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Would you like a burger with that?

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kay, hear me out. You’re in NYC. You’re making the shopping rounds. You’re really working the scene. Trying on clothes. Shoes. And you get hungry. It happens. So, in a city filled with more food options than you could possibly dream up, there are options.

You have the street vendor food cart. You could dip into one of the myriad delis, bars or corner restaurants. Or, you could just grab a burger at Nordstrom.

Oh, you heard me right—Nordstrom. Its flagship location on West 57th Street by Central Park is now home to Burger Bar. And if that new in-store dining experience is not enough, check out its menu. Offering a twist on those other traditional burger joints, diners, shoppers, whomever, will get to build their own burgers, choosing between six different patties (and two vegetarian choices). You have your Jammin' Jalapeño, the Sonora Southwest and the American Classic—all served with fries and chili lime aioli.

And let’s not forget about the Burger Bar shakes.

Why? Good question. Why not? Good answer. In a time when every brand is trying to set itself apart (once in a lifetime global pandemics tend to do that for you), thinking out of the box (in this case, way out of the box), is good for business.

Like every other industry, the pandemic immensely impacted the restaurant industry. Even today, as restaurant brands fight to find relevance in the New Normal (DoorDash, Uber Eats, ghost kitchens), creating excitement and engagement outside the norm is a great strategy.

According to Deloitte’s “Global State of the Consumer Tracker,” many are buying more fresh food and cooking more than they did before the pandemic. While restaurant dining will continue to increase moving forward, consumers say frequency will remain stunted compared to 2019, at least in the medium term.

That means giving them a reason to be excited about food again. What better way to do that than have the alluring aroma of burgers filter through your store. A Nordstrom? Don’t shoot the messenger, just embrace the effort.

This past April, Chipotle launched a $50 million venture to help tackle the various challenges facing the restaurant sector. Last year, with the pandemic roaring, it invested in self-driving robotics company, Nuro, which this year introduced Chippy, a robotic tortilla chip maker that saves time and labor costs.

As Chief technology officer Curt Garner said, the fast casual brand is thinking about how to grow and scale through a lot of lenses. There is restaurant growth, and there is growing and scaling things like its digital business.

At their best, burgers in high end retailers and AI-driven tortilla makers are just part of the new wave of ideas that consumers should expect to see (don’t forget drone food delivery) as we move forward in this new landscape.

But for now, I’m going to try on some pants, order a burger and shake, and take in the atmosphere.

Any questions?

Michael J. Pallerino is the editor of Commercial Construction & Renovation. You can reach him at 678.513.2397 or via email at mikep@ccr-mag.com.

We want to hear from you At Commercial Construction & Renovation, we’re always looking to showcase the best of what our industry is doing. If you have a project profile or a fresh perspective on how to keep our industry positively moving forward, shoot me an email at mikep@ccr-mag.com. We’d love to take a look.

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CCR EDITORIAL BOARD RETAILERS AARON ANCELLO Facilities Asset Management Public Storage DEDRICK KIRKEM Facilities Director Fragracenet.com

ISYOL E. CABRERA Director Development and Construction Focus Brands LLC DEMETRIA PETERSON Project Director, Design and Construction HMSHost

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AroundtheIndustry Retail Best Buy Best Buy’s off-price outlet banner will grow to 32 locations in the next year. It also will start offering outlet deals online to cater to bargain-hunting consumers. The retailer rolled out the outlet format about eight years ago to sell discounted appliances and TVs that have been returned, exchanged, repaired or discontinued. In addition to adding stores, Best Buy also plans to add new merchandise categories and delivery, pickup and tech services at the outlet stores.

Target Target has completed remodels at 1,000 of its 1,900 stores as part of an effort that began in 2017 to update locations, invest in logistics upgrades and open new locations. The retailer is in the midst of plans to spend $4 billion to $5 billion annually on capital projects, including store remodels, with a focus on melding the latest innovation and creative displays with familiar warm elements like wood paneling.

Petco Neighborhood Farm & Pet Supply Petco has created a new store format called Petco Neighborhood Farm & Pet Supply to sell products and services for farm animals and traditional pets. The banner was created to serve consumers in small and rural towns. The first one opened in Floresville, Texas. In addition to food and other products, the store will offer services like mobile vaccination units and animal washing stations.

Simon Properties Simon and AJ Capital Partners are planning a 2023 groundbreaking on a 300,000-square foot outlet mall in Nashville, Tennessee. The move will expand Simon’s current portfolio in the city, which includes The Mall at Green Hills and Opry Mills.

Champs Sports Champs Sports’ new 35,000-square-foot Homefield store in Pembroke Pines, Florida is the retailer’s biggest footprint to date and will be the prototype for future locations. The store aims to appeal to athletes of all ages with an array of apparel, footwear and equipment for a broad range of sports and activities, along with experiential components including a basketball court and a smoothie bar.

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Tecovas Austin, Texas-based boot brand Tecovas will open as many as 15 new stores in the next year-and-a-half as part of a push to grow nationally and strengthen its position as a leader in the category between mass-market and luxury.

Restaurant KFC KFC turned a former bank building in Painted Post, New York into the “Crystal Bucket,” with curved floor-to-ceiling windows and a cathedral ceiling, reflecting the chain’s increased focus on using unique store designs to build community buzz.

Great American Cookies Fat Brands, the parent company of the Great American Cookies chain, will acquire the Nestle Toll House Cafe by Chip concept with plans to convert its 85 units to the Great American Cookies banner.

It’s the latest expansion for Fat Brands’ growing portfolio, which also includes Marble Slab Creamery and Johnny Rockets.

Smokey Mo’s Smokey Mo’s rebranding campaign is designed to support the addition of 32 units in the next three years, adding to the current tally of 16 units throughout Texas. The effort will include streamlined building prototypes, improved technology for ordering and training, and a focus on signing franchise agreements for at least three units each.

Wetzel’s Pretzels Mall food court staple Wetzel’s Pretzels is focused on non-traditional venues for growth, including the rollout of its first standalone Twisted

by Wetzel’s unit. The brand operates 350 units, including a smallformat kiosk in a California Macy’s store that could be expanded to more Macy’s locations in the future.

Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer New York City-based Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer will grow into three new markets this year, with leases signed in Miami, Dallas and Nashville. The casual dining chain features a menu of burgers and craft beers, as well as over-the-top Crazy Shakes that have become famous in Instagram photos.

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AroundtheIndustry Sweet Chick Chicken-and-waffles chain Sweet Chick has raised $5 million in new funding from Founder’s Table Restaurant Group to accelerate growth in markets including Los Angeles and its home market of New York City. The concept launched in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg

Southland Casino Complex and Hotel The Southland Casino Complex and Hotel in West Memphis, Arkansas introduced a new look featuring 60 or more table games, 2,400 slot machines and multiple dining areas. The addition also includes a covered parking garage and a 300-room hotel, with the first seven floors set to open in June.

neighborhood in 2013 with a focus on craft cocktails and high-end comfort food, and the new money will also fund the chain’s shift to a fast-casual format.

Hospitality

AC Hotel The AC Hotel Vancouver Waterfront, operated by Vesta Hospitality, is the first in the city’s waterfront scene, adding to the amenities offered to visitors. The Vancouver Wellness Studio will occupy the hotel’s single retail spot once the renovations are complete.

Bally’s Hotel and Casino Tower The entire Bally’s Hotel and Casino Tower in Atlantic City has

Grocery

been renovated in an effort to re-brand and improve the customer

Kroger Kroger officially opened a 340,000-square-foot customer fulfillment center in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin that will service customers in Wisconsin, northwest Indiana and northern Illinois. The warehouse is the fifth operational facility of 17 Ocado-powered fulfillment centers that Kroger plans to open.

experience for both gaming and non-gaming guests. These renovations come after a change of ownership that took place in 2017, and are focused on augmenting their biggest asset, the ocean.

Atwell Suites Those staying near the Denver International Airport will have a new hotel option: the city’s first Atwell Suites. IHG Hotels & Resorts is opening the 96-room property, the brand’s second property.

Amazon Fresh Amazon Fresh plans to open three stores in Virginia this summer. The new stores will feature grand opening deals in several categories, and all will be equipped with Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology that allows shoppers to skip the checkout line.

Lucky Club Hotel & Casino The Lucky Club Hotel & Casino in North Las Vegas will be re-developed as the first hotel-casino dedicated to the Latino community. The hotel will feature the largest Ojos Locos Sports Cantina in the country. After renovation, the property will have a 10,000-square-foot casino and 10,000 square feet in entertainment space.

ELLE Hospitality ELLE Magazine will add a hospitality arm and two boutique hotel concepts to its array of offshoots. ELLE Hospitality and the Maison ELLE and ELLE Hotel will join the French-owned media company’s line of ELLE Boutique and ELLE-branded cafes.

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Publix Super Markets Publix Super Markets has broken ground on its first store in Kentucky—a 55,701-square-foot supermarket in Louisville that will include a drive-thru pharmacy as well as a 3,200-square-foot Publix Liquors. The grocer also is planning two additional Kentucky locations—a second store in Louisville and third one in Lexington.

Stop & Shop Stop & Shop Supermarket is spending more than $140 million on remodels and food security programs in New York City. The company has signed on as a sponsor for the Food Bank for New York City’s mobile pantry and has partnered with Montefiore Medical Center and Quincy Asian Resources to expand the Stop & Shop School Food Pantry Program.

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Eye on diversity “Marriott’s Bridging The Gap” is Marriott International’s $50 million development program designed to address barriers that underrepresented groups typically face in owning and developing hotels in North America. The program will offer financial incentives as well as a range of other benefits to qualified, historically underrepresented owners and franchisees. Over the next three years, development projects built or converted with the program are anticipated to reach $1 billion in total asset value.

Google me this The City of San Jose has cleared Google's plan to build a mixeduse village downtown on an 80-acre campus. The Downtown West project is expected to include as many as 5,900 housing units, 7.3 million square feet for offices, 500,000 square feet for shops and restaurants, and 15 acres of parks.

The numbers game

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The dollar amount in gross operating profit per available room for US hotels—the highest point since November 2019 in March, according to STR. Other metrics improved as well, with leisure travel leading the recovery but business trade rising as well.

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The amount, in billions, that travel and tourism are projected to swell over the coming 10 years, according the World Travel & Tourism Council’s Economic Impact Report. The number forecasts a 9.2% share of the overall economy for the industry and estimates the addition of 6 million jobs.

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The percent of consumers surveyed who say they now are ordering fast-casual meals from their cars, according to Technomic. The move is seeing more chains like Chipotle Mexican Grill, Shake Shack, Fuzzy’s Taco Shop and Sweetgreen rolling out redesigned units featuring drive-thru lanes

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Proceed...with caution W hy data is a valuable step forward, it does come with some risks. Here are six reasons why.

The construction industry’s continuing evolution away from written records to digital ones has provided owners, designers and construction managers with an abundance of easyto-access information.

The databases storing this information have become useful for risk management by enabling analysis of past data to predict future time, personnel and budget expectations. Today, innovative software and digital programming is available to facilitate database collection of construction data and its analysis.

And while databases may be valuable for analyzing history, they are limited because they rarely reflect why problems or delays happened nor do they anticipate the future. James Gallagher, Partner at Resolution Management Consultants, outlines six important issues that database analysis won’t reveal:

No. 1 — The impact of the selection of the product delivery system—design-build, design-bid-build or other—on the data and the final outcome of the project.

No. 2 — How much flexibility was there in the delivery date? Projects may be managed differently if there was a tighter deadline versus having more leeway.

No. 3 — How did the commitment of resources affect the actual results? In other words, how did supply chain issues, transportation issues and other resource availability factors influence data in a database.

No. 4 — How did the environment during the period when data was collected influence the data? For example, was data collected during the COVID lockdowns a valid indicator? Is the past always prologue?

No. 5 — How have local laws, rules, taxes and other local influences and changes affected the data? As well, how will expected future local changes affect future projects?

No. 6 — We must also take into account the degree of completeness of documents prior to starting the data gathering and analysis. What is the foundation of information prior to the data collection?

What they’re saying...

“Expanding our presence through virtual brands out of our existing domestic restaurants provides an opportunity to drive incremental sales with lower capital requirements.”

“You have to create an opportunity for people to take risks and really applaud those risks.”

— Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer the company’s ability to strategize and innovate successfully

— IHOP President Jay Johns on the brand’s expansion plans for its off-premises segment

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“Long term, we’re bullish on cities for a lot of reasons.

Young people like to live in cities, they like to be around other young people.”

— Nordstrom President of Stores Jamie Nordstrom on the recent rival of cities like New York City and how it is delivering new experiences and brands that shoppers want

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Lights. Camera. Action.

Big-D Construction appears on Lifetime TV’s Military Makeover: Operation Career

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s one of the country’s largest leading contractors, the Big-D Construction team was excited to step into the spotlight. The company, part of the Big-D Family of Companies, was featured on Lifetime TV’s “Military Makeover: Operation Career.” A spin off from

“Military Makeover with Montel Williams,” the show is traveling the country seeking out companies with a commitment to veterans who transitioned out of the military and back into civilian life through a trades career path.

The episode showcasing Big-D Construction highlights three hardworking veterans based in Salt Lake City, including a former officer in the Army, a former Sr. Airman for the US Air Force and a former Navy SEAL. Big-D Companies CEO Cory Moore says the company is honored to embrace the veteran community. “Big-D started with a BIG idea and that has turned into big opportunities for veterans and all our associates. In the construction industry we’ve found that veterans have the personality and skills to work in a team environment and that has been a very successful crossover for both our vets and us as a company.”

The episode of Military Makeover: Operation Career on Lifetime TV featuring Big-D Construction aired in June.

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Sharing the wealth CCR story on Willis Tower in Chicago places second in national press competition

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story published in Commercial Construction & Renovation's November issue received a second place award in a competition sponsored by the National Federation of Press Women. The article, "A New Day — 5-year, $500 Million Project Transforms Chicago’s

Historic Willis Tower," was written by Thomas Renner.

The piece details the transformation of one of Chicago's most storied landmarks.

The building, formerly known as the Sears Tower, held the title of “world’s tallest building” from 1974-1999. Renner's piece took second place in the national competition in the "Specialty Articles" category for Hobbies, which includes articles related to crafts, building, designing and construction. The story also placed first in a contest sponsored

by The Connecticut Press Club.

Renner works for a marketing and public relations agency in that state. He authored the article on behalf of Bendheim, an architectural glass manufacturer whose products were included in the renovation. He is a regular contributor to CCR.

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Heading off the chaos Why construction insurance is a contractor's best friend

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onstruction projects run on a strict timetable. When there are disruptions, from factors such as staffing issues, resource allocation, supply chain delays or

downtime from damaged equipment; economic havoc can erupt.

Being prepared for any type of interruption can ensure contractors, laborers and owners can recover quickly with minimal impact to the financial wellbeing of the business. Being nimble to identify the loss, correct the issue and return to full capacity are key to mitigating damages.

Insurance policies are custom designed to fit the individual needs of each operation.

Working with your agent to secure a mutual agreement on coverage that works best for your group is an evolving partnership and should be reviewed at minimum annually.

Equipment and buildings depreciate, fuel fluctuations and potential shifts in

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the timing and transportation of goods to market are all variables impacting the type and amount of insurance coverage you may wish to secure to protect yourself.

Look up your agent’s contact information. Pull up your insurance policy and review your coverage. Talk to others in the industry and compare notes. Put yourself in a position to be proactive rather than reactive. It is not if a loss occurs, but when it does, being well informed on the coverage you have on your operation will help navigate to the road of recovery.

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where they cover the “small stuff” to avoid a high premium, or the loss is less than the deductible. It is not a “one-stop shop” of information, but rest assured we all need to follow the same steps no matter if it is handled in house or with our insurance company.

When electing to report damages to an insurance carrier, they will determine if the damage is “covered property” and if the loss was caused by a “covered cause of loss.” As a part of their determination, they may have you speak with an adjuster, they may assign your case to the SIU (Special Investigation Unit), and they may send out an independent appraiser such as Property Damage Appraisers.

Either way, a determination to the “who/what/when/why/where” of the loss is going to be made. As the insured, you may also be contractually required to see that certain steps are taken in the event of loss or damage to “covered property” are taken.

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Be prepared to: > Notify the police if a law has been broken. If theft, vandalism, trespassing or any possibility of an intentional act which violates the law occurs, contact local law enforcement and make a report. > Give the insurance carrier prompt notice of the loss or damage, description of how, when and where the loss occurred so they can provide immediate guidance throughout the claim process. > Take all reasonable steps to mitigate your loss by protecting your property from further loss.

When possible, secure images to document damage or secure the damage property for future examination. > When expenses are incurred for emergency or temporary repairs,

retain all records for consideration in the settlement of your loss.

Determining the cause and origin of the loss validates if the damage is a covered cause of loss as described in the policy while also determining if there is a right to recover damages from a responsible third party, or subrogation of damages.

It is vital the damage property is retained, preserved and the chain of custody is maintained to explore potential liability and recovery of damages, including applicable deductibles. If a third party is found to be liable for damages, the insurance company will seek recovery of the damages paid out, including any deductible incurred by the policyholder.

The question of “who is at fault” is not always the first thing to figure out. Whether the damage is to your equipment or your organization caused damage to somebody’s

property and/or equipment—what is most important is being able to accurately determine the value of what was lost and the amount of time it is going to take to recover that loss.

Being well informed on the value of property, goods, services and equipment utilized in your operation can offer alternatives when determining your insurance needs and the premium associated with those coverages.

Insurance policies may include specific limits of insurance for covered property, offer a variety of covered causes of loss, allow specified dollar amounts for named property and a menu of coverage options tailored to secure desired coverage and a premium within a specific budget.

Consideration to self-insure property through higher deductibles, coinsurance with the carrier or exclude certain property from your policy are all viable options to help manage insurance costs.

Reviewing those options with your insurance agent to gain an understanding of the financial impact to your bottom-line premium investment and the understanding of your out-of-pocket expenses when a loss occurs, will result in an optimal financial decision for your daily operation.

Contractors will continue to face challenges with the variable cost of fuel, availability of approved and qualified labor, shifts in local and national buyers, tariffs and pandemics, weather and catastrophic events, all these factors are impacting the overall profitability of the business.

Being proactive in identifying ways to mitigate losses may save thousands of dollars in loss avoidance. Reviewing your insurance coverage annually with your agent to determine a plan specific to your operation will keep you informed on how to proceed should your operation experience a loss.

A blend of well-planned insurance coverage, self-insurance through higher deductibles and coinsurance may offer lower rates while still providing peace of mind when faced with providing coverage for your needs. CCR

Kurt George is VP of Strategy + Marketing for Property Damage Appraisers Inc., a national leading independent damage appraisal firm in Fort Worth, Texas. For more information, visit www.pdacorporation.com.

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Battening down the hatches How a rise in flooding can elevate your business insurance

By Andy Simmons & Kenneth Travers

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a three-part series on what commercial construction professionals should know—and do—when it comes to insuring their projects amid today’s ever-changing climate.

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he trends in the last few years regarding the severity and frequency of natural disasters and storms is changing how businesses think of flooding. Unfortunately, due to some poor drainage situations, it has become evident that some weather events can cause

more harm in areas that are typically not prone to flooding.

This has shown that there is a clear benefit for business owners to take further measures to protect their facilities and property, going beyond the flood coverage as part of a larger business insurance plan.

Flooding vs. Inundation

When there is an overflow of water from a body of water like a lake or riverbed due to rainfall, this is considered a flooding event.

By contrast, inundation happens when there is a large amount of water in an area that becomes submerged.

This can happen if there is a large amount of rainfall in a short period of time, and there is a lack of proper drainage. Inundation is also known as pluvial flooding.

Infrastructure’s Role in Inundation

When a large amount of rain falls in a short period of time, it is important to have adequate drainage. If this does not happen, areas and places that do not typically flood can become submerged.

Typically, stormwater from rain or snowmelt travels over impervious surfaces like roadways or parking lots and then collects and moves into different bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, bays, and oceans.

But over the decades, urban development has increased the amounts of impervious surfaces, and as a result also caused the risk of flooding due to increased runoff

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from large rainfall events to grow because the storm water systems were not developed to move large amounts of water in a short period of time.

Urban sprawl has surpassed the original intention and capacity of the local infrastructure to contain heavy rains or a line of storms moving over the same area continually.

Another problem is that as building and housing development has increased over time, the contour of land has become altered, which has caused changes in how a property reacts to water. The continued expansion of impervious surfaces due to property development means water is less able to be absorbed into the ground, so it travels and collects and can cause flooding. As a result, inundation events are occurring more frequently.

Protecting Your Property from Flooding and Inundation

While most business owners buy flood coverage as part of a large business insurance plan, they should also take additional measures to protect their property. A flood emergency response plan is one way in which business owners can prepare for, respond to and recover from a flood.

This plan should include details about an evacuation plan with employee responsibilities, sheltering-in-place procedures, medical emergency information, emergency response teams, and public emergency services and contractor contact information.

It also is a good idea to have a Water Damage Prevention Plan (WDPP), which includes routine site inspections to identify uncontrolled water damage exposures and basic maintenance to make sure drains are clean of debris and able to divert to a catch basin or low point away from the building.

An effective WDPP plan also incorporates technology as an invaluable component and includes backflow preventers on sewer connections and water sensing technology to monitor the most vulnerable

A flood emergency response plan is one way in which business owners can prepare for, respond to and recover from a flood. exposures. In addition, a trained team of water damage responders should be recruited to map and label all zonal shut off control valves, as well as maintain an updated list of contractor’s contact numbers for emergency purposes.

A Partner with Experience

While it is not easy to predict how water from a storm or natural disaster will impact businesses, it is essential for business owners to take proactive measures to help protect their company and property.

Partnering with an experienced insurance company can be beneficial and symbiotic to the structural mitigation efforts undertaken by a business owner.

Risk engineering specialists know the unique risks and challenges that many businesses face. When it comes to flooding and inundation events, the insurer can work with agents and brokers to help business owners better understand how water will behave on their property and help prevent issues from happening through innovative technology and specialized insurance solutions. CCR

Andy Simmons is head of Large Property at The Hartford. He has over 25 years of experience in the insurance industry and specializes in offering customized programs for risks in the Large Property market.

Kenneth Travers is Technical Manager – Property and Product Specialist for The Hartford. He has more than 43 years of experience in the risk engineering field developing and delivering loss control engineering services and assessment tools for complex businesses with a focus in natural catastrophe, business impact, supply chain and fire protection engineering applications.

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(and the country's) first and largest mass timber project in June. The mixed-use residential/ commercial project, featuring more than 300 apartment units, is located in Ohio City, one of the city's burgeoning neighborhoods.

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Along with its first class networking event, which featured happy hour and a reception, RCA members and invited guests also were able to tour the soon to be iconic location. With its blend of innovation, beauty and sustainability, Intro is destined to set the bar for timber-inspired building.

The event was hosted by RCA member host Fortney & Weygandt Inc.

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A new approach to affordable housing Two urban infill projects reveal an energized, community-based vision for the future of affordable housing

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n 2021, 25 year-old Logan moved to Seattle from Boston, with little more than a layover’s-worth of knowledge of the city.

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Although he had never lived alone, he began to search for studio apartments in the Ballard neighborhood, a historically-Scandinavian area of North Seattle where his parents had lived over 30 years prior.

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As the move neared, he became increasingly anxious to find housing that was not only affordable, but which also provided a sense of community that would ease his transition to independent living. He then discovered Karsti, a new co-living development

by Seattle-based Neiman Taber Architects, which reimagines affordable micro-housing with a focus on fostering interconnectedness among residents.

Logan is not alone in his search for housing that both combats urban isolation and doesn’t break the bank. In terms of affordability, people in the lowest income brackets are often the focus of publicly funded affordable developments.

But another demographic exists, sandwiched between those who qualify for subsidized housing and those who can afford market rate. In Seattle, about 25% of renters fall into this income category.

Neiman Taber designs shared housing specifically for this underserved demographic, focusing as much on quantitative measures like affordability as on qualitative values like community, belonging, dignity and sustainability.

When Neiman Taber began its first co-living project in 2012, principals David Neiman and David Taber saw the need for a new typology that encouraged social cohesion and emphasized livability. These initial projects, The Roost Artist Lofts and Yobi Apartments, serve as examples of successful communal living models.

The newest projects, Freya and Karsti, are a continuation of the groundwork they laid with The Roost and Yobi. Constructed in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, they contain over 130 homes ranging in size from 180 to 300 square-feet. Maintaining their dedication to affordability, 25% of these units are reserved for individuals earning 40% Area Median Income (AMI) or roughly minimum wage, and the other 75% are af-

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These initial projects, The Roost Artist Lofts and Yobi Apartments, serve as examples of successful communal living models.

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fordable for those earning 50% AMI (around $40,000 a year).

The individual units are modest—consisting of a small bed space, a kitchenette and a private bathroom—but the communal amenities are ample and easily accessed. Each floor has a shared lounge, dining room, and kitchen well-stocked with everything from cookware, to espresso makers, to insta-pots.

Additionally, each building has exterior decks, exercise rooms, and game lounges that encourage entertaining—facilitating social cohesion that stretches into the larger community. Melding life experiences with a knowledge of community design principles, Neiman Taber designed circulation routes through the buildings that naturally bring people into contact with one another and enhance connectivity.

The design worked to establish a distinct design identity for each community, to aid in cohesion and place-making.

Freya, named after the Norse goddess, has a subtle, natural palette, with carefully-designed visual touchstones that connect it to the Ballard neighborhood’s Scandinavian heritage.

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Karsti, meanwhile, takes its inspiration from ’80’s punk rock, with a high contrast neutral interior interspersed by intense pops of color. Amenity areas in each building hold surprises, including a piano, a large-scale mural, and a Ms. Pac-Man machine. The buildings were designed to balance overall affordability with market-rate amenities, offering a dignified sense of home for each resident.

“Our goal was for residents to feel excited about their home, want to gather with their neighbors, and feel proud to invite over guests,” says Neiman Taber principal Liz Pisciotta.

The collective culture promoted by these dwellings is further facilitated by the management company, OpenDoor, which specializes in collective living arrangements.

As a “co-living operator,” they work to identify community members’ interests, and organize and fund shared meals and events.

As resident makeup changes over time, OpenDoor maintains a working knowledge of their distinct community. Customized engagement events even extend into fully-fledged initiatives, such as the Creative Person in Residence and Community Catalyst programs, where ten residents were given several months of free rent in exchange for sharing their talents and helping establish the tone of the budding resident community. OpenDoor Director Sonj Basha says residents often express how special it is to have a home that “feels inclusive, collaborative and intentional.”

People are drawn to co-living housing from a variety of backgrounds, and for a number of reasons. Although this type of housing is commonly perceived as the domain of young professionals like Logan, this type of housing appeals to a broader range of individuals, with the average age of their residents falling in their mid-30s and largely skewing toward women and BIPOC individuals.

David Neiman describes the residents as, “people moving in from more distant neighborhoods or exurbs, looking for opportunities to live closer to the city core…a lot of people in life transitions.” Co-living creates a type of housing that provides a stable home base for individuals to change, grow, and pursue opportunities within the city.

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People are drawn to co-living housing from a variety of backgrounds, and for a number of reasons.

The need for this type of housing is not limited to the Seattle metropolitan area.

Individuals in cities across the country are struggling with the same issues—urban isolation, limited housing stock, and a lack of affordability. “Every city needs these projects and lots of them. Co-living allows people to live in places that they’d otherwise be priced out of,” says David Neiman.

With Freya and Karsti, Neiman Taber has demonstrated an innovative co-living housing model that meets the needs of people who are not served by conventional housing solutions. These projects benefit not only the residents, but also the larger neighborhood, and the city itself. The average person living in Karsti and Freya uses roughly 40% of the energy of someone living in conventional apartment housing.

Shortly after moving to Karsti, Logan became a part of the Catalyst program to establish community norms and share his interests, in exchange for four months of free rent. He organizes weekly dinners, Music Mondays, group dance nights and other events along with his neighbors (who he now considers friends).

And although he is living on his own, Logan doesn’t suffer from the effects of urban isolation, saying his mental health is “better than ever,” and explaining that the opportunity to connect more deeply with his neighbors “feels super empowering.”

In paying attention to these individuals’ needs and pushing for change in their city, the Seattle area now has a model for housing that provides a glimpse of a more collective, sustainable and equitable future. CCR

Meet the Project Team Architectural Team: Neiman Taber Architects Interior Design: Neiman Taber Architects and OpenDoor Owner Group: Hamilton Urban Partners and Neiman Taber Architects Structural Engineering: Malsam Tsang Engineering Civil Engineering: Freya: Davido Consulting Group, Inc. and Karsti: Sitewise Design PLLC Landscape Architect: The Philbin Group General Contractor: Pacific Continental Construction Building Management: OpenDoor Co-Living

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General Contracting listings take the spotlight

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o construction project is complete without the right general contractor. Our monthly survey listings feature some of the industry’s leading GCs 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.

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company....$8,353,520,000.00 Swinerton....................................................$4,527,600,000.00 Gray West Construction Inc..........................$2,716,637,082.00 Lendlease....................................................$1,809,331,593.00 Schimenti Construction Company................$319,285,023.89 MYCON General Contractors, Inc..................$298,730,000.00 William A. Randolph, Inc...............................$230,000,000.00 Wolverine Building Group.............................$185,000,000.00 Poettker Construction Company...................$183,000,000.00 Embree Construction Group, Inc...................$176,923,075.00

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Swinerton....................................................$324,200,000.00 The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company....$159,500,000.00 William A. Randolph, Inc...............................$80,000,000.00 Lendlease....................................................$59,327,595.00 Integrated Construction................................$53,000,000.00 EBCO General Contractor Ltd.......................$35,563,037.00 Schimenti Construction Company................$32,406,278.26 Donnelly Construction..................................$20,000,000.00 Zerr Enterprises, Inc.....................................$16,000,000.00 ABAT Builders..............................................$10,000,000.00

Embree Construction Group, Inc...................$70,769,230.00 Gray West Construction Inc..........................$36,550,000.00 Knoebel Construction, Inc.............................$30,600,000.00 Stratus.........................................................$29,000,000.00 Prairie Contractors, Inc.................................$25,000,000.00 International Contractors, Inc.......................$20,937,707.00 UHC Construction Services .........................$15,000,000.00 Wolverine Building Group.............................$15,000,000.00 Harmon.......................................................$11,000,000.00 Construction One.........................................$10,000,000.00

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The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company....$312,420,000.00 Schimenti Construction Company................$182,028,676.18 Swinerton....................................................$120,500,000.00 MYCON General Contractors, Inc..................$106,240,000.00 Gray West Construction Inc..........................$102,300,000.00 William A. Randolph, Inc...............................$100,000,000.00 Embree Construction Group, Inc...................$97,307,691.00 Warwick Construction, Inc............................$88,329,314.00 Lakeview Construction LLC..........................$86,000,000.00 Bogart Construction, Inc. .............................$80,500,000.00

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The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company....$1,154,410,000.00 Swinerton....................................................$358,800,000.00 Lendlease....................................................$206,640,361.00 PTS Contracting...........................................$61,700,900.00 Integrated Construction................................$22,000,000.00 Knoebel Construction, Inc.............................$19,700,000.00 Gray West Construction Inc..........................$17,108,000.00 William A. Randolph, Inc...............................$15,000,000.00 Stratus.........................................................$14,000,000.00 S.M. Wilson & Co.........................................$12,685,331.00

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Manuel Ray, Owner P.O. Box 9023772 San Juan, PR 00902-3772 (787) 979-9973 www.3mg-pr.com mray@3mg-pr.com Year Established: 2004 No. of Employees: 16 Retail: $320,467 Hospitality: $675,649 Restaurant: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: $44,899 Federal: $187,604 Other: $1,492,085 Total: $2,720,704 Completed Commercial Projects by 12/31/21: 2 Specialize In: Retail, Hospitality, Dept. Store

ABAT Builders

Deanne Kuzmic, Vice President of Strategic Growth 10700 W Higgins Road, Suite 350 Rosemont, IL 60018 (224) 612-5480, Cell: (301) 613-7922 www.abatbuilders.com deanne@abatbuilders.com Year Established: 1986 No. of Employees: 14 Retail: N/A Hospitality: $10,000,000 Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: 10,000,000.00 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 23 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: N/A Specialize in: Hospitality

Beam Team Construction

Tim Hill, VP 1350 Bluegrass Lakes Pkwy.

Alpharetta, GA 30004 (630) 816-0631 www.thebeamteam.com timhill@thebeamteam.com Year Established: N/A No. of Employees: 600 Retail: $45,000,000.00 Restaurants: $20,000,000.00 Hospitality: $20,000,000.00 Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $85,000,000.00 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 8,000 Square Footage: Retail: 120,000 Hospitality: 10,000 Restaurants: 10,000 Federal: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Other: 10,000 Total: 150,000 Specialize In: Groceries, Drug Stores, Hotels, Restaurants

Bogart Construction, Inc.

Daniel Stone, Vice President 9980 Irvine Center Dr. #200 Irvine, CA 92618 (949) 453-1400, Cell: (949) 400-8179 www.bogartconstruction.com rachel@bogartconstruction.com Year Established: 1991 No. of Employees: 60 Retail: $80,500,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $3,500,000 Healthcare: $1,000,000 Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $85,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 40 Square Footage: Retail: 1,185,000 Restaurants: 30,000 Hospitality: N/A Federal: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Other: N/A Total: 1,185,000 Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Restaurants

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David Knoche, Exec VP of Sales and Marketing 820 Adams Ave Suite 130 Trooper PA 19403 ( 800) 905-4342, Cell: (405) 802-0203 www.brandpointservices.com dknoche@brandpointservices.com Year Established: 2003 No. of Employees: 130 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: 60,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 3000 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Restaurants

Buildrite Construction Corp.

Bryan Alexander, President 600 CHASTAIN RD NW 326 Kennesaw, GA 30144-3201 (770) 971-0787 www.BuildriteConstruction.com Info@BuildriteConstruction.com Year Established: 1982 No. of Employees: 25 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: N/A Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: N/A 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Other

Capitol Construction Services Lauren Kriner, Vice President of Business Development 11051 Village Square Lane Fishers IN 46038 (317) 574-5488, Cell: (317) 376-5860, Fax: (317) 574-5482 www.capitolconstruct.com lkriner@capitolconstruct.com Year Established: 1998 No. of Employees: 150 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $141,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 250 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Restaurants, Shopping Malls

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GENERAL CONTRACTING

Certified Construction One Construction Services Cash Matetich, Ashley Bradley, Vice President, CFO 3418 Hampton Avenue Nashville, TN 37215 (619) 319-2242 https://certified-cs.com abp@certified-cs.com Year Established: 2012 No. of Employees: 20 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $27,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 10 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: 250,000 Specialize in: Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Multi-Family

Business Development Manager 101 E. Town Street 401 Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 235-0057, Cell: (614) 398-7236 www.constructionone.com cmatetich@constructionone.com Year Established: 1980 No. of Employees: 60 Retail: $30,000,000 Hospitality: $5,000,000 Restaurants: $10,000,000 Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $10,000,000 Total: $55,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 128 Square Footage: Retail: 300,000 Restaurants: 150,000 Hospitality: 25,000 Federal: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Other: 170,000 Total: 650,000 Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, MixedUse, Education, Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery, Other: Entertainment

Core States Group Chain Store Bryan Grabon, Director of Maintenance, Inc. Construction Programs

John Catanese, Vice President PO BOX 2008, 81 UNION ST Attleboro, Massachusetts 02703 (800) 888-1675, Fax: (508) 222-8025 www.chainstore.com john@chainstore.com Year Established: 1991 No. of Employees: 47 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: N/A Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 6,500 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: 12,000,000 Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls, Cannabis, Craft Brewery, Other: Financial

Construction Advantage, Inc Mike Rothholtz, President 1112 Hibbard Rd Wilmette, IL 60091 constructadvantage@sbcglobal.net Year Established: 1998 No. of Employees: N/A Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: N/A Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: N/A 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Restaurants

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3039 Premiere Parkway, Suite 700 Duluth GA 30097 (813) 319-8742 core-states.com bgrabon@core-states.com Year Established: 1999 No. of Employees: 520 Retail: $24,306,909 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $33,165,286 Total: 51,710,708 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 515 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Restaurants, Other: Energy

Dalo Construction, Inc. Belden Bowman, Vice President 2812 US Route 40 Tipp City, OH 45371 (937) 898-0953, Fax: (937) 898-0974 daloinc.com belden_bowman@daloinc.com Year Established: 1984 No. of Employees: 36 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $67,947,215 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: N/A 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Other: Industrial & Manufacturing, Institutional, Office & Interiors

CIRCLE NO. 25

SPECIAL REPORT

GENERAL CONTRACTING

DeJager Construction Inc Dowdle Construction Group Dan DeJager, President 75 - 60th Street SW Wyoming, MI 49548 (616) 530-0060 x333 dejagerconstruction.com dj1@dejagerci.com Year Established: 1970 No. of Employees: 30 Retail: $20,500,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $20,500,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 57 Square Footage: Retail: 560,825 Restaurants: N/A Hospitality: N/A Federal: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Other: N/A Total: 560,825 Specialize in: Retail

Glynn Dowdle, Principal 150 Athens Way, Suite 200 Nashville, TN 37228 (615) 251-1311 dowdleconstruction.com gdowdle@dowdleconstruction.com Year Established: 2006 No. of Employees: 32 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: N/A Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: N/A 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Craft Brewery, Other: Adaptive reuse, churches, offices, parks

DLP Construction EBCO General Contractor Ltd Company, Inc Amanda Mikulec, Project Administrator

Lynn Kaden, Director Business Development 5935 Shiloh Road East, Suite 100 Alpharetta, GA 30005 (770) 887-3573, Fax: (770) 887-2357 www.dlpconstruction.com lkaden@dlpconstruction.com Year Established: 1996 No. of Employees: 35 Retail: $19,512,606 Hospitality: $2,500,000 Restaurants: $6,100,000 Healthcare: $2,100,500 Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $30,213,106 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: N/A Square Footage: Retail: 62,000 Restaurants: 45,000 Hospitality: 13,000 Federal: N/A Healthcare: 25,000 Multi-Family: N/A Other: N/A Total: 145,000 Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants

Donnelly Construction Doug Berry, Senior Project Manager 5567 Route 23 South Wayne NJ 07470 (973) 672-1800, Cell: (973) 294-4247, Fax: (973) 677-1824 www.donnellyconstruction.com dberry@donnellyind.com Year Established: 1977 No. of Employees: 120 Retail: $60,000,000 Hospitality: $20,000,000 Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $10,000,000 Total: $90,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 40 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: 2,450,000 Specialize in: Hospitality, Education, Other: Warehouses

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804 East 1st Street Cameron, TX 76520 (254) 697-8516, Fax: (254) 697-8656 www.ebcogc.com amanda.mikulec@ebcogc.com Year Established: 2003 No. of Employees: 64 Retail: $41,326,801 Hospitality: $35,563,037 Restaurants: $7,783,325 Healthcare: $4,854,442 Multi-Family: $8,430,409 Federal: N/A Other: $17,978,129 Total: $115,936,143 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 25 Square Footage: Retail: 39,968 Restaurants: 27,297 Hospitality: 315,574 Federal: N/A Healthcare: 5,673 Multi-Family: N/A Other: 29,154 Total: 417,666 Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Multi-Family

Embree Construction Group, Inc. Agnes Yates, Graphic Design Manager 4747 Williams Dr. Georgetown, TX 78633-3799 (512) 819-4700, Cell: (512) 635-2349 www.embreegroup.com ayates@embreegroup.com Year Established: 1979 No. of Employees: 225 Retail: $97,307,691 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $70,769,230 Healthcare: $8,846,153 Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $176,923,075 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 2208 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Other: Financial

CIRCLE NO. 26

SPECIAL REPORT

GENERAL CONTRACTING

Federal Heath GSD Industries, LLC Cindy Price, Sr. Marketing Specialist 2300 State Hwy 121 Euless TX 76039 (817) 685-9075 federalheath.com cprice@federalheath.com Year Established: 1901 No. of Employees: 636 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: N/A Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: N/A 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Restaurants

Fortney & Weygandt, Inc. Matt Frank, Director of Business Development 31269 Bradley Road North Olmsted, OH 44070 (440) 716-4000 www.fortneyweygandt.com mfrank@fortneyweygandt.com Year Established: 1978 No. of Employees: 93 Retail: $31,939,866 Hospitality: $8,533,040 Restaurants: $6,261,858 Healthcare: $1,562,600 Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $14,092,800 Total: $62,390,164 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 138 Square Footage: Retail: 666,407 Restaurants: 29,192 Hospitality: 51,000 Federal: N/A Healthcare: 18,766 Multi-Family: N/A Other: 152,281 Total: 917,646 Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, MixedUse, Education, Shopping Malls, Multi-Family, Other: Senior Living

Shelley Hanerfeld, Business Development and Project Manager PO Box 158 Ringwood, NJ 07456 (201) 800-4654, Cell: (802) 777-9957 gsdindustries.com gsd@gsdindustries.com Year Established: 2016 No. of Employees: 10 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: N/A Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: N/A 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Other: Fitness Centers

Harmon Ardell Mitchell, Vice President 621 S State St. North Vernon, IN 47265 (812) 346-2048, Fax: (812) 346-2054 www.harmonconstruction.com ardell.mitchell@harmonconstruction.com Year Established: 1955 No. of Employees: 105 Retail: $2,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $11,000,000 Healthcare: $12,000,000 Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $45,000,000 Total: $70,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 98 Square Footage: Retail: 3,000 Restaurants: 35,000 Hospitality: N/A Federal: N/A Healthcare: 70,000 Multi-Family: N/A Other: 250,000 Total: 358,000 Specialize in: Restaurant, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Mission Critical, Sports, and Self-Perform

Gray West Construction Inc. Healy Construction Jessica Saavedra, Services, Inc. Marketing Coordinator 421 E Cerritos Ave. Anaheim, CA 92805 (714) 491-1317, Cell: (626) 283-1709 Fax: (714) 333-9700 www.gray.com jsaavedra@gray.com Year Established: 1960 No. of Employees: 1924 Retail: $102,300,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $36,550,000 Healthcare: $17,108,000 Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $2,560,679,082 Total: $2,716,637,082 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 458 Square Footage: Retail: 988,500 Restaurants: 106,000 Hospitality: N/A Federal: N/A Healthcare: 51,000 Multi-Family: N/A Other: 3,500,000 Total: 4,645,500 Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls, Cannabis, Other: Entertainment and Theme Park

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James Healy, Vice President 14000 S. Keeler Avenue Crestwood, IL 60418 (708) 396-0440, Cell: (708) 912-9888, Fax: (708) 396-0412 www.healyconstructionservices.com jth@healyconstructionservices.com Year Established: 1988 No. of Employees: 40 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: N/A Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 95 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: 385,015 Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls, Cannabis, Craft Brewery, Other: Big Box, PEMB, Grocery, Design Build

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SPECIAL REPORT

GENERAL CONTRACTING

Hirsch Construction Corp. Immel Construction Adam Hirsch, President 222 Rosewood Drive 5th Floor Danvers, MA 01923 (978) 762-8744 www.hirschcorp.com ahirsch@hirschcorp.com Year Established: 1983 No. of Employees: 55 Retail: $30,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $5,00,000 Healthcare: $5,000,000 Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $5,000,000 Total: $45,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 54 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: 300,000 Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Restaurants, Mixed-Use

Paul Martzke, President 1820 Radisson Street Green Bay, WI 54302 (920) 468-8208 www.immelconstruction.com paulma@immelconstruction.com Year Established: 1961 No. of Employees: 110 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: N/A Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: N/A 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Mixed-Use,Education, Multi-Family

Hunter Building Corp Integrated Construction Peter Ferri, President 14609 Kimberly Ln. Houston, TX 77079 (281) 377-6550, Fax: (281) 377-8600 www.hunterbuilding.com pferri@hunterbuilding.com Year Established: 2007 No. of Employees: 11 Retail: $12,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $50,000 Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $12,050,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 45 Square Footage: Retail: 790,000 Restaurants: 5,000 Hospitality: N/A Federal: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Other: N/A Total: 795,000 Specialize in: Big-Box/Department, Healthcare, Specialty Stores, Shopping Centers, Restaurants, Commercial Office

IDC Construction, LLC Christopher Williams, VP Of Operations 1000 Churchill Court Woodstock GA 30188 (404) 314-7458 www.idcconstruction.com bwilliams@idcconstruction.com Year Established: 2000 No. of Employees: 15-25 Retail: N/A Hospitality: $4,000,000 Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $4,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 6 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: N/A Specialize in: Hospitality

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Justin Beebe, President 14827 Mandarin Road Jacksonville, FL 32223 (904) 356-6715, Cell: (904) 307-5365 www.integratedfl.com jbeebe@inteconst.com Year Established: 2007 No. of Employees: 50 Retail: N/A Hospitality: $53,000,000 Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: $22,000,000 Multi-Family: $11,000,000 Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $86,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 5 Retail: N/A Restaurants: N/A Hospitality: N/A Federal: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Other: N/A Total: 250,000 Specialize in: Hospitality, Healthcare, Multi-Family

International Contractors, Inc. Katie Bronge, Marketing Coordinator 977 S Route 83 Elmhurst, IL 60126 (630) 834-8043 icibuilds.com kbronge@icibuilds.com Year Established: 1982 No. of Employees: 81 Retail: $14,056,623 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $20,937,707 Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $26,495,182 - Auto & $51,357,658 - K-12 Total: $153,438,521 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 34 Square Footage: Retail: 2,658,022 Restaurants: 46,842 Hospitality: N/A Federal: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Other: 48,532 - Automotive & 86,600-* K-12 Total: 2,839,022 Specialize in: Retail, Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls, Other: Automotive

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GENERAL CONTRACTING

K Tooley Construction Lakeview Construction LLC. Kevin Halpin, Divisional VP Commercial Construction 805A Old Austin-Pflugerville Rd Pflugerville, TX 78660 (512) 479-4055, Cell: (516) 790-6525, Fax: (512) 479-4054 www.ktooley.com khalpin@ktooley.com Year Established: N/A No. of Employees: N/A Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: N/A Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: N/A 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: N/A Specialize in: N/A

Kapella Group Denis Koval, CEO 7002 S. Rivera Parkway, #30 Centennial, CO 80112 (303) 757-2480 kapellagroup.com brittany@kapellagroup.com Year Established: N/A No. of Employees: N/A Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $2,500,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: N/A 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: N/A Specialize in: Healthcare, Multi-Family

John Stallman, Marketing Manager 10505 Corporate Drive Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158 (262) 857-3336, Fax: (262) 857-3424 www.lvconstruction.com john@lvconstruction.com Year Established: 1993 No. of Employees: 100 Retail: $86,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $86,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 600 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: 20,000,000 Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Restaurants

Laser Facility Management Joe Fairley, Vice President 110 Commerce Road Boynton Beach, FL 33426 (561) 235-7444, Cell: (561) 466-1621 laserfacility.com joseph@laserfacility.com Year Established: 2018 No. of Employees: 29 Retail: $7,000,000 Hospitality: $1,500,000 Restaurants: $1,000,000 Healthcare: $500,000 Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: 10,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 41 Retail: 225,000 Restaurants: 75,000 Hospitality: 100,000 Federal: N/A Healthcare: 25,000 Multi-Family: N/A Other: N/A Total: 425,000 Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Education

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Bryon Muir, Vice President 18333 Wings Corporate Drive Chesterfield, MO 63005 (636) 326-4100, Cell: (314) 393-9498, Fax: (636) 326-4101 knoebelconstruction.com bmuir@knoebelcon.com Year Established: 1981 No. of Employees: 91 Retail: $37,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $30,600,000 Healthcare: $19,700,000 Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $87,300,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 125 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: 1,691,000 Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Restaurants, Shopping Malls

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Construction 200 Park Avenue 9th Floor New York, NY 10066 (212) 592-6800, Fax: (212) 598-6988 www.lendlease.com mary.hayes@lendlease.com Year Established: 1917 No. of Employees: 1200 Retail: N/A Hospitality: $59,327,595 Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: $206,640,361 Multi-Family: 606802940 Federal: 8260454 Other: 918130339 Total: 1809331593 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 34 Square Footage: Retail: N/A Restaurants: N/A Hospitality: N/A Federal: N/A Healthcare: 426952 Multi-Family: 3345120 Other: 2580687 Total: 6352759 Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Mixed-Use, Education, Multi-Family

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GENERAL CONTRACTING

Marco Contractors, Inc. Next Level Contracting Suzette Novak, Associate Director of Business Development 100 Commonwealth Dr. Warrendale, PA 15086 (724) 741-0300, Cell: (724) 766-5122, Fax: (724) 741-0335 www.marcocontractors.com snovak@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 12/31/21: 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

MYCON General Contractors, Inc Charles Myers, President and Chief Executive Officer 17311 Dallas Parkway, Suite 300 Dallas, TX 75248 MYCON.com cmyers@mycon.com Year Established: 1987 No. of Employees: 217 Retail: 106,240,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: 192,490,000 Total: 298,730,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 59 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: 15.5M Specialize in: N/A

Jeremy Chappell, General Manager 14224 Pioneer Way E Puyallup, WA 98387 (253) 697-9845, Cell: (253) 342-8939 Jchappell@nlcwa.com Year Established: 2018 No. of Employees: 12 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $6,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: N/A 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Restaurants, Mixed-Use

N-STORE Services Kevin Zigrang, Director of Business Development 160 Chesterfield Industrial Boulevard Chesterfield, MO 63005 (636) 728-0448, Cell: (636) 579-1363, Fax: (636) 728-0449 www.nstoreservices.com kevin@nstoreservices.com Year Established: 1983 No. of Employees: 60 Retail: $29,296,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $29,296,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 122 Square Footage: Retail: 1,440,000 Restaurants: N/A Hospitality: N/A Federal: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Other: N/A Total: 1,440,000 Specialize in: Retail, Mixed-Use, Shopping Malls

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David Fritz, President 2500 Orchard Lane I N C O R P O R A T E D Excelsior, MN 55331 (952) 881-6123 www.ncigc.com swolf@ncigc.com Year Established: 1990 No. of Employees: 15 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $15,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 30 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Restaurants, Shopping Malls

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Optimal Contracting, LLC Poettker Construction Chad Cianciolo, Company VP Business Development 7140 Sumption Drive New Albany, OH 43054 (678) 548-3300 www.optimalcontracting.com chad@optimalcontracting.com Year Established: 2019 No. of Employees: 5 Retail: $1,820,000.00 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $1,820,000.00 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 62 Square Footage: Retail: 165,000 Restaurants: N/A Hospitality: N/A Federal: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Other: N/A Total: 165,000 Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls, Cannabis

Otto Construction Angel Naranjo, Marketing Coordinator 1717 2nd Street Sacramento, CA 95811 (916) 441-6870 www.ottoconstruction.com anaranjo@ottoconstruction.com Year Established: 1947 No. of Employees: 140 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: $2,891,741 Multi-Family: $18,619,038 Federal: N/A Other: $109,255,182 Total: $130,765,961 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 26 Square Footage: Retail: N/A Restaurants: N/A Hospitality: N/A Federal: N/A Healthcare: 2,000 Multi-Family: 60,000 Other: 148,000 Total: 210,000 Specialize in: Healthcare, Education, Multi-Family, Other: Parking Structures, Senior Living, Historic Renovations, Office Buildings

Kevin Poettker, Vice President of Business Development 400 S Germantown Road Breese, IL 62230 (618) 526-7213 www.poettkerconstruction.com kapoettker@poettkerconstruction.com Year Established: 1980 No. of Employees: 187 Retail: $56,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: $7,000,000 Multi-Family: $8,000,000 Federal: $45,000,000 Other: $67,000,000 Total: $183,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 62 Square Footage: Retail: 3,867,000 Restaurants: N/A Hospitality: N/A Federal: 100,000 Healthcare: 80,000 Multi-Family: 100,000 Other: 309,000 Total: 4,456,000 Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Mixed-Use, Education, Multi-Family, Other: Commercial & Corporate (Office), Federal Government, Industrial & Manufacturing, Distribution & Warehouse, Recreation, Utility & Infrastructure

Prairie Contractors, Inc.

Peter Hegarty, President 9318 Gulfstream Rd., Unit C Frankfort, IL 60423 (815) 469-1904, Fax: (815) 469-5436 www.prairiecontractors.com phegarty@prairie-us.com Year Established: 2003 No. of Employees: 25 Retail: $5,600,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $25,000,000 Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $30,600,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 50 Square Footage: Retail: 33,500 Restaurants: 166,500 Hospitality: N/A Federal: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Other: N/A Total: 200,000 Specialize in: Retail, Restaurants

P & C Construction, Inc. Prime Retail Services, Inc.

Nic Cornelison, President 1037 West Main Street Chattanooga, TN 37402 (423) 664-5462, Fax: (423) 493-0051 www.pc-const.com nic@pc-const.com Year Established: 1993 No. of Employees: 67 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: 75,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 199 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: 1,418,985 Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Shopping Malls, Multi-Family

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Donald Bloom, President 3617 Southland Dr. Flowery Branch, GA 30542 (866) 504-3511, Cell: (678) 618-8941, Fax: (866) 584-3605 www.primeretailservices.com dbloom@primeretailservices.com Year Established: 2003 No. of Employees: 235 Retail: 30,000,000 Hospitality: 3,000,000 Restaurants: 6,000,000 Healthcare: 1,200,000 Multi-Family: N/A Federal: 750,000 Other: N/A Total: 42,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 892 Square Footage: Retail: 16,000,000 Restaurants: 1,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Federal: 100,000 Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Other: N/A Total: 17,840,000 Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality,Healthcare, Restaurants, Education

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PTS Contracting River Ridge Renovations LLC Phyllis Dellacamera, President 200 Business Park Drive, Suite 205 Armonk NY 10504 www.ptscontracting.com Phyllis@ptscontracting.com Year Established: 2010 No. of Employees: 26 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $18,625,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 12 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: 80,000 Specialize in: Healthcare

R.E. Crawford Construction, LLC Susan Courter, Director of Business Development 6650 Professional Parkway West #100 Sarasota, FL 34240 (941) 907-0010, Fax: (941) 907-0030 www.recrawford.com scourter@recrawford.com Year Established: 2008 No. of Employees: 48 Retail: $25,286,855 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $1,917,465 Healthcare: $1,738,729 Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $8,013,951 Total: $36,957,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 50 Square Footage: Retail: 171,312 Restaurants: 16,113 Hospitality: N/A Federal: N/A Healthcare: 15,365 Multi-Family: N/A Other: 109,210 Total: 312,000 Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Shopping Malls, Other: Fitness, Automotive Repair

Ben Wallace, President/Owner 1900 North 18th St., Suite 601 Monroe, LA 71201 (318) 600-3139, Cell: (318) 789-3209 riverridgerenos.com benw@riverridgerenos.com Year Established: 2016 No. of Employees: 12 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $8,000,000.00 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 6 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: NA Specialize in: Hospitality

Rockerz Inc. Robert Smith, Director of Business Development/Nat’l Acct 100 Commonwealth Dr. Warrendale, PA 15086 (724) 612-6520 www.rockerzinc.com rsmith@rockerzinc.com Year Established: 2004 No. of Employees: 40 Retail: $8,400,000.00 Restaurants: N/A Hospitality: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $8,400,000.00 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 253 Square Footage: Retail: 4,100,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Federal: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Other: N/A Total: 4,100,000 Specialize In: N/A

Rectenwald Brothers Construction, Inc. RT Stevens Construction Inc. Jerry Rectenwald, VP of Business Development 16 Leonberg Road Cranberry Township, PA 16066 (724) 772-8282, Cell: (724) 944-2215, Fax: (724) 772-8281 www.rectenwald.com jerry@rectenwald.com Year Established: 1984 No. of Employees: N/A Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $37,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: N/A 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: 1,000,000 Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Restaurants, Shopping Malls

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Troy Stevens, President

420 McKinley Suite 111-313 Corona, CA 92879 (951) 280-9361 www.rtstevens.com tstevens@rtstevens.com Year Established: 1988 No. of Employees: N/A Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: N/A Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 31 Square Footage: Retail: 124,000 Restaurants: N/A Hospitality: N/A Federal: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Other: N/A Total: 124,000 Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Shopping Malls

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S.L. Hayden Construction Inc. Schimenti Stevie Hayden, Vice President Construction Company PO Box 1686 Raton, NM 87740 slhaydenconstruction.com stevie@hcichicago.com Year Established: N/A No. of Employees: N/A Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: 5,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: N/A 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Shopping Malls

S.M. Wilson & Co. Amy Berg, President 2185 Hampton Avenue St Louis, MO 63139 (314) 645-9595, Fax: (314) 645-1700 www.smwilson.com amy. berg@smwilson.com Year Established: 1921 No. of Employees: 101 Retail: $38,228,490 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: $12,685,331 Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $99,462,082 Total: $150,375,903 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: N/A 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Mixed-Use, Education, Multi-Family, Other: Industrial, Senior Care, Commercial, Public Agency, Special Projects

SAJO Rocco Raco, Director 1320 Graham Mont-Royal, QC H3P 3C8 (514) 385-0333 x 155 sajo.com rocco@sajo.com Year Established: 1977 No. of Employees: 150 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: N/A Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: N/A 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls,Cannabis, Other: luxury residences

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Kerri McCarthy, Marketing Communications Specialist 575 Lexington Avenue 18th Floor New York, NY 10022 (212) 246-9100 www.schimenti.com marketing@schimenti.com Year Established: 1997 No. of Employees: 305 Retail: $182,028,676.18 Hospitality: $32,40,6278.26 Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $104,850,069.45 Total: $319,285,023.89 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 12 Square Footage: Retail: 2,900,000 Restaurants: N/A Hospitality: 106,480 Federal: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Other: 733,616 Total: 3,700,000 Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Mixed-Use, Other: Industrial

Scott Contracting Johnny Wilkins, Director of Business Development 702 Old Peachtree Road, NW Suite 100 Suwanee, GA 30024 (678) 584-0423 www.scott-contracting.com johnny.wilkins@scott-contracting.com Year Established: 1993 No. of Employees: 50 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $45,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: N/A 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: N/A Specialize in: Healthcare, Commercial Office

Solex Contracting Inc Keith Schultz, VP Operations CONTRACTING INC. 42146 Remington Ave Temecula, CA 92590 (951) 308-1706 www.solexcontracting.com kschultz@solexcontracting.com Year Established: 2005 No. of Employees: 110 Retail: $15,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $5,000,000 Total: $20,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 85 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Shopping Malls

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NATIONAL GENERAL CONTRACTOR Retail | Restaurant | Office | Medical | Shopping Center 941-907-0010 www.recrawford.com

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Stratus The Dewitt Tilton Group

Ryan Goldberg, Executive Vice President of Sales 8959 Tyler Blvd Mentor, OH 44060 (888) 503-1569 www.stratusunlimited.com ryan.goldberg@stratusunlimited.com Year Established: 1931 No. of Employees: 800+ Retail: $18,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $29,000,000 Healthcare: $14,000,000 Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $16,600,000 Total: $77,600,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 3,875 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls, Cannabis

Baleigh Kelly, Accounting & Office Manager 119 Canal St., Suite 106 Pooler, GA 31322 (912) 777-3404 www.dewitttiltongroup.com baleigh@dewitttiltongroup.com Year Established: 2014 No. of Employees: 5 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $8,500,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 10 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: 100,000 Specialize in: Retail, Restaurants, Other: Shopping Centers, Commercial & Industrial Construction, Car Washes, Office

Swinerton The Whiting-Turner Amanda Barrett, Contracting Company Senior Digital Media Manager 2001 Clayton Rd. 7th Floor Concord, CA 94520 (213) 700-9439 www.swinerton.com amanda.barrett@swinerton.com Year Established: 1888 No. of Employees: 3,900 Retail: $120,500,000 Hospitality: $324,200,000 Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: $358,800,000 Multi-Family: $435,600,000 Federal: N/A Other: $3,288,500,000 Total: $4,527,600,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: N/A Square Footage: Retail: 1,317,523 Restaurants: N/A Hospitality: 4,717,669 Federal: N/A Healthcare: 2,078,229 Multi-Family: 3,266,230 Other: 17,765,707 Total: 29,245,358 Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Mixed-Use, Education, Multi-Family, Craft Brewery, Other: Affordable Housing, Aviation, Civic/Public, Interior/Special Projects, Life Science, Industrial, Mass Timber, Mission Critical, Parking Structures

Taylor Bros.

Construction Co., Inc.

Jeff Chandler,Vice President 4555 Middle Road Columbus, Indiana 47203 (812) 379-9547, Fax: (812) 372-4759 www.tbcci.com jeff.chandler@tbcci.com Year Established: 1933 No. of Employees: 300 Retail: $50,000,000 Hospitality: $2,000,000 Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: $4,000,000 Multi-Family: N/A Federal: $1,000,000 Other: $13,000,000 Total: $70,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 300 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare

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Tony Messina, Vice President 2 Enterprise Drive 504 Shelton, CT 06484 (203) 789-8700 www.whiting-turner.com anthony.messina@whiting-turner.com Year Established: 1909 No. of Employees: 4,200 Retail: $312,420,000 Hospitality: $159,500,000 Restaurants: $4,770,000 Healthcare: $1,154,410,000 Multi-Family: $522,200,000 Federal: $580,730,000 Other: $5,619,490 Total: $8,353,520,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 400+ Square Footage: Retail: 4,512,775 Restaurants: 26,797 Hospitality: 2,345,588 Federal: 4,177,913 Healthcare: 23,559,387 Multi-Family: 34,813,333 Other: N/A Total: 69,435,793 Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, MixedUse, Education, Shopping Malls, Cannabis, Multi-Family, Craft Brewery Other: e-commerce, data centers, warehouse & distribution, theme parks, sports venues, science & tech, pharmaceutical, and transportation

Transblue Alana Guggenheim, Dave Wescott 5408 176th St SW Lynnwood, WA 98037 transblue.com aguggenheim@allpointspr.com Year Established: N/A No. of Employees: N/A Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: N/A Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: N/A 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: N/A Specialize in: N/A

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Triad Retail Construction Venture Construction Donna Coneley, Group of Florida

Vice President of Development 2206 O’Day Rd. Pearland, TX 77581 (281) 485-4700, Cell: (832) 331-7267, Fax: (281) 485-7722 www.triadrc.com d.coneley@triadrc.com Year Established: 2008 No. of Employees: 47 Retail: $43,455,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: $7,283,645 Total: $50,738,654 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 32 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: 753,920 Specialize in: Retail, Shopping Malls, Other: Commercial

TRICON Construction Leo Couchara, Vice President Sales 3433 Marshall Lane Bensalem PA 19020 (609) 847-0196, Cell: (609) 847-0196, Fax: (215) 633-8363 www.TRICON-Construction.com L.Couchara@Tricon-Construction.com Year Established: 2003 No. of Employees: 12 Retail: $16,600,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: 18,600,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 72 Square Footage: Retail: 500,000 Restaurants: N/A Hospitality: N/A Federal: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Other: N/A Total: 500,000 Specialize in: Retail

Stephen Shanton, CEO 2654 SE Willoughby Blvd S Stuart, FL 34994 (866) 459-8351 www.VCGFL.com ventureconstructiongroupoffl@gmail.com Year Established: 1998 No. of Employees: N/A Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $75,738,127 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: N/A 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Shopping Malls, Cannabis, Multi-Family, Craft Brewery

Warwick Construction, Inc. Walt Watzinger, Vice President 365 FM 1959 Rd. Houston, TX 77034 (832) 448-5802, Cell: (713) 412-4785 www.warwickconstruction.com walt@warwickconstruction.com Year Established: 1999 No. of Employees: 105 Retail: $88,329,314.00 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $88,329,314.00 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 124 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Restaurants, Shopping Malls, Cannabis

UHC Construction Services Weekes Construction, Inc.

Leslie Burton, Director of Business Development 41 Leonard Ave Northfield, OH 44067 (216) 544-7588, Cell: (216) 544-7588 www.UHCcorp.com Lburton@uhccorp.com Year Established: 2006 No. of Employees: N/A Retail: $45,000,000 Hospitality: $5,000,000 Restaurants: $15,000,000 Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $60,000,000.00 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 583 Square Footage: Retail: 6,000,000 Restaurants: 3,000,000 Hospitality: 1,000,000 Federal: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Other: N/A Total: 10,000,000 Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Restaurants, Other: Financial/ Banking

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Hunter Weekes, VP 237 Rhett St. Greenville, SC 29601 (864) 233-0061, Cell: (864) 350-7105, Fax: (864) 235-9971 www.weekesconstruction.com hweekes@weekesconstruction.com Year Established: 1976 No. of Employees: 48 Retail: $38,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $38,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: N/A 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail

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GENERAL CONTRACTING

Westwood Contractors, Inc. Wolverine Building Group Angelica Palacios, Director of Marketing 951 W. 7th Street Fort Worth, TX 76102 (817) 333-6079 westwoodcontractors.com angelica.palacios@westwoodcontractors.com Year Established: 1983 No. of Employees: 47 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $38,449,276 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 44 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: 990,000 Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Other: Landlord-driven projects, Office, Distribution/Warehouse

Michael Houseman, President North America 4045 Barden SE Grand Rapids, MI 49512 (616) 949-3360, Cell: (616) 299-4381 www.wolvgroup.com mhouseman@wolvgroup.com Year Established: 1939 No. of Employees: 175 Retail: $35,000,000 Hospitality: $10,000,000 Restaurants: $15,000,000 Healthcare: $5,000,000 Multi-Family: $20,000,000 Federal: N/A Other: $75,000,000

William A. Randolph, Inc. Total: $185,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 125

Eric Handley, COO 820 Lakeside Drive 3 Gurnee, IL 60031 (847) 856-0123, Cell: (847) 812-8234 Fax: (847) 856-0696 www.warandolph.com eric.handley@warandolph.com Year Established: 1957 No. of Employees: 90 Retail: 100,000,000 Hospitality: 80,000,000 Restaurants: 10,000,000 Healthcare: 15,000,000 Multi-Family: 25,000,000 Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: 230,000,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 70 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: 4,000,000 Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Shopping Malls, Multi-Family

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: 3,750,000 Specialize in: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Mixed-Use, Education, Multi-Family, Other: Industrial

Zerr Enterprises, Inc. Mike Zerr, President 1545 South Acoma Street Denver, CO 80223 (303) 758-7776, Cell: (303) 994-0585

Winkel Construction, Inc Fax: (303) 758-7770 Richard Winkel, C.E.O. 1919 W Main St Inverness, FL 34452 (352) 860-0500, Cell: (352) 302-3768, Fax: (352) 860-0700 winkel-construction.com rickw@winkel-construction.com Year Established: 1972 No. of Employees: 15 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: N/A Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 33 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: N/A Specialize in: Retail, Healthcare, Restaurants, Shopping Malls

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www.zerrenterprises.com mike.zerr@zerrenterprises.com Year Established: N/A No. of Employees: 16 Retail: N/A Hospitality: $16,000,000 Restaurants: $1,200,000 Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Federal: N/A Other: N/A Total: $17,200,000 Completed Projects as of 12/31/21: 17 Square Footage: Retail: N/A Restaurants: 45,000 Hospitality: 14,045,000 Federal: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Family: N/A Other: N/A Total: 14,000,000 Specialize in: Hospitality, Restaurants

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LIGHTING

Check out some of the industry’s leading Lighting suppliers

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itting at the center of every project is how it is lit. Our annual Lighting guide includes some of the industry’s leading vendors. If you want the perfect fit for your retail, restaurant, hospitality, healthcare (and others) project, look no more. 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.

Acclaim Lighting American PERMALIGHT, Inc.

Patrick Nadjarians, Marketing Manager 6122 S Eastern Ave, 25th Floor Commerce, CA 90040 (866) 845-5451 www.acclaimlighting.com patrick@acclaimlighting.com Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, LED Linear Indoor, LED Linear Outdoor, Recessed Lighting, Wall Sconces, Exterior Outdoor Lighting, Security Lighting, Landscape Lighting, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls, Federal

Marina Batzke, General Manager 2570 W 237th Street, Suite C Torrance, CA 90505 (310) 891-0924 www.americampermalight.com marina@americanpermalight.com Lighting Product Type: Other: Photoluminescent EXIT Signs and Egress Path Markings Markets Served: Hospitality, Healthcare,Education, Shopping Malls, Multi-Family, Federal, Other: Commercial

AERIN ANP Lighting

Jessica Hensley, Creative Marketing Director at Visual Comfort 595 Madison Ave., 5th Floor New York, NY 10022 (713) 686-5999 www.visualcomfortco.com aerin@upspringpr.com Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Close to Ceiling Fixtures, Task Lighting, Wall Sconces Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Multi-Family

American Lighting

Alyssa Stone, National Sales Manager 11775 E 45th Ave Denver, CO 80239 (800) 880-1180 www.americanlighting.com astone@americanlighting.com Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Close to Ceiling Fixtures,,Solid State Lighting Fixtures, LED Linear Indoor, LED Linear Outdoor, Recessed Lighting, Track Lighting, Task Lighting, Shelving Lighting, Wall Sconces, Exterior Outdoor Lighting, Security Lighting, Landscape Lighting, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants,Education, Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery, Multi-Family, Federal

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Hayden De Jong, Graphic Designer, Marketing Coordinator 9044 Del Mar Ave Montclair, CA 91763 1-(800) 548-3227 Ext. 109 www.ANPlighting.com hayden@anplighting.com Lighting Product Type: Exterior Outdoor Lighting, Commercial Lighting, Other: Architectural Site Lighting & RLM Metal Shade Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery, Multi-Family, Other: Parks

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 EARTHTRONICS Company Jenn Ferenz, Marketing Manager

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

755 E. Ellis Rd. Norton Shores, MI 49441 (231) 332-1209 www.earthtronics.com jenniferf@earthtronics.com Lighting Product Type: Light Bulbs, 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, Security Lighting, Landscape Lighting, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery, Multi-Family, Federal

Crestron Electronics FacilityRX Services, LLC William Schafer, Executive Vice President 15 Volvo Drive Rockleigh, NJ 07647 www.crestronlighting.com bschafer@crestron.com Lighting Product Type: Commercial Lighting, Other: Controls Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare,Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery, Multi-Family Federal

D&P Custom Lights & Wiring Systems, Inc. Neil Aportadera, VP Sales & Marketing 900 63rd Avenue North Nashville, TN 37209 (615) 350-7800 Fax: (615) 350-8310 dandpcustomlights.com info@dandpcustomlights.com Lighting Product Type: Other: Checkout/Signal Lights Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Cannabis, Education, Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery

DANLERS Limited Kevin Johnstone, C.O.O D A N L E R S LTD, Unit B1-b5 Danlers Business Centre, Vincients Road, Bumpers Farm Chippenham, Wiltshire SN14 6NQ (795) 203-4112 danlers.co.uk kjohnstone@danlers.co.uk Lighting Product Type: Other: Lighting controls Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Shopping Malls, Other: commercial builds

John DiNunzio, President 24659 Halsted Road Farmington Hills, MI 48335 (248) 566-6187 Fax: (248) 946-4198 www.facilityrxservices.com 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, Shelving Lighting, Wall Sconces, Exterior Outdoor Lighting, , Security Lighting, Landscape Lighting, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Cannabis, Education, Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery

Genesis Lighting Solutions

Doug Head, EVP 700 Parker Square Road, 205 Flower Mound, TX 75028 (469) 322-1900 Cell: (469) 644-9966 www.making-light.com doug@adart.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, Security Lighting, Landscape Lighting, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls

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

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HK Lighting Kingspan Light + Air

Susie Minton, Director of Marketing and Business Development 3529 Old Conejo Rd, Ste 118 Newbury Park, CA 91320 (805) 480-4811 Cell: (949) 887-5165 www.hklighting.com sminton@hklighting.com Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Exterior Outdoor Lighting, Landscape Lighting Markets Served: Retail,, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery, Multi-Family

Mark Mitchell, Marketing C0mmunications Manager 28662 N Ballard Dr Lake Forest, IL 60045 (847) 816-1060 www.kingspanlightandair.us mark.mitchell@kingspan.com Lighting Product Type: Commercial Lighting, Other: Daylighting Systems Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls, Federal

LED Lighting Supply Cory Peterson,

hollis + morris Director of Sales and Marketing

Adrianne Straatsma, Sales & Marketing Director 501 Alliance Ave, Suite 213B York, Ontario ON M6N 2J1 (647) 970-9716 x 4 hollisandmorris.com adrianne@hollis-morris.com Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Close to Ceiling Fixtures, Solid State Lighting Fixtures, Highbay Lighting, LED Linear Indoor, LED Linear Outdoor, Recessed Lighting, Task Lighting, Wall Sconces, Exterior Outdoor Lighting, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Restaurants, Education, Multi-Family

IdentiCom Sign Solutions

John DiNunzio, President 24657 Halsted Road Farmington Hills, MI 48335 (248) 344-9590 Fax: (248) 946-4198 www.identicomsigns.com.com jdinunzio@identicomsigns.com Lighting Product Type: LED Linear Outdoor, Exterior Outdoor Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Cannabis, Education, Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery

1 Chestnut St, #4M Nashua, NH 03060 Cell: (978) 972-1810 www.ledlightingsupply.com cory@ledlightingsupply.com Lighting Product Type: Highbay Lighting, LED Linear Indoor, Wall Sconces, Exterior Outdoor Lighting, Commercial Lighting, Other: Industrial Lighting, Explosion Proof Lighting, High Temperature Lighting, Stadium Lighting, Parking Lot Lighting Markets Served: Federal Other: Commercial, Industrial, Sport

Leviton

Cheryl De Los Santos, Marketing Director 10385 SW Avery St Tualatin, OR 97062 (503) 404-5500 www.leviton.com/lightingandcontrols cdelossantos@leviton.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, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Cannabis, Education, Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery, Multi-Family, Federal

LIDO Lighting Kenall Manufacturing Bill Pierro Jr., LC, President / Owner

Michele McCawley, Marketing Communications Specialist 10200 55th Street Kenosha, WI 53144 (262) 891-9744 kenall.com mmccawley@kenall.com Lighting Product Type: Solid State Lighting Fixtures, Highbay Lighting, LED Linear Indoor, Task Lighting, Wall Sconces, Exterior Outdoor Lighting, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Education, Craft Brewery, Multi-Family, Federal, Other: Parking

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400 Oser Avenue, Suite 100 Hauppauge, NY 11788 (631) 595-2000 www.lidolighting.com billpierro@lidolighting.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, SecurityLighting, Landscape Lighting, Commercial Lighting, Other: CONTROLS Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Cannabis, Education, Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery, Multi-Family, Federal

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LIGHTING

Lumileds Nora Lighting

Steve Landau, Director, Marketing Communications 370 W. Trimble Road San Jose, CA 95131 (408) 710-4090 www.lumileds.com steve.landau@lumileds.com Lighting Product Type: Other: LEDs Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Cannabis, Education, Shopping Malls

Luminii

Dawn Andersen, Director of Marketing 7777 Merrimac Ave Niles, IL 60714 (224) 333-6033 luminii.com dandersen@luminii.com Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Close to Ceiling Fixtures, 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, Education, Shopping Malls, Multi-Family

LUXX Light Technology (USA) Inc.

Andreas Weyer, Man. Dir. 6240 W 54th Ave Arvada, CO 80002 (414) 810-3077 Cell: (702) 857 4971 www.luxx.com a.weyer@luxx.com Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Close to Ceiling Fixtures, Solid State Lighting Fixtures, LED Linear Indoor, LED Linear Outdoor, Recessed Lighting, Track Lighting, Task Lighting, Shelving Lighting, Commercial Lighting, Other: Light Guide Panels Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery, Other: Commercial

Kevin Solano, Marketing Manager 6505 Gayhart St. Commerce, CA 90040 noralighting.com kevin.solano@noralighting.com Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Close to Ceiling Fixtures, Solid State Lighting Fixtures, LED Linear Indoor, LED Linear Outdoor, Recessed Lighting, Track Lighting, Task Lighting, Shelving Lighting, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery, Multi-Family, Federal

Optic Arts by Luminii Dawn Andersen, Director of Marketing 7777 Merrimac Ave Niles, IL 60714 (224) 333-6033 www.luminii.com/brand/optic-arts dandersen@luminii.com Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, LED Linear Indoor, LED Linear Outdoor, Shelving Lighting, Exterior Outdoor Lighting, Landscape Lighting, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Restaurants, Shopping Malls

Original BTC Vincent Victorio, Business Development & Account Manager 56 Greene Street New York, NY 10012 www.originalbtc.com vincent@originalbtc.com Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Task Lighting, Wall Sconces, Exterior Outdoor Lighting, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Restaurants

Precision Lighting Luxxbox Dawn Andersen, Director of Marketing

Katlyn Tolly, Senior Account Executive 21885 8th Street East Sonoma, CA 95476 www.luxxbox.com katlyn@upspringpr.com Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, LED Linear Indoor, Commercial Lighting, Other: Acoustic Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls, Multi-Family

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7777 Merrimac Ave Niles, IL 60714 (224) 333-6033 precisionlighting.co.uk dandersen@luminii.com Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Close to Ceiling Fixtures, Recessed Lighting, Track Lighting, Task Lighting, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Restaurants, Shopping Malls

PRIZM Lighting Remote Controlled Jason Elrod, Lighting (RCL)

Vice President of Sales & Marketing 45th Avenue Denver, CO 80239 (888) 297-0484 www.prizmlighting.com jelrod@americanlighting.com Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Close to Ceiling Fixtures, Solid State Lighting Fixtures, Highbay Lighting, LED Linear Indoor, LED Linear Outdoor, Recessed Lighting, Exterior Outdoor Lighting, Security Lighting, Landscape Lighting, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery, Federal

Purifii

Dawn Andersen, Director of Marketing 7777 Merrimac Ave Niles, IL 60714 (224) 333-6033 purifii.com dandersen@luminii.com Lighting Product Type: Wall Sconces, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls, Other: Transportation

Dawn Andersen, Director of Marketing 7777 Merrimac Ave Niles, IL 60714 (224) 333-6033 rclighting.com dandersen@luminii.com Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Recessed Lighting, Track Lighting, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Restaurants, Shopping Malls

Senso by Luminii

Dawn Andersen Director of Marketing 7777 Merrimac Ave Niles, IL 60714 (224) 333-6033 www.luminii.com/brand/senso dandersen@luminii.com Lighting Product Type: Close to Ceiling Fixtures, LED Linear Indoor, LED Linear Outdoor, Recessed Lighting, Track Lighting, Task Lighting, Wall Sconces, Exterior Outdoor Lighting, Landscape Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Shopping Malls

Sentry Electric LLC RBW Michael Shatzkin,

Liz Tisdahl, Director of Sales 50 Greene St, Floor 2 New York, NY 10013 (212) 388-1621 rbw.com sales@rbw.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, Education, Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery, Multi-Family

Director of Mktg. & Bus. Development 185 Buffalo Ave. Freeport, NY 11520 (516) 379-4660 Fax: (516) 378-0624 www.sentrylighting.com michael@sentrylighting.com Lighting Product Type: Solid State Lighting Fixtures, Exterior Outdoor Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery, Multi-Family, Federal Other: Municipalities

Mark Heerema, Sr. Director, National Accounts 9261 Jordan Ave Chatsworth, CA 91311 Cell: (818) 602-6491 www.regencylighting.com mark.heerema@regencylighting.com Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Light Bulbs, Close to Ceiling Fixtures, Solid State Lighting Fixtures, Highbay Lighting, LED Linear Indoor, LED Linear Outdoor, Track Lighting, Exterior Outdoor Lighting, Security Lighting, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Cannabis, Education, Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery, Multi-Family

Head of Professional Trade Sales 400 Crossing Blvd., Ste. 600 Bridgewater, NJ 08807 1-(800) 555-0050 www.signify.com/en-us gabriella.burkart@signify.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, Security Lighting, Landscape Lighting, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Cannabis, Education, Shopping Malls, Multi-Family, Federal

Signify Regency Lighting Christy Tilton,

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SloanLED Triangle Sign Services

Jeremy Baker, Director of Marketing 5725 Olivas Park Dr. Ventura, CA 93003 (805) 676-3200 sloanled.com marketing@sloanled.com Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Close to Ceiling Fixtures, Solid State Lighting Fixtures, Highbay Lighting, LED Linear Indoor, LED Linear Outdoor, Recessed Lighting, Task Lighting, Shelving Lighting, Wall Sconces, Exterior Outdoor Lighting, Landscape Lighting, Commercial Lighting, Other: Signage Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery, Multi-Family, Other: Petroleum, C-Store, Grocery

Ron Hunter, Sales 11 Azar Court Baltimore, MD 21227 (727) 809-1251 trianglesign.com ron.hunter@trianglesign.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, Wall Sconces, Exterior Outdoor Lighting, Security Lighting, Commercial Lighting

Solatube Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Cannabis, International, Inc. Education, Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery, Multi-Family, Federal

Iris Hoag, Global Marketing Manager 2210 Oak Ridge Dr. Vista, CA 92081 (760) 597-4411 www.solatube.com/commerical ihoag@solatube.com Lighting Product Type: Other: Tubular Daylighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare Restaurants Cannabis Education Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery, Federal, Other: Sports facilities, industrial/warehousing, etc.

US Pole Company George Preston, President 660 W Ave O Palmdale, CA 93551 (661) 233-2000 usaltg.com georgep@usaltg.com Lighting Product Type: Accent Lighting, Solid State Lighting

StreamLinx Fixtures, Task Lighting, Exterior Outdoor Lighting, Security Lighting,

(known for SnapCount Software) Jeff Seifert, Member 387 Shuman Blvd., Suite 205W Naperville, IL 60563 (630) 864-3043 www.streamlinx.com jeff.seifert@streamlinx.com Lighting Product Type: Other: Software Markets Served: Other: All retrofit

Tivoli Lighting

Stephen Ledesma, Marketing Manager 17110 Armstrong Ave Irvine CA 92614 (714) 957-6101 tivolilighting.com stephenl@tivoliusa.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, Exterior Outdoor Lighting, Security Lighting, Landscape Lighting, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Education, Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery, Multi-Family, Federal

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Landscape Lighting, Commercial Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Education, Shopping Malls, Federal

Xicato Thomas Howe, VP Worldwide Sales 102 Cooper Court Los Gatos, CA 95032 (866) 223-8395 Cell: (949) 632-5038 www.xicato.com tom.howe@xicato.com Lighting Product Type: Solid State Lighting Fixtures, LED Linear Indoor, LED Linear Outdoor, Recessed Lighting, Track Lighting, Task Lighting, Shelving Lighting Markets Served: Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Restaurants, Cannabis, Education, Shopping Malls, Craft Brewery, Multi-Family

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A blast from the present How the Passaic County Technical Institute expanded with VRF

By Dan Vastyan

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assaic County Technical Institute (PCTI), in Wayne, New Jersey, is more than just a tech school. Of course the trades are

offered, but it’s also a high school, open to students from grades seven through 12 with courses covering everything from criminal justice and finance to automotive technology and culinary arts. It even has an athletic and music program.

The school has grown significantly in recent years, and the need to expand and repurpose its facilities became a priority as the country emerged from the pandemic.

Pattman Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning, based in Midland Park, New Jersey, received a plan and spec design for an office expansion from PCTI’s architect at the tail end of 2021. The school’s IT department needed more space, and the large second floor of a renovated building was soon to house a variety of new offices.

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Pattman focuses exclusively on installation work for institutional and municipal clients. President Jack Pattman started in the mechanical trade in 1983, and began transitioning away from residential work about 15 years ago. “Our first foray into institutional work began 30 years ago with science lab renovations. We’d approach a science project one lab at a time, and we got very good at it. Over the years, our network of district managers and general contractors grew. What started as lab renovations turned into almost anything mechanical that schools might need.”

When Pattman Plumbing received the design for a variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system to heat and cool the space at PCTI, it determined that heat recovery might be feasible. Given the multiple offices and a large amount of exterior walls making up the space, heat recovery systems were considered and ultimately selected.

The company contacted Johnstone Supply’s Keith McGowan, commercial sales manager and Chris Renna, commercial equipment design estimator, to help specify their Fujitsu Airstage line of VRF systems,” Pattman says. “We installed Airstage equipment on a similar job about two years ago—at Fort Lee High School—and Keith was a great help on that project. The original VRF design at PCTI didn’t specify Fujitsu, but I knew that we could accomplish the same thing or better at a lower price point.”

Renna crossed the spec from another manufacturer and worked with Pattman to develop design simulator piping, wiring, and control drawings, and included addressing the equipment so Pattman had a clear plan to follow.

Renna also was involved with the Fort Lee project and worked well with the team in the field, stopping at the job site to help with any technical questions.

Much like Pattman Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning, Keith McGowan, commercial sales manager, Johnstone Supply, deals extensively with institutional projects.

Across its nine branches, Johnstone works with roughly 50 school districts, helping to identify and design the best solutions for their plumbing and HVAC needs, as well as training the maintenance staff that take over the systems after installation.

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Heat recovery

PCTI’s new office space, totaling 2,700-sqare feet, consists of two individual offices, a large, common workspace for numerous desks, and a considerable storage area.

The most unique element of the space is certainly its “sky” theme.

With lots of window space, the open common area has blue walls and the ceiling features cloud-like, round areas of white grid drop ceiling, very much giving the occupant a feeling of being outside on a partially cloudy day.

Above the suspended cloud clusters, the ceiling deck and all mechanical components attached to it are painted flat black.

The common work area is a single VRF zone, served by four, 14,000 BTUH ceiling cassettes. The two individual offices are served by 9,000 BTUH ceiling cassettes, while the storage room is heated and cooled via one more 14,000 BTUH cassette.

In all, there are four heating and cooling zones, and all zones are connected to a single refrigerant branch unit, meaning that loads across the system are shared from zone to zone before tapping the 10-ton VRF condenser on the roof for capacity.

The space is ideal for heat recovery technology. Facing south with an almost entirely glass façade, the sky room receives a great deal of solar gain, meaning that it will remain in cooling mode for the better part of three seasons.

Meanwhile, the individual offices and storage areas have no windows or exterior walls. Heat recovery systems capitalize on the conflicting loads across all zones connected to the same refrigerant branch unit.

BTUs rejected from one zone with a call for cooling are salvaged and provided to zones with a call for heat.

When there is a demand for both heating and cooling in a building, heat recovery can be one of the most efficient heating and cooling options, saving significant energy over conventional systems.

Not only are these systems able to provide simultaneous heating and cooling across a single system, but energy is saved in the process.

While VRF systems in general are extremely flexible and applicable in almost any building type, heat recovery VRF systems

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specifically are not ideally suited to every scenario. “When varying loads are present, heat recovery systems are in their element,” McGowan says. “When it makes sense, it makes a lot of sense. Heat recovery can save a great deal of energy while providing premium comfort.”

The recovery systems are available between six and 24 tons, which means that an engineer could design a system with as many as 63 zones sharing loads throughout a building. “In a properly-designed heat recovery VRF system, connected capacity of the indoor units may be sized to 150% of the total capacity of the outdoor units in the system,” McGowan says. “This is because loads are shared between zones instead of relying solely on the condensing unit.”

The disparity between the loads at PCTI were ideal for heat recovery, but there was also an element of the architectural design that greatly benefitted from the flexibility of a VRF system.

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VRF technology is growing across all segments of the HVAC market, but especially in educational applications.

Installation flexibility

The 11 drop ceiling “clouds” were suspended only a short distance from the ceiling deck to keep the ceiling as high as possible.

Installing ductwork would have lowered the clouds and would have been harder to conceal than the line sets needed for the VRF system.

The flexibility in lineset length available with the system simplified the only challenge that Pattman Plumbing encountered on the project. “We had to coordinate closely with the general contractor on placement of the HVAC components in the common area,” says Talib Najjar, GM at Pattman. “They had to mark out where the floating clouds would hang, and we had to

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hit the drop ceiling grid perfectly in order to place our ceiling cassettes and avoid interfering with light fixtures.”

From there, it was not difficult to conceal the refrigerant lines with other mechanical equipment on the ceiling deck, like fire suppression and electricity. The system was commissioned on March 10, 2021. “Chris performed the certified commissioning process and submitted run data to Fujitsu to receive the full extended warranty,” McGowan says. “Since Renna has worked with Pattman before, the commissioning process went very smoothly. Pattman had completed all pre-commissioning tests and was very familiar with what was needed for a successful start-up and commissioning.”

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Training for maintenance

Commissioning was only the halfway point of the project for McGowan. He returned to PCTI in mid-May to train A&A Construction, the property maintenance company serving PCTI. The main focus was service and maintenance of the VRF system and its connection to the BAS. Some of the IT staff who work in the offices also attended, so general operation was also covered.

“We reviewed the controls, preventative maintenance, and some troubleshooting techniques they may need in the future,” McGowan says. “We also had the maintenance staff download the app for trouble-shooting, then went up to the roof and opened the unit to show them the control panels as well as discussed basic thermostat operation.”

A&A Construction liked the system and appreciated the support from Johnstone. It was impressed once it saw and understood Pattman’s installation.

VRF technology is growing across all segments of the HVAC market, but especially in educational applications. More often than not, when a project goes out to bid, the installing contractor only owns the project for a year. After that, a maintenance company like A&A takes over maintenance. It is invaluable for the wholesaler to develop relationships with the maintenance professionals, educate them on the system, and remain available throughout the life of the system.

“We’re seeing more and more interest in VRF, especially where ceiling space is limited,” Pattman says. “It’s only going to become more popular with engineers, contractors and architects. Forming relationships with everyone involved is more important than ever, and strengthens our commitment to growing through word of mouth. That approach has worked well for us for a long time, and looks like it will continue to do so.” CCR Dan Vastyan is President of Common Ground, a trade communications firm based in Manheim, Pennsylvania. He can be reached at DanV@SeekCG.com.

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Building on change ESG considerations for the construction industry

By Glen Mangold

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s ESG concerns continue to evolve at a rapid pace, there are myriad environmental-related risk challeng-

es in planning, process and coordination for construction and design professionals. Potential ESG considerations for construction and design companies include: E — Environmental

> Material selection – Use of components that are produced using less energy > Water consumption – Both during construction, as well as over the life cycle of the building > Construction methods – Less carbon-intensive and more environmentally-efficient > Use of new and innovative technologies > Waste management – Reducing and reusing > Future proofing design – Anticipating future climate change and constructing a climate-resilient built environment

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> Community impact – Transportation (public/private) > Accessibility – Economic, and in consideration of impairment/ disability > G – Governance > Procurement (including supply chain management) > Stakeholder engagement

On April 4, 2022, Hoesung Lee, Chair of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said we are at a crossroads. “The decisions we make now can secure a livable future. We have the tools and know-how required to limit warming.”

Lee made the announcement on the day the IPCC published a stark warning to the world: without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors, limiting global warming to 1.5°C—a central goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement—is beyond reach.

Cities, urban areas, and buildings were highlighted as offering opportunities to reduce carbon emissions: IPCC Working Group III co-chair Jim Skea says we see examples of zero energy or zero-carbon buildings in almost all climates. “Action in this decade is critical to capture the mitigation potential of buildings.”

A sector with a heavy footprint

It is little wonder that pressure on the construction sector to clean up its environmental, social and governance (ESG) act is intensifying. Buildings are responsible for around 40% of global energy consumption, a quarter of global water usage, and a third of greenhouse gas emissions (United Nations Environment Program, Energy Efficiency for Buildings).

Every year, more than four billion tons of cement are produced, accounting for around 8% of global carbon emissions (Chatham House/Cambridge IP, Making Concrete Change: Innovation in Low-carbon Cement and Concrete, 2018). As well as the “embodied carbon” of buildings, which are the emissions associated with their overall construction and its supply chain, the built environment also generates emissions from heating, cooling, and lighting systems.

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More than 80% of buildings that will be here in 2050 have already been constructed (European Commission, European Green Deal: Commission Proposes to Boost Renovation and Decarbonization of Buildings, December 15, 2021). This means their effects could be felt in a future with unknown weather conditions and possibly scarce resources.

Calls for the construction sector to act are coming from many directions. Investors and consumers are voicing concerns about ESG issues, with legislation, regulation and reporting requirements evolving quickly in many jurisdictions around the world.

In the UK, all companies bidding for government contracts worth more than £5m ($6,091,975 USD) a year must now commit to net zero by 2050 (Gov.uk, Companies Bidding for Major Government Contracts Face Green Rules, Sept. 30, 2021), while new proposals in the EU (European Commission, Questions and Answers on the Revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, Dec. 15, 2021) call for the mandatory disclosure of the emissions potential of new buildings over their whole life cycle, effective from 2027 to 2030.

resilience, energy efficiency, waste reduction and water conservation.

We have to get used to the spectacle of skyscrapers on our urban horizons, but their energy-intensive need for air-conditioning and heating has been called into question.

Indeed, we have seen a steady development in claims resulting from design errors from mechanical and plumbing plans and specifications, and heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems (HVAC).

This includes losses from overheating of floors and temperature fluctuations, heightened maintenance and replacement equipment costs, as well several other related issues that generate high exposures for insureds.

In addition, in the future, buildings also must be able to withstand the consequences of changing weather patterns, whether it is soaring temperatures, floods in Continental Europe or wildfires in California. This is particularly true if those buildings are contractually designed to last for a certain number of years.

Energy efficiency needs to be built in, including renewable sources such as solar, wind and geothermal, with energy

Failure to meet targeted ratings from recognized organizations could result in claims against professionals.

Strong sustainability metrics are attracting investors, who recognize they make property more marketable, can attract lucrative tenants, increase property value, and lead to higher profitability.

Construction professionals need to rise to the challenge presented by climate change, not only for the greater good, but to attract investment and minimize their exposures to claims and litigation.

The what and the how of building

There are two main areas to consider when looking at where the potential liabilities for the design and construction industry may rise in the context of climate change— what it builds and how it builds. Key areas of focus are sustainability, durability,

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performance boosted by smart monitoring technologies, careful use of natural light, insulation, and features that maximize natural heating. In the past, simple energy efficiency was the goal, but now there are aspirations to zero-energy use or carbon neutrality, even “positive energy,” which can return unused energy from renewable sources back to the grid.

Water can be saved with low-use fixtures and efficient disposal, including the reuse and recycling of gray water. Resilience can be designed into buildings with adaptable spaces that are updated as needs change, saving resources and reducing waste.

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modeling (BIM) creates a layered digital model of a structure, showing its design and functions, while digital twins are simulations that collate data for insights on how buildings will be used.

Data also powers the IoT (Internet of Things) and its efficiency-driving potential.

Connected devices, sensors and wearable technologies can boost ESG performance in a range of functions, including energy usage, predictive machinery maintenance, waste management, budget control, and health and safety.

When it comes to choosing building materials, construction professionals need to take a “whole of life” view of potential

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impacts on the environment and natural resources. Along with immediate concerns, such as ethical sourcing, transportation, potential toxicity, or permeability, any assessment of longer-term impacts should include durability, potential for reuse and how materials will be disposed of.

As well as exploring alternative materials, professionals should consider innovative building practices to cut their emissions and costs. Modular construction – once known as “prefab—is generating renewed interest, thanks to digital tools that enable the precision manufacturing of building components off-site. Advocates of the practice cite streamlined material use,

In the future, buildings also must be able to withstand the consequences of changing weather patterns, whether it is soaring temperatures, floods in Continental Europe or wildfires in California.

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lower costs, easier quality control, and reduced exposure to the elements as its advantages.

Expect the unexpected

Industry professionals will be expected to keep up to date with new advances in technology, materials, and practices that might contribute to the environmental performance of a building. But new innovations can carry risks. As climate change presents new challenges, novel project designs will need to be drawn up—sometimes with untested results.

Unintended consequences can arise, even from the best intentions. Renewable energy infrastructure may create “clean” power, but the inadequate disposal of solar panels has led to harmful materials leaching into the environment.

Decommissioned wind turbine blades are also clogging up landfill sites. There are concerns, too, about onshore wind’s effects on bird migration, and offshore farms’ impact on fishing and recreation.

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What constitutes reasonable skill and care?

Environmental legislation and regulation vary greatly by country and region and are likely to become more stringent. Professional associations that incorporate ESG requirements, along with heightened consumer expectations, could further expand the standard of care construction professionals are held to at present.

Failure to meet targeted ratings from recognized organizations could result in claims against professionals.

In the absence of any written terms and conditions to the contrary, construction professionals have a legal duty to exercise reasonable care and skill. The test for determining this is whether the professional has carried out their work to the same standard that another reasonably competent member of their profession would have.

If they have not equipped themselves with the knowledge and skills to do so, and if they have not informed their clients of the potential impact of climate change on buildings, they could be deemed negligent or responsible for a loss.

For example, following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans in 2005, a class action was brought by the Saint Bernard Parish Government and other property owners against the US government.

A shipping channel built in 1968 by the Army Corp of Engineers was argued to be a partial cause of flooding because of the wetlands that were destroyed in its construction. The plaintiffs did not ultimately prevail, but future actions have the potential to conclude differently.

In 2006, contractor MT Hojgaard was engaged to design, fabricate and install foundation structures for 60 offshore wind turbines.

While it followed accepted design standards, failures in grouted connections occurred.

It was later found[6] that these same failures were experienced across the industry and that MT Hojgaard should have known of these well-reported failures (Ince, Offshore Construction: Supreme Court Reverses Court of Appeal Decision and Holds MT Højgaard Liable for Failure of Foundation

Calls for the construction sector to act are coming from many directions.

Investors and consumers are voicing concerns about ESG issues.

Structures of Offshore Wind Turbines at Robin Rigg, April 8, 2017).

Measuring ESG

Several organizations provide measurable achievement and independent ratings for the design and construction of buildings, allowing for better-informed decisions by property owners, tenants or residents. > BREEAM: One of the longest-running sustainability assessment methods for project master planning, infrastructure and buildings. It can be used for new construction, in-use, or refurbishment – the entire building life cycle. > WELL: A framework for creating and certifying spaces to promote health and wellbeing. > LEED: A rating focusing primarily on the impact of energy consumption. > Green Globes: An online assessment protocol, rating system, and guidance for green building design, operation and management. > Professional Indemnity: Questions insurers may ask about design and build

Insurers will take into account several sustainability areas when considering whether to underwrite the risks of a construction project, including the following: > Will the construction company and its design provide services that are significantly environmentally impactful, such as working in a protected area like a wetland? > Will the project use raw materials that are mined? What other natural resources will it use? > Where does the company operate?

Regulations vary by jurisdiction and the geography of each region presents different challenges and risks. > What is the company’s ESG policy and how is this overseen, communicated, and implemented? > What are the reputations of the company’s partners and suppliers? > What is the insurance loss history of the company, including on similar projects they have undertaken? > Are standard or tested contracts issued that clearly communicate the requirements and expectations for all parties? CCR

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How mandatory flood protection systems are evolving for commercial buildings

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s the destructive impact from super storms and daily flooding due to climate change become an inevitable commonality, new technologies must arise and evolve

to protect commercial buildings.

A new dormitory at Arizona State University was in a flood zone due to the threat of flash floods in the desert. Savannah Trims designed and manufactured flood doors with flood glass designed to withstand 5-foot water levels on one side of the building and 7-feet on the other.

These doors have been installed on ground level to protect lobbies and retail storefronts.

In addition, FEMA, the Army Corp of Engineers and the National Flood Insurance Program are continually revising flood zones and requiring mandatory flood protection systems to be installed in new commercial buildings and those undergoing a 50%-plus renovation.

South Florida-based Savannah Trims is on the frontlines of the flood battle, developing defensive systems which include flood gates, flood doors, flood barriers, and the latest innovation, flood glass. The latter (Flood Glass) has the advantage of always being on station, requiring no deployment or storage and is becoming the clear go-to solution.

We sat down with former US Army Combat Engineer Gene Kennedy, president of Savannah Trims, to get insights on some common questions regarding these products and the mandatory standards now in place.

As storms and flooding become more common, what are cities doing to respond?

There’s no question that rising seas and more frequent flooding are putting cities at risk. In many cases, the installation of flood protection systems have been voluntary.

However, in recent years, governmental agencies have implemented mandatory flood protection standards for new and renovated buildings.

How are these new standards determined?

In recent years, the Army Corp of Engineers, FEMA, American Society of Civil Engineers and the National Flood Insurance Program have implemented standards for the construction and renovation of commercial buildings.

These organizations regularly update flood maps that reflect expanding flood zones. They must implement flood protections, which include flood doors, barriers,

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gates and flood glass. These can shield from damaging flood waters. As the size of flood zones grows, more buildings require these protective systems.

What are some of the most high-profile or unusual enforcements of these new regulations?

SuperStorm Sandy ravaged New York City for more than $19 billion in damages, most of it from flood damage. The damage was widespread as a storm surge hit a 600-mile stretch of the Eastern Seaboard. Lower Manhattan’s Battery Park was hit by 14-foot waves.

More than 80% of Atlantic City was underwater. Some of the Boardwalk was swept away. New Orleans was among the first of large cities to be affected when Hurricane Katrina generated a 27.8 storm surge which topped levees, killing almost 2,000 residents and causing $105 billion in damage. Since then miles of levees have been built and repaired along with a large surge barrier.

Walls and levees have been raised. These efforts have all been effective.

Keep in mind that less catastrophic storms, rainfall, and rising tides, are also influencing the construction and renovation of buildings. Streets in cities such as Miami and Philadelphia regularly flood from heavy rainfalls.

Flood zones in these cities are expanding, requiring more flood protection systems.

A new dormitory at Arizona State University was in a flood zone due to the threat of flash floods in the desert. Savannah Trims designed and manufactured flood doors with flood glass designed to withstand 5-foot water levels on one side of the building and 7-feet on the other. These doors have been installed on ground level to protect lobbies and retail storefronts.

There is no question that large storms and climate-change flooding will increase in coming years. Governmental agencies will continue to re-map areas.

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What are the various technologies used to protect commercial buildings from flooding?

As with many technologies, flood protection is evolving. Examples of these mandatory systems are flood gates, flood doors, flood panels, and stacking flood barriers which all require storage and manual installation as storms approach.

Rushed deployment can be problematic as they are somewhat cumbersome, detract visually, and require trained personnel and may have missing components due to theft and loss.

We’ve heard of flood glass.

Could you please explain this protective system?

Flood glass is a relatively new technology developed by Savannah Trims. It has

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emerged as an effective, permanent, and convenient way to meet the evolving standards and protection requirements.

The major benefit is that it is permanent and does not require storage or manpower to install. The emergence of flood glass is similar to that of hurricane shutters.

Early versions of shutters required significant manpower with the installation of cumbersome plywood and aluminum panels.

Today, many buildings have turned to impact glass. Flood glass is similar in that it is permanent and always deployed.

Regardless of the systems, the goal is to make buildings “watertight, substantially

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impermeable to flood waters” and to provide some degree of protection against impact of floating debris.

Where can we learn more about the standards set by these government organizations?

The following are brief explanations:

> FEMA Sections 102 / 3-93 — Refers to flood proofing for non-residential structures and reviews a range of flood proofing techniques including natural and man-made barriers.

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> ASCE (American Society Of Civil Engineers) — ASCE /SEI 7-10 considers minimal design loads for buildings and other structures to include the forces of flood water. > US Army Corp. Of Engineers: Chapter 7/Section 701.2.2 Type 2 Closures — Requires dry barriers or seals allowing only slight seepage during Hydrostatic pressure conditions of flooding to the RFD (Regulatory Flood Datum).

The commercial flood protection standards call for these technologies to withstand debris impact from a 1,000-pound log floating at 5-8-feet per second.

What are the major challenges in manufacturing these flood protection systems?

The major challenge is that every job— whether it is flood gates, flood doors, flood barriers or flood glass—is custom designed for each building due to the vast array of building types, the multitude of construction methods and materials and the variations of opening configurations.

In addition, each building may be in different parts of a flood zone, thereby re-

quiring different levels of protection. In short, there are no “off-the-shelf” solutions.

What are some of the considerations when designing these systems?

Again, each job is different based on FEMA’s projections that include: > Flood warning time > Use of building > Floodwater velocities > Floodwater depths > Debris impact > Flood frequency This research will dictate the height of flood glass, barriers and gates and strength, how much water pressure they can withstand, and effectiveness in preventing penetration by floating debris.

All of these components are designed, engineered, tested and verified in order to secure a Flood Proofing Certificate for Non-Residential Buildings.

Can you give us a few examples?

Here are some interesting projects we’ve worked on. Protecting The World Trade Center: Lower Manhattan is at significant risk.

At the center of the Battery in New York is the World Trade Center and its underground infrastructure. A flood glass system was

Today, many buildings have turned to impact glass. Flood glass is similar in that it is permanent and always deployed.

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installed on elevators that bring commuters from the subway to street level.

These reinforced glass panels are designed to withstand 7-feet of water. It provides a passive system requiring no deployment assembly or storage of materials. From an architectural standpoint this solution provides the least visual impact as there are no visible means of barrier attachments.

Flood doors also have been installed here to protect utility equipment. This area, according to flood mapping, must protect flooding up to 17 feet.

The Triboro Bridge — This landmark structure is also subject to flooding. During recent renovations, engineers and architects had to budget for flood doors to protect utility equipment. The mapping called for doors to be able to sustain up to 27-feet of flood waters.

Floods In The Desert — A large dormitory at Arizona State University in Flagstaff found itself in a flood zone in the middle of desert due to threats of flash flooding.

The administration rejected removable flood barriers since flash floods come with no warning and could not be installed.

The school installed flood doors with flood glass designed to withstand 5-foot water levels on one side of the building and 7-feet on the other. These doors have been installed on ground level to protect lobbies and retail storefronts.

What does the future hold in regard to flooding and evolving protection products?

There is no question that large storms and climate-change flooding will increase in coming years. Governmental agencies will continue to re-map areas. This will result in larger flood zones requiring flood protection deployment.

As this inevitable situation continues, new products—like flood glass— will come to market. It’s important for engineers, architects, property managers, and building owners to stay abreast of these changes as they design new commercial buildings and renovate existing structures. CCR

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enowned firm Hariri & Hariri Architecture, co-founded by sisters Gisue Hariri and Mojgan Hariri, is known for its cutting-edge projects, which include a unique blend of

architecture, art and interior design elements. For a 3,000 square foot office renovation in New York City, the sisters displayed an extensive collection of artwork to make the project pop.

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SIBA, a prominent gem dealer and real estate business, sought to redesign its offices, occupying an entire floor and incorporating three independent businesses, into one all-encompassing workspace. Artworks

by Ellsworth Kelly, Josef Albers and Louise Nevelson were among the beautiful artifacts already in the space. The Hariri sisters’ design took advantage of these artistic assets to further enhance the new look.

“We have always challenged the unexpected and traditional way,’’ Gisue Hariri says. “To us, architecture is an inventive, experiential and poetic field. We are interested in pushing the boundaries, standards and banal approaches to design that exist in the industry.”

To do so for this project, the architects relied on treasures existing and new.

Creating a Coherent Whole

SIBA’s office stands in the heart of New York’s Diamond District. The fourth-generation family-owned business sells, leases and manages real estate properties through two of its subsidiaries, while another trades diamonds. Edward Abram, the son of prominent color-diamond dealer Sam Abram, looked to re-launch the company after the loss of his father.

“The goal was to create a coherent whole of their three independent businesses in a distinctive architecture and brand, while also creating a timeless, healthy and inspiring environment to work in and be surrounded by art,’’ Gisue Hariri says.

The office required a total gut renovation, and in taking the walls down to the concrete slab, multiple existing art pieces

emerged. Modernist prints and silkscreens by famous artists were uncovered. New pieces by prominent artists including Keith Haring, Andy Warhol and Alexander Calder were added to the collection.

The architects sought to make the office like a cut jewel, paying homage to SIBA’s long history in the Diamond District.

“We also wanted everyone to have the views of New York City, to enjoy the skyline and natural light,’’ Gisue Hariri says.

The challenge, however, was to achieve those objectives while keeping the space secure. Rare and expensive diamonds are located within the office. The architects needed to piece together a plan that included reception areas as well as workstations, offices, a conference room and a jewelry viewing lounge.

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The office required a total gut renovation, and in taking the walls down to the concrete slab, multiple existing art pieces emerged.

A custom reception desk pays homage to the client’s diamond trading business.

“Puzzle Man” provides dramatic focus for a corridor.

“We created an art gallery out of the airlock spaces, and with installing transparent bulletproof doors created a visual continuity,’’ Gisue Hariri says. “Architecturally, the plan of the main office area is organized around a central open space with a series of private offices and meeting rooms on the perimeter. We created a bright, airy and tactile central space that is inspiring, dynamic and a comfortable place to work in.”

Project Linchpin

With all the caveats of the project, the architects needed to be precise in every choice for their materials palette. One of those choices included Bendheim SatinTech™ etched glass to establish privacy while allowing natural light to enter the central space. The glass resists fingerprints and staining, diffuses light, reduces glare and minimizes reflections.

“Large frameless sliding doors and panels along the perimeter offices needed to be tempered for safety and etched for privacy,’’ Gisue Hariri says. “We also wanted a maintenance-friendly surface unlike coated, sandblasted glass.”

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SatinTech™ etched glass is frequently specified for commercial office projects.

The glass can also be back painted or illuminated for wall cladding applications and can be laminated in combination with an extensive range of color interlayers, prints, and other etched and textured glass varieties. “We have used Bendheim glass in our residential and commercial projects,” Gisue Hariri says. “The quality, variety, dependability and size are what makes Bendheim products special.”

The architects also incorporated other existing assets to create the healthy design that they wanted. A wraparound terrace serves the entire floor with unobstructed views of the Gotham skyline. An outdoor area allows for convenient dining and includes a meditation garden.

Hallways serve as an art gallery, with seating areas for conversation.

“We have always challenged the unexpected and traditional way.

To us, architecture is an inventive, experiential and poetic field.”

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Award-winning Sisters

The SIBA office renovation is among the many artistically inspired projects created

by Gisue Hariri and Mojgan Hariri, who came to the United States from Iran in the 1970s and opened their firm in 1986.

In the male-dominated field of architecture, the sisters have distinguished themselves for their innovative work.

“Not much has changed in the field of architecture over the years,’’ Gisue Hariri says. “Architecture is still male-dominated. For two women who are partners and sisters with a practice in New York City, the doors were always closed for trophy projects, awards, lectures and recognition. We expected all of these from the Islamic Republic, but not in the United States. It is shocking to see gender bias, sexism and racism in the professional fields.”

Only 17% of registered architects are women, according to the American Institute of Architects. When they started their business, only about 4 percent were women. The sisters’ projects include luxury residential developments, hotels, single-family homes and high-tech, high-concept experiments.

They have won multiple awards, including the “2015 American Architecture Award” from The Chicago Athenaeum Museum and the “Academy Award for Architecture” from the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Letters. Inducted into Interior Design Magazine’s Design Hall of Fame in 2006, they also received the Career Achievement Award from the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans. The New York City Diamond District gem is another project that adds brilliance to their resumé.

“Our projects are unique, our concepts are different and our dedication has been rewarded,’’ Gisue Hariri says.

“Being women has contributed to our work philosophy, vision and approach to architecture. Being different is an asset, being a woman is a gift, and being Iranian is a cultural strength.” CCR

Project at a Glance What & where: SIBA Corp/SIBA Residences, a 3,000 square foot remodeling project in New York City.

The challenge: The client asked HARIRI & HARIRI ARCHITECTURE to create a plan that renovated the space of three distinct and independent businesses while also keeping it secure—one of the businesses is a prominent gem dealer—and was also “timeless, inspiring and healthy.”

The solution: Gisue Hariri and Mojgan Hariri are known for their innovative design.

For this project, they took advantage of artistic objects and features of the space to create an office that transforms the office into a warm, welcoming art gallery that includes a combination of home-like features with distinctive visual elements.

Lighten up: The project includes SatinTech™ etched glass from Bendheim, which resists fingerprints and staining, diffuses light, reduces glare and minimizes reflection. Frameless sliding doors and panels along the perimeter offices are tempered for safety and etched for privacy.

Did you know? In creating the artistic appearance, the architects used pieces by Ellsworth Kelly, Josef Albers and Louise Nevelson that were already kept on the premises.

A full wraparound terrace provides access to the outdoors.

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TEM Research Center 1, also known as Science One, is a 200,000 SF LEED® Gold, three-story academic research building dedicated to the interdisciplinary fields of material science and engineering.

It also is part of a $1.5 billion initiative to transform the University of Connecticut’s facilities statewide.

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parking lot into a dazzling landscape of green infrastructure.

The project required resilient flooring and carpeting throughout lobbies, hallways, classrooms and laboratories. The installation, which involved premium installation materials from Tarkett and Mapei, began during the winter of 2022 and will be completed in the same year.

The Challenge

Higgins Flooring faced a very demanding production schedule, while performing the

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Breakthrough technology provides real-time flooring installation management

By Ron Treister installation during the harsh New England climate in a partially climatized building.

The project involved installation of many high-performance floor coverings to meet demands of the active space, requiring the adherence to manufacturers’ ambient conditions specifications during the acclimation period, throughout the entire installation—and then for a two-week period following completion.

Higgins also was responsible for ensuring the protection of its work throughout the space exceeding over the 12-month project.

The Solution

No stranger to challenges, Higgins Flooring turned to Construction Connectivity for use of its Floorcloud™ real-time, quality management technology platform. The SaaS custom solution uses climate sensor technology, cellular IoT networks and a proprietary database of manufacturer’s product specifications.

The system would enable the jobsite to be monitored in real-time, remotely and precisely, 24/7/365. It also would provide a cloud-based, secure digital vault for Higgins to store important data-graphs, photos and other significant information about the installation.

The jobsite conditions sensors were used extensively throughout the project, helping the contractor strategically plan and perform work. Sensors typically were installed seven days prior to work beginning, providing visibility regarding whether flooring products should be moved into position and acclimated.

An essential technical requirement for the successful installation of today’s high

performance resilient floor coverings, the solution enabled this to be accurately measured, recorded, viewed and shared in real-time.

Noteworthy, on numerous occasions Higgins modified its production schedule to avoid sub-optimal conditions that could jeopardize the installation’s outcome.

As Higgins’ team began, several sensors were mounted on nearby walls, providing hourly quality control recordings of ambient temperature, ambient relative humidity and dew point.

This provided real-time data insights to installers both on or off the jobsite. In fact, alert notifications were triggered and resulted in Higgins sharing its detailed historical graphs with the building’s general contractor in an effort to seek assistance in bringing ambient conditions into the product manufacturer’s specification range.

Low Humidity Detection

One significant example of how the Floorcloud solution helped mitigate project risk

was with the installation of flooring within a highly specialized clean room. Noticing extremely low (9% - 12%) ambient relative humidity conditions over a four day period, Higgins contacted Tarkett’s service department seeking guidance prior to installing its Tarkett IQ Granit SD resilient flooring and 906 conductive, epoxy adhesive.

Because the published technical specification range for these Tarkett materials was 40%-60%, workers were advised not to proceed until the ambient conditions could be better controlled.

Higgins promptly accessed the graphical data via the Floor Cloud mobile application, and shared it with the project’s general contractor. The data, which spoke for itself, was positively embraced by the GC, who modified the product schedule, and adjusted intake of exterior air to raise ambient RH% to within specification.

This resulted in flooring work being undertaken during the period when the clean room’s finish work was underway; clearly a more appropriate environment.

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Steve Cloud, owner of Higgins Flooring, says the hourly data captured simply was indisputable. “Our general contractor embraced it, made the changes required and helped us all avoid what could have been a seven-figure calamity.”

High Humidity Detection

The platform also helped ensure the project’s success via early detection of excessively high relative humidity in an area that had been scheduled to be installed with self-leveling underlayment within hours.

A mobile phone notification detecting a considerable spike in ambient RH% for several hours during the prior evening, was sent to Cloud.

Responding to this the next morning, onsite personnel noticed several exterior doors had been left opened—and it had rained heavily the prior evening.

“85 percent ambient relative humidity is simply an unacceptable condition to install, highly engineered, self-leveling underlayment cements,“ Cloud says. “Had we not identified this issue, and captured the data during the middle of the night, we possibly could have been caught in the precarious position of the cement not curing properly, micro-cracking or even worse, debonding from the primer, days or months down the road.”

Low Temperature Detection

New England’s frozen winter also presented unplanned obstacles for Higgins’ team.

On one occasion, the platform sensors detected ambient conditions approaching the low 40 degrees, well below the specification range of the Mapei floor preparation system, which included primer and self-leveling underlayment.

Onsite personnel received cell phone notifications of this concerning situation and shared the 48-hour graphs with the GC. As a result, portable heaters were installed bringing ambient temperature up to the proper specification range, aiding the material to properly cure.

Once again, this prevented what could have been a serious flooring failure. One that would be expensive to repair and harmful to the project’s schedule.

Photo and Note Capture

The Higgins team also utilized the platform’s intuitive photo and note capture functions

to document key information proving useful in the future. Key information pertaining to product batch codes, the status of jobsite conditions such as room availability, lighting conditions, substrate quality, flooring protection, and the work of neighboring trades were all captured.

This information was communicated to personnel from Higgins’ own team, the general contractor, and the owner’s project manager. All of this content was permanently and securely archived in Higgins’ project job file record.

Moreover, the desktop application enabled Higgins to easily select important content from the job file, automatically compiling it into pre-formatted reports, ultimately shared with key stakeholders.

Higgins’ usage of Floorcloud enabled the firm to manage its work throughout a demanding production schedule and interruptive climate conditions. The sensors provided real-time alert notifications throughout the project, enabling installers to avoid potential installation challenges possibly resulting in expensive rework and project delays. The platform now is a standard technology solution that Higgins counts on for key projects... and promotes to its clients to help win more business. CCR

Snapshot of the Science One Project Floor area: 200,000 square feet Flooring: Tarkett IQ Granit SD, Melodia, Heat Weld Adhesives: Tarkett 906 Conductive Adhesive, 925 Adhesive, Powertape,

Surface Preparation: Mapei Planiseal MSP, Novaplan 2 Plus

Architect: Payette Owner: University of Connecticut

Flooring Contractor: M. Frank Higgins & Co. General Contractor: Dimeo Construction

Ron Treister is a marketing communications specialist. For three decades, he has worked with major accounts in the commercial construction sector. He can be reached at rontreister@gmail.com.

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Introducing Central New Jersey’s new Old Bridge Medical Center

By Aran McCarthy

Bolder. Bigger.

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Introducing Central New Jersey’s new Old Bridge Medical Center

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o address growing patient volumes, Hackensack Meridian Health, in tandem with architecture and design firm FCA, expanded the Old Bridge Medical Center campus and developed a new Emergency Department. Serving Central New Jersey for more than 40 years, the renovated Old Bridge Medical Center, which opened in March 2022, brings additional emergency services and capabilities to the community.

Having worked with Hackensack Meridian for the past several years and Old Bridge Medical Center for over four years, FCA was familiar with the healthcare network’s care delivery model, and this specific New Jersey campus. Having this understanding and a firm grasp on the facility as it stood, this gave us a solid foundation for working with Hackensack Meridian to reimagine the emergency department and campus circulation, both for their present and future expansion.

As FCA got to work, it defined that Old Bridge Medical Center’s priorities came

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down to their patient care and experience, connectivity, color and continuity. These goals also included incorporating the organization’s aesthetic preferences and branding, while ultimately creating a space that better supported Hackensack Meridian’s overall vision of enhanced patient and staff experience, and better clinical outcomes.

Enhancing Care

The updated facility boasts an emergency department that has almost doubled in size and treatment spaces, offering a multitude of impressive new offerings

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including enlarged and easily accessed ambulance bays for rapid transport, enlarged and visible walk-in, registration and waiting space, and a dedicated behavioral health pod for distressed emergency department patients.

The renovation now includes 25 private patient rooms, some for specific patient populations such as pediatrics and geriatrics, providing both patients and their families with the personal space they need.

Holistic care across a variety of medical disciplines being treated in the emergency department allows for a smoother patient experience and differentiates Old Bridge Medical Center as one of the most comprehensive care facilities in one of the fastest-growing communities in New Jersey.

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The renovation now includes 25 private patient rooms, some for specific patient populations such as pediatrics and geriatrics, providing both patients and their families with the personal space they need.

The patient experience remains at the forefront of Old Bridge Medical Center’s mission, as the campus continues to grow and evolve alongside the local community’s ever-changing needs. The newly revealed space stands as a testament to the organization’s commitment to quality community care.

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Catalyzing Connectivity

The previous circulation was designed with three distinct but related buildings: the inpatient building is located at the center and it is anchored on either side by two medical office buildings. In addition to renovating and expanding the emergency department, Old Bridge Medical Center needed more

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protective connectivity between the three buildings to further enhance the campus’ wayfinding and accessibility.

To connect both the new main entrance and the existing buildings, a new campus concourse was implemented. This “main street concourse” as an addition to the building, is designed and located in such a way that it is convenient and knowable, linking the horizontal traffic to all three vertical elevator banks.

It is designed to be extendable to the heart of the rear of the existing campus to connect to a future bed tower. The layout of the expanded emergency department, which is accessed from this concourse, is set to decrease patient wait times and lend to an

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overall smoother and more efficient visitor and caregiver experience.

The new concourse’s bright interior shines through to the exterior, allowing it to illuminate the surrounding area throughout the night. The lighting emphasizes the facility’s stance as a beacon to the community, serving patients 24 hours a day.

The primarily glazed exterior of the concourse provides visible sightlines to approaching patients and visitors.

New canopies signal drop-off locations for both the new and main lobby as well as the walk-in entrance to the emergency department. As a result, people can be seen traversing through the corridor, which

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provides subtle directional cues that help visitors and new patients more easily navigate the updated facility.

Implementing Color

FCA added warmth to the new clinical spaces through clean, modern surfaces while utilizing color as a wayfinding tool. The interior wall of the concourse exudes a prominent color wash, starting with the Old Bridge Medical branded blue at the new main lobby and later transforming into a warm red to reinforce the emergency department walk-in entry point.

The remaining finishes in the concourse are very neutral to allow for further emphasis on the prominent color gradation.

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Within the emergency department, the color palette intentionally creates a calming effect for both patients and staff. Subtle color shifts in various locations help patients and visitors recognize the different areas within the emergency department.

A more concentrated level of finish is used at the nurse stations to emphasize the location of the clinical teams, indicating where individuals can go for assistance.

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In addition to renovating and expanding the emergency department, Old Bridge Medical Center needed more protective connectivity between the three buildings to further enhance the campus’ wayfinding and accessibility.

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FCA utilized natural textures throughout the space, including wood-like patterns and fabrics, to create a bright yet relaxing atmosphere. Lighting was creatively used to highlight the caregivers’ spaces and each treatment room’s entrance to enhance wayfinding. The new main lobby is now the focal point for arriving patients and includes a new café and waiting space linking the hospital to the adjacent medical office buildings.

It was designed along a curve to allow patients who are awaiting pick-up easy visibility across the arrival drive and the main front parking lot. Custom elements such as the new main check-in desk, colorful wall coverings, and custom abstract graphics

give the expansion its unique, yet modern look and feel.

Maintaining Continuity

While healthcare design can present many challenges, none are more pressing than maintaining operations at a high capacity during construction, which was tested during the pandemic. The FCA team worked closely with the clinical team to minimize any on-site disruption during the multi-phase expansion process.

One of the foremost challenges of the project was keeping the building’s mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems functioning throughout all phases including construction, shutdowns, switchovers, and

pandemic considerations demanding additional ventilation and air systems.

The first phase of construction involved creating a portion of the new emergency department from previously unoccupied space.

This made underutilized adjacent flex spaces available, which was critically important to the success of construction. Both the construction and opening of the concourse were done incrementally.

The phased process involved implementing an additional circulation corridor and providing ancillary access points; this allowed existing spaces to be closed for construction without hindering the overall functionality of the hospital. It also allowed for a final on-stage/off-stage circulation pattern. HC

Aran McCarthy, AIA, NCARB, has focused his career on healthcare design and innovative architecture as the principal of healthcare at FCA. Over the past 22 years, Aran has led collaborative teams for a variety of notable healthcare clients across the US and Europe.

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Advancing the revolution Conversation with Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation’s Cynthia Phifer Kracauer

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hen the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation (BWAF) was looking for someone to continue to lead its cultural revolution in the building industry,

Cynthia Phifer Kracauer stepped into the role in 2016. With its mission to acknowledge, cultivate and value women’s contributions and achievements in past, present and future, Kracauer was the perfect choice.

An architect with years under her belt as the Managing Director of the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter, Center for Architecture, Kracauer, AIA, joined the foundation as the Executive Director—dedicated to advancing its mission to support the advancement and careers of women in the building industry—namely architecture, landscape architecture, engineering and construction.

Along with 10-plus years at the Center for Architecture, Kracauer served as a principal at the former architecture and design firm Swanke Hayden Connell in New York, was the managing director of Oculus magazine and an active volunteer with the association WX: New York Women Executives in Real Estate.

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

Becoming an architect, for me, had more to do with the idea that I could have a positive and creative impact on my neighborhood, city, and the world than an understanding of the construction industry.

As a Navy brat, I saw a lot of the country, and was constantly moving into freshly built—or still under construction—communities. This was the post-WWII boom, and I loved the smell of fresh lumber, and imagining the stories of the people that would move into the houses only frames. I am still thrilled by that.

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

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The construction industry as a whole can be relatively primitive in terms of its adoption of advanced technological techniques of building, but slowly getting more interested, so I am hopeful about the future.

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

Opportunities for women in the construction trades are beginning very slowly to open up.

The consistent, meaningful contributions by women have and continue to make a difference in the built environment and our insistence for recognition is growing.

Organizations like the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation are working with women professionals, trade groups, and others in support of women in the field by providing programs, workshops, and awards that advance and recognize women’s contributions.

More women in construction at the most rudimentary levels will be an important step in alleviating women/ children poverty. More work needs to be done to prepare women for the construction trades, and to create a climate of acceptance. I go back to my military background—it is still a struggle in the military as well. Harassment, micro- and macro-aggression against women, this has got to stop being tolerated.

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The construction industry as a whole can be relatively primitive in terms of its adoption of advanced technological techniques of building, but slowly getting more interested, so I am hopeful about the future.

The advice I give to all the women I have mentored over the years is to figure out what you want, and then ask for it. Nobody is reading your mind. I have a tremendous aversion to the expression “work/ life balance,” which suggests that work is averse to life. Work is part of the fulfillment of life. There are many parts of what makes a good life, and each part may have times when it takes up more time than others, but all parts are deserving of attention because it is the wholeness that creates the satisfaction.

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

Very recently someone told me about the relationship of parents and children: You should not be a slave to your children. Live your own life.

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

My first reaction is “bring your own chair.”

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

Women have a crisis situation on their hands right now with the overturning of Roe vs. Wade. The access to healthcare should be consistent across the states.

To have such a wide range of care will most adversely affect those women without the means to travel for it. They will not be able to take advantage of opportunities in the workplace, and there will be a further polarization of the differences between the unfortunate outcomes that affect the women themselves through the 45 weeks of pregnancy and then the unwanted children.

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Meet RCA’s 2022 Scholarship Recipients 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. This year, we began a new partnership with East Carolina University, and continued to work with Brigham Young University, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Clemson University, Kansas State University, and Minnesota State University, Mankato. Schools are asked to submit 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 2022 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 2022 scholarship recipients through their own words, with excerpts from their personal statements below.

Alina Stark, Clemson University, Major: Construction Science and Management “I came back to Clemson excited to begin working on my degree and become a part of the industry. I joined five construction clubs and different chapters of construction organizations like National Association of Alina Stark Home Builders, Associated General Contractors, and Associated Builders and Contractors.

I believe my role as a female leader will influence other women to work in the trades.

I want to eliminate the stigma of women in construction. Being a girl, a lot of people underestimate your ability when it comes to manual labor; I am working to break stereotypes and teach people not to underestimate anyone based on appearance. By being a face of something and speaking with passion about something you love, you lead by example”

Sarah Gould, Brigham Young University, Major: Construction Management “The construction industry has been deeply rooted in my character. My coloring pages as a child were old sets of blueprints. Normal family car ride conversations consisted of commenting

on and critiquing passing buildings. As I matured and entered college at BYU, I found a home in the construction management program.

My dream career is running a successful construction company of my own, working with people who also enjoy building beautiful structures.

On my path to this destination, I hope to work as a project manager. The balance of onsite involvement and relationship development that this role requires deeply intrigues me. My small amount of work experience so far has taught me how much I value company culture. No matter where my career leads, I intend to work for an honest company that believes in investing in its employees and community.”

Taylor Case, Kansas State University, Major: Construction Science and Management “My main goal in my undergraduate academic career is to gain as much knowledge as possible so I can be an asset to a construction team upon graduation. I seek to be not only a student, but a Taylor Case learner. I am in school not just to get good grades or skate by, completing projects in the last second, but to further my intelligence of different aspects in industry. To work toward this goal, I continually ask questions of my professors, inside and outside of class, ensuring that I truly understand the material they are teaching.

In construction, the hours are long, and the tasks can be challenging, but if an enjoyable team environment can be created, working can be a lot of fun. I love the construction industry, and I plan to use the skills I am learning in school and onsite to impact it in a positive way.”

Jacqueline Badal, California Polytechnic State University, Major: Construction Management “Going into college, I had no clear vision of what I wanted to study, but this soon changed upon joining the Construction Management major.

Through my classes and internships, I have come to Jacqueline Badal understand that my interest in construction stems from doing work I love with people I love. The greatest part about construction is being able to make plans and drawings come to life and produce a tangible final product.

Achieving my career goal of becoming a project manager will allow me to use my skills of money management to help estimate projects and keep them running on schedule and on budget.

I feel I will be successful at this because I am extremely organized, enjoy collaborating with others, and want to apply the knowledge from a subject I enjoy in the real world.”

Brady McKay, East Carolina University, Major: Construction Management

Brady McKay

“I started building decks and doing other projects with my dad during middle school, which first sparked my desire to go into construction.

I enjoy working with my hands and building projects, which has allowed me to excel in

the construction field.

Once I graduate, I would like to go back to community college and get several vocational certifications. These would be in electrical, plumbing, and carpentry. I have even thought about getting my Realtor’s license and general contractor’s license as well. There are several different certifications relating to construction that I would like to get while I am still working on my major like the CCM and LEED certifications.”

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

NEWSLETTER Kaitlyn Harper, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Major: Construction Management Kaitlyn 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 ElderKaitlyn Harper Jones, Inc., a charter member of the RCA. Christian’s father, and RCA past president.

“I grew up in the construction environment and had several family workers that worked in construction, so it was always in my surroundings.

When I was 15, I went to work with my uncle for his construction company during the summer.

Through that experience, I learned that I loved the industry and being in the construction environment every day, but I wasn’t interested in being a laborer.

Therefore, I began researching professions that incorporated being in the environment and added a business side to the role as well. When I found

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Construction Management, I was instantly hooked.

I am most interested in LEED Building because it shows that construction is always improving. There are always ideas to explore to learn how to better the environment. As constructors, it is our job to build sustainable buildings to protect our planet as best we can; after all, we only have one world.

I envision my ideal career as working for a commercial construction company that allows me to thrive in my role as a project manager by not only supporting me but also by providing me with tools and the experiences necessary to be successful throughout my career.”

Michelle Ling, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Major: Civil Engineering

Michelle Ling

Michelle 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. Michelle participated in participated in Schimenti Construction Company’s Summer Rotational Internship Program.

Michelle’s nomination described her experience at Schimenti: “She spent several weeks on a project supporting our Operations team at the 49 Chambers Street project, and the superintendents she worked with were incredibly impressed with her knowledge and attention to detail. Michelle added significant value to our team throughout her summer internship.

She is incredibly passionate about construction and not only supported her team members, but consistently reached out and asked if there was additional learning experiences she could take on to maximize her internship experience. Everyone who worked with her was impressed with her drive to succeed.”

ADVISORY BOARD

President’s Message Ray Catlin, President, Threecore, LLC

Isyol Cabrera - Focus Brands

Jason Miller - JCPenney Company

Mike Clancy - FMI

Jeff Montang - JLM Retail

Randy Danielson - Shakopee

John Polzer - Duane Morris

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Jason Kraus - Kohl’s

Brad Sanders - CBRE | Skye Group

Jeffrey D. Mahler, AIA -

As we hit the summer months and extended sunlight, the construction industry knows this time as the time to get more done with the longer days. As we enter this crucial time of the year, most of us see our number one issue as being qualified labor. This is true in the office as well as in the field. As many of you have heard me say, our industry is at a tipping point related to a qualified workforce. Many have left our industry either Ray Catlin by choice during recessions or by aging out through retirement. The problem is, we are not replacing those leaving at the same clip. Our children are not entering the construction industry, no doubt impacted by watching us navigate the industry over the years.

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When I think about the RCA and our purpose, several things come to mind.

First, finding ways to make our industry more attractive, solving the problems of yesterday so we can become the industry of the future. Second, encouraging and supporting the next generation to enter our industry. This is true for skilled labor as well as the professional ranks in the office and out in the field. I am excited to see so many scholarships being offered as we live out our purpose. A special shout out and congratulations to this year’s RCA scholarship recipients:

RECRUITMENT

RCA Scholarship > > > > > >

Jacqueline Badal, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Taylor Case, Kansas State University Sarah Gould, Brigham Young University Kaitlyn Harper, Minnesota State University, Mankato Brady McKay, East Carolina University Alina Stark, Clemson University

RCA Intern Scholarship Michelle Ling, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Schimenti Construction Company I challenge the next generation to continue to push us to live out our purpose as an organization and I personally challenge each RCA member to do their part in making our industry more attractive and getting the next generation involved in moving us forward. We know from our experience in this industry that we must take charge and put solutions in place. I am excited and look forward to seeing the evolution of tomorrow through our actions today.

Thank you, and have an amazing and safe summer.

COMMITTEE CHAIRS LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY Andy Bohon legislative@retailcontractors.org

MEMBER BENEFITS

David Martin memberbenefits@retailcontractors.org

MEMBERSHIP

Hunter Weekes membership@retailcontractors.org Jay Dorsey recruitment@retailcontractors.org

SAFETY

Eric Berg safety@retailcontractors.org

SCHOLARSHIP

Justin Elder scholarship@retailcontractors.org

SPONSORSHIP

Justin Elder sponsorship@retailcontractors.org

TRAINING

Eric Berg training@retailcontractors.org

OFFICERS President Ray Catlin

Secretary/Treasurer Justin Elder

Vice President Eric Handley

Immediate Past President Steve Bachman

Threecore LLC

Elder-Jones, Inc.

William A. Randolph, Inc.

Retail Construction Services, Inc.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2025 Timothy Aubel

2023 Justin Elder

Rectenwald Brothers Construction, Inc

Elder-Jones, Inc.

2025 Eric Handley

2023 Steve Bachman

Retail Construction Services, Inc.

2025 Eric Berg

William A. Randolph, Inc.

2024 David Martin

H.J. Martin & Son, Inc.

Gray

2024 Mike Sullivan

2024 David Brown

Sullivan Construction Company

Tri-North Builders

2024 Hunter Weekes

2025 Ray Catlin

Weekes Construction, Inc.

Threecore LLC

2023 Rick Winkel

2024 David Brown

Winkel Construction, Inc.

Tri-Nor

2025 Denise Doczy-Delong

Singleton Construction, LLC

PS-If you have any feedback or ideas on this topic, please contact me at ray.catlin@threecorellc.com.

Steven R. Olson, AIA - CESO, Inc.

2023 Andy Bohon

Westwood Contractors

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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

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RCA Membership COMPANY Acme Enterprises, Inc. Atlas Building Group Bogart Construction, Inc. Buildrite Construction Corp.

Buch Construction Commercial Contractors, Inc. Commonwealth Building, Inc. Connor Construction, LLC Construction One, Inc. David A. Nice Builders De Jager Construction, Inc. Desco Professional Builders, Inc. DGC Capital Contracting Corp Diamond Contractors Division 9 Commercial Inc. DLP Construction Company, Inc. E.C. Provini, Co., Inc. Eckinger Construction Company EDC Elder-Jones, Inc. Encore Construction, Inc. Engineered Structures, Inc. FMGI Inc. Fortney & Weygandt, Inc. Fred Olivieri Construction Company Frontier Building Corp.

Fulcrum Construction, LLC Go Green Construction, Inc. Graves Construction Gray H.J. Martin & Son, Inc. Hardesty & Associates Harmon Construction, Inc. Healy Construction Services, Inc. Howard Immel Inc. International Contractors, Inc. JAG Building Group James Agresta Carpentry Inc. Jirsa Construction Kerricook Construction, Inc. Lakeview Construction, Inc. M. Cary, Inc. Management Resources Systems, Inc. Marco Contractors, Inc. Market Contractors National Building Contractors National Contractors, Inc. Pinnacle Commercial Development, Inc. Prime Retail Services, Inc. PWI Construction, Inc. R.E. Crawford Construction LLC RAYWEST DESIGNBUILD Rectenwald Brothers Construction, Inc. Retail Construction Services, Inc. Retail Contractors of Puerto Rico Rick Shipman Construction Inc. Russco, Inc. Sachse Construction and Development Corp.

Scheiner Commercial Group, Inc. Schimenti Construction Company, Inc.

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.

CONTACT Jeff Lomber Brian Boettler Brad Bogart Bryan Alexander Greg Kozero Kenneth Sharkey Chris Fontaine Benjamin Connor Bill Moberger Brandon Nice Dan De Jager Bob Anderson Gerry Ryan Lori Perry Cheryl Montour Dennis Pigg, Jr. Joseph Lembo Philip Eckinger Christopher Johnson Justin Elder Joe McCafferty Mike Magill Darin Ross Greg Freeh Dean Olivieri Andrew Goggin Willy Rosner John Castellano Anthony Graves Robert Moore David Martin Scott Hardesty William Harmon James Healy Pete Smits Bruce Bronge Matt Allen James Agresta Jennifer Jirsa Ann Smith Kent Moon Bill Tucker Doug Marion Martin Smith Kerry Lobbestael William Corcoran Michael Dudley Dennis Rome Donald Bloom Jeff Price Jeffrey T. Smith Greg West Art Rectenwald Stephen Bachman Sean Pfent Brian Hogan Matthew Pichette Jeff Katkowsky Joe Scheiner Matthew Schimenti

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2022 Annual Conference Round Up Many thanks to everyone who joined us for our 2022 Annual Conference in March. Attendees heard from keynote speaker Ken Schmidt, who shared personal stories of building customer loyalty as the Director of Communications Strategy for Harley-Davidson Motor Company. Advisory Board member Mike Clancy of FMI discussed the current economic situation, as well as forecasts, in the construction. Tim Sheehan and Tim Peterson of OSHA Environmental Compliance Systems (OECS) provided guidance for building a strong safety culture using the 5 C’s of Workplace Safety: Commitment, Compliance, Culture, Champions, and Costs. During lunch, we had some levity with entertainment by Carmen Ciricillo, The Construction Comic®. A highlight of the afternoon was a series of interactive roundtable discussions

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Warren Zysman, Director of Real Estate and Construction The Halal Guys

Let’s hear it for the guys How The Halal Guys continue to turn a street cart food concept into a foodies dream

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Let’s hear it for the guys How The Halal Guys continue to turn a street cart food concept into a foodies dream

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verything you hear about The Halal Guys is true. That may be the most entertaining part of the whole backstory. Sure, the

food is the stuff of legend. Tracking down one of its food carts on the streets of New York City was actually on tourist’s to-do list. The halal rice platters and gyro sandwiches launched a million foodie dreams.

That is the story of founders Mohammed Abouelenein, Abdelbaset Elsayed and Ahmed Elsaka—Egyptian immigrants who while working in restaurant kitchens and as cab drivers decided to pick up a side hustle with a hot dog cart. Quickly discovering that the Big Apple had its share of hot dog carts, shifted to more delicacies of their native country.

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More than 30 years down the road, The Halal Guys, the name they incorporated, continues to grow from the southeast and southwest corners of 53rd Street and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan to storefronts everywhere. In bringing Middle Eastern food culture to the States, the brand is a success story for the ages.

We sat down with Director of Real Estate and Construction Warren Zysman to get a feel for where The Halal Guys brand is heading in 2022—and beyond.

Give us a snapshot of your brand?

The Halal Guys began as a hot dog cart on the streets of New York City back in 1990.

We were founded by three Egyptian immigrants who were pursuing their version of the American Dream.

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It wasn’t long before our founders realized the cab drivers of NYC were having to leave the island of Manhattan, leaving the opportunity to make money, to venture to Queens to find a quick, hot halal meal. So, they retrofitted their hot dog cart to serve the platters that are so famous for today.

What type of consumer are you targeting?

What was the inspiration behind that concept?

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

The Halal Guys didn’t really begin with the inspiration of even being a concept. We began with the simple idea of serving quick, hot and fresh halal meals to the cab drivers of New York City.

Thankfully, those cab drivers, in the days before the internet, helped spread the word about the street cart at 53rd & 6th and we became known around the world.

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Part of how we arrived at franchising our business was the realization our founders had looking at the never-ending line at our cart. That line had people of every race, religion and background. That is still reflective of our standard guest in-store.

As so much of the restaurant industry did at the onset of the pandemic, we had to embrace new methods of business. Things like delivery and pickup orders would become ubiquitous. Recognizing the prominence these revenue streams would have,

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we adjusted our store layouts to allow for a more streamlined operation, including additional prep lines and an enhanced pickup experience.

What kind of conversations are you having with your customers?

The conversations we have with our customers tend to revolve around the menu items they would like to see from us. We are thankful for those conversations. They have helped guide our LTO menu strategies and have even helped with our new store design.

How does the design of the restaurant cater to what today’s consumers are looking for?

Today’s consumers are looking for a modern, streamlined, efficient experience and we believe our new store design has achieved that. As I had mentioned, we have made the pickup experience practically effortless with large, prominent pickup cabinets that are placed in a way that lends itself to an efficient experience.

Other enhancements to the guest experience are largely related to their safety as we navigate our way through the pandemic. Things like plexiglass partitions, an emphasis on contactless payments and sealed packaging on delivery orders ensure we maintain guest safety.

We have sold more than 300 units for development both here in the US as well as in several international markets.

The rest of 2022 will see an additional 20-25 stores open throughout the world.

Is there a location that really shows how the brand interacts with the community and customers?

Highlighting a single location for us is liking a parent choosing their favorite child. We are fortunate to have an incredible group of franchise partners who truly represent The Halal Guys brand throughout their communities and interaction with guests.

Walk us through how and why it was designed the way it is?

This design showcases the early days of The Halal Guys when the founders decided that there was a need for Halal Food and they decided to open their own business and used carts to sell their food. This is showcased in our present design. It takes you back to their start in New York City.

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Take us through your construction and design strategy.

We wanted to make this design easy for the franchisee’s to execute. We developed a design guide that would aid their architects in the step-by-step process required to construct a new restaurant.

We are a partner with the franchisee and guide them through all the necessary steps in the construction process. Constant communication and input from all the team members ensures that the construction is done in a timely manner.

Give us a rundown of the market’s layout.

New sites are becoming increasingly difficult to secure. There is a high demand for Quick Service Restaurant sites and as a result it is taking much longer to secure a new lease.

What’s the biggest issue related to the construction side of the business?

The market has gone through a major transformation in the past two years. Supply chain has been severely impacted and as a result it is taking longer to secure the necessary equipment and materials needed to complete construction. We had to rethink our thought process and get creative.

Are you optimistic about how the marketplace has responded to everything happening today?

We have been very thankful for the reception our brand has seen at nearly every store

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we have opened since our first location opened in 2015 in Chicago. That reception continues to be as strong today as it was then. We are very optimistic that, provided we continue to provide the quality of food and unparalleled hospitality we are so well known for, that we will continue to receive this same reception.

What is your growth plan?

What areas are you targeting?

We have sold more than 300 units for development both here in the US as well as in several international markets. The rest of 2022 will see an additional 20-25 stores open throughout the world.

What trends are you seeing?

The restaurant industry lately is focusing on things like “clean menu” items, i.e., no GMOs, removing preservatives and stabilizers, etc., plant-based options and sustainability. Last year we underwent a massive effort to remove preservatives and stabilizers from our menu as well as introduced our first-ever plant-based option, the Meatless Gyro.

The market has gone through a major transformation in the past two years. We had to rethink our thought process and get creative.

What’s the secret to creating a “must visit” restaurant environment in today’s competitive landscape?

Restaurant design and outward appearance can work wonders to create intrigue and attract first-time customers, but wowing the guest every chance you get will keep them coming back.

What’s today’s consumer looking for?

Now more than ever, guests want to feel good about the brands they support. They want to know that the food they eat is sustainably sourced.

Tell us what makes your brand so unique?

Authenticity. Our founders didn’t start The Halal Guys with dreams of grandeur; they started selling halal food on the corner of 53rd & 6th in NYC to help make the lives of the city’s cab drivers easy and make a living as they pursued the American dream. CCR

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START DATE

Lumber Company Market and Eatery Remodel

Yellow Springs, OH

$4,000,000.00

12,000

Remodeling

Q3 2022

Chick-fil-A - Lower Allen Commons

Lower Allen Township, PA

$1,500,000.00

5000

New Construction

Q3 2022

Wendy's

Buffalo, NY

$1,000,000.00

2,591

New Construction

Q3 2022

Dunkirk, MD

$3,000,000.00

10,395

New Construction

Q3 2022

RETAIL/RESTAURANTS/QUICK SERVE:

RETAIL/STORES/MALLS: Dunkirk Gateway Business Center Lot 11 Dollar General

Buffalo, NY

$2,000,000.00

10,000

New Construction

Q4 2022

Boston Road Commercial Building

Pelham, NY

$1,350,000.00

8,000

New Construction

Q4 2022

Dayton Arcade Complex Phase 2

Dayton, OH

$187,400,000.00

265,000

New Construction, Renovation

Q4 2022

Merrick Boulevard Transitional Housing

New York, NY

$10,000,000.00

9,596

New Construction

Q3 2022

Liberty View

Medina, OH

$9,300,000.00

46,750

New Construction

Q4 2022

Row Town Homes

New York, NY

$2,000,000.00

7,659

New Construction

Q4 2022

RESIDENTIAL/MIXED USE:

HOSPITALITY: District at Clifton Heights Phase II

Cincinnati, OH

$420,000,000.00

5,000,000

New Construction

Q3 2022

The Merchant Building

Columbus, OH

$292,000,000.00

700,000

New Construction

Q3 2022

Hotel Sterling / Gateway Center Mixed Use Development

Wilkes-Barre, PA

$28,000,000.00

190,000

New Construction

Q4 2022

Spark Therapeutics at Drexel University Abbott's Dairy Site

Philadelphia, PA

$575,000,000.00

500,000

New Construction

Q4 2022

UMD Interdisciplinary Engineering Building University of Maryland College Park

College Park, MD

$160,000,000.00

157,000

New Construction

Q4 2022

Construction Manager at Risk HVAC Upgrades Phase 11

Columbus, OH

$12,000,000.00

110,763

Renovation

Q3 2022

RFP - Proposed New Location for Central Commissary

Buffalo, NY

$6,490,000.00

60,000

New Construction

Q3 2023

Cleveland Clinic - Neurological Institute

Cleveland, OH

$1,000,000,000.00

1,000,000

New Construction

Q4 2022

Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital Cancer Center

Canton, OH

$10,300,000.00

25,000

Renovation

Q4 2022

Merrick Boulevard Transitional Housing

Addisleigh Park, NY

$10,000,000.00

9,596

New Construction

Q3 2022

Jericho Road Community Health Center Broadway Facility Renovation

Buffalo, NY

$813,000.00

6,500

Renovation

Q4 2022

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Lakeview Construction, Inc

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Advanced Sign Group

87

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Laser Facility Management

101

47

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95

44

Laticrete

41

22

ANP Lighting

13

9

LED Lighting Supply

75

37

Beam Team

3

2

LSI Flooring

103

48

CVR 2-1

1

Marco Constractors, Inc.

55

28

Bradley Corp.

123

56

Mike Levin

8

5

CDO

11

8

NAC

23

14

Chain Store Maintenance

93

43

National Terrazzo & Mosaic Assocation

85

40

Commercial Construction & Renovation Digital Buyers Guide Directory

Nationwide

83

39

136

63

Navien

5

3

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129

59

Opttimal Contracting

57

29

P&C Construction

63

32

Bostik

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117

54

Permit.com

125

57

Commercial UAV Expo

118

55

Poison Ivy

113

53

Construct Connect

157

68

Poma Retail Development, Inc

29

17

Construction One

17

11

Prime Retail Services

59

30

Dacon

109

51

Project Management Consortium (PMC)

15

10

Dynamic Air Quality Solutions

27

16

Projectmates

99

46

Embree Construction

107

50

PTS Contracting

61

31

Fortney & Weygandt, Inc.

47

24

RE Crawford Construction

65

33

Gensis Lighting Solutions

149

64

Rectenwald Brothers

67

34

Georgia-Pacific

19

12

Ritz Safety

105

49

Georgia Printco

155

67

Rockerz, Inc

7

4

Goodwin Commercial

131

60

Rock the Trades

133

61

Healy Construction Services, Inc.

49

25

Rogue Architects

111

52

Hirsch Construction Corp

51

26

Schimenti

8, CVR4

6, 70

Hunter Building Corp

25

15

Solex Contracting, Inc.

71

36

CVR3

69

Tax Incentive Agency

153

66

Jones Architectural Creations

33

19

The Blue Book Network

127

58

K-CON

89

42

Triad Construction, Inc.

45

23

Ken Marsak

135

62

Triangle Sign Services

79

38

Kingsmen

151

65

Weeks Construction, Inc.

53

27

Impact Security

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Surviving the storm (and then some)

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here is so much technology today that it makes you wonder what we did without it just a few years ago.

How did we get through the day and night?

I can remember when Apple came out with its first computer in the late ’70’s or when the fax machine came into existence.

Remember that obnoxious sound it made when connecting? Or how about the first cell phone. How big and bulky was that? Or the VHS and compact disc. The list is endless.

Life was a heck of a lot simpler back then. I have fond memories of what I did with my time—besides looking at my smartphone or computer all day long to stay connected.

Well, when the electricity, internet and cell service goes out, our daily technology is messed up. It can really shock you about the value of time.

Recently, after my stepdad, who was 90 and battling cancer, passed in early May 2022, I went up to Ohio to spend several weeks with my mother. I helped clean out the house of his clothes, golf clubs, tools, pictures, etc. You never realize how much you can gather being together for 36 years.

Well, the second week I was there, we had a really bad thunderstorm hit one late Monday afternoon just before 6 p.m.

It knocked out all the electricity, internet and cell service from Cleveland all the way to northern Kentucky. More than 600,000 people were without power, access to the web and phone.

Only pockets of areas had these services, but for many, it was going to be hot and miserable the next few days. We were lucky, as our services were restored in three days. But many were still without power going all the way into the weekend.

My mother’s neighbor had a generator, so during the day, she went over there

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to stay cool. I went to a local Starbucks, which had power and internet access. That ended up being my temporary office. It was jammed packed. If you didn’t get there at the crack of dawn, you were in trouble. The early bird gets the worm was never so true.

If you want to mess with the American psyche, knock out the power, internet and cell service, along with the gas stations, banks, etc. There is a calm chaos.

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At night, when the sun went down, the house was dark. It wasn’t that hot inside because the house was very well insulated and the shades were drawn all day. We lived by candlelight. Our entertainment was a battery-operated AM radio.

We sat back in the living room and talked about old times, listened to the radio into the early morning hours and then went to bed. I am amazed that I did not freak out.

No phone. No internet. No TV. Just peace and quiet of which I had not experienced in a very, very long time. It was awesome.

I am sure some people could not handle how simple it was, as who knows what to do with themselves in the dark.

If you want to mess with the American psyche, knock out the power, internet and cell service, along with the gas stations, banks, etc. There is a calm chaos.

Thanks to Duke Energy working overtime in Springboro, Ohio to get power restored along with Charter/Spectrum and all the cell carriers that restored service.

While technology has changed the way we live, when it all goes down, it is up to us to carry on with what we have to survive and “get-r-done.” That can-do spirit is still alive. It is a shame that it takes a natural disaster to see it and know that there are people doing tasks every day to make your life easier.

The roller coaster over the last few years has proven this in real time.

Being prepared is important so make sure you have a plan with a generator, water, batteries and canned food. As they say, better safe than sorry.

As we enter the second half of 2022 and the dog days of summer, here’s to staying cool and safe. And remember to stay positive, as life can throw you curveballs when you least expect it. Being calm will help you make it through when you think things are bleak.

Keeping the faith is a plus. CCR

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