On Saturday May 14th, Terra Contracting, Galt Development, and The Barricade Company showed up with Los Vaqueros Las Vegas to salvage two playgrounds from Boys and Girls Club and deliver a playground to St. Jude’s Ranch for Children.
TERRA Contracting is innovating again. Many in the pebble overlay industry use epoxies to “glue” the pebbles to the concrete and then place a fine film of polyaspartic over the pebbles in an attempt to keep the epoxy from yellowing, caused by the UV rays of the sun. TERRA, however, uses polyaspartic to “glue” the pebbles to the concrete, and then we place 10 mills of the polyaspartic over the pebbles. This system will not yellow.
Terra Contracting employees and other volunteers removed retaining wall pavers from an elementary school garden slated for demolition and transported them to be re-used at St. Jude’s in a future gardening project.
St. Jude’s Ranch for Children kicked off the initial stages of its Healing Center construction project to provide safe therapeutic homes for child victims of sex trafficking.
Terra Contracting, a full-service land development General Contractor based in Las Vegas with over 30 years of experience in underground utility installation, announces a new line of service that will save public and private entities millions of dollars in maintenance and construction costs by enabling the safe repair of underground vaults.
Terra’s Volunteering at Los Vaqueros school
Recently, early morning Saturday activities had Los Vaqueros putting a big smile on the faces of students, parents, teachers, and the principal of Gene Ward Elementary. From the original grey scale building to the now colorful and welcoming Elementary School, volunteers, including Terra Contracting, powered through the project with smiles and paint flying.
STATE ROUTE 160 AND BUFFALO DRIVE FOR CLARK COUNTY NV “RED LIGHT / GREEN LIGHT” — This 200ft x 200ft Right-of-Way was constructed on a very short schedule, working day and night shifts to keep existing traffic flowing. Terra Contracting not only constructed the signal system but also the 500ft advance-warning system, relocation of existing facilities, grading, paving, and striping.
SANOSTEE DAY SCHOOL NEW MEXICO FOR BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (BIA) “WILD WEST CONSTRUCTION” — A 15-acre school project in the middle of the western New Mexico desert. Our scope included the earthwork, on/off-site utilities, SWPPP, head-walls, cattle guards, and directional boring. Along with the typical site grading, Terra constructed a 3-pond sewer lagoon system including the concrete head-walls and all piping systems. It is amazing what Terra can do with an excavator, blade, scraper, loader, and water truck.
FORT BLISS EL PASO TEXAS FOR USACE “AT THE WATER’S EDGE” — Terra installed over 8000ft of storm sewer systems; connecting to existing buildings, systems, and detention basins. This was one of three head-walls constructed by Terra and the flattest of the 3 slopes. Terra utilized talented operators in the 330 excavators to excavate safely, pipe quickly, and backfill to strict density requirements.
FORT BLISS EL PASO TEXAS FOR UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE) “ALL LIT UP” — Terra’s installation of 165 lights for a future military tank parking lot was not dim. The coordination with the slip-form-paving put the lights on the GC’s critical path and Terra never failed to make the schedule. In addition to the lights, Terra also constructed a 365-rod grounding system; at which time Terra developed an installation procedure that achieved the best grounding result of any contractor at that time.