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The quality of a commercial project hinges on the professionals who build it. Partnering with the unions and the construction industry ensures your project is done within budget and on time, so you can begin - or resume - the business of doing business.

Teamwork among union contractors and craftsmen lays the foundation for many of this region's premier facilities. Experience, leveraging technology, safety priorities and attention to detail are the hallmarks of union work. Whether your project is new construction, renovation or retrofitting, it's done with diligence to meet your budget and scheduling requirements. And when it's needed, union professionals are experts at maintaining sensitivity to preserver the history of a site, a building or appearance.

Alcoa Corporate Headquarters
More than 400 employees work in natural lighting, thanks to this $67 million project, an "S"-shaped building that hugs the curve of the nearby Allegheny River. It features an advanced glass and aluminum curtainwall design, super-transparent glass and sunscreens, and an eight-story atrium. Being built on a flood plain, the foundations were waterproofed, while slab-on-grade created a boat-like structure. Since an upside down mechanical electrical floor system was employed, scaffolding became cost-prohibitive, but critical layout of the subfloor and installing raised floors resolved the issue.

Some other commercial projects include: • Hyatt Hotel, Pittsburgh International Airport • Mellon Client Service Center • IBEW Headquarters • Quantum One, Soffer Office Park • Pittsburgh's Lord & Taylor Department Store • Norman Centre II Shopping Center • Food Bank Headquarters City Center • Rollier's Hardware • Zoological Society of Pittsburgh • Marconi Communications Corporate Complex • Giant Eagle Stores

Allegheny County Jail Conversion
Challenges of this project included the need for special legislation, an appropriate adaptive reuse program, attention to historic preservation and a unique leaseback agreement. More than 25 subcontractors and 300 union craftsmen completed the project with no accidents, despite demolition that was done internally and removed through the windows.

Bridgeside Point
The union construction industry's ERECT, or pension fund, program cemented the commitment from the project owner to choose Pittsburgh as the site for this $21 million, 153,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art biotechnology facility. Built on time and under budget, the facility houses Cellomics, Inc., and is able to cater to the company's biotech research, administrative and pharmaceutical production operations.

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP Conference Center

Alcoa Corporate Headquarters

"At all milestones during the design, construction and building occupancy process, all fiscal and schedule constraints were maintained by the Mascaro/IKM team. They provided a facility that exceeded all expectations regarding function and aesthetics."

Tom Donatelli, PE
Director of County of Allegheny
Department of Public Works

"The Noth Shore Parking Garage was built by an extraordinary team of architects, construction managers and highly skilled union workers. The craftsmen constructed, under a challenging schedule and budget, what is probably the finest parking garage in the region."

Thomas Kennedy
Project Executive
Sports & Exhibition Authority