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March 16, 2011

Pinkard Completes Office and Analytical Laboratory Expansion for Environmental Resource Associates

Lakewood, CO - CM/GC Pinkard Construction Company, with BURKETTDESIGN Architects and Owner’s Representative UGL Services, has completed the 66,000 sf office and analytical laboratory build-out and addition for Environmental Resource Associates (ERA).

The $5.2 million project on Table Mountain Parkway in Golden consolidates and expands upon ERA’s former 27,000 sf facility in Arvada. The new space includes 17,000 sf of wet laboratory space and 22,000 sf of Class A office space. The laboratory space includes hazardous material storage, fume hoods, and services for advanced analytical equipment. Multiple 500+ gallon above-ground storage tanks deliver ultra-pure, de-ionized water to the facility via polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) thermoplastic piping.

During ERA’s 6-month search for its new location, Pinkard provided due diligence assistance with multiple budgets and schedule strategies.

As an out of state owner, the Waters Corporation relied heavily upon Pinkard’s knowledge of the local subcontractor and engineering market. Waters Corporation’s Senior Facility Manager Peter Hicks: “In my dual role as a field construction project manager for Waters as well as a facilities manager who has to oversee building operations for our headquarters facility in Massachusetts I have never had the pleasure of working with a better team of professionals than those who were brought to the table by Pinkard Construction. In a very short time, Pinkard helped us assemble a first class team of architects, engineers and subcontractors who were able to work together in an extremely productive and cooperative manner to complete the work quickly and efficiently while adhering strictly to our budget constraints.”

To meet the owner’s requirement for multiple laboratory gasses, large volume air exchanges, extensive venting and piping, and power requirements, Pinkard worked in a design-build relationship with Heating and Plumbing Engineers and Duro Electric.

ERA President Carl Craig, Ph.D. : “We selected Pinkard Construction as our General Contractor based upon a recommendation from our construction management firm. This left Pinkard with the opportunity to win our trust or lose it based upon the way their team performed. In retrospect, it was a very sound recommendation.”

ERA provides proficiency testing standards and quality control standards for the EPA, municipal treatment and waste facilities, and the pharmaceutical industry. ERA’s parent company, the Waters Corporation, is a worldwide leader in liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis, and accounts for $1.8 billion of the overall $20 - $25 billion analytical instrument market.