Bergelectric’s National Projects Group was formed to manage large-scale undertakings that generally fall outside of the traditional geographic domain of existing regional offices. According to Vice President Carl Zirkus, who heads up the construction side of the National Projects Group, Berg clients benefit from the flexibility this dedicated group offers by being able to staff up anywhere in the country regardless of magnitude, complexity or remoteness of location. Some of the best talent in the company—from diverse regions like Sacramento, San Diego and Austin—is coming together to spearhead the monumental endeavors that are being managed by the National Projects Group. “From a management or owner’s perspective, I can’t imagine better people looking after our best interests and our clients’ best interests—that’s stepping up and that’s what makes us better able to manage these projects,” stated Bergelectric President Alan Mashburn.
Under the auspices of a joint-venture created by Bergelectric and Helix Electric known as Berg-Helix, the 1,085,000-s.f. replacement facility at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska is one such endeavor. Led by Project Executive Rick Greenwell, the new multi-story facility includes basement and penthouse levels and will house a significant number of data centers, operations centers, personnel and staff functions, conference rooms, theater, cafeteria/eatery, atrium and ancillary support spaces.
The successful joint-venture is also at work in Texas where Berg-Helix is delivering a 1.2-million-s.f., full-service replacement hospital on a 260-acre site at Ft. Bliss. This seamless organization, under the leadership of Project Executive Matt Ordway, is responsible for installing over 300,000 lineal feet of conduit throughout the six-building campus. The four immense 2500KW generators housed in a separate 82,000-s.f. facility, complete with paralleling switchgear, will ensure that the 13 stories of clinics and main hospital will remain operational in the event of a power outage.
Complex evidence-based-designed healthcare facilities particularly benefit from Berg’s National Projects Group expertise. More remote installations, such as the $344-million Ft. Riley Community Replacement Hospital in Kansas, for which Bergelectric has joint-ventured with Faith Technologies, is on the fast-track to becoming a healthcare facility of the future.
Procuring work for the National Projects Group, as well as supporting estimating efforts on select projects in Berg regional offices, is the bailiwick of Vice President Bill Sorber, who relies on experienced managers and estimators such as Zach Frye in Orlando and Shawn LePine in San Diego to provide detailed cost analyses. “The markets where we are identifying opportunities are consistent with what Bergelectric’s expertise including federal, healthcare, commercial or mixed-use developments with hotels, office, retail and restaurant components,” Sorber noted. “We are looking to add to the nearly $300 million the group currently has under contract by pursuing any national prospects to which we believe we can add value,” he added.
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