Case Study

Kroger Customer Fulfillment Center

Commercial

Project Overview

Building

Kroger Customer Fulfillment Center (Location: Concord, N.C.)

Project Type

New Construction

Partners

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

Description

Plumbing installation of 200,000 square foot building and Van Wash

Delivery Method

Design-Bid-Build

Duration

SPC Involvment: Sept. 22′- Jan. 24′

Services

  • Plumbing installation

Capabilities

Project Highlights

  • Plumbing Only Scope including the following systems:

    Domestic Water, Compressed Air, Natural Gas, Sanitary Waste and Vent, Storm, Plumbing Fixtures (water closet, urinals, lavatory, sink, water cooler, emergency eye wash stations, trench drains), Plumbing Equipment (water heaters, re-circulation pumps, air compressors/dryers/receivers)

  • Procurement of materials was on time.

  • Quality installation by SPC Field Superintendent Michael Cockerham and crew. Minimal punch list items at the end of project.

  • SPC was contracted on this project after the steel and part of the skin of the building was already complete. Because of this, we had to work quickly to get coordination for the underground plumbing completed through fabrication and to the jobsite. From the time we received a letter of intent, SPC was able to begin installation of the underground 2 weeks later.

Good experience, Stephen & Michael were good to work with. Michael didn’t sugarcoat anything. No job goes perfectly from all fronts, but the in-house BIM team was a big help when it came to the quick turnarounds & being a design build job scopes were constantly changing and SPC’s field guys always had an updated model and directions for the preassembled materials. Positive experience overall, Michael and I had an open communication where we both would both pick up the phone any day of the week or any time of the day to express needs or wants for ongoing work and site conditions or just me calling to give him a heads up/reminder of what was coming up and talk schedule. It was a good opportunity to work with this team, if we come back down from Maryland for another project SPC will be on our bid list for sure.

Zach Merriam, Whiting-Turner Project Manager