The Notes: Focus on construction, April 10-16

Larry Staples, president of IN2IT Architecture, joined the National Board of the Academy of Architecture for Health. Staples will oversee committees on major regional, national and international initiatives focused on health care planning, design and construction. In addition, he will develop partnerships with national institutions such as the American Society for Healthcare Engineering.

Patti Meeker is a Certified Construction Industry Financial Professional. The designation, given by the Institute of Certified Construction Industry Financial Professionals, is the only construction financial management certification accredited by the American National Standards Institute.

DC Building Group President Bryce Clutts is president of the Nevada Contractors Association.

Frank Martin, who co-founded Martin-Harris Construction in 1976, is on the board of directors of the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance.

Craig Russie is a quality assurance/quality control superintendent at Penta Building Group. Jason Norgan, Eunice Diestro, Hans Huisman, Cassy Hudec and Vanessa Montaño are project engineers. Braxton Mouser is senior project engineer, and Michael Charlson is a superintendent. Russie previously was a superintendent at Heinaman Contract Glazing. Norgan worked in sales, design and project management at Terrascapes. Diestro was a project engineer at Ledcor Construction – Las Vegas, SR Construction and Jaynes Corp. of Las Vegas. Huisman was a construction analyst intern at Southwest Gas. Hudec and Montaño were interns at Penta. Mouser was a project engineer at Penta, and Charlson was a senior superintendent at Sundt Construction.

Katie Mulryan is senior project manager at Grand Canyon Development Partners. She previously served as project manager. Barbara Williamson is a project coordinator. Williamson previously worked at Gemstone Development, Draeger Construction and CMA Consulting. April Chapman is a project manager. Chapman previously worked as a project manager at Ernst and Young.

Sara Griesche is an assistant designer at Colours, Inc. She has more than five years of experience in the interior design industry and previously worked at Heavenly Unique and Casa Posh.

Andrew Lynam, a WIN Home Inspection franchisee, was awarded a Diamond Award for number of inspections completed (1,098) in 2015. He also was acknowledged with a 10-year award.

Araceli Gomez is a project manager and designer at LGA. Her first project is at the Opportunity Village Oakey Campus. Lance Kirk, an architect at LGA, was awarded the Young Architect Award by the Las Vegas chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Sabrina Lee is a project engineer at DC Building Group.

Burke Construction Group is expanding warehouse space for the Frito Lay Las Vegas Distribution Center on behalf of Con-Real, LP. The space will be about 30,000 square feet and will be built adjacent to an active warehouse. When complete, the buildings will function as one common warehouse space. The project was designed by William E. Franz and is managed by group project manager Patrick Schueppert. In addition, Thad Lawrence is director of preconstruction services at Burke, and Jim Colegrove is division manager of special projects and tenant improvements.

Chris Langham is a senior landscape architect at EPG.

Bob Mertel of Henderson earned a spot on Anthony & Sylvan Pools’ Top 10, ranked by 2015 sales.

Atkins, a design, engineering and project management firm, is managing design and engineering services for the Nevada Department of Transportation’s Project Neon.

Flip For Me Gymnastics is building a training and practice facility. The 20,000-square-foot gym will be at Shelbourne Avenue and Duneville Street in Las Vegas. Work is scheduled to be finished this year.

Seven Hills Hospital expanded its inpatient capacity by 40 beds and is building a new outpatient services center to provide psychiatric and chemical dependency services.

The Wolff Co. and 901 Fremont LLC, an affiliate of the Downtown Project, are building a mixed-use, multifamily project on 1.3 acres downtown. The five-story, podium-style building will include 231 units and 15,000 square feet of retail space along Fremont Street.

CAI Investments signed a deal for an $18 million Starwood Hotels-branded development at Speedway Boulevard south of Interstate 15, Las Vegas. Construction is expected to start in July and last for a year to 14 months.

Skye Canyon, a 1,700-acre master-planned community in Northwest Las Vegas, is open. The project was developed by Olympia Cos. Its centerpiece is the 15-acre Skye Canyon Park, which features a basketball court, a sports field, multiple tot lots, splash and play parks, multipurpose trails and a community and fitness center.

DC Building Group is the general contractor for a new Southern Hills Baptist Church campus at 6425 W. Pebble Road, Las Vegas. The project is expected to be completed in October. Phase one includes site development and a 14,855-square-foot building with a 600-seat auditorium, a lobby, a lounge and meeting rooms. The project was designed by JVC Architects.

Burke Construction Group completed construction on St. Anthony of Padua Parish Hall at Fort Apache Road and Centennial Parkway in Las Vegas. The 16,274-square-foot building, designed by LG Architects, is the new spiritual home for the St. Anthony of Padua congregation. It features an arched sanctuary with seating for nearly 1,000 people, two conference rooms, eight meeting rooms, parish offices, a reception area, a plaza and a patio area.

Southern Hills Hospital broke ground on a hospital-based emergency room, ER at the Lakes, at Desert Inn and Fort Apache roads in Las Vegas. The 10,000-square-foot facility will include 12 patient rooms and will be staffed by board-certified ER physicians and nurses. ER at the Lakes will accept ambulance services and walk-in patients, and will be equipped to provide emergent and urgent care, in addition to ancillary services. The facility will include a lab and blood bank, a pharmacy and radiology services, including CT scan, X-ray and ultrasound. The provider-based ER also will provide pediatric services, with a separate entrance for young patients.

HealthCare Partners broke ground on a medical office building in Pahrump. The 58,000-square-foot facility will include eight pods with 72 exam rooms, a 1,000-square-foot pharmacy, a 2,000-square-foot Humana Guidance Center and an urgent-care center.