Completion Date:
June 2000

Duration:
9 months

Work Performed by Brandt Construction, Inc.:
35%

Project Manager:
Chirag Patel

Owner:
Brenwick Development

Project Architect:
Ratio Architects

Mechanical Engineer:
James D. Simpson &
Assocs, Engineers, Inc.

Electrical Engineer:
James D. Simpson &
Assocs, Engineers, Inc.

Civil Engineer:
The Schneider
Corporation

Structural Engineer:
Smith/Roberts &
Associates, Inc.

References:
George Sweet
Brenwick Development
(317) 574-3400

Dave Rausch
Ratio Architects, Inc.
(317) 633-4040

In the summer of 1999, Brandt Construction, Inc. was hired as a general contractor to help assist in the design phase and to construct a 16,000SF Meeting House at the Village of West Clay. The Meeting House is a three story Greek Revival structure. The building consisted of an auditorium, meeting rooms, banquet facilities, a dance area and a club room. Design features include exterior bluestone pavers, an exterior clock, a fountain and a cupola. Completion of challenging projects is not new to Brandt Construction, Inc. However, Brenwick Development added a degree of difficulty by previously scheduling a home show on June 30, 2000, which over 20,000 people would attend. Also, unforeseen delays with the permit process delayed the start date from August to late September, 1999. Timely coordination and decision making between Brenwick Development, Ratio Architects, Inc., and Brandt Construction, Inc. along with committed subcontractors and the dedication and skill of Brandt Construction, Inc.’s craftsmen allowed this originally scheduled ten and one half month project to be completed in nine months, at 12:00 p.m. on June 30, 2000.

Features:

• The project involved three primary challenges. One was a tight schedule, the second was the limited site accessibility and work area, and third the coordination and scheduling of site utilities through this 160 acres of property.
• All the perimeter curbs and asphalt roads were being constructed simultaneously and were being used by the other contractors developing the site.
• In addition to these two buildings, there were dozens of show homes and a handful of other smaller commercial projects being built.
• Prior to Brandt Construction, Inc. starting work, this site was a 160 acre corn field.
• Temporary electricity was first provided by generators, and subsequently by thousands of feet of power line draped across the West Clay site.