May 2010
Berks County Community Foundation
The Berks County Community Foundation’s headquarters project earned the LEED-platinum certification, the highest level available to environmentally sustainable or “green” buildings. LEED certification is bestowed by the U.S. Green Building Council based on a rating system that measures a building’s environmental impact. Projects earn LEED points based on items such as site selection, the management of the construction process, water efficiency, energy use, materials selection, indoor air quality, and educational impact.
Reading Phillies
Burkey Construction Co. is construction manager for the Reading Phillies First Energy Stadium expansion and renovation project scheduled to begin in September 2010.
We are currently working with the Reading Phillies and Ewing Cole, the architect and engineer, on the design and pre-construction budget.
Hershey Medical Center Centerview Parking Garage
Burkey Construction recently completed the concrete foundations for the Centerview Parking Garage at the Hershey Medical Center. Burkey worked with Alexander Building Construction on this Penn-State University-owned facility.
UGI LNG, Inc.
Burkey is currently working at the UGI facility in Temple, PA installing process foundations. The project is approximately 40% complete. In September we will be constructing two pre-engineered buildings at the site.
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Burkey Construction Co. is the Construction Manager for several projects for the City of Reading. The Southwest Fire Station is well underway with completion scheduled for mid-September 2010. The City Park Bandshell project will be completed by the end of June, in time for the Berks Art Council’s concerts in the park. The Reading Police Firing Range has begun construction and is scheduled for completion by the end of September. Below are highlights of each project:
Southwest Fire Station
Work has begun on the construction of the Southwest Fire Station for the City of Reading Department of Fire and Rescue Services. The project site is located at the intersection of Lancaster Avenue and Morgantown Road. The building is a 10,400 square foot masonry two-story structure and will accommodate three fire trucks. KCBA Architects of Hatfield, PA is responsible for the design of the building.
Bandshell Renovations
The renovation of the Volunteer Firemen’s Memorial Bandshell in City Park consists of the restoration of the bandshell exterior, pond restoration, renovation of existing features, site furnishings, lighting, and landscape plantings. Simone Collins Landscape Architect Inc. of Berwyn is responsible for the design.
Reading Police Firing Range
Construction of a 100 yard long firing range with 20 firing lanes and a 2,000 sf support building for the Reading Police Department. W2A Architects is responsible for the design.
December 2009
Berks County Community Foundation
Construction of the new LEED-certified headquarters for the Berks County Community Foundation and Community Conference Center was completed in September 2009. The facility is located at the corner of Third and Court Streets in downtown Reading. The first floor is used as the Community Conference Center, the second floor is occupied by the Foundation, and the third floor is for future expansion or lease. LEED is an accreditation process designed by the U.S. Green Building Council, which honors the construction of buildings that are healthier for the environment and for the people who live and work in them.
July 2009
LEED Accredited Professional Designation
Gregory J. Bechtel, Joan Wolfe, and Ron S. Mizerak have all received the LEED Accredited Professional designation from the U.S. Green Building Council. Bechtel is the director of estimating, and Wolfe and Mizerak are project managers. Burkey now has five LEED Accredited Professionals and is committed to building green.
Alvernia University
South Campus Stadium: Work is complete on a multi-purpose field and track area with stadium lighting providing soccer and lacrosse fields for both men’s and women’s sports at the university. An adjacent parking lot was constructed for team participants and spectators.
Angelica Ballfields
Work is complete on two ballfields for men’s and women’s baseball and softball. Each field includes a masonry press box, masonry dugouts, batting tunnels, and scoreboard.
December 2008
Lancaster Laboratories Addition
Burkey Construction Co. recently completed construction of a 50,000 square foot, three-story building addition to Lancaster Laboratories’ South Campus facility in New Holland, PA. The building addition matches the existing building on the campus. Lancaster Labs is the largest contract lab in the country.
Construction Completed on R/C Theatres in Reading PA
Construction of the R/C Theatre, located at 30 N. Second Street in Downtown Reading, was completed in August 2008. The 11-screen movie complex, which includes an IMAX large-scale movie theater, is the largest theatre in Berks County. The 1,700-seat movie complex is equipped with digital sound and pictures.
2007 is proving to be a busy year. Burkey Construction has been awarded a five-year construction management contract by the City of Reading for various projects. This year’s major projects will involve the construction of two new firehouses and renovations to The Pagoda.
Also underway is the construction of a Berkshire Bank branch in Exeter Township as well as a two-story office building on Perkiomen Avenue in Mt. Penn. Burkey is also constructing an addition to SFS Intec’s warehouse facility in the Lincoln Corporate Center in Exeter Township.
Next month Burkey will begin construction of the 11-screen RC Theatre facility at 2nd and Washington Streets in Reading and conversion of the Berks Heim Annex to a Community Corrections Center for the County of Berks.
October 2006
Burkey Construction completed five Boscov's Department Stores on a very tight schedule for this Reading-based department store chain. Four of the five projects consisted of interior renovation to existing buildings in Monroeville, South Hills, Lehigh Valley, and Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania, each approximately 200,000 square feet. A new 200,000 square foot anchor store was constructed in the Logan Town Center Mall in Altoona, Pennsylvania
May 2006
Burkey Construction was recently awarded the general trades package for the additions and alterations to Governor Mifflin High School located in Shillington, Pennsylvania. The project started in late June and consists of five additions and interior renovation of classrooms and corridors . It is a multiple phased project and is expected to be completed in February 2008.
April 2006
Burkey Construction was selected to renovate five Boscov’s Department Stores that were recently acquired in the tri-state area.