Steel frame nears completion (February 14, 2002)

Trumbull-Nelson Construction Company is working closely with the Penfield Family Limited Partnership to design and deliver a 42,000 square foot warehouse that will include both warehouse and office space. The building is being constructed within Great Hollow Park, in Hanover, New Hampshire. Building tenants include Hanover Transfer and Storage, and Lebanon Packaging.

Employing a Design/Build delivery system, the Company and its Project Manager, Tom Jellison, have assumed full responsibility for quality, budget, schedule, and performance of the completed facility. This ‘single point of contact’ approach typically means that owners can focus on the scope of the work, and on critical decision making, rather than on the coordination of architect/designer and contractor.

Development partner Kent Penfield is a strong advocate of the Design/Build delivery approach in commercial construction. “We got caught in the permitting quagmire and lost three months of pre-winter building. Tom Jellison and the Trumbull-Nelson crew wasted no time in getting to work and creating innovative means of making up for lost time,” comments Penfield. “Tom leads brainstorming sessions with the owner, the subs and the future tenants in true design-build fashion, wherein no question is stupid and good ideas are formulated. On this project, time savings are almost as important as money saving ideas.”

Each year, a large number of T-N construction projects are delivered on a Design/Build basis. In addition to potential timesavings, the system offers owners early knowledge of firm costs, higher quality, and cost-effectiveness. On the Penfield Project, Jellison, Project Superintendent Frank Sanborn and Foreman Larry Belloir developed processes to increase efficiency in both design and construction. One particular time and money saving method utilized by this team involved the building of multiple bays on the ground, and lifting them into place with large cranes.

The Project is scheduled for completion in June. A few key subcontractors on the Penfield Project include: Potter Construction, of White River Junction, VT; Newcon Builders Inc., of Lakeport, NH; Miller Construction Inc., of Windsor, VT; John L. Carter Sprinkler Co., of Bow, NH; Gastech, of Hartland, VT; D.G. Electric, of Springfield, VT; and Clearwater Plumbing and Heating, of Lebanon, NH.

Trumbull-Nelson crew begins siding of warehouse