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Spring 2018A Quarterly Publicationfrom Layton Construction Companywww.laytonconstruction.com

12 | The Last WordApp-Titude

David S. Layton

2 | Nuts & BoltsLayton in the News

10 | Subcontractor ProfileMidwest D•Vision Solutions

InstructurePleasant Grove, Utah | Page 4

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Layton’s Michelle Patey, project assistant in the company’s Health-care Group, was lauded recently by United Fire Authority in Salt Lake City with the Unified Lifesaving Award for actions that helped save her husband’s life. Following an early morning cardiac event six months ago, Michelle kicked in to action, calling 911 and beginning CPR on her husband, Robert. “If it weren’t for the firemen and me knowing CPR, he wouldn’t be here,” Michelle Patey said tearfully, as quoted in a story by the Salt Lake City-based Deseret News. Robert was quoted as saying his wife is his hero, though she said she never thought she was doing anything heroic when she made the simple decision to take advantage of the CPR training offered by her employer, Layton Construction. L.I.F.E.— Layton Injury Free Environment — is Layton’s safety focus to motivate employees to be safe at all times, at work, at home and at play. In this case, the dividends were immeasurable. A life was saved. Congratulations, Michelle.

Aloha LifeUniversity of Hawaii’s new Life Sciences Building boasts two firsts for state Hawaii will see a couple of firsts with the construction of the new Life Sciences Building in Honolulu on the Manoa campus of the University of Hawaii. Firstly, the state’s only trans-

mission electron microscope will reside in the building, which is also the first large-scale design-build project for the University of Hawaii. Layton is leading the design-build team of this LEED Silver

candidate facility. The $50 mil-lion, 72,000-square-foot build-ing includes teaching, labora-tory and office support spaces for the College of Natural Resources biology, botany and microbiology departments, as

well as the Pacific Biosciences Research Center. Scheduled for completion in early 2020, a current challenge includes soil remediation work at the construction site.

Layton leads the design-build team con-structing the 72,000-square-foot Life Sci-ences Building at the University of Hawaii.

Employee Michelle Patey saved her husband, Rob-ert, (pictured with her) from a cardiac event after taking a CPR class offered by Layton’s safety team.

Employee’s safety training saves her husband’s life

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Loma Linda ministry building latest in decade-long relationship

Making Men Whole New York City-based Deloitte recently announced plans to open a U.S. Delivery Center located at The Commons at Rivu-lon, which will bring 1,500 jobs to Gilbert, Arizona. The multinational professional ser-vices company will fill one of two 102,000-square-foot buildings being built by Layton, including Deloitte’s tenant im-provements, continuing Layton’s success-ful relationship with Nationwide Realty Investors, developer and owner of Rivulon. Once completed, the facility will operate as a technology operations delivery center, which will help Deloitte drive cloud and cognitive technology-based solutions to clients in Arizona, as well as the rest of the United States.

Deloitte adds 1,500 Arizona jobs in 102,000-square-foot Layton build

Layton’s partnership with Loma Linda University spans a decade, beginning with construction of Loma Linda University Medi-cal Center in Murrieta, California. Several projects later, work with Loma Linda is ex-panding from healthcare projects to include construction of a new ministry building at the heart of the Loma Linda University Health campus, the non-profit religious corporation of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Loma Linda University Health serves the Seventh-day Adventist Church in its mission “to make man whole” physically, intellectually,

emotionally and spiritually. The 67,000-square-foot ministry building features a 10,000 square-foot amphitheater, 17,000 square feet of terraces and 60,000 square feet dedicated to classrooms and a fellowship hall, serving one of the largest Seventh-day Adventist congregations in the world. A 40-foot artistic metal panel spire will adorn the building. Working within several feet of an existing building, shoring was required to complete the 20-foot over-exca-vation below grade.

Layton’s healthcare construction footprint continues to widen, with completion of the Grand Strand Medical Center expansion in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Layton’s resume of challenging vertical expansions built on existing healthcare cam-puses extends with the two-story build-out on top of four existing floors, which includes 24 medical/surgical beds and 24 inpatient rehabilitation rooms. The healthcare campus was also enhanced with a 10,000-square-foot linear accelera-tor facility and free-standing central energy plant. Construction was completed, without incident, with the medical center fully opera-tional and while weathering the storm of two hurricanes — Matthew in 2016 and Irma in 2017.

‘Grand’ expansion happens amidst two hurricanes

Layton continues to help healers throughout the country, this time with an expansion to Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, S.C.


Instructure, Pleasant Grove, Utah

Instructure’s new Pleasant Grove, Utah, location has become the company’s flagship, despite already having locations in Chicago, Seattle, Philadelphia, San Francisco, London, Sydney, Hong Kong, Brazil and headquarters in Salt Lake City.


Utah-based tech ed firm making a splash with new officesSTORY BY GREG BENNETTPHOTOS BY PAIGE PRYOR

en years ago, Instructure started

with an idea that the academic

world could use a nice infusion of

innovation. Enter Canvas — the only true,

cloud-native learning management system

— now being used to connect millions of

teachers and learners at 2,000 campuses

around the world.

Three years after starting, Instructure had

two dozen employees and was incubating on

the second floor of Layton Construction’s

office building in Sandy. Then Canvas of-

ficially launched — skyrocketing the com-

pany beyond all expectations.

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One major goal of the interior build out was to keep up with the technological needs of the company. Each space balances technological strength and flexible use.

By 2015, the company had moved to its headquarters in Salt Lake City and was busting at the seams with 700 employees. “We were dramatically running out of space at our headquarters,” says Evelyn Guerra, director of of-fice administration for Instructure. “Plus, we needed to expand to bring new talent to the company.”

A TRIP TO THE SLOPES The need to open a new location took Instructure to Pleasant Grove,

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Start DateOct. 30, 2017

End DateMar. 2, 2018

Total Square Footage32,500

ArchitectHUB Studio

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> > > “I’m glad we had Layton involved from the beginning. We worked through changes and decisions with mutual respect and in a way that brought an amazing final product.”

Evelyn GuerraDirector of office administration, Instructure

Utah, in the heart of Utah’s tech-nology sector commonly known as Silicon Slopes. “The location is great for finding

new talent and is still close to our headquarters,” Evelyn says. Then, the company just needed to get the new offices ready.

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Design ideas and branding included in the Pleasant Grove office are now being transitioned into the company’s headquarters in Salt Lake City.

Integrated architectural ele-ments and floating walls allow for sound reduction while still

allowing for an open feel.

NETWORKING SYSTEMS Evelyn and Instructure hired HUB Studio, led by founder and creative director Timaree Later, to develop an interior design and architecture plan that illustrated the company brand and would be repeatable as Instructure moved to other markets. “We love working with clients and helping them identify how to communicate their brand and culture through space,” Timaree says. “Then, when you’re set up like that, you can make a plan to carry that to other locations, while also adapting to the local feel.”

This set up allows visitors and employees to have a family Instruc-ture feel while also giving some latitude for individualizing the look to reflect the local community. The design consistency also makes opening a new office — which Instructure is doing at a rapid pace now — easier because major design decisions have already been made. “Then, we just adapt those — and include some of the local feel — to open a new space efficiently and effectively,” Timaree says. Timaree had worked with Layton on previous projects — including

Drywall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Enterprises

Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hunt Electric, Inc.

Furnishings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Midwest Commercial Interiors

Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . United Subcontractors, Inc.

Millwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Client’s Design, Inc.

Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fisher Painting, Inc.

Window Coverings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Right Touch Installs

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Synthetic grass on the floor — and even in light fixtures — is a unique interest element and offers

natural textures to the interior of the office.

designing the Layton corporate offices — and had positive experi-ences. “We’ve worked with a lot of contractors over the last 10 or 15 years and Layton is the best, in my opinion,” Timaree says. “We’ve developed a great relation-ship and it makes the process go more smoothly when you have a general contractor that you can work with.” Timaree’s connections with Instructure and Layton brought the two together, with Layton’s Interior Construction Specialists being involved from the beginning. “We do a lot of interviews for projects and we quickly liked everyone involved with this one,” says Correy Selden, preconstruc-

“Layton is different from other contractors in the market-place. I noticed that a long time ago. They have a process that works well and I look forward to future projects with them.” Timaree Later

Founder and creative director, HUB Studio

tion manager with Layton. “We liked them. We were over the moon when we were awarded the job. We quickly felt like team-mates, real partners.”

CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM First-impressions accolades aside, all parties had to quickly learn to communicate to ensure an out-come that was within budget, met the design needs of the company

and could be replicated in future locations. The team members quickly got their heads together to bring the vision to life. “We wanted to be open and direct from the beginning,” Evelyn says. “That helped us work through difficulties and get the best possible results.” Decisions were value engineered, allowing for the best possible results as budget restraints loomed.

Layton’s superintendent, Philip Daley, kept things moving day to day. “Timaree and her team did a great job of adapting the scope to meet budget needs, but was still able to keep the ‘wow’ effect,” says David Knorr, project manager with Layton. “From the begin-ning to the end, we looked out for one another and the end result is amazing.”

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THE END RESULT The Pleasant Grove location — despite being the 10th Instructure office to open — has quickly become a focal point of the com-pany’s culture and recruiting. “It has become our flagship location,” Evelyn says. “We’ve now been asked by our senior manage-ment team to take this same look and feel and bring it to all of our offices — including our headquar-

ters in Salt Lake City.” The project has also become a showpiece for Layton and HUB Studio. “People want to tour this space and see what Instructure has done with it,” Correy says. “Last year, this was one of our most requested projects to show and I can see why.” Timaree enjoys watching how employees interact with the space and learning from real-world use.

InstructureQuick Notes

• Tenant improvement work

was built simultaneously to

construction of the building’s

core and shell. Layton’s Interior

Construction Specialists team ex-

pedited the construction schedule

and project turnover date. Early

integration with the owner and

the design team was essential to

the success of the project.

• Layton ICS worked with the team

in keeping the overall costs in

check, and when ideas or ele-

ments deviated from the budget,

found creative ways that worked

for Instructure, while keeping the

design aesthetic in place.

• Instructure was cleared to move

in the same day the building’s

core and shell builders received

their certificate of occupancy.

“It’s interesting to see how people use the elements we envi-sioned,” she says. “It also helps us as we work on the design of other locations. Coming back to see all that is one of my favorite parts of the job.” This commitment to life-long learning is what put Instructure on the map — and it’s what makes this construction team among the best.

The panda theme can be found throughout the space and will be included in other locations as they are redesigned, too.

The Pleasant Grove office has made recruiting quality talent to work at Instructure easier because of the friendly space and abundant amenities.

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When Sean Wright and Marshall Tate wanted to expand the

work their company — Midwest D•Vision Services — was doing in flooring, they wanted to be more than just another subcontractor in the space. They truly wanted to be a solu-tion to the needs of their clients. “Our goal was not just to be an-other Division 9 finishes provider,” Sean says. “We wanted to go to the contractor community and see what areas they were frustrated with and become the solution they needed to solve those frustrations. We built our business around the feedback we received from those trusted partners — including Layton’s Interior Construction Specialists.” The answer has been an expan-sion in areas ranging from flooring

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TYPES OF WORK• Glass & Glazing• Doors & Hardware• Flooring• Specialties

EMPLOYEES• 75

HIGH-PROFILE LAYTON JOBS• Instructure offices (Pleasant Grove, Utah)

• Entrata (Lehi, Utah)• PRA Health Services (Millcreek, Utah)

CONTACT INFORMATIONMidwest D•Vision Solutions965 W. 2480 S.South Salt Lake, UT 84119(801) 377-4355d-visionsolutions.com

to doors to glazing. Really, it has turned the 80-year-old company into a valued partner for all of those end-of-the-project finishes that can be among the most stress-ful jobs to finalize. “Our 10-year plan to become a multi-scope, skilled entity that was easy to work with in these areas has been moved up to a three-year plan,” Sean says. “The response we’ve received has been exciting and led us to move into areas more quickly because our trusted partners have asked us to.” Grayson Jones, an account

manager in Division 9 flooring, led a team that completed work with Layton’s Interior Construction Spe-cialists on the Instructure offices in Pleasant Grove, Utah, featured on the cover of this issue of Foun-dation. The Midwest team did concrete polishing, flooring, brick and veneer work and furniture. “We had a great experience work-ing with the Layton team on that project,” Grayson says. “There were challenges, but Layton is a great partner that focuses on solutions for those challenges. We work well with that approach.”

Solving ProblemsMidwest D•Vision Solutions focuses on end-of-the-job needs for partner contractors

“We consider Layton a partner. Partners are focused on long-term mutual success in-stead of looking at things project-by-project. We value working with Layton.”

Sean WrightPresident, Midwest D•Vision Solutions

Midwest D•Vision SolutionsSean Wright, president (left) and Grayson Jones, account

manager are two of the leaders that have made Midwest D•Vision Solutions a valued Layton partner.

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Building the BayThree years of NorCal work enhances Layton’s people, places and things

Since opening its Northern California office three years ago, Layton’s San Jose-

based team has marked significant growth and achieved many notable successes.

PEOPLE• Layton’s team has more than

doubled in size, from 30 profes-sionals in early 2015 to 76 people in a variety of construc-tion management and support positions today, and will triple 2015 revenues in 2018.

• Layton was recognized as a Bronze Level Family-Friendly Workplace by the County of Santa Clara’s Commission on the Status of Women, Office of Women’s Policy, and Workplace Collaborative in 2017.

• ENR California magazine selected Whitney Walter, vice president, from among 70 nominees and named her as one of 20 Top Young Professionals for 2017.

PLACES The market has expanded from its start in San Jose to Sacramento and beyond. Teams are local, yet diverse, and have helped Layton exceed clients’ expectations. Here’s a sampling of completed projects:• Acadia San Jose Behavioral

Health, San Jose• Adventist Health Selma Renova-

tions, Selma• Adventist Health Sonora Renova-

tions, Sonora• Asurion, San Mateo• El Camino Hospital Renovations,

Los Gatos• John Muir Medical Center Reno-

vations, Concord• San Mateo County Maple Street

Correctional Facility, Redwood City

• Sutter Sacramento General Hos-pital Renovations, Sacramento

THINGS• The San Jose-based team has

diversified its project base to include for-profit, not-for-profit and public/state work construc-

Adventist Health Selma Renovation, Selma

Layton’s Northern California team has worked on a number of high-visibility projects including the San Mateo County Maple Street Correctional Facility in Redwood City.

tion projects.• The team has penetrated the mar-

ket, engaging with 10 of the top 12 California/national healthcare owners.

• Layton executed new projects with three major health system providers in the region, including Sutter Health, Alameda Health and Dignity Health.

• San Jose-based staff members currently manage more than 60 active projects.

• Sutter Health, serving more than 100 communities in Northern California, selected Layton as a preferred constructor to renovate eight Sutter facility pharmacies.

• Sutter Health Palo Alto Medical

Foundation Danville Clinic be-came a model of success for lean construction and pull planning, to accelerate schedules, focus on continual improvement and pro-mote increased collaboration at all levels. Its success has carried over as a standard on other projects.

• Won a five-year Construction Management Agency (CMA) contract with Santa Clara Coun-ty, with the ability to negotiate work up to $50 million without having to go through a tradition-al RFP/interview process.

• San Mateo County Maple Street Correctional Center received a Silicon Valley Business Journal 2016 Structures Award.

App-TitudeLayton’s technology revolution is bringing more efficient outcomes

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Technology is king. In virtually

every facet of our lives, technol-ogy guides us. From our mobile devices, vehicles

and homes, we are intertwined with innovations that improve life. In this issue of Foundation, we spotlight Instructure, a company that is part of an educational revolution underpinned with a technology platform. The company’s learning management systems are used by mil-lions of passionate students around the world. Layton is fortunate to see Instructure’s phenomenal growth, and we are grateful for the company’s trust and confidence in our team to create a dynamic physical work space for their employees, which resonates in how their employees deliver cus-tomer service and software. Layton is involved in a tech revolu-tion of our own in the construction industry. In recent years, we have invested heavily in both technology and people to improve efficiencies and deliver construction projects fast-er, more cost effectively — including fewer changes, shorter job-site meet-

ings, fewer requests for information, etc. — and with increased quality. Our Building Information Modeling (BIM) team works in the pre-construction phase to do three-dimensional spatial coordination. Working with owners, architects and subcontractors, they vet the design and find problems — typically is-sues of layout and compatibility of electrical, mechanical, plumbing and fire protection — before the project is under construction and issues can stop work, affect the schedule and result in changes. Formerly, working with two-dimensional paper prints, we usually found conflicts at the jobsite, where subcontractors often battled for space and schedule. Con-flicts are now solved on the screen, not on the construction project floor. Visualization (VIZ) is seeing what will be built, even to the detail of room color schemes and location of electrical outlets, on the screen before the first shovel of dirt is turned. The VIZ team uses three-dimensional renderings and animation to convey the design approach for each project, its needs and schedule. Using virtual reality, mock-ups of projects are done to identify critical elements, to make decisions easier, to lower costs and to

speed up the process. Owners seem to make faster decisions when options are presented with a VR headset on in a 360-degree world. Drone technology is also used in both BIM and VIZ applications, integrating three-dimensional models into aerial drone imagery, to show how a facility will sit on a site — from all angles and all sides — in context with neighboring buildings and land. Drones can also fly a large geographic site in mere minutes to complete a topographic survey, assist-ing the design team with excavation cut and fill analysis. Drones are also being used to communicate jobsite project progress to owners. In many of these technological ap-plications, we’re moving beyond 3D, and adding the fourth dimension of time into the equation as we continue to deliver projects with extremely compressed schedules. While you may be impressed with the app to see who’s ringing the door-bell at your home when you happen to be miles away, know that Layton’s teams are also engaged in some pretty impressive technologies that are mak-ing significant contributions to better buildings well before construction even begins.

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An overhead view of a BIM layout, showing the complexity of construction details.

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