Merck names Mathers as Contractor of the Month

The Mathers Team was honored on Oct. 6 as the Contractor of the Month at Merck, Sharpe & Dohme located in Elkton, Va.

The award is given by Jacobs Construction Management and Merck and is based on different areas of performance, but most importantly, safety. Jacobs and Merck pride themselves on the small number of contractor accidents and their enforcement programs that exceed standards on state and national levels.

“This is a tremendous honor for Mathers given our own focus on safety,” said Glen Davidson, the Merck Project Manager for the Mathers Team.

“For Mathers, safety is our top priority. We’re glad to be able to work with people like Jacobs and Merck who feel the same way that we do when it comes to workplace safety,” said Teresa Gauldin, the president and CEO at Mathers.

Posted on October 6, 2011

Mathers completes work on Buffalo Gap High School press box

The Mathers Team has completed work on a project to build a new press box on the athletic field at Buffalo Gap High School.

The 1,200-square-foot, two-story facility replaces the press box facility at BGHS that was destroyed in a June storm.

The structure is split face CMU, structural wood floor and roof systems and a shingle and EPDM roofing. The first floor includes men’s and women’s ADA-accessible restrooms, a concession area and storage room. The second floor will house the press and coaches areas.

The roof will be an accessible open area for filming and viewing.

Posted on September 26, 2011

Mathers Team working on several projects at WhiteWave

Work continues on a project at the WhiteWave facility in Mount Crawford to construct a 32-foot extension of an existing tank hall.

The extension includes two new tank foundations, one on each side of the new hall. The tank foundations will allow the addition of four new tanks, one of which has recently been installed.

Mathers is responsible for the general works package, which is the on-grade infrastructure including the concrete foundations, slab on grade and minor demolition work.

During the course of the tank hall project, Mathers was successful in acquiring a number of other projects at the WhiteWave facility. Mathers was awarded the Aldose Room project, which is the conversion of an existing wash-down area into a production-grade area. Mathers was also awarded the installation of two product silos, one of which was installed through the roof. The other will be replacing an existing silo on the east end of the building with a new stainless-steel silo.

Posted on September 22, 2011

Great progress on Lineweaver project

The Mathers Team is giving the J.R. Lineweaver senior apartment complex a complete exterior overhaul.

Work began on the project in mid-August. Mathers crews are working on a new entrance canopy for the building with soffit lighting and internal rain gutters.

Two small canopies have been added to the 3,070 doors in the complex, and the main entrance storefront is being replaced.

As the exterior is being replaced, all of the PTACs are being replaced.

The project is scheduled for completion in November.

Posted on September 22, 2011

Mathers continues progress on Ball Corp. addition

Mathers Team work crews continue work toward a December 2011 completion date on a 9,020-square-foot addition to the Ball Advanced Aluminum Technologies Corp. facility in Verona, Va.

The pre-engineered metal building is the first phase of a future build-over of the manufacturing area at Ball with additions totaling approximately 112,000 square feet under roof.

The value of the current ongoing project is approximately $660,000.

Posted on September 21, 2011

Mathers Team exec leads Waynesboro Y renovation

Steve Farmer remembers what pushed the Waynesboro YMCA to do something about outdated women’s locker room. It came the day that the Y arranged to take a group of women who had been raising concerns about the locker-room facilities for women on a tour of the men’s locker room.

“They were a little upset that the men’s room was so much nicer than the women’s. That’s when it hit that we needed to do something,” said Farmer, the vice president of operations at the Waynesboro-based Mathers Team and a member of the Y’s board of directors, who has played a key role in the ongoing $50,000 renovation project.

Farmer has a sort of personal interest in the Y. “I started swimming on the swim team at age 5, and took swim lessons there at 2 or 3. I’ve been a member as long as I can remember,” said Farmer, who was a member of the Shenandoah Marlins Aquatic Club swim team through high school and was rewarded for his hard work and success with SMAC with a full-ride swimming scholarship to Auburn University. Read more

Posted on September 19, 2011