Peerless Electric

Summarize the project's program, features, and achievements: The Peerless Electric building is a 15,000 square foot, three-story structure that boasts efficient construction and remarkably high quality thin-brick on architectural exposed concrete tilt-up walls. This unique building includes extended joint concrete floors, which are polished in the office and are sealed in the warehouse spaces. Other features of the building are the use of varied sandblasting which required meticulous planning and execution. The use of thin-brick tilt-up saved significant money over traditional brick, while delivering a high-quality finish. The building was designed to reflect the history of the industrial area of the Salt Lake Valley, the exterior surfaces are of such craftsmanship that they are also highlighted as part of the interior design with features such as a fireplace built into the architectural tilt panel in the office space. Other concrete design aspects included the raw steel stair with cable railings and reclaimed timber stair treads. Hughes spent a great deal of time to get the design and final product to the expectations for how the design team and owner envisioned it.

What obstacles were overcome related to the schedule, budget, program, specification, site, etc. on this project? Major hurdles for the project was materials and manpower shortages. Planning in advance as well as coordination with suppliers, the team was able to overcome these issues. Hughes procured materials as early as suitable to mitigate any issues with increasing costs and the amount of escalation subcontractors carry in their bids. It was important to set expectations with subcontractors in the bid documents as to how this should be handled. Regular collaboration with subcontractors, timely/thorough submittal review, early procurement where possible, and limiting scope gaps were all vital to schedule compliance. Manpower was mitigated by vetting subcontractors so that they understood the schedule requirements of the project and were in a situation to actually staff the project appropriately.

Please communicate any engineering complexities or unique features of the panel design for this project. ? The Peerless Electric building is a 15,000 square foot, three-story structure that boasts efficient construction and remarkably high quality thin-brick on architectural exposed concrete tilt-up walls. This unique building includes extended joint concrete floors, which are polished in the office and are sealed in the warehouse spaces. Other features of the building are the use of varied sandblasting which required meticulous planning and execution. The use of thin-brick tilt-up saved significant money over traditional brick, while delivering a high-quality finish.

What is the potential for this project's impact on the community and/or environment? The building was designed to reflect the history of the industrial area of the Salt Lake Valley. Because of this, the intent of the design of the Peerless Electric building was to preserve the feel of an early 20th century factory and provide a modern office space for the rapidly changing South Salt Lake area.