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Katherine van Zant is greeted by Elliot Jones
and presented with a campaign contribution
from the NUCA FL PAC for her upcoming race
for the Florida House on August 30.

TOP JOBS AWARDS:
PETTICOAT-SCHMITT
CIVIL CONTRACTORS
(EXCAVATION/SITE
DEVELOPMENT)
Petticoat-Schmitt Civil Contractors was
competitively selected as the sitework construction manager (CM) for Celestina Phase
1, a very unique approach for a private land developer. Its scope as CM was to select
qualified, responsible bidders for each aspect of the project, draft bid documents,
hold pre-bids and bid openings. The company met with the civil engineers, architects
and environmental firms during the design phase to produce the best product for the
best price, which included value engineering, addressing constructability issues and
establishing budgets across each plan iteration. During construction, Petticoat-Schmitt
managed all contractors, coordinated with the owners’ subcontractors, scheduled
the project and held weekly progress meetings. Petticoat-Schmitt also acted as a
contractor for two scopes of the project, while managing six other primary contractors,
several of which were direct competitors.

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DITCHMEN • AUGUST 2016