An Immense Natatorium Sequencing Challenge
Pinkard Construction Company won the Moorhead Recreation Center project through a competitive bid process. Scope of work included...
Next-Level Site Logistics Planning
Eliminating Early Obstacles at VIDA “Too many site logistics plans get ignored by the trades because they don’t change with evolving...
Creative Old-School Craftsmanship Maintains Design Intent
Parikh Stevens Architects Principal Harsh Parikh: “We designed Vida with eight different skin materials to create a visually interesting...
Creative Sequencing for Skin- Installation Maximizes Quality
Pinkard could not rely on the traditional ground-based scaffolding system for skin installation because the lot-line construction and...
Critical Roofing Crisis Averted
Two weeks before roofing on Vida was scheduled to begin, we got the devastating news that our roofing subcontractor was closing its Denver...
Innovative “Pod” Sequencing Improves Quality with Lower Cost
While working on VIDA Senior Living, Instead of building-out floor by floor, Pinkard broke each floor into three areas, or pods (A, B,...
Innovation Shortens the Critical Path
At VIDA Senior Housing, the load-bearing metal-stud-framing portion of the work represented the biggest section of the critical path. If...
Avoiding $1 Million in Change Orders
While working on VIDA Senior Housing, groundwater rose into every hole we dug, due to the sub-standard soils, and would not flow...
Staying on Schedule while Mitigating Unforeseen Environmental Hazards
During excavation, we discovered significant “hot spots” of petroleum contamination running through the site. This contamination was...
