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12 | The Last Word
Construction Confidence
David S. Layton
A Quarterly Publication
from Layton Construction Company
www.laytonconstruction.com
Summer 2014
Legal
Team
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2 | Nuts & Bolts
Layton in the News
10 | Subcontractor Profile
C & C Sheet Metal
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Featured Project
40-bed IASIS
hospital
construction
begins in Utah
technology hub
Construction
is underway on
Iasis Healthcare’s
Lehi
Mountain Point
Medical Center, a
full-service hospital
in Lehi, Utah.
The 40-bed facility on a 23acre medical campus will have
an emergency care department,
intensive care unit, cardiac cath
lab, surgical suites and labor and
delivery. Fast access to healthcare
improves patient outcomes. This
facility is centrally located in the
rapidly growing communities it
will serve, and precious minutes
will be shaved from transport times
currently experienced to distant
hospitals. Layton has been asked to
speed up construction and have the
center open by spring of 2015.
The Outlets at Tejon in California had a
10-month construction window and an
August 2014 grand opening was met.
Speedy Outlet
Shopping center’s speed to market means higher profits for developer
Layton’s past performance
on the Outlets at Traverse
Mountain in Utah has instilled
developer confidence that The
Outlets at Tejon can be built to
meet a similarly tight schedule.
Only when retail doors open
do the cash registers ring, so
speed to market is critical
for the owner. Doors to the
365,000-square-foot center on
58 acres opened in August 2014,
after just 10 months of construction.
The project includes 70 tenant
retail spaces in nine buildings.
The Outlets are located on
California’s I-5, 60 miles north
of Los Angeles at Tejon Ranch, a
270,000-acre historic contiguous expanse of private land. The
remote location and ability to
mobilize subcontractors further
tested the schedule.
Layton was tasked to work
with the architects and owner
to complete their design on the
fast-track project while construction was underway, to find
qualified subcontractors and to
orchestrate and accommodate
the needs of late-signing retail
tenants.
Macy’s parades into Oklahoma with
fulfillment center complete in 2015
In April 2014, Macy’s broke ground on a state-of-the-art, directto-customer fulfillment center in Tulsa County near Owasso, Okla.
Construction of the $170-million, 2 million-square-foot center
on 71.5 acres is fast-tracked so first orders can be shipped in the
summer of 2015.
The location was chosen after a review of 150 sites in the region. Layton Construction was selected to build the center based
upon previous work with Macy’s at the expansion of a Macy’s
fulfillment center in Goodyear, Ariz.
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Layton crews
expand Kauai
retail options,
open Layton
office on Oahu
University Wellness
Students help pay for 100,000-square-foot center
Five years ago, student leaders at Utah State University in
Logan, Utah, campaigned for a
new student recreation and wellness center.
A student body vote in 2012
approved the project, which
included an increase in student
fees to pay for the center. Layton is underway on the project
— a 100,000-square-foot center
that will be completed in the fall
of 2015.
The center includes basketball
courts, a weight room, an indoor
track, a fitness studio, a climbing
wall and office space for the
wellness center management.
Students are watching to make
sure they get their money’s
worth.
After
Before
Layton gives back to its communities
The Road Home in Salt Lake
City provides support and shelter
for overcoming homelessness in
the metropolitan area and relies on
the charitable donations from local
businesses and residents.
Layton recently stepped in to
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The 100,000-square-foot student wellness
center being built on the campus of Utah
State University is being paid for through
increased student fees.
build a wheelchair ramp for a
disabled veteran transitioning to
permanent housing.
“We couldn’t be more grateful
to you for joining us in helping
our veterans be comfortable in
their new homes, as we know they
fought for the comfort we enjoy
in our own homes,” says Chris
Collier, housing coordinator for
the Road Home. The ramp may be
the simplest construction project
completed this year, but perhaps
the most meaningful.
The Hawaiian island of
Kauai is a beach lover’s
paradise.
Layton has been on the
island for nearly a decade
constructing Koloa Landing at
Poipu
Beach
Hawai’i
and
other
hospitality projects, but retail
shopping for residents
and guests has been
somewhat limited.
To meet shoppers’
demands, Layton recently
completed a Sports Authority, and crews are now
building a Ross Dress for
Less, Kauai Dental Center
and a Safeway grocery
store in Lihui.
The Safeway store is
60,000 square feet, and
part of a larger Safeway
retail shopping center that
will encompass 22 acres
when completed.
Beyond Kauai — where
Layton has worked for
nearly a decade — Layton
continues to establish its
presence in the Hawaiian
islands. With an expanded
base of hospitality work
on Maui and education,
entertainment, healthcare,
hospitality and retail work
on Oahu, Layton has
opened an office in Honolulu from which to serve
the easternmost islands.
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Parr Brown Gee & Loveless
Salt Lake City, Utah
Legal
Team
Layton works with client, architect, developer
and another builder to complete law offices
STORY BY GREG BENNETT
PHOTOS BY Paige Pryor
T
he attorneys at Parr Brown Gee & Loveless in Salt Lake City knew they needed updated offices, but weren’t initially sure of the best course of action.
The firm considered renovating its former downtown space, but the attorneys weren’t
excited about working in a construction zone.
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[ Project Profile ]
Building out a tenant space while the core
and shell is still being constructed can
be tricky. Layton workers communicated
clearly with the building contractor through
daily updates and a well-planned schedule.
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The Details
Start Date
Jan. 28, 2014
Construction
Completion Date
May 30, 2014
Total Square Footage
49,970
Architects
EDA Architects
Salt Lake City
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Then, they heard about a new
building being developed on the
corner of 100 South and 200 East,
just blocks from the heart of Salt
Lake City and conveniently located
for employees and clients.
The Parties involved
Pulling the trigger on the space
wasn’t too hard. Parr Brown attorneys had business relationships
with the developer — The Boyer
Company — and were excited
about supporting clients, especially
in a great space that fit the firm’s
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“There’s nothing more beneficial than
a contractor thinking three weeks out
instead of three days out.”
Peter Emerson
Principal, EDA Architects
needs so well.
Parr Brown also represents Layton Construction, which helped
secure the tenant improvement
contract to finish the offices for
the firm.
“We put the job out to bid and
Layton came in with a competitive
bid. Plus, we have a business rela-
tionship with them, so that helped,
as well,” says Robert McConnell, a
shareholder at Parr Brown and the
supervising attorney on the project.
The strategic Plan
Parr Brown was a key tenant
from the early stages of the building’s development and planning.
Evan Cindrich
Interior designer, EDA Architects
Parr Brown Gee & Loveless has been
recognized with 37 Tier 1 Rankings by U.S.
News & World Report and Best Lawyers in
its “2014 Best Law Firms” rankings.
Parr Brown offices are located on the fifth through seventh
floors of the building and are highlighted by a sixth-floor break
room that gives employees a place for everyone to enjoy.
This meant the firm had some
influence in initial design decisions
with Boyer and began office layout
and design early on.
“We started the process a few
years ago,” says Evan Cindrich, an
interior designer with the EDA
Architects. “We analyzed their
existing space — how they used it,
what they needed in the new space
— and then developed several
plans.”
The new offices reflect a more
modern look and feel, which was a
departure from the firm’s previous
offices.
“There were a number of internal
discussions and we have a diverse
group, as far as design tastes,”
Robert says. “Senior attorneys
deferred somewhat to the tastes of
the younger attorneys because the
younger ones would be using the
offices longer. We’re a democratic
firm, which is somewhat unique
among law firms, and the approach
worked pretty well.”
Compatible Counsel
It’s always a unique challenge for
the tenant improvement construction firm to work as the core and
shell are still being completed.
It requires professionalism, good
Key Subcontractors
Acoustical and Wood Ceilings. . . Alternative Acoustics & Drywall
Ceramic Tile and Stone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Discount Tile & Marble
Drywall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Enterprises
Electrical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schooley Electric, Inc.
Flooring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Floor Styles, Inc.
Glazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Noorda Architectural Metals, Inc.
Mechanical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C & C Sheet Metal, LLC
Millwork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westwood Mill & Cabinet Inc.
Painting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gregory M. Brown Painting, Inc.
Plumbing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reliable Plumbing and Heating, Inc.
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“For me, it’s hard when a project like
this is over. It’s good because you get
to move on to new challenges — and
the client can get back to just practicing law — but I enjoy the relationships that are developed. You get attached to the space and the people.”
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The design of the space allows for natural light to permiate as much of the
space as possible. Designers called for open glass to be used in most
offices, highlighted by frosted glass to add privacy to certain areas.
communication and a willingness
to work through logistical issues
experienced by all companies involved. But it’s a challenge Layton
professionals deal with every day.
“It’s all about team development,” says Scott Bradford, Layton
superintendent on the project. “If
you can see things from everyone’s
perspective, you can have a pretty
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seamless experience.”
Layton worked closely with
Parr Brown and EDA to resolve
potential concerns long before they
became urgent.
“Scott anticipated issues and
would get on the phone and call
me,” Evan says. “He would make
sure his questions were answered
and he would get them answered
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weeks beforehand. If he wasn’t clear
on my expectation, we would talk
about it until he was. It was a really
great working relationship.”
Another sometimes underappreciated aspect of doing tenant
improvements with a company
other than the one finishing the
shell of the building is that the tenant gets an advocate specifically for
their office build-out.
“The interesting thing is that having a contractor that’s different than
the core contractor is supposed to
cause problems,” says Peter Emerson, principal with EDA. “If you
have the right contractors working
together, it can be healthy. Plus, the
tenant has a builder that is working
only for them and is looking out
Quick Notes
• Parr Brown expanded through
efficiency by moving into its
new space, while reducing its
overall square footage from
67,600 square feet to 49,970
square feet.
• Smaller in size but with more
working space — 64 traditional
offices are complemented with
14 open and flexible office
areas each with three to seven
cubicles.
• Timing of the tenant improvement was staged before
elevators were operational. All
construction materials were
placed by crane through an
open window bay on each of
the three floors. Extra care was
taken during the transfer of
materials because the building
contractor was simultaneously
doing building site work below.
The move to new offices necessitated the firm’s digitization
of information that, for years, has been stored in filing
cabinets throughout their previous offices. The smaller space
is more efficient, but lacks storage space. This change
expedited the firm’s plans to digitize most documents.
“I like the efficiency of this space. We got more
offices in less space.”
Robert McConnell
Partner, Parr Brown Gee & Loveless
for the tenant specifically.”
And Parr Brown benefited from
the strong working relationship.
“From the end-client perspective,
it was nice to have them handle all
the coordination, so we didn’t have
to,” Robert says.
The verdict
With a well-planned approach to
the completion of the office construction, the project was completed with the predictable outcome
that’s a hallmark of Layton projects.
“From Day One, this was a
project we wanted to do,” says
Jason Hill, executive vice president for Layton. “We have strong
relationships with the client and
the architect and it was — from all
parties — a success.”
And this success is felt by the
attorneys and support staff at Parr
Brown, too.
“It’s a very large project to put
together a new space and move a
large number of attorneys and staff
from one building to another,”
Robert says. “It’s a collaborative
venture in our case and it was a
very valuable opportunity to work
with clients of the firm. There can
be concerns with working with clients, but I would absolutely do it
again with this group — although
I hope I don’t have to, now that we
have these great new offices.”
Great new offices to serve great
clients for years to come.
• Hundreds of traditional legal
filing cabinets and their paper
contents have been replaced
with digital storage. Recycling
bins were emptied countless
times as old documents found
their way to the shredding/
recycling center.
• LED lighting was used
throughout the office space,
and individual office occupancy
sensors are connected to a
master lighting control system.
• Exterior building signage on
the seven-story office building
is a first for Parr Brown.
• The building will be LEED
Bronze Certified, and the Parr
Brown tenant improvement
was built to sustainable building standards.
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Parr Brown
Gee & Loveless
Offices
[ Subcontractor Profile ]
Left to right: Tyler Rushton, Neal Ward, CJ
Jones, Scott Thomas, Casey Jones and
Josh Rushton.
C & C Sheet Metal
Precious Metal
Father-son sheet metal team brings jobsite knowledge to the boardroom
I
n 2006, after years of making
money for other business owners, Casey Jones called his son,
CJ, and the pair decided to start
making money for themselves.
The two co-founded C & C Sheet
Metal in West Jordan, Utah.
“I called him and told him to quit
his job because we were starting our
own company,” Casey says. “He’s a
good boy and listens to his dad.”
Both Casey and CJ worked
together at another sheet metal
and mechanical company and had
relationships with superintendents
and on-site project managers with
a number of contractors — including Layton.
“We knew a lot of people from
the jobsite, but didn’t have as much
experience with some of the people
making decisions on what company to use for mechanical,” Casey
says. “It was a real challenge.”
One of the first companies
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“We pride ourselves on being easy to work
with and doing good work. We work on
finding solutions. We want to be a valuable
part of the overall construction team.”
CJ Jones
Co-owner, C & C Sheet Metal in West Jordan, Utah
Founded
2006
Type of Work
• Mechanical
• Sheet metal
• Ductwork
Employees
• 8-10
to take a chance on the upstart
company was Layton, specifically
Interior Construction Specialists
(ICS). Since then, the relationship
has been a strong one.
“We pride ourselves on being easy to work with and doing
good work,” CJ says. “We work
on finding solutions. We want to
be a valuable part of the overall
construction team.”
Being part of the construction
team means finding solutions to
problems before they slow the
project up at all.
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“We like working on the quick
jobs because our guys can just get
there and make things happen,” CJ
says. “When a project keeps moving and goes smoothly, everyone
makes money.”
But working fast doesn’t mean C
& C sacrifices quality.
“We stand by our product,” CJ
says. “We make sure things are
done and done right.”
That’s what you get when the
company is owned by a pair of
experienced on-site craftsmen who
went on their own.
High-profile JOBS
WITH LAYTON
• Parr Brown Gee & Loveless
(Salt Lake City)
• Salt Lake International
Airport build-outs (Salt Lake
City)
• Edwards Lifesciences
(Draper, Utah)
Contact information
C & C Sheet Metal
1885 W. 7225 South
West Jordan, UT 84084
(801) 349-0889
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ICU Solutions
Medical equipment manufacturing facility makes the most of its space
M
edical device manufacturing is a dynamic
industry requiring
nimble management, flexibility,
fast action and creative thinking.
Such is the case with ICU Medical in Taylorsville, Utah, where
Layton built out a 27,000-squarefoot manufacturing cleanroom
inside an existing warehouse.
To keep up with demand for
its products, ICU needed more
manufacturing space. The most
effective solution was to convert
warehouse space to manufacturing.
Layton constructed the existing
warehouse in 1996. In December
2013, a traditional groundbreaking
was substituted with a “wall-cutting.” Dust barrier partitions were
placed inside the warehouse and a
10-foot by 10-foot cut was made in
the exterior eight-inch concrete wall.
A dirt ramp was placed and a
rolling door installed. For eight
months, everything related to the
construction of the new cleanroom
was moved in or out of this opening.
Engineers called for a stout structural design, including a momentbraced frame steel structure. The
existing eight-inch concrete floor
slab was removed by Penhall with
mini-excavation equipment, through
the opening. All structural columns
were left in place.
Four 200-cubic-yard concrete
mat-footings were placed on each
side of the structure to hold the
moment-braced frame columns.
Other spot footings for new columns were 12 foot by 12 foot, and
were aligned to fit the cleanroom’s
manufacturing line layout.
The cleanroom production
floor concrete slab is a technical
masterpiece.
Underlaid with a vapor barrier,
the floor was poured in two separate slabs, using a laser screed to
flat-floor measurements of FF51FL31.6 and FF50-FL32. Slab
dowels were used at cold joints and
control joints. The concrete mix
used 11/2-inch aggregate to reduce
curling in the slab.
With the new floor placed, structural steel (with sections as long as
20 feet and weighing up to 2,500
pounds) was finessed through the
opening and erected by Unlimited
Steel. The new beams and columns
at the main-level production
area were connected to existing
columns at the mezzanine level.
Existing columns were then cut
and removed from the production
floor. The new columns and footings — fewer but larger — now
bear the weight of the existing
building and the new structure.
ICU chose an eight-step polished
concrete slab with an epoxy resinous coat at the wall and floor joint
to complete the seal. This solution
provided a major cost saving to
Layton built an ISO Class 8 cleanroom
manufacturing facility for ICU Medical in
Taylorsville, Utah.
alternate floor finishes.
The slab-on-deck concrete
mezzanine floor was placed and
finished, followed by clean room
air handlers, rooftop cooling towers
and architectural build-out of the
cleanroom. Five crane bays (with
cranes ranging from two-tons to
71/2 tons capacity) hang from the
steel superstructure below the
mezzanine floor. The mezzanine
Alan Manwill | 27 years
Alan Manwill
Alan Manwill has been involved in
more than 300 construction jobs at
Layton since he started as a project
accountant in 1987.
“Over the years, I’ve done work
for almost every business unit
in the company,” Alan says. “I’ve
worked on projects throughout the
country — including Hawaii — and
enjoy the variety that comes with
working on new projects.”
As a project accountant, Alan makes
sure project managers have accurate
information with regard to where a job
stands financially. While he may not be
swinging a hammer, he knows exactly
how many hammers were purchased
for the job’s completion.
His job has changed since he started at Layton. It was a much smaller
company and most of the jobs were
along the Wasatch Front in Utah.
deck stores gravity-fed resins for
manufacturing below.
Tried and true concrete construction techniques, together
with some creative solutions and
engineering ingenuity have been
brought together to construct a
facility where some of the world’s
most innovative disposable
infusion therapy systems will be
manufactured.
Employee Focus
Now, state-of-the-art software
makes it easier to calculate costs
and track expenditures from jobsites nationwide.
However, it’s the people he works
with that have kept Alan happy at
Layton.
“We’re still in a people business
and I work with amazing people,” he
says. “I enjoy working with the great
individuals I get to see each day.”
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Contractors need to work together — like Layton
did on the Parr Brown Gee & Loveless office
build out — to ensure a healthy future for the
commercial construction industry.
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Construction Confidence
Commercial builders should lead industry adjustment together
I
recently read
the latest
quarterly
“Construction
Industry Confidence Index”
(CICI) survey
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published by Engineering News-Record (ENR), the
commercial construction industry’s
resource magazine.
“There is now a general consensus that the market has turned
around and is growing,” reports
Gary J. Tulacz, senior editor. “Now
comes the tough part for construction firms: coping with an expanding market.”
The survey results are from more
than 300 construction industry
executives nationwide. The vast
majority believe the market is stable
or growing. That’s the good news,
considering the challenges the industry faced during the long-drawn
recession — we builders have confidence that the market is back.
However, I have concerns about
the confidence we constructors in
the industry have in ourselves. Dur12
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ing the recession, many contractors
and subcontractors failed. All the
rest of us tightened our belts to
weather the economic storm.
Now, in this recovery period,
constructors need to regain the confidence that has driven this industry
for decades. We all competed hard
to find work during the recession.
Many have worked for unsustainably low construction fees. Historically, our industry has been judged
and projects awarded by who could
promise the lowest costs and shortest schedules. During the recession
we have enabled those practices to
continue. We’ve become far too aggressive in the industry to find work
by being quick to promise, but slow
to deliver. And, as an industry, we
are still willing to work for little
financial reward.
Tulacz posed a challenge that
puts our industry at a crossroads.
How will we cope in expanding
markets? When there are more opportunities, how will the industry
find equilibrium during a time
of increased project demand, yet
when a supply of workers is not
apt to grow commensurate with
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that demand because of a variety
of issues, including immigration
challenges or young workers who
are not attracted to the construction
industry because of its perceived
“hard work?”
And if we, as an industry, are
not able to increase our fees to be
profitable, or if we are not willing
to establish realistic construction
schedules, quality of construction
will suffer — then we’ll lose the
confidence of the clients for whom
we build.
We are at a crossroads. At Layton,
we continue to create lasting relationships with customers by understanding and exceeding expectations
through open communication and
innovation. Ultimately, we build
projects with predictable outcomes,
where the client, contractor and
our trusted subcontractors all have
confidence and pride in the facility
that we have built. As we move
forward, I trust that the commercial
construction industry will regain
the confidence in itself — once
abundant — to continue to build
the facilities that fuel the economy
of our great nation.
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