Our expertise is evidenced by the recognition we have received from our peers. Since 1992, 15 Pinkard projects have received the Associated Builders and Contractors' top national award-the Excellence in Construction Eagle award.
This competition is a nationwide program that publicly recognizes quality and innovation in construction management and execution under challenging circumstances. Its purpose is to honor all members of the team: contractor, owner, and architect/engineer. Competition for these awards comes from across the nation. Voting for the Eagle awards is by our industry peers and recognizes exceptional structures with the highest standards in quality, safety and client satisfaction.
"Winning this award a single time is a significant achievement-to win it twice, an honor, three times a habit, and four times a tradition. Winning this award 15 times is simply our way of doing business-it's who we are." Jim Pinkard, Jr.
“So much of this project was figuring out the existing facility... the design team hadn’t been able to figure it out because everything was buried behind walls, in slabs or underground. No one had any idea what we were getting into until we actually did the work.”
Project Manager Derek Stathis
Pinkard Construction Company
Pinkard served as construction manager/general contractor for The Suites at Clermont Park Retirement Community project: a major, phased, renovation/addition to a fully occupied retirement community.
Overview
When Pinkard walked onto this very complicated project, we immediately uncovered conditions that almost doubled our scope.
On the Phase I Second Floor Renovation, Pinkard overcame massive sequencing and logistics issues with stacked building utilities, room layouts that didn’t work, confusing building system layouts, and plumbing runs that involved a completely new occupied logistics plan and massive additions to scope.
Phase II Site Utilities design issues caused a five month delay. Once the issues were solved, Pinkard had to work under a tight schedule on an occupied schoolyard and in the fire department’s access lanes.
Phase II Interim SNF issues included a major redesign just as permitting was underway, along with a major scope addition of designing and constructing bomb-proof rooms very near the end of the project.
The design team wasn’t able to identify these challenges because the facility had been fully occupied during discovery. Poor as-builts also limited the design team’s ability to anticipate these issues.
Also, an entirely new Facilities and Maintenance crew at Clermont didn’t know how challenging the building systems would be, and could not warn the architect or contractor of what we would be up against.
All these challenges were met while constantly adapting to the safety and comfort-needs of elderly, sometimes bed-ridden residents.
Pinkard was able to finish on time, but at what cost to quality?
Sara Harper, Project Manager, Lantz-Boggio Architects: “Quality of work was excellent. Teamwork was excellent. The end result for the client and the residents was excellent. We were definitely successful in creating excellence.”
Cherie Neerhof, Associate Executive Director, Clermont Park: “I can only say positive, wonderful things about my experiences with Pinkard. When we hit very challenging issues, Pinkard had a way of making things appear to run seamlessly. That residents didn’t feel stressed, or were aware that anything was going wrong.”
Russ DenBraber, President and CEO, Christian Living Communities: “Pinkard’s expert sequencing made a huge difference in our ability to meet our deadlines and keep our residents happy. Pinkard was unbending in their insistence that the subcontractors provide the highest level of quality.”