chef Nate Appleman. Farmesa will serve bowls that feature a protein, green or grain, two sides, a choice of five sauces and a topping. It also will launch with a limited-run menu that will help the team at the restaurant learn various cooking techniques.

The numbers game

The percent of employees who said they are employed full-time in the built environment, with 51%) saying they have been in there for more than 20 years, according to the National Institute of Building Sciences’ “Built Environment Workforce Survey.”

The percent of business travelers who said their employers have resumed or increased pre-pandemic levels of travel, according to the American Hotel & Lodging Association’s Hotel Booking Index survey. The survey gave a score of 7.8 out of 10 to assess the short-term outlook for the hotel industry.

The number of shopping centers, primarily in the Midwest, that are part of an offering by DRA Advisors. The centers, spanning 3.7 million square feet valued, are valued at around $540 million. Eleven of the centers are anchored by grocers, 10 are value-added, two are urban and one is an open-air retail center.

They said it...

— China-based budget retailer Miniso Group’s Ye

its US retail presence

“We’ll continue to bring made-inChina products with good value for money, and we bring jobs for local markets. I don’t think anyone would say no to us.”

Guofu founder on its aim to keep growing

“Google Cloud’s generative AI technology creates a huge opportunity for us to deliver a truly differentiated, faster and frictionless experience for our customers.”

— Wendy’s President and CEO Todd Penegor on why the fast casual chain is testing AI’s ability to take orders and interact with customers

“It’s crucial that players like Wyndham find and champion new opportunities to drive diversity.”

— Wyndham’s VP of Strategic Development Galen Barrett on the brand’s new initiative to elevate Black hoteliers

It’s a girl thing

The free construction camp for girls from NEST and the NAWIC Philadelphia Foundation is inspire girls this summer

When it comes to attracting future construction industry professionals, the NAWIC Philadelphia Foundation is pulling out all the stops. Local Philadelphia-area girls entering 7th through 12th grade can attend a free construction camp this summer that provides real-world experiences, mentorships and education.

The camp, MyWIC (Mentoring young Women In Construction) is being run by the NAWIC Philadelphia Foundation and partners such as facilities management company NEST and Girls Inc. of Greater Philadelphia & Southern Jersey.

The camp strives to create a sustainable labor pool in the construction industry while exposing young women to careers that they may not have previously considered. The Philadelphia Youth Network Work Ready also provides funding to cover a portion of the cost.

The construction camp will take place at several trade locations throughout the Philadelphia area during July and August. Each day, the girls will learn about a specialty within the trades, including carpentry, sheet metal, safety training, electricians, finishing trades, steamfitters, plumbers and retail construction.

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Water flow

The project from The Water Research Foundation outlines optimizations at water resource recovery facilities

Ateam of WSSC Water, Brown and Caldwell, and Northwestern University has published research to revolutionize cost-effective, environment-safe nutrient removal at water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs). The $300,000 research project—Demonstration of Progressive Carbon Efficient Nitrogen with Biological Phosphorus Removal in a Conventional BNR Facility—was funded by The Water Research Foundation (WRF).

The study sought to study lowering operating costs of biological nutrient removal (BNR) systems while fully utilizing existing infrastructure.

Introduced in the 1970s, BNR techniques have been subject to scrutiny due to high energy demand, reliance on external chemicals and economic and environmental sustainability concerns. Given these challenges, many utilities worldwide operating conventional BNR facilities are in dire need of innovative alternatives to meet stringent nutrient limits.

To this end, full-scale research at WSSC Water’s 26 million gallons per day Seneca WRRF in Montgomery County, Maryland, addressed this need by demonstrating how efficient management of influent carbon, coupled with simultaneous nitrification and denitrification and post-anoxic denitrification, can reduce both energy and chemical usage while still meeting nutrient standards.

Thus, by utilizing ammonia-based aeration control to maximize influent carbon utilization rather than aerobic oxidation, the facility decreased its energy use by lowering the aeration demand and blower runtimes and reduced the need to purchase additional carbon for denitrification, thus lowering its carbon footprint.

Furthermore, the research revealed that low dissolved oxygen conditions can effectively facilitate combined biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal, thereby reducing

the need for high-volume mixed liquor recycling, usually as high as four times the WRRF’s flow.

Through this demonstration process and subsequent full-scale implementation, the Seneca WRRF is on track to save its annual energy and chemical costs by approximately $575,000 as it continues to meet nutrient removal requirements.

WSSC Water is considering deploying the innovative cost-saving strategies throughout its other five WRRFs to maintain affordable and sustainable service for its 1.9 million customers.

The findings of the research, combined with numerous international awards for wastewater excellence, continue to position WSSC Water at the forefront of science-based nutrient removal approaches.

Dr. Pusker Regmi, Principal Research Investigator, at Brown and Caldwell, applauded the unwavering commitment by WSSC Water. “This study is a game changer for the water industry as we collaborate with utilities and academia to find the most effective, sustainable and economical ways to enhance nutrient removal practices while protecting the environment.”

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Take me out to the ballgame...

RCA event hosts a night with the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets

Neither rain, nor rain delays could deter the RCA faithful when the Atlanta Braves hosted the New York Mets at Truist Park in Atlanta. The event, hosted by RCA and Commercial Construction & Renovation, saw the Braves out slug the Mets and the rain on what ended up being a good night for baseball and networking on the outfield rooftop.

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Building a template for success

Your five-step plan for making your construction risk register obsolete

By James Gallagher

Arisk register is a tool that construction project managers use to predict, document, track and manage issues that could negatively impact their achieving project goals. Many managers and firms start with a risk register template, that is based on prior risk experience, as the foundation of each project’s risk management program.

In the last year or so, factors relating to risk have undergone disruption. Some important risk factors are now less important and vice versa. If your construction management team is using a risk register that hasn’t been updated in the last twelve months, it is probably obsolete. Priorities have changed and factors have come into play or grown in importance where they can dramatically impact the outcome of projects, like never before. There are five such factors that must be reevaluated and possibly given a higher priority in project risk management. They include:

1 Force Majeure

Future templates must handle the force majeure concept in a more specific and less general way than it has been treated. In the past, it has been frequently dealt with as a single category. Today, force majeure factors should be broken out to represent a number of items. The template should specifically identify and define each risk likelihood, potential damages, effect on timelines, and more.

2 Inflation

In the last 10 years or more, inflation was rarely a factor, because it barely existed. Today, inflation is raging and no one knows where, when or how fast this current inflation spiral will rise and when it will peak. Price and interest rises can add risk pressure on material acquisition, wages, progress delays, payment delays and more.

3 Federal and state government regulations

Government regulations are affecting construction like never before. While President Biden recently signed a law officially ending the pandemic and the emergency powers governments utilized, what is the risk and result of emergency powers being enacted again sometime? What is the risk of those federal and state regulations conflicting in a way that affects construction? For example, in the recent past, if a federal inspector

was not permitted to visit a federal project, due to state health regulations, that might have affected its progress, since without the inspector the job cannot continue to the next steps.

4 Trained personnel availability

While we believe that the scarcity of people to fill jobs is starting to balance itself, managers must be wary of risk resulting from the scarcity of trained, experienced people to fill construction jobs. This phenomenon will manifest itself by potentially increasing risk in safety, quality and timeliness, among others.

5 Global activity and its increasing influence on local construction risk

Time was, when global events had little effect on local construction projects. Today, such factors as supply chain dynamics, the global economy, warring nations, politics and others increasingly affect risk relating to the successful completion of construction projects.

Once a risk register has been tuned up, construction project managers also recalibrate contingency levels and make sure they are compatible with their risk assessment and expectations.

It is not as though these issues have not been there, but in just the last year, risk has been transformed by dynamic new factors. It is important to recognize the transformation and tailor your risk management to the realities of today's construction world.

James Gallagher, Principal at Resolution Management Consultants, has more than 35 years of hands-on experience in contract development, construction/project management and construction claims prevention and resolution.

It is important to recognize the transformation and tailor your risk management to the realities of today’s construction world.

Avoiding the fall

Safeguarding the construction industry against top jobsite hazards

By Joe Brandel

The construction industry is responsible for the creation of buildings we live, work, and play within; for building and maintaining our roadways and infrastructure; for designing the communities where our lives unfold.

Construction is vital to modern day society. It also is widely considered one of the most dangerous professions, according to data from the National Safety Council. A number of on-the-job hazards are responsible for putting construction workers at risk, including slips, trips or falls.

While there is huge emphasis on protecting workers from machinery and guarding accidents (and rightfully so), the danger that falling objects, slips, trips and falls present cannot go overlooked. One of the biggest dangers associated with them is traumatic brain injury (TBI): Falls lead to nearly half of all TBI hospitalizations in the US, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.

According to the CDC, there were 64,362 traumatic brain injuries (TBI)-related deaths in 2020. This is an issue for the construction industry in particular, which has more TBIs than any other industry. The reason such accidents are so critical is that when someone’s head makes impact with the ground or an object, it typically occurs at an angle, exposing the head to rotational motion. When such an impact occurs the forces that build up between the head and helmet can be immense.

Rotational motion can potentially lead to dangerous brain injuries, but research also indicates that, in regards to concussions, the brain is more sensitive to rotational motion than linear motion. Essentially, this means concussions caused by rotational motion occur at lower levels of energy than in cases involving linear motion: Even impacts that may seem to be light can lead to concussions when rotation is a factor.

Proper education about the risks that exist on the job is the first step in safeguarding workers, providing them with the necessary knowledge to take action in service to their wellbeing.

Understanding Helmet Safety

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires that hard hats and head protection be worn by workers who are at risk for head injuries, but there are still many risks on construction sites that standard helmets don’t always account for.

One of the most important safety precautions for workers to take is to wear a helmet that fits both securely and comfortably on their heads. Another important consideration is whether a helmet is equipped with a system designed to help mitigate rotational motion. Thanks to many years of scientific research into rotational motion, additional measures can be taken to helmets in efforts to potentially help to mitigate the impact of rotational motion in certain impacts.

For instance, there’s one system that is designed to allow material in the helmet

to slide and move relative to the wearer’s head. Should you have an accident and hit your head, this system is designed to help reduce the rotational motion of certain impacts that may otherwise be transferred to your head.

Choosing the Right PPE

Before using your PPE, be sure to inspect it for any damage or structural issues. If your equipment isn’t in good condition and safe, then neither are you. Use the proper PPE for each application: Many injuries can be avoided by following this simple rule.

When it comes to safety helmets, traditional hard hats are effectively no different than when they were introduced over 100 years ago. Type 1 hard hats are designed to primarily protect wearers from impacts to the top of the head. The problem with this is that these helmets often fail to protect workers from impacts to the sides of the helmet and angled impacts that can introduce rotational motion.

The type of helmet worn can be just as important as ensuring that helmets are worn in the first place. Workers should confirm that their helmets meet current safety standards and are of the right type for the job at hand. For example, if the work requires a helmet fit for electrical work, you’ll need a Class E classified helmet. Given the potentially harmful impact of rotational motion, consider a helmet equipped with a rotational motion mitigating system.

In order to keep workers safe, it is imperative that the potential causes of traumatic brain injuries, including rotational motion, be addressed and receive greater awareness from those at risk. A survey from PPE provider J.J. Keller Safegear reported 72% of those polled did not wear PPE because they didn’t want to, and a total of 50% did not because they thought it was not necessary.

Increased education around common accidents on the job and the risks of rotational motion will help workers take the necessary precautions to keep safe.

Joe Brandel is Business Development Manager for North America Industrial Safety Market, Mips.

Proper education about the risks that exist on the job is the first step in safeguarding workers.

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How the expansion of the Geisinger Henry Cancer Center is delivering top notch cancer care to rural central Pennsylvania

By Catherine Gow

Doctors. Nurses. Researchers. Cheerleaders. As residents of rural and urban Pennsylvania, this collective group cares for their patients, members and Geisinger Henry Cancer Center family. The Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Cancer Center (HCC)—located at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania—has made significant strides in providing advanced care and access to cutting-edge treatment options.

Geisinger was founded in 1915 by Abigail Geisinger, who at age 85 recognized the need for advanced healthcare in her rural central Pennsylvania community. “Make my hospital right; make it the best,” Abigail once said. More than a century later, with a focus on optimizing and expanding its services, Geisinger engaged the prior design team at FCA to conceptualize a second expansion that would accommodate anticipated growth and increased demand for services.

The first Cancer Center expansion was successful and accommodated large numbers of patients in the region, allowing them to receive care closer to home rather than drive hours for treatment. This expansion builds on that promise to continue providing top notch cancer care to the local community.

Initial expansion began with a conceptual study and the first phase of the expansion was completed in spring of 2022. The first phase yielded a state-of-the-art, five-story expansion spanning over 92,000 square feet, equipped with the latest technology and expanded treatment options to cater to the evolving needs of residents in Luzerne County.

This new addition to the HCC underscores Geisinger’s commitment to providing exceptional care to patients while further solidifying its position as a leading healthcare provider in the region. Phase 2 is anticipated to be complete in summer of this year.

Reimagining the Hospital Entry Sequence

As part of the HCC expansion, FCA’s design team incorporated and reimagined the hospital’s main entrance to improve wayfinding, entry sequence, drop-off and connectivity. This reinvented entry layout was envisioned to not only accommodate anticipated future growth and services, but also to reimagine and enhance the overall entry experience for patients and families for the entire campus.

The entry level of the building features a new, wider drop-off circle entry that allows for proper traffic and valet flow, a Retail Pharmacy, the Goodness Bar Café, Hydra Health and Women’s Imaging suite. This seamless integration of the updated addition with the existing structure allows for a more intuitive and effortless flow of patients and visitors throughout the facility.

Enhancing Aesthetics

Beyond the layout itself, the HCC’s expansion features numerous notable aesthetic elements, including a stunning undulating facade that greets patients and visitors upon arrival and directs them into the entrance. The building’s two-story lobby serves as a focal point, featuring a transparent entry that provides clear directional cues to guide those within the space.

On the upper levels, the fritted glass panels create a playful rhythm on the exterior, echoing the natural surroundings of the campus.

The striations of the fritting mimic the patterns found in nature, and further serve to unify the building’s various functions within each floor. The sweeping form of the exterior softens the approach of the building, while the lowered canopy enhances the feeling of security, leading patients and visitors into the two-story volume of the lobby.

Much of the expansion’s interior aesthetic centers on incorporating biophilic principles. The lobby’s interior is adorned with abstract designs of local mountain views, created by layered wood-like materials and carefully placed lighting that lends to a warm and welcoming atmosphere.

This new addition to the HCC underscores Geisinger’s commitment to providing exceptional care to patients while further solidifying its position as a leading healthcare provider in the region

Throughout the interior, FCA incorporated patterns, textures and colors found in nature. The use of hexagonal patterns in privacy glass and ceramic mosaic tiles at elevators create a connection to nature, while watercolor impressions of natural settings in family lounges offer a calming ambiance. Both the infusion areas and private inpatient spaces were oriented toward views of the beautiful adjacent mountains, allowing patients to enjoy an authentic connection to nature during their treatments. With a stunning exterior and thoughtful interior design, the HCC expansion represents a significant milestone in Geisinger’s commitment to providing comfortable, calming environments for patients and visitors alike.

Enhancing Care Through Cutting-Edge Technology

The third level of the HCC boasts an impressive range of new services and facilities, nearly doubling the size of the existing infusion center along with Palliative Care, Gynecologic Oncology, and Radiation Oncology suites equipped with the latest technology,

including two new Linear Accelerators and a new CyberKnife S7.

The updated HCC main lobby features blood draw services, 44 Infusion spaces complete with a satellite Compounding Pharmacy, and six Apheresis treatment spaces. The proximity of the infusion center to the radiation oncology suite on this level

The Henry Cancer Center expansion project embodies Geisinger’s commitment to the community to provide high-quality patient care and treatment close to home.

also makes the check-in process more centralized, streamlining the patient experience.

The fourth floor of the building features a 46-room Multi-Specialty Exam and Procedure suite with interactive teaming space and new facilities for tumor boards, multidisciplinary clinics, and clinical research. In addition, this floor includes a staff respite space designed as a dedicated area for quiet contemplation and meditation, aimed at helping to alleviate workplace stress.

The fifth and final level of the updated HCC includes 18 new private, inpatient

acuity adaptable beds, designed for medical and surgical care up to critical care that can accommodate oncology patients. Four of these beds have been specifically designed to support patients undergoing Bone Marrow Transplants (BMT) and will feature AII/PE combination ante rooms.

The unit’s placement on the top floor was carefully considered by our team to avoid unnecessary foot traffic that could compromise the patients’ immunosuppressed state. Like the third level, the design of this floor connects the new addition to the existing hospital tower,

allowing for rapid response teams and other functions to readily access the oncology unit.

The Henry Cancer Center expansion project embodies Geisinger’s commitment to the community to provide high-quality patient care and treatment close to home. This expansion ensures that caregivers at Geisinger’s Henry Cancer Center can reach more patients with the compassionate care they bring every day in a new, state-of-the-art facility that incorporates nature and biophilic elements that tie the space to the beautiful mountains and campus landscape. CCR

Catherine Gow, AIA, ACHA, NCARB, Lean Six Sigma, is Principal of Health Facilities Planning, FCA.

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When it comes to commercial construction projects, everything begins and ends with choosing the right general contractor. In this issue, our monthly survey listings highlights some of the industry’s leading GC firms for the retail, restaurant, hospitality, healthcare (and other) sectors. If you’re looking for the best fit for your project, we have you covered. Our annual listing provides the contact information and contact person for each firm. If you didn’t make the list, contact Publisher David Corson at davidc@ccr-mag.com.

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HEALTHCARE

3MG, PSC

Manuel Ray, Principal

1649 Ponce de Leon Ave.

Repto. De Diego, San Juan PR 926

(787) 979-9982

(787) 375-5770

mray@3mg-pr.com

www.3mg-pr.com

Year established: 2004 Number of employees: 22

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $3,147,372

Retail: $1,567,000 Hospitality: $680 Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A

Federal: N/A Other: $900,372

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 2

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Other: waterfront-marina

Beam Team

Construction, Inc

Rick Stehr, Sr. Vice President

1350 Bluegrass Lakes Parkway

Alpharetta, GA 30004

(678) 987-1822

(678) 643-6954

rickstehr@thebeamteam.com

www.thebeamteam.com

Year established: 2005 Number of employees: 56

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $80,000,000

Retail: $39,000,000 Hospitality: $10,000,000

Restaurants: $5,000,000 Healthcare: $26,000,000

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 269

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants

Bogart Construction, Inc.

Daniel Stone, Vice President

9980 Irvine Center Dr., STE 200

Irvine, CA 92618

(949) 453-1400

(949) 230-8517

rachel@bogartconstruction.com

www.bogartconstruction.com

Year established: 1991 Number of employees: 56

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $85,000,000

Retail: $85,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A

Other: N/A Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: N/A

Specialize in: Retail, Restaurants, Shopping Malls

BrandPoint Services

David Knoche

Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing

820 Adams Ave, Suite 130 Trooper, PA 19403 (800) 905-4342 (405) 802-0203

www.brandpointservices.com

Year established: 2003 Number of employees: 550

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $103,000,000

Retail: $95,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $4,000,000

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $4,000,000

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 2,000+

Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Restaurants

Buildrite Construction Corp.

Bryan Alexander, CEO

600 Chastain Road NW, Suite 326

Kennesaw, GA 30144 (770) 971-0787

Info@Buildrite.com

www.buildriteconstruction.com

Year established: 1982 Number of employees: 25

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $23,106,318.04

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: N/A

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Restaurants, Other: Rental Car, EV Charging Stations

Capitol Construction

Lauren Hughes

Vice President of Business Development

11051 Village Square Lane Westfield, IN 46074 (317) 376-5860

lhughes@capitolconstruct.com

www.capitolconstruct.com

Year established: 1998 Number of employees: 150

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $120,000,000

Retail: $10,000,000 Hospitality: N/A

Restaurants: $25,000,000 Healthcare: $10,000,000

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $75,000,000

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 200

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, ,Shopping Malls

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Certified Construction Services

Ashley Bradley, Vice President, CFO

3418 Hampton Avenue

Nashville, TN 37215

(615) 401-9987

contact@certified-cs.com

www.verticallybuilt.com/branches/certified

Year established: 2012 Number of employees: 20

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $31,000,000

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $638,000

Healthcare: $3,670,000 Multi-Family: $22,700,000

Federal: N/A Other: $4,400,000

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 12

Specialize in: Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Multi-Family

Construction Advantage, Inc

Mike Rothholtz, President

1112 Hibbard Rd.

Wilmette, IL 60091

(847) 853-9300

constructadvantage@sbcglobal.net

Year established: 1998 Number of employees: N/A

Total Billings 12/31/2022: N/A

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: N/A

Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Restaurants

Construction One

William Moberger, President

101 E Town St, Suite 401

Columbus, OH 43215

(614) 235-0057

(614) 378-0800

wmoberger@constructionone.com

www.constructionone.com

Year established: 1980 Number of employees: 65

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $94,000,000

Retail: $80,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $14,000,000

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 410

Specialize in: Retail, Restaurants

Dalo Construction, Inc.

Belden Bowman, Vice President

2812 US Route 40 Tipp City, OH 45371

(937) 898-0953

(937) 898-0974

belden_bowman@daloinc.com

Year established: 1984 Number of employees: 36

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $72,427,628

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: N/A

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, MixedUse, Other: Industrial & Manufacturing, Institutional, Office & Interiors

DeJager Construction Inc

Dan DeJager, President 75 60th Street SW Wyoming, MI 49548 (616) 530-0060x333

dj1@dejagerci.com

www.dejagerconstruction.com

Year established: 1970 Number of employees: 30

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $28,700,000

Retail: $28,700,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 91

Specialize in: Retail, Restaurants

DLP Construction Company, Inc.

Robert Cline

Director of Business Development 5935 Shiloh Road East, 100 Alpharetta, GA 30005 (770) 887-3573

lkaden@dlpconstruction.com

www.dlpconstruction.com

Year established: 1996 Number of employees: 35

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $39,614,484

Retail: $28,784,907 Hospitality: $7,500,000

Restaurants: $8,687,969 Healthcare: $6,298,469

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: N/A

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Shopping Malls, Cannabis

Duravex RoofingDulux

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Roofing Contractor

52b Heathcote Road

Moorebank NSW 2170

NSW 2170

(130) 049-2880

sales@duravex.com.au

www.duravex.com.au

Year established: 2000 Number of employees: 151

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $750,000,000

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 145

Specialize in: Other: Roofing

EBCO General Contractor Ltd

Amanda Mikulec

Sr. Project Administrator

804 East 1st Street

Cameron, TX 76520

(254) 697-8516

amanda.mikulec@ebcogc.com

www.ebcogc.com

Year established: N/A Number of employees: 66

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $114,322,000

Retail: $39,395,000 Hospitality: $38,830,000

Restaurants: $5,551,000 Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: $19,269,000

Federal: N/A Other: $11,277,000

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 32

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Multi-Family, Other: Warehouse Space

Fortney & Weygandt, Inc.

Matthew Frank

Director of Business Development

31269 Bradley Road

North Olmsted, OH 44070

(440) 716-4000

(440) 716-4010

mfrank@fortneyweygandt.com

www.fortneyweygandt.com

Year established: 1978 Number of employees: 84

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $76,785,497

Retail: $41,418,172 Hospitality: $11,081,553

Restaurants: $7,335,451 Healthcare: $7,164,179

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $9,786,142

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 58

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, MixedUse, Education, Shopping Malls, Multi-Family, Other: Senior Living

Gray West Construction Inc.

Jessica Saavedra

Marketing Manager

421 E Cerritos Ave

Anaheim, CA 92805

(714) 491-1317

(626) 283-1709

jsaavedra@graywc.com

www.graywestconstruction.com

Year established: 1986 Number of employees: 186

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $173,411,560

Retail: $94,789,669 Hospitality: $1,266,577

Restaurants: $55,231,455 Healthcare: $22,123,859

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 385

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, MixedUse, Shopping Malls|Cannabis

Harmon Construction, Inc.

Ardell Mitchell, Vice President 621 S. State Street P.O. Box 386 North Vernon, IN 47265-0301

(1812) 346-2048

(812) 525-4180

Fax: (812) 346-2054

ardell.mitchell@harmonconstruction.com

www.harmonconstruction.com

Year established: 1955 Number of employees: 90

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $70,000,000

Retail: $2,000,000 Hospitality: $9,000,000

Restaurants: $7,000,000 Healthcare: $20,000,000

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $32,000,000

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 199

Specialize in: N/A

Healy Construction Services,Inc.

James Healy, Vice President

14000 S. Keeler Avenue

Crestwood, IL 60418

(708) 396-0440

(708) 912-9888

Fax: (708) 396-0412

jth@healyconstructionservices.com

www.healyconstructionservices.com

Year established: 1988 Number of employees: 40

Total Billings 12/31/2022: N/A

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 110

Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Restaurants, Shopping Malls, Cannabis, Other: Grocery, Big Box, Office, Warehouse, PreEngineered Metal Buildings

Hirsch Construction Corp.

Adam Hirsch, CEO

222 Rosewood Drive, 5th Floor Danvers, MA 1923

(978) 762-8744

ahirsch@hirschcorp.com

www.hirschcorp.com

Year established: 1983 Number of employees: 60

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $60,000,000

Retail: $55,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $3,000,000

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $2,000,000

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 74

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Restaurants, Other: Corporate

Hunter Building Corp.

Peter Ferri, President & CEO

14609 Kimberley Lane, Suite A Houston, TX 77079

(281) 377-6580

pferri@hunterbuilding.com

www.hunterbuilding.com

Year established: 2016 Number of employees: 20

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $15,500,000

Retail: $8,500,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $5,500,000

Healthcare: $1,500,000 Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 46

Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Restaurants

IDC

Construction, LLC

Blake Williams, VP of Operations 1000 Churchill Ct Woodstock, GA 30188

(678) 213-1110

(404) 314-7458

vsimpson@idcconstruction.com

www.idcconstruction.com

Year established: 1999 Number of employees: 15

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $10,000,000

Retail: N/A Hospitality: $10,000,000 Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 8

Specialize in: Hospitality

Immel Construction

Paul Martzke, President 1820 Radisson Street Green Bay, WI 54302 (920) 468-8208

paulma@immelconstruction.com

www.immelconstruction.com

Year established: 1961 Number of employees: 110

Total Billings 12/31/2022: N/A

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: N/A

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Mixed-Use, Education, Multi-Family

Integrated Construction

Justin Beebe, President 14827 Mandarin Road Jacksonville, FL 32223 (904) 307-5365

jbeebe@inteconst.com

www.integratedfl.com

Year established: 2007 Number of employees: 50

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $98,000,000

Retail: N/A Hospitality: $81,000,000 Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: $12,000,000 Multi-Family: $5,000,000

Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 8

Specialize in: Hospitality, Healthcare, Multi-Family

K Tooley Enterprises LLC

Kent Tooley, Owner 805 Old Austin Pflugerville Road, A Pflugerville, TX 78660 (512) 479-4055 (512) 299-4055

kt@ktooley.com

www.ktooley.com

Year established: 2004 Number of employees: 4

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $3,000,000

Retail: $1,500,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $750,000

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $750,000

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: N/A

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Other: Office space

Lakeview Construction

John Stallman, Marketing Manager

10505 Corporate Drive, 200 Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158

(262) 857-3336

john@lvconstruction.com

www.lvconstruction.com

Year established: 1993 Number of employees: 95

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $110,000,000

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 560

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Mixed-Use

Laser Facility

Management

Joseph Fairley, Vice President

20283 State Road 7, Suite 107

Boca Raton, FL 33498

(561) 466-1621

(518) 813-2006

joseph@laserfacility.com

www.laserfacility.com

Year established: 2018 Number of employees: 51

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $18,000,000

Retail: $12,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: $6,000,000 Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 214

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Education

Lendlease

Mary Hayes, Senior Data, Measurement & Analytics Manager, Corporate Affairs and Marketing

200 Park Avenue 9th Floor New York, NY 10066

(407) 491-7109

mary.hayes@lendlease.com

www.lendlease.com

Year established: 1917 Number of employees: 1200

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $1,906,598,000

Retail: N/A Hospitality: $45,510,000 Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: $371,440,000 Multi-Family: $745,105,000

Federal: $12,660,000 Other: $731,883,000

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 31

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Mixed-Use, Multi-Family

Marco Contractors, Inc.

Marty Smith

Founder/CEO/President

100 Commonwealth Dr. Warrendale, PA 15086 (724) 741-0300

Fax: (724) 741-0335

www.marcocontractors.com

marty@marcocontractors.com

Year Established: 1978 No. of Employees: 52 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $38,665,000

Completed Projects as of 12/31/22: 75

Square Footage: Retail: N/A Restaurants: N/A Hospitality: N/A

Federal: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Other: N/A

Total: 1,016,060 Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Shopping Malls

MCS & Chain Store Maintenance, an MCS Company

Tom Snyder, VP, Business Development

350 Highland Drive, Suite 100 Lewisville, TX 75067 (813) 387-1100

tom.snyder@mcs360.com

www.mcs360.com/www.chainstore.com

Year established: 1987 Number of employees: 500

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $24,000,000

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 33,000

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Shopping Malls, Multi-Family, Other: Financial

MYCON General Contractors, Inc

Jenifer Batchelder, Director of Marketing

17311 Dallas Parkway, Suite 300 Dallas, TX 75248

(214) 244-6430

jbatchelder@mycon.com

www.mycon.com

Year established: 1987 Number of employees: 260

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $565,330,000

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: N/A

Specialize in: Retail, Other: Industrial

P&C Construction, Inc.

Nic Cornelison, President

1037 West Main Street

Chattanooga, TN 37402

(423) 493-0051

(423) 240-1255

Fax: (423) 493-0058

nic@pc-const.com

www.pc-const.com

Year established: 1993 Number of employees: 67

Total Billings 12/31/2022: N/A

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 205

Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Shopping Malls, Multi-Family, Other: Industrial

Poettker Construction Company

Kevin Poettker

Vice President of Business Development

400 S Germantown Road

Breese, IL 62230

(618) 526-7213

kapoettker@poettkerconstruction.com

www.poettkerconstruction.com

Year established: 1980 Number of employees: 245

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $371,000,000

Retail: $98,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: $6,000,000 Multi-Family: $7,000,000

Federal: $61,000,000 Other: $199,000,000

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 61

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Mixed-Use, Education, Shopping Malls, Multi-Family, Other: Commercial & Corporate, Distribution/Warehouse, Industrial, Utility

Prime Retail services

Craig Weber

Director Business Development

3617 Southland Dr. Flowery Branch, GA 30542

(866) 504-3511

(610) 960-0264

cweber@primeretailservices.com

www.primeretailservices.com

Year established: 20 Number of employees: 125

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $36,000,000

Retail: $33,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $3,000,000

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 300

Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare

PTS Contracting

Phyllis Dellacamera, President

200 Business Park Drive, 205 Armonk, NY 10504

(914) 290-4166

Neil@ptscontracting.com

www.PTSContracting.com

Year established: 2009 Number of employees: 49

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $63,000,000

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: $63,000,000

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 24

Specialize in: Healthcare

R.E. Crawford Construction

Katelyn DeDominicis

Director of Business Development

6650 Professional Pkwy W

Sarasota FL 34240

(908) 635-7185

kdedominicis@recrawford.com

www.recrawford.com

Year Established: 2005 No. of Employees: 49

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $51,935,583

Retail: $37,316,630.00 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants:

$3,856,500 Healthcare: $2,956,653 Multi-Family: N/A

Federal: N/A Other: $7,556,600

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 68

Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Restaurants

Rectenwald Brothers

Construction, Inc.

Jerry Rectenwald

VP of Business Development

16 Leonberg Road

Cranberry Township, PA 16066

(724) 772-8282

(724) 944-2215

Fax: (724) 772-8281

jerry@rectenwald.com

www.rectenwald.com

Year established: 1984 Number of employees: N/A

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $40,000,000

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: N/A

Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Restaurants, Shopping Malls

Retail Construction Services, Inc

Zach Bachman Business Development

960 Margaret Street Saint Paul, MN 55106 (651) 704-1711

zbachman@retailconstruction.com

www.retail-construction.com

Year established: 1984 Number of employees: N/A

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $80,000,000

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: N/A

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Restaurants, Shopping Malls|Cannabis

Rockerz Inc

Martin Smith, President

100 Commonwealth Dr Warrendale, PA 15086 (412) 298-8457

marty@marcocontractors.com

www.rockerzinc.com

Year established: 1994 Number of employees: 60

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $10,000,000

Retail: $10,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 300

Specialize in: Retail

Rogers Electric

Tim Hill, VP, Business Development

2050 Marconi Dr

Alpharetta, GA 30005

(630) 816-0631

(630) 816-0631

timhill@lrogerselectric.com

www.rogerselectric.com

Year established: 1983 Number of employees: 1200

Total Billings 12/31/2022: N/A

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 3600

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Shopping Malls, Cannabis, Other: Warehouse & Industrial

RT Stevens Construction Inc

Troy Stevens, President

420 McKinley Suite 111-313

Corona, CA 92879

(951) 280-9361

tstevens@rtstevens.com

www.rtstevens.com

Year established: 1988 Number of employees: N/A

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $10,000,000

Retail: $9,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $1,000,000

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 25

Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Restaurants, Shopping Malls, Cannabis

S. M. Wilson & Co.

Joyce Glass

Administrative Manager

2185 Hampton Avenue

St. Louis, MO 63139

(314) 633-9622

(314) 496-6861

Fax: (314) 645-1700

amy.berg@smwilson.com

www.smwilson.com

Year established: 1921 Number of employees: 112

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $328,628,785

Retail: $55,005,199.20 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: $7,943,658.25 Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A

Other: $175,679,927.55

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 19

Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Mixed-Use, Education, Multi-Family, Other: Industrial, Senior Care, Commercial, Public Agency, Special Projects

SAJO Inc.

Rocco Raco, Director

1320 Graham

Mont-Royal, QC H3P 3C8

(514) 385-0333 x.155

rocco@sajo.com

www.sajo.com

Year established: 1977 Number of employees: 200

Total Billings 12/31/2022: N/A

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: N/A

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls, Cannabis, Other: luxury residences

Scheiner Commercial Group

Lisa Macneir

Director of Business Development

18965 Base Camp Road

Suite A-1

Monument, CO 80132

(719) 487-1600

(719) 502-5959

lisa@scheinercg.com

www.scheinercg.com

Year established: 2005 Number of employees: 20

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $18,000,000

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: N/A

Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Restaurants, Shopping Malls

Schimenti Construction

Jonas Foster, Director, Marketing

575 Lexington Ave., 18th Floor

New York, NY 10022

(212) 246-9100

jfoster@schimenti.com

www.schimenti.com

Year established: 1997 Number of employees: 305

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $347,000,000

Retail: $242,745,868 Hospitality: $48,350,000

Restaurants: $24,491,000 Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A

Federal: N/A Other: $31,413,132

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: N/A

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Restaurants, Shopping Malls

Scott Contracting

Johnny Wilkins

Director of Business Development

702 Old Peachtree Road,NW, Suite 100

Suwanee, GA 30024

(678) 333-8729

johnny.wilkins@scott-contracting.com

www.scott-contracting.com

Year established: 2003 Number of employees: 50

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $51,000,000

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: $11,000,000

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $40,000,000

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: N/A

Specialize in: Healthcare, Other: Commercial Office

Solex Contracting Inc

Keith Schultz, VP Operations

42146 Remington Ave

Temecula, CA 92590

(951) 308-1706

(951) 795-5714

kschultz@solexcontracting.com

www.solexcontracting.com

Year established: 2005 Number of employees: 110

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $25,000,000

Retail: $20,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $5,000,000

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 85

Specialize in: Retail

StoreCrafters, Inc

Laurie Schindler, Account Manager

100 Boxart St.

Rochester, NY 14612

(585) 313-9371

laurie.schindler@storecrafters.com

www.storecrafters.com

Year established: 25 Number of employees: 25

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $24,000,000

Retail: $24,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: N/A

Specialize in: Retail

Taylor Bros.

Construction Co., Inc.

Jeff Chandler, Vice President

4555 Middle Road

Columbus, IN 47203

(812) 379-9547

Fax: (812) 372-4759

tonya.paradise@tbcci.com

www.tbcci.com

Year established: 1933 Number of employees: 200

Total Billings 12/31/2022: N/A

Retail: $70,000,000 Hospitality: $5,000,000

Restaurants: $2,000,000 Healthcare: $5,000,000

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: $1,000,000 Other: $17,000,000

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 350

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Education, Other

TDS Construction, Inc.

Christina Scherer Bock, CEO

4239 63rd St W

Bradenton, FL 34209

(941) 795-6100

Fax: (941) 795-6101

christi.bock@tdsconstruction.com

www.tdsconstruction.com

Year established: 1987 Number of employees: 65

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $82,500,000

Retail: $80,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $250,000

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 98

Specialize in: Retail, Restaurants, Shopping Malls

The Dewitt-Tilton Group

Baleigh Kelly, Executive Assistant

119 Canal St, Ste 106

Pooler, GA 31322-6003

(912) 777-3404

baleigh@dtg-inc.net

www.dewitttiltongroup.com

Year established: 2014 Number of employees: 8

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $20,000,000

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 15

Specialize in: Retail, Mixed-Use, Shopping Malls, Other: Industrial

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

Tony Messina, Vice President

2 Enterprise Drive, 504

Shelton, CT 6484

(203) 789-8700

anthony.messina@whiting-turner.com

www.whiting-turner.com

Year established: 1909 Number of employees: 4,200+

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $8,599,900,000

Retail: $324,365,055 Hospitality: $123,851,424

Restaurants: $10,084,676 Healthcare: $1,116,155,764

Multi-Family: $452,742,210 Federal: $369,173,419

Other: $6,203,527,452

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 400+

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Shopping Malls, Cannabis, Multi-Family, Other: E-commerce, Data Centers, Warehouse & Distribution, Theme Parks, Sports Venues, Science & Tech, Pharmaceutical, and Transportation

Triad Construction, Inc.

Donna Coneley

Vice President of Development

2206 Oday Rd

Pearland, TX 77581

(281) 485-4700

(832) 331-7267

D.Coneley@triadrc.com

www.triadrc.com

Year established: 2008 Number of employees: 51

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $63,192,412

Retail: $53,713,550 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $9,478,862

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 41

Specialize in: Retail, Other: Commercial

TRICON Construction

Leo Couchara, Vice President Sales

3433 Marshall Lane

Bensalem, PA 19020

(609) 847-0196

Fax: (215) 633-8363

L.Couchara@Tricon-Construction.com

www.TRICON-Construction.com

Year established: 2003 Number of employees: 12

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $15,800,000

Retail: $15,800,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 80

Specialize in: Retail

Vantage Builders, Inc.

Dan Foley, Marketing

204 Second Avenue

Waltham, MA 2451

(781) 895-3270

(508) 272-0017

Fax: (781) 895-3271

dfoley@vb-inc.com

www.vb-inc.com

Year established: 2000 Number of employees: 65

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $63,000,000

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: N/A

Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Cannabis, Other: Corporate

Warwick Construction, Inc.

Walt Watzinger, Vice President

365 FM 1959 Rd

Houston, TX 77034

(832) 448-5802

(713) 412-4785

Fax: (832) 448-3000

walt@warwickconstruction.com

www.warwickconstruction.com

Year established: 1999 Number of employees: 65

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $102,402,431

Retail: $102,402,431 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 105

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Shopping Malls, Cannabis, Other: Storage

Weekes Construction, Inc.

Hunter Weekes, Vice President

237 Rhett St. Greenville, SC 29601

(864) 233-0061

(864) 235-9971

www.weekesconstruction.com

hweekes@weekesconstruction.com

Year Established: 1976 No. of Employees: 50

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $41,000,000

Retail: $40,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: $1,000,000 Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Total: $82,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/22: N/A

Specialize in: Retail

William A. Randolph, Inc.

Eric Handley, C.O.O.

820 Lakeside Drive, Suite 3

Gurnee, IL 60031

(847) 856-0123

(847) 812-8234

Fax: (847) 856-0696

eric.handley@warandolph.com

www.warandolph.com

Year established: 1957 Number of employees: 95

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $275,000,000

Retail: $100,000,000 Hospitality: $100,000,000

Restaurants: $10,000,000 Healthcare: $10,000,000

Multi-Family: $40,000,000 Federal: N/A Other: $15,000,000

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 80

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, MixedUse, Education, Shopping Malls, Multi-Family, Other: Industrial

WInkel Construction, Inc

Richard Winkel, CEO

1919 W Main St

Inverness, FL 34452

(352) 860-0500

(352) 302-3768

Fax: (352) 860-0700

RickW@winkel-construction.com

www.winkel-construction.com

Year established: 1981 Number of employees: 11

Total Billings 12/31/2022: N/A

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: N/A

Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Restaurants

Wolverine Building Group

Kate Klemp, Marketing Manager

4045 Barden Dr SE

Grand Rapids, MI 49512

(616) 281-6160

(616) 514-7630

kklemp@wolvgroup.com

www.olvgroup.com

Year established: 1939 Number of employees: 181

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $225,000,000

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 132

Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Multi-Family, Craft Brewery, Other: Industrial

Zerr Enterprises, Inc.

Mike Zerr, President

1545 South Acoma Street

Denver, CO 80223

(303) 758-7776

(303) 994-0585

Fax: (303) 758-7770

Mike.zerr@zerrenterprises.com

www.zerrenterprises.com

Year established: 1996 Number of employees: 16

Total Billings 12/31/2022: $9,000,000

Retail: N/A Hospitality: $9,000,000 Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A

Completed commercial projects 12/31/2022: 16

Specialize in: Hospitality, Other: Historic Hospiality

A nationwide full-ser vice general contractor, specializing in retail, self-storage, restaurant and commercial construction. Design and contracting services all under one roof.

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Donna Con e l e y VP o f D e v elop m e n t 281-485-4700

d.coneley@triadrc.com

www.triadrc.com

Lighting firms take the spotlight in annual listing reports

One of the most dynamic aspects of any commercial construction project is lighting—and how it helps tie the whole process together. To help you get a lead on some of the industry’s premiere companies in the retail, restaurant, hospitality, healthcare (and other) sectors, our annual listing provides the contact information and contact person for each firm. If you didn’t make the list, contact Publisher David Corson at davidc@ccr-mag.com.

2nd Ave Lighting

Max Cohen, Marketing Director

55 Oriskany Blvd

Yorkville, NY 13495

(800) 843-1602

(315) 527-5957

sales@2ndave.com

www.2ndave.com

Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Close to Ceiling Fixtures, Solid State Lighting Fixtures,LED Linear Indoor,LED Linear Outdoor, Task Lighting, Shelving Lighting, Wall Sconces, Exterior/Outdoor

Lighting, Landscape Lighting, Commercial Lighting, Other: Custom Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, MixedUse, Education, Shopping Malls, Cannabis, Multi-Famil, Craft Brewery

Acclaim Lighting

Patrick Nadjarians, Marketing Director 6122 S Eastern Ave Commerce, CA 90040

info@acclaimlighting.com

www.acclaim lighting.com

Lighting Product Type: Solid State Lighting Fixtures, LED Linear Indoor, LED Linear Outdoor, Exterior/Outdoor Lighting, Landscape

Lighting, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Mixed-Use, Shopping Malls

AFX INC.

Ryan Weems, VP of Sales

2345 Ernie Krueger Circle

Waukegan, IL 60087

(847) 249-5970

rweems@afxinc.com

www.afxinc.com

Lighting Product Type: Close to Ceiling Fixtures, LED Linear Indoor, Recessed Lighting, Task Lighting, Wall Sconces, Exterior/Outdoor Lighting, Other: Pendant, Overbed, Vanity

Markets Served: Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Multi-Family, Other: Residential

Alphalite, Inc.

Andrina Ortiz

Inside Sales / Project Management

10715 Springdale Ave, Suite 4 Santa FeSprings, CA 90670 (888) 287-9228

andrina.ortiz@alphalite.com

www.alphalite.com

Lighting Product Type: Highbay Lighting, LED Linear Indoor, LED Linear Outdoor, Recessed Lighting, Exterior/Outdoor Lighting, Landscape Lighting, Commercial Lighting

Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Shopping Malls, Cannabis, Multi-Family, Craft Brewery

American Lighting

Alyssa Stone

National Sales Manager

11775 E 45th Ave Denver, CO 80239 (800) 880-1180

astone@americanlighting.com

Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Close to Ceiling Fixtures, Solid State Lighting Fixtures, LED Linear Indoor, LED Linear Outdoor, Recessed Lighting, Task Lighting, Shelving Lighting, Wall Sconces, Exterior/Outdoor Lighting, Landscape Lighting, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Shopping Malls, Multi-Family, Craft Brewery

American PERMALIGHT, Inc.

Customer-Service Team

Order Fulfillment Department

2570 W 237th Street, Suite C

Torrance, CA 90505 (310) 891-0924

info@AmericanPermalight.com

www.AmericanPermalight.com

Lighting Product Type: Other: Photoluminescent EXIT Signs and Egress Path Markings

Markets Served: Hospitality, Healthcare, Mixed-Use, Education, Other: Commercial

INNOVATIVE THERMOPLASTIC SOLUTIONS

Candex Lighting

Long Tran, VP PO Box 18657

Anaheim, CA 92817

info@candexlighting.com

www.candexlighting.com

Lighting Product Type: Light Bulbs, Recessed Lighting, Security Lighting, Commercial Lighting

Markets Served: Retail|Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Shopping Malls, Multi-Family

CED

David Van Laeys, Sales Manager

22785 Savi Ranch Pkwy.

Yorba Linda, CA 92887

(951) 551-5611

www.cednationalaccounts.com

vanlaeys@cednationalaccounts.com

Lighting Product Type: Highbay Lighting, Recessed Lighting, Track Lighting, Exterior/Outdoor Lighting, Commercial Lighting

Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Cannabis, Education, Shopping Malls, Craft Brew, Multi-Family, Federal

Controlled Power Company

Suzanne Hooley, Marketing Director

1955 Stephenson Hwy.

Troy, MI 48083

(800) 521-4792

www.controlledpwr.com

shooley@controlledpwr.com

Lighting Product Type: Emergency Lighting Inverters, Egress Lighting Solutions

Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Corporate, Education, Shopping Malls, Commercial, Multi-Family

Current

Mona Osmani

Product Marketing Coordinator

1940 Rue Onésime Gagnon

Lachine, Quebec H8T 3M6

mona.osmani@currentlighting.com

www.gecurrent.com/outdoor-lighting/led-signage-lighting

Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, LED Linear Outdoor, Exterior/Outdoor Lighting, Commercial Lighting, Other: LED Signage Lighting

Markets Served: Retail, Other: Signage

Davis Marketing Associates Inc.

Kevin Rourke

Signage Specifications Mgr.

75 Van Doren Ave

Chatham, NJ 07928

(973) 727-6595

(973) 727-6595

kevin@davismarketinginc.com

www.davismarketinginc.com

Lighting Product Type: LED Linear Outdoor, Shelving Lighting, Exterior/Outdoor Lighting, Other: signage lighting

Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Shopping Malls, Cannabis, Multi-Family, Craft Brewery

EarthTronics

Jennifer Ferenz, Marketing Director

755 E Ellis Rd

Norton Shores, MI 49441 (231) 332-1188

JenniferF@earthtronics.com

Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Light Bulbs, Close to Ceiling Fixtures, Solid State Lighting Fixtures, Highbay Lighting, LED Linear Indoor, LED Linear Outdoor, Recessed Lighting, Track Lighting, Task Lighting, Shelving Lighting, Wall Sconces, Exterior/Outdoor Lighting, Landscape Lighting, Commercial Lighting

Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, MixedUse, Education, Shopping Malls, Multi-Family, Craft Brewery

Electro-LuminX

Lighting Corp.

Steve Pendlebury, CEO

1320 North Arthur Ashe Blvd

Richmond, VA 23230

(804) 355-1692

thelighttapeteam@lighttape.com

www.lighttape.com

Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Solid State Lighting Fixtures, LED Linear Indoor, LED Linear Outdoor, Shelving Lighting, Exterior/Outdoor Lighting, Security Lighting, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Shopping Malls, Cannabis, Multi-Family, Craft Brewery

Euchips Electronics Inc.

Hao LUO, Sales Manager

12328 Valley Blvd, B

El Monte, CA 91732

(626) 361-7956

(626) 747-6614

Fax: (626) 361-7976

hao.luo@euchips.us

www.euchips.us

Lighting Product Type: Other: LED Drivers and controllers

Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Shopping Malls, Multi-Family

FacilityRX Services, Inc.

John DiNunzio, President

24659 Halsted Road Northville, MI 48335

(248) 566-6187

Fax: (248) 946-4198

johnd@facilityrxservices.com

Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Light Bulbs, Close to Ceiling Fixtures, Solid State Lighting Fixtures, Highbay Lighting, LED Linear Indoor, LED Linear Outdoor, Recessed Lighting, Track Lighting, Task Lighting, Wall Sconces, Exterior/Outdoor Lighting, Security

Lighting, Landscape Lighting, Commercial Lighting

Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Shopping Malls, Cannabis, Craft Brewery

Genesis Lighting Solutions

Douglas Head, EVP 700 Parker Square, 205

Flower Mound, TX 75028 (469) 322-1900

(469) 644-9966

doug@making-light..com

Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Close to Ceiling Fixtures, Solid State Lighting Fixtures, Highbay Lighting|LED Linear Indoor, LED Linear Outdoor, Recessed Lighting, Track Lighting, Task Lighting, Shelving Lighting, Wall Sconces, Exterior/Outdoor Lighting, Landscape Lighting, Commercial Lighting

Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Shopping Malls

Global Lighting & Controls

Michael Johnson, Partner 4815 Cedar Hills Dr. Slinger, WI 53086

(800) 916-6874

mj@globallightingcontrols.com

Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Solid State Lighting

Fixtures, Highbay Lighting, LED Linear Indoor, Recessed Lighting, Track Lighting, Wall Sconces, Exterior, Outdoor Lighting, Security

Lighting, Landscape Lightin, Commercial Lighting

Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Shopping Malls, Cannabis, Multi-Family, Craft Brewery

Hera Lighting

Jad Kiswani, Marketing Manager

3025 Business Park Dr

Norcross, GA 30071

(770) 409-8558

www.heralighting.com

jk@heralighting.com

Lighting Product Type: Highbay Lighting, LED Linear Indoor, Shelving Lighting, Commercial Lighting, Other: Display

Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Cannabis, Shopping Malls, Other

HK Lighting

Susie Minton

Director of Marketing & Business Development

2151 Anchor Ct

Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 (805) 480-4881 (949) 887-5165

sminton@hklighting.com

www.hklighting.com

Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Exterior/Outdoor Lighting, Landscape Lighting

Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Shopping Malls, Multi-Family, Craft Brewery

IdentiCom Sign Solutions

John DiNunzio, President 24657 Halsted Road

Farmington Hills, MI 48335 (248) 944-9590

jdinunzio@identicomsigns.com

www.identicomsigns.com

Lighting Product Type: Light Bulbs, LED Linear Outdoor, Wall Sconces, Exterior/Outdoor Lighting

Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Shopping Malls, Cannabis, Craft Brewery

Innovations in Lighting

Rob Bruck, President 136 N California Ave City of Industry, CA 91744 (818) 732-9238

info@innovationsinlighting.com

www.innovationsinlighting.com

Lighting Product Type: Close to Ceiling Fixtures, Task Lighting, Wall Sconces

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Mark Mitchell, Marketing C0mmunications Manager

28662 N Ballard Dr Lake Forest, IL 60045 (847) 816-1060

www.kingspanlightandair.us

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Walter Shanley, VP Operations

8 Greenwood Cir

Seymour, CT 06483

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1 Chestnut Street, #4M Nashua, NH 3060

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10141 Olney Street El Monte, CA 91731

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201 North Service Road

Melville, NY 11747

(800) 323.8920

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Bill Pierro Jr., LC, President / Owner

400 Oser Avenue, Suite 100 Hauppauge, NY 11788

(631) 595-2000

www.lidolighting.com

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1150-572 Nicola Place

Port Coquitlam, BC V3B 0K4

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Los Angeles, CA 90016-3715

(323) 904-0200 ext. 579

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17330 Preston Rd, Suite 120A

Dallas, TX 75252

(214) 549-5501

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Yorkville, NY 13495

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44 Harbor Park Drive

Port Washington, NY 11050 (866) 810-6615

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11775 E 45th Ave

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9370 Pittsburgh Ave

Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 (262) 456-5002

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Regency Supply

Judah Regenstreif, President 9261 Jordan Ave

Chatsworth, GA 91311 (805) 312-1543

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Sentry Electric LLC

Michael Shatzkin, Director of Mktg. & Bus. Development 185 Buffalo Ave. Freeport, NY 11520 (516) 379-4660

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HONG KONG 999077

(376) 025-1015

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Iris Hoag, Global Marketing Manager

2210 Oak Ridge Dr. Vista, CA 92081

(760) 597-4411

www.solatube.com/commerical

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Lee Crisman

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5 Holt Drive

Stony Point, NY 10980

(845) 947-3034

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17110 Armstrong Ave

Irvine, CA 92614

(714) 957-6101

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www.tivolilighting.com

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Sean Gaydos, Senior Vice President 1126 River Road

New Windsor, NY 12553 (845) 565-8500

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WAC LIGHTING

Thomas Lillie

Director of Specification Sales

44 Harbor Park Drive

Port Washington, NY 10050 (800) 526-2588

sales@waclighting.com

www.waclighting.com

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How the Santa Monica City Yards is helping prioritize public works employees By Scott Wolf

Public works buildings and their employees are not typically shown the same level of love as other city organizations like libraries and community centers. But The Miller Hull Partnership and Hathaway Dinwiddie aim to change that with the renovation of the Santa Monica City Yards—an efficient, sustainable contribution to the city’s functionality.

Stretching a full city block on Santa Monica’s Michigan Avenue, the nearly 15-acre City Yards has served as a home for public works employees and a launchpad for infrastructure maintenance crews and operations since the 1940s. Providing manufacturing and repair facilities for the city’s vehicles, traffic signals, maintenance crews, and public works admin staff, City Yards is a key element of Santa Monica’s flow and functionality.

While critical to the ongoing operations of the city, its importance was not matched in building quality or appearance. Originally a clay mine, the site contained a large hole in the ground that was eventually used to store trash. As time went on, the industrial City Yards developed around the landfill and was utilized as a recycling center.

With its site circulation placing pedestrians and large trucks in the same lanes without any buffer between the two, the Yards were not only unpleasant for the community but unsafe for workers.

Today, the site is undergoing a city-funded multi-phase renovation covering the whole 14.7-acre site to create a more efficient working environment with modern buildings and equipment, protected circulation, and a public-friendly design. Numerous community meetings were held to inform the surrounding neighborhood of the planned changes and allow members to voice their concerns and contribute to the design of the master plan.

Led by the design-build team of Hathaway Dinwiddie and Miller Hull, the phased master plan transforms vital, yet hidden, services into City Yards that actively engage with the public it serves. The project replaces outdated facilities and addresses various deficiencies built up over the last 80 years, creating an uplifting workplace for the people who keep the city alive while demonstrating that thoughtful design can make any environment an inviting place to be.

Construction for Package A began in July 2019, with Phase 1, the FLEET Building completed in 2021. Setting the tone for the rest of the project, the facility elevates the role of public works employees with contemporary, light-filled workspaces that are more than just maintenance shops. The humane design lifts the spirit and demonstrates the respect that the City of Santa Monica has for its essential employees.

Providing manufacturing and repair facilities for the city’s vehicles, including trash and recycling trucks as well as traffic and signal maintenance, M/E/P maintenance shops, crews for all city buildings, and public works admin staff, the FLEET Building is a hub for the city’s operations and maintenance. Incorporating industrial materials into FLEET’s purposeful design, Miller Hull selected concrete masonry units (CMU) to contrast the steel structure, deck, and insulated side panels.

Like all of Miller Hull’s projects, sustainability was paramount to City Yards’ design. Situated on a capped landfill, the FLEET Building required deep piles, which were costly but consolidated a diversity of functions thereby maximizing the use of the full site and facilitating the first phase of

construction while allowing for continuous operations in the rest of the Yard. This solution allowed the team to create a first-class facility on historically compromised land.

Phase 2 of Package A, the ADMIN Building, began construction in May 2021 and completed at the end of 2022. The program unites previously disparate operations of each division under one roof and facilitates employee interaction and collaboration. Designed as a true administrative hub, the ADMIN building acts as a front door to the Yards, providing visitors with a central place to enter.

Architecturally, the ADMIN Building is a long thin shed that hosts distinct functions on either side of its entry. On the east side is a shared locker and changing room, and on the west, are offices and lunch rooms. A large outdoor break area

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Phase 4 of Package A includes four additional FACILITIES buildings and an entry plaza. Phase 4 and Packages B and C are on indefinite hold from pandemic-related budget cuts. The multi-phase master plan has been central to the City Yards’ success as the project continues to be phased and constructed as funding becomes available. The design-build delivery method allowed the Fire Training Facility to be added to the project, with future funding being

targeted towards completing the individual FACILITIES buildings along Michigan Avenue. Scheduling and staging were also coordinated from the start to allow the Yards to continue to operate 24/7/365 on the site throughout construction.

The refreshed character of the site and its facilities uses utilitarian elements and durable materials to reflect the nature of the work done by City Yards while elevating the industrial complex as a humane and sustainable, community amenity that all of Santa Monica can embrace. CCR

Scott Wolf, FAIA, is a Partner at Miller Hull. With more than 30 years experience with the firm, his leadership has helped Miller Hull become nationally recognized for its beautiful, bold and approachable work.

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Inside the I-95 rebuild

An expert takes us behind-the-scenes of how Pennsylvania officials restored the vital piece of infrastructure

By Dr. Aydin Tabrizi

The recent collapse of a bridge on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia garnered national and international news coverage. There are many reasons why this tragic accident continues to receive such widespread attention. I-95 is an important piece of infrastructure connecting the South and North along the eastern half of the United States.

The interstate carries more than 150,000 vehicles, including 14,000 trucks, through Philadelphia daily. Because the I-95 is a critical supply chain connection for the northeast corridor and much of the eastern seaboard, the repairs now underway will have a far-reaching effect beyond those who live and work in the region. In 2021, trucks carried 21 million tons of freight through Philadelphia, mostly over I-95, worth more than $100 billion.

A temporary bridge was completed within two weeks. Ahead of schedule, it was an impressive feat and a testament to the results that can be achieved when public officials, engineers, and construction professionals act quickly and work together.

But the biggest challenge lies ahead— the longer construction process of building a permanent replacement bridge. As of this writing, no official timeline has been set, but Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has stated that the project will take “some number of

months.” The Federal Highway Administration estimates that the rebuild could cost between $25-30 million, with funding coming from emergency grant money as part of the $1.25 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that was passed in 2021.

As one of the rare infrastructure projects in the national spotlight, the rebuilding of I-95 has the potential to boost Americans’ confidence in the ability of public and private sectors to work together on projects that improve our quality of life.

The stakes are high: According to 2023 research from Project Management Institute (PMI), the majority of Americans view state and local governments as responsible for infrastructure improvements and nearly two-thirds (64%) of Americans say roads and bridges are one of their top infrastructure concerns. But only 37% are confident in the government's ability to successfully complete infrastructure improvements in their community.

This project also has the potential to demonstrate that the IIJA can deliver on its promise to provide much-needed improvements to US infrastructure, which, according to the Infrastructure Report Card issued by the American Society of Civil Engineers, is graded a C-. Roads scored even worse, receiving a failing D grade.

In my experience with similar sized construction and infrastructure projects in one of our state’s capitals, I can say with confidence that there is one crucial factor that will make or break the success of this project: the involvement of skilled, certified project professionals from start to finish.

Projects of this scale and importance can be extremely complex. There are many players involved—including subject matter specialists, vendors, private organizations and government entities—who are tasked with setting budgets and timelines, making the repairs, and reporting on progress.

Because construction projects have so many moving parts, they are especially susceptible to scope creep. In fact, research from PMI estimates that for every $1 billion spent on construction projects, $127 million is wasted. With so many people closely following the I-95 repair, those involved in the project must ensure they are being good stewards of public funding, to successfully complete the project on budget and on time.

Making it happen

Project managers play an important role in making this happen. At its core, project management is about getting things done. With so many different roles, each with their own objectives, project managers are the rallying force, responsible for tracking and managing the countless steps, to meet the budget, and timeline requirements that comprise a complex project like the I-95 rebuild.

They must ensure that the process and each of the players are moving along as safely and efficiently as possible. Understanding the resources that are available for a project and scheduling a project so that it uses those resources effectively, is critical to a project’s success. So is establishing checkpoints: milestones that must be met to ensure the project is on track to achieve its goals.

For these reasons, project managers must be involved during the planning phase of a construction project—not just the building phase. Project managers also are responsible for managing the many stakeholders involved in projects of this magnitude—communicating with those involved in, and affected by, the project.

For the I-95 repair, this includes not only the public and private sector professionals

The Federal Highway Administration estimates that the rebuild could cost between $25-30 million, with funding coming from emergency grant money as part of the $1.25 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that was passed in 2021.

who are physically working on the rebuild, but also the federal officials who provide the funding, the regulatory bodies that ensure the repairs are safe, and the general public that relies on the I-95 as a part of their daily lives.

Successful stakeholder management requires clearly communicating the project status, progress, and forecasts, as well as tailoring the communications approach to different stakeholder groups based on what information is necessary and helpful to them and deciphering how often these updates should be provided.

Projects that use taxpayer funds and serve the public are under intense scrutiny when it comes to safety and sustainability. Skilled project managers are adept in risk management—identifying potential risk events, from natural disasters to supply chain disruptions, and understanding how they can impact project outcomes and objectives. They are also capable of reducing project waste, allowing projects like the I-95 repair to be completed as sustainably as possible.

PMI has estimated that 25 million new project management-oriented employees

are needed to meet global talent demands by 2030, with much of that need driven by the manufacturing and construction industries. For the I-95 rebuild, and the larger infrastructure overhaul promised as part of the IIJA, having capable project managers at the helm will determine whether these projects are completed in a safe, timely and budget-conscious manner.

This is true of any project, when the project impacts so many lives and involves taxpayer dollars, the stakes are much, much higher. CCR

Dr. Aydin Tabrizi is a construction management and architectural engineering veteran and the VP of Membership at the Upstate New York Chapter of Project Management Institute.

Starting a new chapter

Inside the $18 million restoration of the former Cook County Hospital building in Chicago

By Darcy Boyle

After being unoccupied for 18 years, Chicago’s Cook County Hospital was set to be demolished. Built in 1914, and once North America’s largest public health facility, the venerable facility had a reputation for welcoming patients of all backgrounds, as well as for having the best resident physicians.

Despite being so highly regarded and well known, the hospital’s future remained undecided—even in 2006, when it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. After a modern facility was built nearby and Cook County Hospital’s teaching hospital relocated to it, the original building was simply left to deteriorate.

Located near I-290 and Ogden Avenue in Chicago’s medical district meant that locals could not/would not forget this historic beauty, especially watching it painfully morph into eyesore status. Razing the legendary hospital seemed to be 100% inevitable.

But thanks to ultra-strong efforts by Preservation Chicago and Landmarks Illinois, the Cook County Board of Commissioners’ plan to demolish the historic hospital was overturned. In 2016, it was announced that the hospital would be rehabilitated as part of a colossal, $1 billion redevelopment plan called Harrison Square. A fraction of that—$140 million—would go toward the complete renovation and adaptive reuse of the hospital, including $18 million for the restoration of its brick and terra cotta exterior facade.

All photos courtesy of Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates

A project team including Walsh Construction; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and Wiss, Janney, Elstner (WJE) Associates was assembled, the latter serving as the exterior envelope consultant for this massive restoration. In 2018, ground broke to transform the 342,000-square-foot complex into two Hyatt hotels with 210 rooms, in addition to medical offices, a museum, a daycare center, a gym and a food court.

When Rachel Will, Associate Principal at WJE, arrived at the site for her team’s first survey, she immediately acknowledged the challenges. “When it was vacant and boarded up, there were actually inhabitants in the building. When we did our first survey, that was one of the concerns. Everyone was reading for years about this building, to see what its fate was going to be. In Chicago, just about everybody knew it. There were a lot of thoughts relative to what should be done—and how it should be done. It clearly was a unique challenge.”

Once the masonry contractors were selected, Will and her team started on some trials and mockups to realistically understand what products could best clean atmospheric stains, biological growth and efflorescence off the facade. This was absolutely necessary. “There was significant efflorescence at the base of the building because below the third floor, there was an inlaid gutter that for years hadn’t been functioning correctly and thus, caused quite a bit of water in the wall,” Will says. Working with two different masonry contractors (Mark 1 Restoration for the north, east and wide sides, and MBB Enterprises

on the south side), the group determined that cleaning would be the first step... and they established a positive path forward. To meet their collective needs, the architect and contractors insisted upon PROSOCO, a company that for 80-plus years has crusaded to ensure buildings look better and last longer with their specialty construction chemicals.

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The emergence of a local historic landmark being salvaged and retrofitted for a new life offered great significance for a public that had been watching this once-beautiful structure waste away for years.

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County Hospital. Each restoration project is different, and therefore will require a customized set of test panels and restoration solutions. That’s something that at PROSOCO, we pride ourselves in: The ability to provide customized solutions for all types of building conditions, substrates and stains.”

The PROSOCO team had the two-part chemical system from PROSOCO (766 Limestone & MasonryPrewash and Limestone & Masonry Afterwash) as their initial choice, in which they used at least two passes of the prewash. “Some areas that were significantly soiled needed multiple passes of the prewash, and it cleaned up very nicely,” Will says.

But instead of neutralizing with the after wash component of the two-part system, Will and her colleagues found that a different product worked even better. “We knew the brick had been severely cleaned in the past, so it was very absorbent. To be able to neutralize it, we ended up using PROSOCO’s Light Duty Concrete Cleaner.”

Once all eight stories and all four sides of the exterior were cleaned between the years 2018 and 2019, the next step was envelope stabilization—another unique restoration challenge for WJE. “The building had been vacant for 18 years, but even prior to that, there had been quite a bit of deferred maintenance,” Will says. “A lot of temporary stabilization measures had been put in place just to keep pieces from falling.”

Will says some of those measures were taken down and rebuilt, including the thirdfloor gutter and significant strapping that had been installed around corners, balconies and projected areas. “At that point, our contractors installed anchoring for further stabilization using PROSOCO’s helical Stitch-Ties and Masonry Veneer-Ties to pin the terra cotta and some of the brick.”

After an intense, but highly gratifying three years of renovations, the structure reopened in 2020, repurposed as the Hyatt Place and its extended-stay neighbor, the Hyatt House—together forming the centerpiece of a much larger complex, expected to revitalize an entire district.

The emergence of a local historic landmark being salvaged and retrofitted for a new life offered great significance for a public that had been watching this once-beautiful structure waste away for years. And for Will, that meaning was acutely experienced. A resident of Chicago since 2005, she says it had been vacant the entire time she lived there.

“Being involved with it and seeing it get a new life was just amazing,” she says. “Truly from the standpoint of adaptive reuse and façade projects, it’s such a transforma-

tion. This building was near death in a lot of ways, and now, it’s not just a hotel, but office workers go to the building every day. Many people can experience this building.”

Will says that it was a dream to work on a building she actually studied in grad school. “It’s one of those buildings you learn about in class, and then to get the opportunity to work on it, it’s more personal. Then you’re part of the story. This was the next chapter in this building’s life and we’re not going to be the first or last to touch it. Let’s just be part of it.” CCR

Darcy Boyle has worked as the media and communications director for PROSOCO for nearly 10 years, honing her craft as a story-teller, copywriter and PR specialist in construction.

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Wining, dining, and more

Why the Pirouette Café & Wine Bar is one of Arlington, Virginia’s best dining haunts

In a recent Arlington Magazine story, Pirouette Café & Wine Bar was listed among the “17 Restaurant Patios With Serious Summer Vibes.” The café and wine bar, which features a name that connotes “movement, energy [and] elegance,” was cited for its sizable patio with various seating options and a view of nearby fountains and an illuminated glass sculpture.

You could add to the list, perhaps in a different story, its upscale menu and wine selections, which are available by the glass, half-bottle or full bottle.

Pirouette is the first offering from Jackie and Philippe Loustaunau, who opened in mid-September 2022 between Ballston and Virginia Square in Arlington, Virginia. Philippe is a defense industry consultant, while Jackie is a culinary school grad who has worked both front- and back-of-house gigs in restaurants over the years. The spot was named after Philippe’s late mother as a way to honor her life of providing flavorful foods that brought joy and comfort to everyone she met.

Part restaurant, part wine shop, Pirouette is a 66-seat cafe, with 41 of those seats on an outdoor patio when the weather permits. The layout by //3877— which designs collaborative environments for restaurants, hotels and commercial spaces—features softer and more colorful touches, including plants, a brightly colored hanging sculpture made of dozens of tiny acrylic panels, and polished concrete floors and wood planter boxes.

Near the front entrance is a wine display featuring scores of bottles to incoming retail and diner customers.

To get a feel for where the brand is heading, we sat down with Pirouette Café & Wine Bar owner Jackie Loustaunau and //3877 Interior Designer Shannon English.

Give us a snapshot of today’s beverage retail market from your perspective.

//3877’s Shannon English: Emerging from the pandemic, people are longing to connect with their community, a physical area to come together, uniting both the passionate and casual consumer. In F&B spaces, thoughtful curation of the guest experience is crucial to meeting and exceeding expectations––Pirouette creates an environment that blurs the lines between a gathering space and a retail beverage experience.

It’s not simply the product, or the service, or the atmosphere, but the collective, holistic experience that creates satisfied customers. People are looking for genuine, well-managed establishments where they feel appreciated and cared for.

“We’re very busy and have long days. Keeping a clear, detailed vision of our business and ourselves helps us prioritize our efforts.”

— Jackie Loustaunau, Owner, Pirouette Café & Wine Bar

What trends are defining the space?

//3877’s English: The desire for community is at the forefront of Pirouette’s design. The open atmosphere blends the line seamlessly between the restaurant and retail components of the space. Pirouette caters to all potential consumers of the NoVa area, from the seasoned wine-lover to those in search of the newest gathering spot.

The unique wine experience channels a whimsical sense of refinement that speaks to the dynamic liveliness of the space: an aura of sophistication with generous approachability.

What’s your story from a brand perspective? Walk us through your branding strategy.

Pirouette’s Jackie Loustaunau: Pirouette is a neighborhood place that welcomes people to enjoy wines by creating a casual, interesting

and affordable wine list. We intentionally eliminated high price points and markups that are common in our industry, and instead built a business plan that supports wine being available to people who are young, starting their careers or finding their way, and those who are older, more established and who have higher incomes.

Pirouette is stylish and sophisticated, and yet does not have to be a “destination” restaurant saved for special, once-in-a-lifetime meals. We’re the neighborhood place we wanted; most of our guests live within a few blocks, and many became regulars within the first few weeks of us opening.

What’s the secret

to

creating a branding story that consumers can buy into?

//3877’s English: Understanding the target market and balancing that with the needs of the surrounding community are what allowed

us to shape Pirouette into the space it is today, marrying the passions of the owners with the provision of a societal purpose.

In addition to that understanding, variety and flexibility are integral to forming a repeat customer base. Some brands base their experience around gimmicks and as a result, garner “one-and-done” consumer-ship.

By setting up a space like Pirouette, with different experiences and seating arrangements, you can ensure that satisfied customers will be returning to explore more of the possibilities within your brand.

Pirouette’s Loustaunau: It surprised us to hear how much it means to guests that we—the owners—are always on-site, often at the host stand greeting people, at a table saying hello or taking orders or chatting in the wine shop about our selections.

To us, it was practical in two ways: We could not afford to open with a high-salaried

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general manager, and we wanted to establish the feeling of the place, which is largely how we welcome friends to our home for dinner and get excited about the food and wine we’re sharing.

Handing that over to a qualified, career hospitality manager scared us—would we feel “corporate” or get lost in the overly fussy feeling in so many high-end places that are part of restaurant groups with a deep hierarchy of decision-makers and investors having a say in the operation? We never wanted to be absentee owners.

Even when one day we bring on someone—likely an assistant general manager— we will be on-site, tasting and approving every wine, and still greeting and talking with guests, running food, clearing tables, polishing glassware, and being involved in the details.

What is the one thing that every retailer in the beverage retail space should be doing in the way of marketing?

Pirouette’s Loustaunau: Figure out early on—before you even sign a lease—why you want to do this business, and what you want it to be. Why yours or this place or those wines? What kind of design? Have a very strong point-of-view and stick to it. We knew we wanted to open a restaurant and wine shop, and that both would be physically distinct from each other, even while under the same roof.

We also knew we wanted to have wine be affordable and casual, and we knew our wine list would be distinctive for being full of well-made wines from lesser-known producers or lesser-known regions. “Big hits” were not interesting to us, and despite being advised many times to carry what customers want, we ignored that thinking, trusted our palates and brought in wines we like and that fit our price points.

We’re very busy and have long days. Keeping a clear, detailed vision of our business and ourselves helps us prioritize our efforts so we are not spread thin trying to do every marketing option out there: TikTok videos, a YouTube channel, contrived email blasts, and so on. All of these things work, but some of them will never be “us.” As with being owner/operators to set the feel of our

“The unique wine experience channels a whimsical sense of refinement that speaks to the dynamic liveliness of the space: an aura of sophistication with generous approachability.”

— Shannon English, Interior Designer, //387

place, we don’t want to give our voice to something that doesn’t fit.

What do you see as some of your biggest opportunities moving ahead?

//3877’s English: Our hope in every project is to create a lasting relationship between our partners and their audiences. By understanding and nurturing client needs when we create the space, we hope to establish an environment that allows their business to thrive. Overall, as the F&B industry trends away from predictable and tourist-like

themes, it presents the opportunities for more unique and thoughtful venues that give guests a more authentic experience, such as Pirouette. We hope to continue curating thoughtful, unique experiences that allow the built environment to supplement F&B operations and programming.

What’s the biggest item on your to-do list right now?

Pirouette’s Loustaunau: We are testing out more wine experiences, like private tastings for small to medium sized groups. In the warm weather we will expand to a catering

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Jackie Loustaunau, Owner

What’s the most rewarding part of your job?

A few things share that space: working with our kids—our older son, 25, and younger son, 13, have been working with us since we opened; the joy of seeing regulars come by, none of whom I knew before we opened; busy days or nights and seeing the place full of people enjoying something that was just an idea not too long ago; seeing our servers grow and become confident talking about wines, and in general enjoying coming to work.

Only a couple of them worked in the industry before, so it is heartwarming to see that we have created a workplace they like and where they have formed friendships.

What was the best advice you ever received?

“You’re doing the right thing.” This was from multiple wine distributors who knew we were going to be the general managers when we opened, even though neither of us had any experience doing that before.

What’s the best thing a customer ever said to you?

Arlington needs this” is a common thing we hear. I think a lot of serious food and wine happens in DC, so even Arlingtonians are surprised that we have two chefs who create thoughtful, delicious dishes that stand out, all right here on this side of the river.

What is your favorite brand story?

This has to be the recent inclusion of La Tejana DC on Michelin’s list of new restaurants to pay attention to. It’s a little breakfast taco spot—not large or fancy––with a tiny kitchen, short daytime hours and a casual menu that is right there on the same list as restaurants from starred chefs and the backing of big investor money.

arm—like poolside wines in the apartments upstairs (we are in the bottom of a residential building), or “backyard wine bars.” We also want to rethink the way in which winemakers interact with guests, which are often quiet, seated events.

We would like to take over our own indoor and outdoor space with a winemaker “block party”, and are working through many ideas to create more of that celebration/feel-good downtime so often associated with wine.

How does your wine bar integrate into your branding/ marketing strategies?

Pirouette’s Loustaunau: Our wine shop is our restaurant bottle list. Guests can follow our recommendations on our wine list, or walk around our shelves, select a bottle, and enjoy it at the table, without markups or corkage fees. We have many wines-bythe-glass and half bottles, and though we don’t have a traditional bar—there’s no bartender here—we have space for people who want to come for just a drink to be enjoyed with company.

What are some of the adjustments you made with/to your business model surrounding the recent state of events?

Pirouette’s Loustaunau: We are grateful we did not open before the pandemic, so we were able to see how the industry adjusted and what was missing or important to staff. My experience working in both the front and back of the house made it important to us to pay our staff fairly. When the front of the house is slammed, the back is also slammed.

We created a whole house tip share, which is split among all hourly workers, not just the servers. Our hourly pay is also fair—we do not take the tip credit—so when we are slow, our staff has a reliable base hourly rate. In addition, we knew we needed outdoor space, and were able to lease a place with a permanent patio (not pulled from street parking) that increases our seating by roughly two-thirds. If we ever had to close our indoor operation, we would have a chance to still serve guests. CK

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Coney Island turns 100

The mission—and history— behind preserving the iconic beach for future generations

Rifat Salim with her teenage daughter on the Coney Island boardwalk on the Fourth of July. Source: Rifat Salim.

Coney Island turns 100

The mission—and history—behind preserving the iconic beach for future generations

By JoAnne Castagna

When Rifat Salim came to the United States from Pakistan as a young girl with her mother and siblings to reunite with her father after years of being apart, one of the first places they visited was Coney Island. The famous beach and amusement park destination in Brooklyn, New York is visited by more than 5 million people annually.

“Me and my brother and sisters were excited to go to the beach,” Salim recalls. “We were wearing our ethnic clothes because we don’t wear bikinis. When we got there, we ran toward the beach and put our feet in the cold water. I remember to this day the feeling of water and sand slipping away from my feet. It was a wonderful experience.”

Coney Island was Salim’s first impression of America—one that would continue to play a role in her life. After getting her citizenship, she became an engineer and now works for the US Army Corps of Engineers, New York District. The Army Corps not only protects the beach because it is historic, but also because it plays a role in protecting the community from coastal flooding and sea level rise.

Coney Island, a peninsular neighborhood of around 115,277 residents, is located on the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The roughly four-mile-and-half wide area includes Coney Island Proper, with Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach to its east and Sea Gate, a private gated community, to its west. The waterways in and around the peninsula include the Atlantic Ocean and Lower New York Bay to the south and west and the Gravesend Bay and Coney Island Creek to the northwest.

Coney Island Beach, which turns 100 years old this year, extends more than 2 miles along the south shore of the peninsula and has a boardwalk that extends from Coney Island Proper to Brighton Beach.

The US Army Corps has played a significant role in preserving it in collaboration with partnering agencies.

Following is a brief history of the famous destination and the work the Army Corps has performed and continues to do today.

In the late 19th Century, Coney Island was America’s biggest and most visited seaside resort and amusement park destinations. Boasting some of the largest and most luxurious hotels in the country, fancy fish houses and racetracks, it was so internationally famous that it was compared to the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Pyramids of Egypt.

The destination was part of several competing amusement parks, which included Steeplechase Park and its mechanical horses, and Luna Park, long considered a genuine fantasyland with large towers and camel and elephant rides and Dreamland. Some of the attractions were so large that immigrants arriving from Europe on ships could see them from the water during the years before the Statue of Liberty was built.

Coney Island also was an innovation showcase destination. For example, it was the first place many people experienced lightbulbs for the first time. In fact, Luna Park had 1,300,000 electric lights that enabled visitors to have fun for hours after dark. Coney Island also is where modern American amusement was invented, including the very first roller coaster in the US named the Switchback Railway.

In addition, it had the Wonder Wheel, a 150-foot-tall steel Ferris wheel, the Cyclone, a roller coaster with an 85-foot, 58-degree drop, and the 262-foot-high Parachute Jump.

All of these attractions still exist today and are historic landmarks.

At this time, the beach at Coney Island was owned by adjacent landowners, but in 1923 it officially became a public beach and was

expanded. The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation increased the size of the beach by pumping sand onto the shore to build up the existing bathing area.

In addition, a boardwalk was constructed and named in honor of the Brooklyn borough president Edward Riegelmann. The new boardwalk, as well as new subway service in the 1920s, helped to draw more visitors.

From the mid-20th Century to the 1970s, Coney Island experienced a slowdown in its popularity but work still continued on maintaining the beach. During the 1940s-1950s, the Parks Department constructed boulder jetties off the beach to extend wooden ones already there to slow down erosion of the shore. Jetties are long, narrow structures that protect the shoreline of a body of water by acting as a barrier against erosion from currents, tides and waves.

Sand erosion of the beach is a natural occurrence. Beaches naturally lose sand over time due to wave action and longshore currents. When hurricanes and coastal storms occur, breaking waves and elevated water levels can change the width and elevation of beaches and accelerate erosion, which can make a beach community vulnerable to storm risks.

During this time, the Parks Department also altered the boardwalk to accommodate the New York Aquarium that was relocated from Battery Park in Manhattan. The aquarium still exists today.

Connecting the past and present

Salim is not the only Army Corps employee that has a connection to Coney. Years ago, Steve Weinberg lived in Coney Island and worked for the aquarium before he became an engineer for the Army Corps. He has worked for the Army Corps for 35 years, and today is the Chief of Civil Works Section, New York District, US Army Corps of Engineers.

Rifat Salim, far left, and some of her siblings visiting Coney Island Beach for the first time. Historic Cyclone roller coaster in the background. Source: Rifat Salim.

Weinberg says they were expanding the aquarium while he worked there and during the construction, a lot of history was uncovered, including everything from old cups and bowls, to a giant compressed gas tank that required calling the bomb squad. The foundation of one of the park’s towers mysteriously housed a small boat that was found in the middle of the beach. Presumably it sank in the ocean and was buried when the city had built the beach.

Expansion of the beach continued in the 1960s, when the Parks Department extended the bathing area and boardwalk further east into the Brighton Beach area and constructed a public restroom. Several years later more public restrooms, new lifeguard stations, and a shade pavilion were established.

Brooklyn borough president Howard Golden began replacing the boardwalk’s decking in phases in the 1980s—work that continued over the next two decades.

In the early 1990s, the Army Corps began working on the beach in collaboration with the Parks Department and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

They started the Coney Island Shoreline Protection Project to restore the beach that was eroding and was putting the coastal community at risk. The Army Corps restored approximately three miles of the beachfront with dredged sand, increasing its height and width and created dunes.

Replenishing sand and creating dunes on a beach can help to reduce future coastal storm risks. A beach’s size, shape and sand volume help determine how well the beach can reduce risk to a developed community during a storm. Sand and dunes act as a buffer between the waves and storm water levels and structures landward of the beach.

To slow down future beach erosion, the Army Corps placed 600 tons of stone and approximately 35,000 cubic yards of sand adjacent to a groin located on the western portion of the Coney Island peninsula in Sea Gate.

Groins are shoreline structures that are perpendicular to the beach that are designed

to retain sediment from moving along the shore and help maintain the wide beaches by minimizing or slowing down erosion.

Placing stone and sand adjacent to the groin will help prevent storm induced waves from reflecting off the sides of the groin sideways along the shore, causing the shore to erode further.

In 2001, a stone revetment was constructed near this groin to further slow down beach erosion. A stone revetment is a wall that protects against erosion caused by wave action, storm surge and currents.

Surviving the times

From the mid-20th Century on, Coney Island went through some ups and downs, much like the rides it is famous for—things that included World Wars, the Depression and urban change.

Even so, Coney Island has proven to be resilient and in the early part of the 21st Century was experiencing a revitalization that included constructing many new businesses and attractions including a new Luna Park on the grounds of the original amusement park and a new baseball stadium. However, just as things were picking up for the historic park, it faced a new challenge in October 2012, when Hurricane Sandy ripped through the area. Sandy’s intense winds created an unexpected storm surge

that created 14-foot-high waves that pushed sand and water up and over the boardwalk, merging with water from Gravesend Bay and Coney Island Creek, inundating the entire peninsula from every direction.

Almost every establishment was flooded with water and sand including the amusement park, aquarium, the subway system, the Coney Island Hospital, as well as many houses and high-rise apartment buildings. The most destructive storm to arrive in New York City in recent history left 43 New Yorkers dead and many without power, heat and hot water for months.

Immediately after the storm, the Army Corps was on the ground responding, both through its own response authorities and providing disaster response assistance for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Sandy’s devastation also included extreme erosion of the shore, putting the Coney Island community vulnerable to future storms. Coney Island Beach lost 600,000 cubic yards of sand. The Army Corps received funding and authority to restore Coney Island with the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 or the “Sandy Bill.” The bill authorized the Army Corps to not only repair engineered beach projects by replacing the sand lost during Hurricane Sandy, but also to restore them to their original design profiles.

After Hurricane Sandy in 2013, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District placed roughly 580,000 cubic yards of sand on Coney Island Beach to replace sand lost during the hurricane and also to restore the Coney Island Project to its original design profile from when the coastal storm risk reduction project was originally constructed in the 1990’s. Credit: Chris Gardner, Public Affairs.

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Anthony Ciorra, Chief of Coastal Restoration and Special Projects branch with the New York District, US Army Corps of Engineers, says that in 2013, approximately 580,000 cubic yards of sand was placed onto Coney Island Beach, to repair damages caused by Sandy and to restore the project to its authorized design condition. Ciorra was the project manager for the Coney Island Shoreline Protection Project from 1995 to 2004.

After Hurricane Sandy, the Army Corps examined its beach nourishment projects across the northeast United States to identify what projects were more effective in reducing storm risk to the shore communities. “The analysis showed that the communities located near beaches that had previously received beach nourishment and dune construction sustained less damages and saved billions of dollars in avoided damages,” Ciorra says.

Coney Island Beach was one of these beaches. The beach’s sand was elevated to protect against storm surge and erosion. Hurricane Sandy’s surge pushed sand and water up and over the beach’s boardwalk,

but the impacts behind the constructed project were not as bad as they could have been. “The beach’s higher elevation avoided an estimated $494 million in damages to houses and structures,” Ciorra says.

In 2016, the Army Corps performed additional measures in Sea Gate, to further reduce erosion. This work included constructing four stone groins and placing

75,000 cubic yards of dredged sand around them, as well as placing stone near an existing groin. In addition, an existing dike received additional stone armoring.

A dike is an onshore structure that protects low-lying areas against flooding. They are usually built as a mound of fine material with a gentle seaward slope in order to reduce the wave runup and the erodible effects of the waves.

Lastly, accumulated sand was removed from in front of several bulkheads or retaining walls along the water. A retaining wall helps to stabilize a shoreline.

After Hurricane Sandy, Coney Island bounced back, and the parks were able to reopen the following year. But the Army Corps’ work has not ended. To help make sure Coney Island can better withstand the wrath of future Sandy-like storms and sea level rise, it created the New York and New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study. The research provides a full range of coastal risk reduction measures for communities to contemplate and provide feedback on to the Army Corps.

The Coney Island Beach community has provided its feedback on the study that would affect every part of the peninsula. On the northside of the peninsula, sea walls, flood walls, and levees would be tied into a mechanical tide gate storm surge barrier to close off Coney Island Creek to prevent flooding. On the southside, the boardwalk would be raised five feet by adding a concrete walkway to prevent flooding from storm surge.

Says Ciorra, “The most rewarding part of working on Coney Island was restoring an historic beach that benefits the local traditionally underserved communities in terms of providing coastal storm risk management measures to reduce the threat to life and property, as well as providing recreational opportunities.”

Dr. JoAnne Castagna is a public affairs specialist and writer for the US Army Corps of Engineers, New York District. She can be reached at joanne.castagna@usace.army.mil.

Dreamland in 1905. Source: Heart of Coney Island.

Historic Nathan’s Famous Hotdogs on the Coney Island Boardwalk in April 2023. The Wonder Wheel in background. Credit: JoAnne Castagna, Public Affairs.

Lift as you climb

Our conversation with Acuity Brands’ Lauren Scott

Several years ago, Lauren Scott was nominated as a “Woman of Inspiration” by the Universal Women’s Network and shortlisted as “Industry Woman of the Year” by the ControlTrends Awards (2020).

What the VP of Marketing & Sustainability at Acuity Brands’ Intelligent Spaces Group continues to show is a passionate bent toward sustainable and climate-related initiatives. Today, she specializes in translating climate initiatives into meaningful action to deliver on commitments to the building and renewables sectors.

We sat down with Lauren to get her thoughts on the industry, what she does and where her love for climate change started.

Tell us your story. How did you get started in the industry?

When I was a university student, Al Gore and David Suzuki were on tour to promote their film, “An Inconvenient Truth”—one of the first documentaries showcasing the effects of climate change and why we needed to urgently act to prevent the real, catastrophic future we were facing. I attended a screening near my campus and realized in a room of thousands, there were hundreds of Science and Arts students, but I was one of only a few business students there.

At that time, there were no mainstream ways to pursue degrees that combine business and environment. I had to pioneer my own career path. I gained experience in marketing and public relations at different nonprofit organizations and cleantech before I came to Acuity Brands, where my role as VP of Marketing & Sustainability of our Intelligent Spaces Group merges my passion and expertise together every day.

What are some of the biggest changes you have seen over the past two years?

Sustainability is becoming more highly valued by the business world and the workforce

alike. Businesses increasingly need people who can help them make their operations sustainable and adjust to differing regulations and customer/investor interests. And there are more young professionals who can meet that demand, who care about the environment and want to make a positive impact at their workplace.

Overall, it is becoming a more valuable asset in the market, where employers want workers familiar with these business needs, and workers want to be at companies that actively prioritize and value sustainability.

manage buildings, data expertise behind carbon reductions and reporting, and communications strategies that help make these ventures profitable.

These are great industries to get into right now if you are passionate about how our built spaces impact our respective communities and planet.

It has been observed that the role of Chief Sustainability Officer has become a place for gender diversity in most companies—the number of women represented in this position jumped from 28% in 2011 to 54% just a decade later. Perhaps this is because women are seen as nurturers and caring for the environment aligns with those stereotypes. Perhaps it’s because companies taking meaningful environmental action tend to be socially progressive and this makes the field naturally diverse and inclusive.

Perhaps it is because, as the World Economic Forum puts it, women in leadership positions do better in crisis situations and the state of our environment has become a crisis.

What type of trends are you seeing today?

What opportunities are out there for the industry as we move forward in 2023? For women?

There are a lot of opportunities to contribute to sustainable operations in the construction and commercial real estate industries. We need sustainable materials for buildings, smart technology to efficiently

I used to think that you needed to be in the public or non-profit sectors to move the environmental needle—but, in recent years, it’s the private sector that is emerging as the leading protagonist in the sustainability story. I believe that how we build and operate our buildings plays a large role in this.

With more private companies voluntarily moving toward renewable energy and smart controls, and with positive pressure from customers and investors alike, we are seeing some of our greatest strides toward

Lauren Scott

Net Zero coming from companies small and large. Choosing to make your operations sustainable is just good business, and it starts with the buildings you work in.

What advice can you share?

I truly believe that health (mental and physical) is wealth. We need to remind ourselves that meaningful careers are marathons and not sprints. No one else can do it for you, so make sure that you are taking the necessary steps to fuel your body and your mind along the way. I view wellness as an important part of doing your job.

And do what you can to find a career that combines a) what you are good at and b) what aligns with your values. I promise you, it is so worth it.

What’s the best piece of advice you have ever received?

You can do anything but you cannot do everything. I remind myself of this regularly.

What’s the single best thing every woman can do to make sure they continue to get a seat at the table?

Be a pioneer and create the opportunities you want—or wanted—to have. I believe that creating space and opportunities for others is the best way you can also serve yourself and your goals. For example, at the end of my educational journey I co-founded the John Molson Sustainable Business Group, which served to help students learn the knowledge and tools to become more environmentally aware future business leaders.

Now called the John Molson Sustainable Enterprise Committee (JSEC), I currently serve as a mentor 15 years later. JSEC is exactly the kind of resource I wish I had when I was younger and which I’m glad to be a part of now, at this level in my career.

Similarly, while my role of VP Marketing and Sustainability did not previously exist, I was able to work hand in hand with internal champions to carve out a space that embraced the plurality of my expertise.

And always remember: Lift as you climb.

What’s the biggest item on your to-do list?

Now that environmental and social responsibility are on everyone’s radar, the next big step for businesses and leaders will be to weave these concepts directly into strategy. Gone are the days where ESG considerations can be siloed away from the rest of the company.

Going a step further, industries as a whole (including traditional competitors) are going to have to come together to find solutions to address a problem as monumental as climate change. I am genuinely excited about the opportunity to work side by side with stakeholders as we move forward together.

And outside of work, I have also recently taken the leap and launched a

podcast: “The Resilience Report.” With so much doom and gloom out there, I wanted to highlight the amazing work of businesses and leaders paving the way for a sustainable future. The hope is to then, by sharing these stories, spark further engagement so that we can go beyond just business as usual or sustain the status quo to one where we can be truly resilient.

The polarizing nature of headlines would have us believe that sustainability is a controversial topic. But I would submit that most people you speak with want to leave the planet in a better place for the next generation (and enjoy saving on energy). I truly believe that longform dialogue is necessary to step out of binary thinking and into constructive, collaborative action. CCR

I believe that creating space and opportunities for others is the best way you can also serve yourself and your goals.

Joe Brandel is Business Development Manager for North America Industrial Safety Market, Mips.

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Saving a wild turtle

My wife and I were going to run some local errands recently, so we hopped in the truck and started down the road with our to-do list in hand. To get to the main county highway, there is a shortcut we always take to avoid getting stuck at the traffic light.

We made the right we normally do, and just as we went around the curve, we saw a huge turtle trying to scurry across the hot asphalt road. As animal people, we knew we had to help. So we turned around and parked on the side of the road.

The turtle—a big one—was running out of energy. He was barely moving over the dividing line. Luckily, traffic was minimal, so I grabbed my umbrella and began to nudge the turtle over to the other side.

Here are a few facts about wild turtles if you ever find yourself in this situation: Do not touch it with your hands or try to pick it up. And never grab them by their tail. You must keep it going in the same direction it was going and do your best to steer it to a safe destination.

We were not sure where he was going, as there was a large hill on the other side and no water in sight. Why he was in the middle of the road was a mystery.

Another car came around the curve and saw my flashers on. Approaching slowly, the driver was wondering what happened. After all, there I was with my umbrella. The car stopped and the gentleman rolled down his window and said, “It is really nice to see you helping this turtle make it across the road.”

With a little patience and urging, the turtle made it to the grass on the edge of the road. While I was pushing him to the side of the road, he kept his head, legs and tail in his shell the entire time. When he finally made it to the cool grass, his head came out of his shell.

And wouldn't you know it, he looked right up at me and gave me a wink. I was blown away. Believe me, that turtle was huge. With one snap of his jaws, my fingers would be gone in an instant.

We wondered if the turtle made it to its destination, so on our way back home, we took the shortcut to see if it was back. And sure enough, there was no sign of him. Man, what a great feeling of accomplishment.

Nature is an amazing thing. In the 15 minutes or so it took me to help this turtle out, the memory will last a lifetime. And that wink was priceless.

So, as we finish up the dog days of summer and head into the fall, here is to good health, prosperity and safe travels to all.

We also look forward to seeing you at our remaining monthly receptions, as well as our new "CCR NYC 2023 Facilities & Construction" event on Sept. 28 in the Big Apple.

Lastly, if you see a person or animal in need, do what you can to help. It is a rewarding experience. And, as always, Keep the Faith.

Nature is an amazing thing. In the 15 minutes or so it took me to help this turtle out, the memory will last a lifetime.

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RCA Awards Over $25,000 in Scholarships

RCA’s scholarship program partners with Construction Management and Construction Sciences programs at universities throughout the United States to find the top students in the field. We ask schools to identify their top candidates, who complete an application that includes a statement describing what the RCA Scholarship would mean to them. One student, with a declared construction major, from each school was selected to receive a $3,000 scholarship to be used for the Fall 2023 semester.

Funded by our members, this national scholarship program benefits the education of future industry leaders and helps increase awareness of the career opportunities available in retail construction.

Get to know our 2023 scholarship recipients through their own words, with excerpts from their personal statements below.

Luka Kosor, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Major: Construction Management

“I am the Captain of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Production Home Competition Team. In this competition, I lead a team of 15 members and have designed and conducted pre-construction tasks such as estimating and scheduling for a 370-unit single-family detached housing development. Last year, when I was just a team member and presenter, we won first place in the nation.

After I graduate, I plan to work full-time with a large commercial general contractor as a Project Engineer working on exciting new construction projects. I would love to go the Superintendent route and start as an Assistant Superintendent. Acting as a Superintendent is a dream career of mine as I love to be in the field problem solving, coordinating with subs, creating site logistics plans, and scheduling.”

Brennan Lantzy, Texas A&M University, Major: Construction Science

“I enjoy setting the pace of things, helping the people around me be the best version of themselves, and initiating action. I also love learning from others and strive to be a humble follower, a charitable supporter, and a joyful contributor to anything I am a part of.

I would love to come back to Texas A&M and teach as a professor in the Department of Construction Science. I cannot express in words how much my professors have impacted my life, and the learning, friendships, and dedication I have received from them have been truly beautiful. I hope to one day impact the lives of upcoming generations pursuing construction careers by developing their learning.”

Ryan Michon, Brigham Young University, Major: Construction Management

“I strive to be personable, approachable, and helpful to other students. I like creating strong and memorable relationships with others. I do this because I know

they will go out and make great differences in the world, and I take joy in being encouraging and kind to help them get there.

My ideal career would be working for a commercial contractor taking the project management career path. I would hope to sign on with a commercial contractor starting as a Project Engineer and working my way up the ladder. From there, I would be able to continue to progress because of my love for learning and my love for people. Based on my experience thus far, I’ve learned that both of those things can set you up for success in the project management side of construction. You must be able to communicate well with people, then create and maintain relationships as you work with others, especially those on your team.”

Alina Katherine Stark, Clemson University, Major: Construction Science and Management

“This past summer, I had the opportunity to manage a three-week rework job for a commercial concrete contractor. While working on that project, my learning and education rocketed forward. I conquered the challenges that came with being the only woman on site, but my biggest challenge was being younger than my crew and colleagues because the benefit of the doubt couldn’t be assumed. You learn the difference between a manager and a leader; a manager demands respect, a leader earns respect, and I had no other choice but to earn it.

After graduation, I will pursue the superintendent route for a commercial GC and continue to advocate for construction. I chose the path of superintendent because my leadership embodies the idea of never asking your team to do something that you wouldn’t do yourself. By pursuing a field management position, I can be a better leader and watch the magnificent creation that will endure the testament of time. There is no feeling like watching nothing become something and a place to create memories for decades to come.”

Morgan Trechter, Catholic University of America, Major: Civil Engineering (Construction Management concentration)

“Throughout my education, I have earned several leadership positions including the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to push my professional development outside of the classroom. These opportunities have helped me grow into a better leader and have helped me understand how to work with other people, which is an extremely important skill, especially in construction management.

My dream career is to work my way up through a general contractor to become a vice president in construction management. I want to experience all aspects of construction management and give back what I have learned through my career. I have been working on building a strong foundation for myself to make a positive impact in the construction field, which will ultimately benefit the communities where I manage construction projects.”

RCA’s mission is to promote professionalism and integrity in retail construction through industry leadership in education, information exchange, and jobsite safety.

Luka Kosor

Brennan Lantzy

Alina Katherine Stark

Ryan Michon

Morgan Trechter

Cade Wilson, Kansas State University, Major: Construction Science and Management

“While I am pursuing my degree in Construction Science, I would like to grow in my knowledge and understanding of the construction industry. I plan on accomplishing this by being involved in Associated General Contractors. AGC provides opportunities to tour local jobsites and meet with employers.

It is important to me to make a positive impact on the world. An ideal career for me would be combining my passion for Construction Science with my faith and pursuing a career overseas. I would love to be able to serve underdeveloped areas around the world. Through this I would be able to change the lives and eternities of others, which is very important to me.”

Kennedy Henderson, East Carolina University, Major: Construction Management

“I plan to pursue a career in commercial construction. After graduation, I will use my knowledge and education to jump straight into the construction industry working as a project manager.

The Retail Contractors Association Scholarship allows me to focus more on the most important

aspect of school: learning. I hope one day I will be able to help other students achieve their goals just as you have helped me.”

Taylor Lundsten, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Major: Construction Management

Taylor received the Christian Elder Memorial Scholarship, named in memory of Christian Elder, who died in 2007 at the age of 38. Christian was a project manager with Elder-Jones, Inc., a charter member of the RCA. Christian’s father, and RCA past president.

“Throughout college, my family has encouraged me to get involved in both activities in my major and others across campus. I have been involved in Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ) and have made meaningful connections with Construction Management faculty and students. Being involved with Cru has been a very meaningful experience, as I have been able to make strong connections with other students, strengthen my faith, and work on my communication skills. With CM faculty, I have been able to make connections with professors through classes and advising sessions which has given me security that I picked the perfect major for me.”

Emilia Salazar, Boise State University, Major: Construction Management

Emilia received RCA’s Intern Scholarship, which is awarded to a student who completed an internship at an RCA member company. The award criteria are the same as the main scholarship program; the scholarship award is $1,500. Emilia joined the concrete division of ESI Construction (Engineered Structures, Inc.) in the summer of 2022.

Emilia’s nomination described her experience at ESI Construction:

“Emilia is an ambassador in the field for ESI – listening to those around her and finding ways that she can lend a helping hand. She often shares her knowledge with carpenters and other team members on her job site. Emilia embodies ESI’s Purpose of ‘Everyone Succeeds Together,’ by communicating up and down the chain of command. She’ll often engage in conversations with carpenters on her job site to learn from them, while also explaining why they are performing certain tasks.

With a ‘no person left behind’ mentality, Emilia dedicates her time and talent to making sure that contributors on ESI projects understand how to do work safely and understand “the why” behind their work. Emilia is also involved in the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Competition. She is currently on the Electrical team, which will be competing in Sparks, Nevada, in the coming months.”

RCA’s scholarship program is made possible with the support of our members. We would like to thank the following RCA members for contributing to the Scholarship Fund in FY23 (May 2022-April 2023).

> Diamond Contractors Inc

> Elder-Jones, Inc.

> Triad Retail Construction Inc.

> Westwood Contractors, Inc.

> Woods Construction, Inc.

To make a contribution to the RCA Scholarship Fund, visit retailcontractors.org or contact the RCA office at info@retailcontractors.org

Cade Wilson

Kennedy Henderson

Taylor Lundsten

Emilia Salazar

President’s Message

Eric Handley, COO., William A. Randolph, Inc. (RANDOLPH)

At this year’s Annual meeting, I was honored to take over for Ray Catlin as the new President of the RCA. Ray did an outstanding job of leading the organization through a difficult period and I am fortunate to take over this position with an incredibly strong organization to lead.

ADVISORY BOARD

Mike Clancy - FMI

Randy DanielsonOpus Development Company, LLC

Jon Hostasa - CASEY’S

Jason Kraus - Kohl’s

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

CONSTRUCTION TRAINING

David Brown

LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY

Jeffrey D. Mahler, AIA -

Onyx Creative

Jason Miller - JCPenney Company

John Polzer - Duane Morris

Steven R. Olson, AIA - CESO, Inc.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Tim Aubel

SPONSORSHIP AND MEMBER BENEFITS

In the coming year, we have some exciting plans that we intend to execute that will enhance the organization and, in turn, all member companies. We will be implementing many of the ideas that have come from our strategic planning sessions and the initiatives that are currently underway with our committees.

Jay Dorsey

Eric Handley

One of the most important goals that we set was to increase participation amongst our members and to enhance the level of communication the RCA provides to our members. We firmly believe that we can solve many of the challenges we all face as Contractors by working together and combining our resources to better the industry as a whole.

We can solve many of the challenges we all face by working together and combining our resources to better the industry as a whole.

The attendance at the Annual Meeting was a great first step, as not only did we have an outstanding turnout, we had a broad representation from our member companies that included Owners, Executives, Project Managers and Superintendents, all participating throughout the weekend. We have since held Regional Events in New York and Atlanta, both of which were very well attended and allowed for great networking and idea sharing. We have some great momentum and intend to keep this going throughout the rest of the year.

Increased participation in RCA committees, beyond current Board Members, is another key goal for this year, as we have set aggressive goals and need broad participation to accomplish them. I strongly encourage you to participate in a committee, as it gives you an immediate conduit to make a difference, to share your ideas, and to make memorable connections with other RCA members. Please reach out to me or Carol Montoya (carol@retailcontractors. org) if you would like to get involved in any of the committees below.

> Construction Training

> Membership and Recruitment

> Professional Development

> Sponsor and Member Benefits

> Workforce Development

> Legislative & Regulatory

I’m proud to feature the recipients of the RCA Scholarships and the RCA Intern Scholarship in this issue. All of our organizations can continue to build the next generation of leaders and construction professionals with your support of the RCA Scholarship program and by hiring interns/college graduates directly into your organization.

As we enter the summer months, the Construction Industry is at full tilt and we are all busier than ever. Don’t forget to take some time for weekends at the lake, Summer BBQs, and just making memories with family and friends. I hope everyone enjoys the Summer and look forward to reconnecting with all of you at one of the many Regional Events planned for the coming months.

MEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT & RETENTION

Denise Doczy-Delong

Hunter Weekes

OFFICERS

President

Eric Handley

William A. Randolph, Inc.

Vice President

Justin Elder

Elder-Jones, Inc.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2025 Timothy Aubel Rectenwald Brothers

Construction, Inc

2026 Steve Bachman Retail Construction Services, Inc.

2025 Eric Berg Gray

2026 Andy Bohon Westwood Contractors

2024 David Brown Tri-North Builders

2025 Ray Catlin Threecore LLC

2025 Denise Doczy-Delong Singleton Construction, LLC

2024 Jay Dorsey Triad Retail Construction

PAST PRESIDENTS

David Weekes 1990-1992

W. L. Winkel 1993

Robert D. Benda 1994

John S. Elder 1995

Ronald M. Martinez 1996

Jack E. Sims 1997

Michael H. Ratner 1998

Barry Shames 1999

Win Johnson 2000

Dean Olivieri 2001

Thomas Eckinger 2002

Anthony Graves

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Eric Berg

Secretary/Treasurer

Any Bohon

Westwood Contractors

Immediate Past President

Ray Catlin

Threecore LLC

2026 Justin Elder Elder-Jones, Inc.

2026 Anthony Graves Graves Construction

2025 Eric Handley William A. Randolph, Inc.

2024 David Martin H.J. Martin & Son, Inc.

2024 Mike Sullivan Sullivan Construction Company

2024 Hunter Weekes Weekes Construction, Inc.

2026 Rick Winkel Winkel Construction, Inc.

James Healy 2003

Robert D. Benda 2004-2006

K. Eugene Colley 2006-2008

Matthew Schimenti 2008-2012

Art Rectenwald 2012-2014

Mike Wolff 2014-2016

Robert Moore 2016-2017

Brad Bogart 2017-2018

Rick Winkel 2018-2019

Steve Bachman 2019-2021

Ray Catlin 2021-2023

RCA Membership

RCA members must meet and maintain a series of qualifications and are approved by the Board of Directors for membership. They have been in the retail construction business as general contractors for at least five years; agree to comply with the Association’s Code of Ethics and Bylaws; are properly insured and bonded; are licensed in the states in which they do business; and have submitted letters of recommendation.

RCA members receive up to 35% off the standard GC conference rate!

Join Us: RCA Regional Events

RCA’s membership committee is hosting a series of regional networking events for RCA members, sponsors, benefit providers, and other supporters. Some events are planned to coincide with other industry programs being held in major markets. When possible, a tour or other unique activity is held prior to the networking.

> July 20 - Milwaukee, WI

> August 28 - Orlando, FL

> September 26 - Detroit, MI

> November 1 - Los Angeles, CA

> November TBD - Phoenix, AZ

Thanks to everyone who joined us at our New York City (May) and Atlanta (June) events. There is no fee to attend these events, but we ask that you register to confirm your spot. Register at retailcontractors.org.

Google Analytics 4-Have You Made the Switch?

On July 1, Google updated it Universal Analytics (UA) to Google Analytics 4 (GA4). While the change was announced in 2022, many website hosts and developers did not communicate the change to their customers, and the update was NOT done automatically.

If you have UA installed on your website, as of July 1, UA stopped gathering data that measures website traffic.

Google Analytics is free, and the data collected helps you track and analyze website traffic. It’s also important to have your previous data, to compare website traffic trends and the behavior of potential and/or existing customers behaviors (e.g., what areas of a website are being visited, what links are being clicked, what information is being downloaded, what videos are being watched, where visitors are geographically located, and so much more).

RCA members heard from Tam Johnson , Elephant Digital Marketing Solutions, daughter of RCA past president Win Johnson,, and Gerald Buckley , GB Digital, on a Zoom meeting held last month. They discussed the importance of updating Analytics and the process for doing so. Tam and Gerald shared the following effects If you have NOT upgraded to GA4 yet:

1. Google has said that sites that currently have UA, have a six-month window to “hopefully” retrieve a company’s past analytics.

2. No analytics will be collected between July 1 and the time of the upgrade to GA4.

3. There is still time to upgrade your site and keep past analytics, but there will be a lapse in the GA4 analytics until it is installed.

4. If your Google Analytics dashboard shows “No Analytics Tag Installed,” you need to install GA4 to start collecting data.

5. If you used the GA4 Setup Assistant and are receiving GA Error messages, it can be repaired, but in the meantime, analytics more than likely are not being collected.

Talk to your IT staff or support vendor about the status of the Google Analytics installed on your website. Tam and Gerald have teamed up to offer assistance to our members and colleagues, including a reasonable rate of $150.00 to upgrade your website to GA4, which includes the link to see your Google Analytics. If you don’t have someone that can look up your GA status, or you want help setting up GA4, you can reach Tam at tam@elephantdigitalmarketingsolutions.com.