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EXCELLENCE IN CONSTRUCTION AWARDS – COMMERCIAL                         2021 IEC NATIONAL AWARDS



































              COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION CATEGORY D
              WEIFIELD GROUP

              CONTRACTING


              IEC Rocky Mountain

              Wells Precast Denver Project







            Weifield started our Brighton, CO Wells Precast Denver design-  In total, Weifield installed over 50,000 feet of underground pipe –
            assist project with PCL Construction in August 2019, involving   much of which was contained to the building footprint. One of the
            the relocation of two Wells Concrete Denver structural   most complex areas of the project were the indoor and outdoor
            and architectural plants to a new, single 65-acre office and   casting bays where Wells does concrete pours for their walls and
            operations site in Brighton, Colorado. The company’s new   concrete products. The climate-controlled indoor casting area
            122,673 square-foot-location facilitates efficiencies across   was 980 feet long and large enough to house two overhead,
            a three-story office building housing 150 employees and   15-ton cranes to remove the concrete walls outside of the building;
            adjacent 87,748-square-foot production and operations area.   the interior is the production area where they pour architectural
            The driver behind the project was to enhance Wells Concrete’s   pieces and columns in the casting bay. Mobile cranes assist with
            capability and flexibility while increasing capacity with long   hoisting products from the outdoor casting area, a structural yard
            line prestressing forms for the Denver market.      (exterior set of casting beds) where they pour floor panels, wall
                                                                panels, and structural beams. Weifield installed all of the electrical
            There was a huge amount of work to complete in a short   for the indoor casting to be able to cast all their precast walls –
            amount of time. The project scope included brand-new   the scope also included fire alarm and integration to the exhaust
            electrical service – one 4,000-amp and one 3,000-amp    fans to regulate CO2 levels and O2 levels.
            service – as well as electrical for all new buildings.









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