6B — May 11 - 24, 2012— Pennsylvania — Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal
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PA P ROJECTS /B UILDING S ERVICES
$15m expansion & renovation project breaks ground Warfel Construction Company promotes Calabretta & Kingree
Stadium design by Ewing Cole Alvin H. Butz, Inc. to renovate PNC Field
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AST PETERSBURG, PA — Warfel Con- struction Company
offices for RLPS Architects on Oregon Pike in Lancast- er. A resident of Lancaster,
EAST PETERSBURG, PA —Warfel Construction Com- pany recently broke ground on a $15 million expansion and renovation of the Health Center at the Kendal Cross- lands Community in Kennett Square, PA. Encompassing over 100,000 total s/f, the project includes renovations to the skilled and personal care areas of the health cen- ter as well as a new fitness and wellness center for use by the entire community. Updating the facility and ultimately creating a more ‘residential feel’ within the center is the main goal of the renovations. The new wellness center will feature a pool, locker rooms, exercise and therapy rooms. The 5- phased project, designed by Bernardon Haber Holloway Architects, PC of Kennett Square and SFCS, Inc. of Roanoke, VA is scheduled for completion in 24 months. Overseeing the project for Warfel is Senior Project Man- ager, Sheila Snyder, Project Manager Rusty Hoffman and Field Superintendent, John Hess. ■ American Society of Civil En- gineers (ASCE). Simelis also holds an associate’s degree in chemical laboratory technician and has a strong background and understanding of material science. Prior to joining R.A. Smith National, he was em- ployed as a quality control ana- lyst and chemical laboratory technician at Neville Chemical Company in Pittsburgh. Simelis lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ■ tants specializes in providing civil engineering and consult- ing services that include land development / site design, traf- fic / transportation, municipal engineering, comprehensive watershedmanagement, water / wastewater design, environ- mental permitting, landscape architecture and survey. ■
is pleased to announce the promotions of Brett P. Calabretta, PE, LEED- AP and Guy Kingree III, LEED GA. With the f i rm s i nc e
Calabret ta earned a B.S. in Civil Engi- neering from Penn State Univers i ty and a Mas- ters of Busi- ness Admin- istration from York College
Brett P. Calabretta
Guy Kingree III
2005, Calabretta has been promoted to Senior Project Manager. He joined Warfel Construction Company as a Project Engineer and was promoted to Project Manager in 2006. As Senior Project Manager, he is responsible for complete project oversight, coordination, schedule, and budget on projects ranging from $1 to $25 million dollars throughout Pennsylvania and the surrounding states. He recently completed the new CarMax Store on Man- heim Pike and is currently managing work for the Lan- dis Run Intermediate Center for the Manheim Township School District and the new PITTSBURGH, PA — An- thony Simelis has joined the Tarentum (Pittsburgh) office of R.A. Smith N a t i o n a l — civil en- gineer ing , surveying, l ands cape a r c h i t e c - ture , geo - g r a p h i c information systems (GIS) and 3D visual- Anthony Simelis HARRISBURG, PA — Thom- as P. Wilson, PE, CFM, Prin- cipal at K&W Engineers and Consultants, passed the As- sociation of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) exam to become a Certified Flood- plain Manager. This national certification demonstrates Thomas’ commitment to al-
of PA. He is a professional engineer and is certified as a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professional. Promoted to Project Man- ager, Kingree served as an intern at Warfel Construction while completing his B.S. in Civil Engineering at Penn State. Upon graduation in 2009, he joined the firm as a Project Engineer. He is cur- rently managing the historic St. James Church renova- tion project in downtown Lancaster. A resident of Lan- caster, Kingree is certified as a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Associate. ization consultants —as a civil engineer. His responsibilities include storm water manage- ment planning and design, erosion and sediment control planning and design, and general permitting support for various land development projects. Simelis has a bachelor ’s degree in civil engineering technology from Point Park University, Pittsburgh, Pa. Simelis is a member of the ity Management Association (IFMA). IFMA is the world’s largest and most widely rec- ognized international associa- tion for professional facility managers. leviating the cycle of damage in floodplain environments as well as his overall awareness of comprehensive floodplain management procedures, in- cluding FEMA regulatory standards and procedures; flood insurance; and hazard mitigation. K&W Engineers and Consul-
Simelis joins the Tarentum office of R.A. Smith National as a civil engineer
Renderings of PNC Left Field Plaza & Entrance
MOOSIC, PA — Alvin H. Butz, Inc. has been selected as Construction Manager to reconstruct and renovate Lackawanna County’s PNC Field in Moosic. Reconstruction activities include demolishing the ex- isting upper deck and re- building it to feature suite and club level seating. The lower section seating bowl will remain. Six concession stands, rest rooms, locker rooms and administrative ar- eas will be upgraded to ADA compliancy and state-of-the- art facilities. The renovations will include over 90,000 s/f of building space. Field reno- vations will consist of new dugouts, lighting, scoreboard, warning track and outfield. The renovated stadium will have a 10,000-fan capacity including tiered picnic areas, lawn seating, kids zone for families, and will feature a 360-degree walk around concourse. Design for the stadium is being done by Ew- ing Cole. The new stadium will be the home of AAA baseball
team the Scranton/Wilkes- Barre Yankees. The team is playing its entire 2012 schedule away from home us- ing other stadiums until the reconstruction is complete. Construction services are scheduled to begin this week. The project needs to follow an extremely aggressive sched- ule in order to be completed by March 2013 to allow the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yan- kees to resume their Inter- national League schedule locally in April 2013. “We are really excited to begin work on this project,” said Greg Butz, President and CEO of Alvin H. Butz, Inc. “We have an extremely talented project team in place and they are fully dedicated to completing the stadium with the highest quality while maintaining the sched- ule.” In March 2008, Alvin H. Butz, Inc. completed the mi- nor league baseball stadium, Coca-Cola Park inAllentown, PA, home of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the AAA affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. ■
Wilson of K&W Engineers and Consultants earns certification
HARRISBURG, PA— Gar- ry Brinton, Principal, FP+A, Inc., has been elected Sec- retary of the Facility Man- agers Consultants Council of the International Facil- FP+A, Inc. provides stra- tegic facilities planning, pre- project planning, architecture and interior design, project management, and relocation consulting services. ■ Principal Brinton of FP+A, Inc. elected secretary of IFMA
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