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profile ledcor – napa
Project Details
Located on Main Street between Fifth
and Third streets on the west bank of the
Napa River, the Napa Riverfront is a
mixed-use project, consisting of 40,000
square feet of commercial, 30,000
square feet of office space and 50 resi-
dential condominium units.
The project is being developed by
Channel Properties and will include two
mixed-use towers with space for offices,
condos, restaurants and other retail,
and will be connected by a 40-foot-wide
deck along the Napa River.
Ledcor is currently managing the
installation of the mechanical/electri-
cal/plumbing systems and has complet-
ed the metal framing.
The building broke ground in May
2007 and is expected to be completed by
February 2009.
38 b&c southwest fall 2008
Overcoming Challenges
Dewatering and staging of equipment
and workers was also an issue on the
Riverfront project, since the building is
located on the river.
“We have to carefully stage each sub-
contractor and deal with the parking of
the personnel on-site to make sure all
merchants remain happy,” he says.
Because the development is along the
waterfront, the logistics of material
delivery had to be well-timed. Its prox-
imity to the river also required that the
groundwater level on the project be
lowered, and 24/7 water treatment was
required.
“We have to limit what we can keep on
site, so instead of getting lead times
months ahead of time we get more small-
er, frequent drop-offs,” Baptista explains.
“We really plan the staging area and
are careful so that we can bring in only
material that is needed at any particular
time but so that the subcontractors can
easily access it when needed.”
With as many as 40 subcontractors on
the project at peak, Baptista says the
advantage of working with an experi-
enced crew is that it can work on multi-
ple projects within the tri-level building
at one time.
As Napa continues to be a popular
destination, fueling additional invest-
ments, Ledcor’s Napa location will con-
tinue to grow. x
Clear Water provides comprehensive water treatment
services to the construction industry. The groundwater
level on the Napa Riverfront project needed to be lowered
and 24/7 water treatment was required. An automated sys-
tem performed this treatment and real-time status was
transmitted to the Clear Water for management decisions
and reporting.