GARY DAVENPORT RETIRES FROM WESTPRO CONSTRUCTION
One of the greats in our business has decided to hang up the cookie bag and the hard hat. Gary Davenport got his start as a W.R. Grace salesman over 40 years ago and was hired a few years later by his best customer, Western Fireproofing Company. Seven years ago he became an owner and […]
HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM WESTPRO CONSTRUCTION
HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM WESTPRO CONSTRUCTION Happy Halloween from everyone at WestPro Construction. Have a fun, safe and spooky day. We thought we would celebrate the day with a little Edgar Allan Poe – THE RAVEN! The RavenEdgar Allan Poe, 1809 – 1849Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume […]
FEATURED PROJECT: LOEWS CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL
FEATURED PROJECT: LOEWS CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL Project Overview Facility: Loews Kansas City Convention Center Hotel General Contractor: JE Dunn Construction Architect: Cooper Carry, Atlanta GA; Garcia Architects, KC MO Services: Hufcor Operable Partitions Project Overview The Nettles team collaborated with Cooper Carry and Garcia Architects as well as with J.E. Dunn Construction to install Hufcor operable partitions in […]
FEATURED PROJECT: BG PRODUCTS, INC.
FEATURED PROJECT: BG PRODUCTS, INC. Project Overview Facility: BG Products, Inc. General Contractor: Adam Doll, Dondlinger Construction Co. Architect: Vince Haines, Gravity::Works Architecture Services: Lightweight Insulating Concrete Roof Deck (LWIC) Project Overview The Nettles Construction team worked with Gravity::Works Architecture and Dondlinger Construction to install a lightweight insulating concrete (LWIC) roof deck on a large expansion at […]
RED FRIDAY – WESTPRO CONSTRUCTION STYLE
RED FRIDAY – WESTPRO CONSTRUCTION STYLE At WestPro Construction, we do not do anything halfway. We do not do roof decks halfway. We do not do floor underlayment halfway. We do not do spray fireproofing halfway. We do not do operable partitions halfway. And we definitely do not do Red Friday halfway. Go Chiefs!!! […]
FEATURED PROJECT: FOLDING LIGHT AT THE OKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER
FEATURED PROJECT: FOLDING LIGHT AT THE OKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER Facility: Folding Light, Oklahoma City General Contractor: Smith and Pickel Construction Architect: Rand Elliott Architects Services: Lightweight Insulating Concrete Roof Deck (LWIC) Project Overview Nettles Construction Solutions was instrumental in the construction of an intricate and unique building. Folding Light, scheduled to open in January 2020, will be […]
FEATURED PROJECT: FAMILY CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE
FEATURED PROJECT: FAMILY CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE Project Overview Facility: Family Center for Juvenile Justice, Tulsa County General Contractor: Crossland Construction Company Architect: Selser Schaefer Architects Services: Lightweight Insulating Concrete Roof Deck (LWIC), Tectum E Roof Deck, and Sprayed Fireproofing The Nettles team worked with Selser Schaefer Architects and Crossland Construction on the design and construction of the new Tulsa County Family […]
FEATURED PROJECT: VILLAGE COOPERATIVE OF VERONA HILLS
FEATURED PROJECT: VILLAGE COOPERATIVE OF VERONA HILLS Project Overview Facility: Village Cooperative of Verona Hills General Contractor: MW Builders Service: Gypsum Floor Underlayment The Problem The Village Cooperative of Verona Hills is a multi-family wood frame project. The building’s floor-ceiling assemblies are required to achieve a one-hour floor/ceiling fire rating per code. The client needed an efficient […]
USING GYPSUM UNDERLAYMENT TO ACHIEVE ONE-HOUR FIRE RATING
Building codes mandate that all multi-family wood-frame construction projects must achieve a one-hour fire rating (a one-hour separation from floor to ceiling) in the floor-ceiling assemblies. However, there are more than 125 different ways to achieve this rating using different combinations of materials including rock, plywood, lightweight concrete, etc. At Nettles Construction Solutions, we […]
BOWLING WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION (NAWIC)
BOWLING WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION (NAWIC) At WestPro Construction, our team does more than just play ping pong and eat chili. We can bowl too. We recently participated in the the 2019 SuperBowl fundraiser with the Kansas City chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC). We were sponsors […]
