Las Vegas General Contracting News & Press
Affordable Concepts, Inc. (ACI) recently celebrated the designation of Certified Healthcare Constructor (CHC) for Arlye Scott Weisheim, Executive Vice President and Nelson Cumana, Vice President. The CHC is a national credential issued by the American Hospital Association (AHA) Certification Center that distinguishes an individual as being among the elite in the critical field of healthcare construction.
To earn the CHC, an individual must satisfy eligibility requirements that incorporate a blend of professional experience and education, agree to adhere to the AHA Professional Standards of Conduct, and pass the CHC Certification Examination. The examination assesses the knowledge required of a competent healthcare construction manager in the areas of industry fundamentals, processes, safety, and financial stewardship. The CHC Program supports the community of healthcare construction professionals and certificants demonstrate their continued development to the profession by maintaining the certification through participation in professional development activities.
Affordable Concepts, Inc. (ACI) recently completed the Brown Hand Clinic & Surgery Center, a 15,998 sq. ft. tenant improvement project in Siena Pavilion II. Owned by Brown Hand Center, Inc. and designed by HMC Architects, the design-build project takes up the entire second floor of the three-story office building and is located at 2865 Siena Heights Drive in Henderson, Nevada.
This build-out necessitated the addition of a new stairway in the center of the building to comply with all exiting requirements. The surgery center occupies approximately 10,000 sf. ft. of the second floor and includes two Class “C” Surgery Rooms and six Pre-Op and Post Anesthesia Care Unit spaces. A new emergency power generator was provided for the Surgery Center.
ACI’s original budget was based on a one sheet floor plan provided by the owner. Once all documents were completed and the Building Department, Fire Department & State Licensing issues were addressed, the final cost came in just 2% over the original budget.
InBusiness Las Vegas
September 2009
By: Construction Connection
Healthcare Construction Management Las Vegas
Affordable Concepts completes another Valley Hospital phase
Affordable Concepts, Inc. completed Phase I of Valley Hospital's surgery expansion. The project totaled 58,000 square feet with a 30,000-square-foot addition to the existing hospital and a 28,000-square-foot remodel. Eleven new surgery rooms were added during the expansion and a new Post Anesthesia Care Unit was included in the remodel.
The project was managed carefully to avoid interference with the fully operational hospital. This facility was fully integrated with extensive medical gas connections, video feeds, A-pipe HVAC system, emergency power, sophisticated electrical system and ground water removal pumps. Appropriate fire alarms, sprinkler systems, automatic doors and three-hour separation shutters and doors were included. Owned by Universal Health Systems and designed by HKS Architects, the project is located at 620 Shadow Lane. Construction materials include structural steel, concrete and EIFS.
Las Vegas Business Press
August 31, 2009
By: Nevada Contractor
Valley Hospital finishes major expansion
United Health Systems completed a 58,000-sq-ft upgrade of the 37-year-old Valley Hospital Medical Center at 620 Shadow Lane in Las Vegas. Designed by HKS Architects, the project consisted of a 30,000-sq-ft steel-framed, EIFS-clad expansion that added 11 new surgery suites. Roughly 28,000-sq-ft of the existing hospital also was remodeled to create a new post anesthesia care unit. Affordable Concepts Inc. was the general contrac¬tor. Opened in 1972, the 404-bed acute care hospital, on 19.84 acres, had 20,000 admis¬sions and 38,000 emergency room visits in 2008.
InBusiness Las Vegas
August 2009
By: Construction Connection
Affordable Concepts earns Safe Site award for hospital project
Challenging site conditions notwithstanding, Affordable Concepts' expansion of the surgery department at Valley Hospital has "gone extremely well for us, especially our safety procedures," said company Superintendent Pat Crosby.
"We assembled a very competent team of subcontractors for this project that all share in our commitment to safety," Crosby said. "Our ultimate goal is to make sure that everyone that steps onto this project on a daily basis gets back home safely to their families."
Affordable Concepts began the negotiated-contract expansion project in early 2008 and anticipates completing the job in early 2010.
The contractor is building a new 58,000-square-foot structure that will house 11 operating suites. When complete the hospital's surgery facility will move into the new building while Affordable Concepts remodels the existing building.
"With 30,000 square feet of this project being built as an addition immediately adjacent to the existing operating rooms, this has been a difficult project from the onset," said "Nelson Cumana, Affordable Concepts' project manager on the site. "I am extremely proud of our team's safety record on this job. Thanks to Pat Crosby and Labor Foreman Felix Duran, the facility was able to continue its normal operating procedures during the entire course of construction, and no one was ever put in harm's way."
With a significant portion of the project nestled against a standing building, Affordable Concepts was required to excavate a 30-foot basement next to the foundation.
"On top of that monumental task, we had to contend with groundwater and caliche," Crosby said. "This project required extensive planning and cooperation from all our subs in order to avoid any injuries or delays. Our ability to use a technique called "soil nailing" was instrumental in assuring us that despite all the obstacles put before us, we were able to perform the required scope of work with no safety incidents and in a timely manner.
Soil Nailing is a way of constructing retaining walls from the top down, using steel tendons drilled and grouted into the soil to create a composite mass similar to a gravity wall.
Southwest Contractor
August, 2009
Affordable Concepts Completes Recording Studio
Affordable Concepts completed the tenant improvements for Odds On Records & Studios. The 8,500-sq-ft renovation of the high-end facility required triple lids and walls as well as isolation slabs, doors and windows in order to create the correct acoustical environment. The studio was designed by Yanchar Design and Consulting Group. Read article
Las Vegas Business Press
July 20, 2009
By: Tony Illia
Projects
Affordable Concepts Inc. completed a one-story, 12,762-square-foot addition to Spring Valley Hospital at 5400 S. Rainbow Blvd. in Las Vegas. The cast-in-place concrete tilt-wall expansion, designed by HKS Architects, will house the hospital's Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. It increases the 6-year-old, 210-bed hospital's size by 4 percent. The four-story, 319,000-square-foot facility, which sits on 35.5 acres, is owned and operated by King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Systems of Universal Health Services. Read article
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Affordable Concepts's Business Model
Affordable Concepts is a commercial general contractor that performs tenant improvements as well as new projects for retailers, medical offices, industrial centers, and schools.
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Southwest Contractor
July, 2009
Affordable Concepts Awarded New Office Building
Affordable Concepts Inc. was awarded the construction of a new Class A office building by Craig P. Kenny & Associates, Attorneys at Law. The four-story, 25,000-sq-ft building was designed by Jawa Studios. Located at 8th Street and Clark Avenue, the project sits on .5 acres and is scheduled to be completed by February. The facility will house the law offices on the first three floors and will include a basketball court on the fourth floor.