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From the very first day, the big milestone for this project was to have the main access prepared to a finished lime rock surface so that our client, Reliable Substation, in conjunction with the owner, JEA, could move in and set the first of two very large transformers. Our team did one better by having the project ready before the delivery date! Additionally, when the large transport carrying the 50 ton transformer arrived – with a few critical inches of clearance under the trailer – it was important that the truck could make the turns through the site and into position. Although constructed per design, some of the corner radius angles fell a little short for this mega load to make its way in properly, so our team jumped into immediate action and extended the surface so the driver could make the corners safely and get the transformer to its final location without delay! Kudos to PSCC’s Team Dinsmore for a job done with a high level of teamwork, timeliness, safety and quality! #JEA #webuildlifechanginginfrastructure

Congratulations to The Talleyrand Team for making the cover! See the full article here.. NUCA of Florida June Edition

Check out this article about Seamark Ranch and hear about one of the many ways Petticoat-Schmitt’s President, Ryan Schmitt, demonstrates servant leadership. He’s a remarkable example of our values we call A.C.T. - Accountability, Character and Team. Living and working by these values , we achieve our Mission , Purpose & Vision. #ACT #WhatWeDo #WhyAreWeHere #WhereAreWeGoing Read Post Here

Any good safety program does not rely totally on its own in house version of how the safety process is going. It’s always a good idea to get an outside party to act as a second objective view. HRH Safety has been our safety partner for almost 4 years. One more step in creating a safety culture. Watch video

The first High-Intensity Activated crossWalK (HAWK) with audible message in NE Florida will be installed at the A1A / San Marco intersection in St. Augustine, Florida. Check out the FDOT video HERE

Ocala’s 55-acre artificial wetland park, which hopes to infuse up to 5 million gallons of treated water every day back into the Floridan aquifer is set to open this fall. Officially known as the Wetland Groundwater Recharge Park or just Recharge Park for short, the $6 million project is about 90 percent complete, said Rachel Slocumb, who is with the city’s Water Resources Department. Work on the park began last August and while it’s not a traditional park, it will include more than two miles of trails including boardwalks over the three ponds in the 2200 block of Northwest 21st Street. See Full Article here.

Safety on a construction project has always been a debatable subject. Most owners would probably leave it to the contractor. The reasoning behind this approach is an operational issue in which many owners do not feel comfortable becoming involved. This should not be the case. The owner should set the direction for any upcoming project. Past experience of highly successful construction projects has clearly demonstrated that early and active involvement of the owner has a major impact on the safety and quality performance of all contractors on the job. Rules and regulations are ineffective unless they are understood and enforced. Some of the best rules are simple and to the point. For example, the Golden Rule, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” is short and simple, but provides direction for millions.... More here

Congratulations to Petticoat-Schmitt Civil Contractors Inc. for winning the Excavation/Site Development Category in NUCA’s First Annual Top Jobs Competition. Three finalists were selected by independent judges from each of 10 categories, and NUCA 2016 Convention attendees voted for the winning project from each category. Convention attendees selected Petticoat-Schmitt Contractors for the company’s work on the CalAtlantic Homes’ Celestina site construction project, which consisted of developing the infrastructure necessary to support a total of 616 single family residential lots including the roadways, culvert crossings, reuse mains, potable water mains, four lift stations, sanitary force mains, gravity sewer lines and storm water collection/conveyance systems. The project was on an expedited timeframe in order to maximize capture of the housing market in Northern St. Johns County, Florida. Petticoat-Schmitt was the competitively selected sitework Construction Manager for the project--a very unique approach for a private land developer. Our scope as CM was to select qualified, responsible bidders for each scope of the project, draft bid documents, hold pre-bids and bid openings. We 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 with each plan iteration. During construction, we managed all contractors, coordinated with the owners' subcontractors, scheduled the project and held progress meetings. There were six primary contractors working directly for us, several which are our competitors, and we were a contractor for two scopes as well. The biggest challenge on this project was coordination/scheduling with so many contractors and crews on this a large a project. We had a master schedule that was broken out nearly pipe run to pipe run, and updated periodically. But we also had weekly four week look ahead schedules to ensure that crews weren't in each other’s way but were getting their work installed so the next crew had the area available timely. The owner also had a general contractor onsite who was installing landscape/irrigation, and constructing an amenity center and guardhouse, as well as another contractor who was excavating/selling the soil from part of the ponds onsite. Then the electric provider joined the mix as well as the home builders. Coordinating access to them so they could perform their scope and satisfy the owner's needs, while staying on schedule with our own scope in so many areas of the project at once was definitely challenging. Good communication helped us achieve success. We had a full time dedicated superintendent onsite as well as a project manager. There were weekly meetings where all parties gathered to discuss their needs and challenges for the week, and problems were addressed jointly and openly. “The differentiator of this project was the procurement of the site work services and how we utilized the Construction Management Delivery approach to improve overall contractor performance, value engineer plans during design and maintain market prices for the site work services. The procurement of Petticoat Schmitt as the Construction Manager allowed the project to achieve maximum momentum at the very beginning of construction and to maintain the momentum throughout the construction process because all design documents were well vetted during design.” said "Mo" Rudolph, Vice President of Land Operations for CalAtlantic Homes, “Celestina was a tremendously challenging project and the only way to complete the project was to assemble a team of trusted professionals who worked well together and who understood and were driven to meet the project's success goals. I am proud of the team we assembled and thoroughly enjoyed leading this group of outstanding professionals to a very successful execution of the project,” Rudolph said. NUCA’s Top Job’s Competition is NUCA’s Annual Recognition Program for Premier Utility Construction and Excavation Projects. Congratulations Petticoat-Schmitt Civil Contractors! Watch NUCA’s website for complete details of NUCA’s 2015 Top Jobs Award winners. #IntheNews

A neighborhood of 276 homes will soon be under development near Cecil Commerce Center. Visit Jax Daily Record to continue reading the recent article published bout our involvement. #IntheNews

ORANGE PARK – Jay Adair has been watching Orange Park High School baseball for a few years now. His son Jordan is currently a junior at the school, and his son Jared recently graduated from OPHS. During his years of sitting in the stands rooting for the home team, Adair noticed a small problem with the ballpark after his older son twisted his ankle in a game while leaving the shortstop position and heading toward the outfield to chase the ball. Continue Reading > #IntheNews

Soccer not baseball was Ryan Schmitt’s passion as a student athlete at Orange Park High School. Schmitt, now president of Petticoat-Schmitt Civil Contractors Inc. based in Jacksonville, never forgot the importance for student athletes to have a field of dreams where they can play and hone life skills including teamwork, sportsmanship and the spirit of striving to do their best. Continue Reading > #IntheNews