CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
Construction Management
Our in-house construction management team is built to impress— successfully matching the right resources and expertise to your real estate plan. Regardless of size or scope, their attention to detail is evident with meticulous project preparedness, careful design evaluation, comprehensive system analysis, and thorough materials selection. It all leads to the long-term operating efficiency of your property. And your total peace of mind.
Project Management
At OWA Construction, we serve our clients by acting as their exclusive agent throughout the planning, design, and construction phases, helping to ensure that quality, cost and schedule objectives are met, and selecting the right team members to suit clients and projects.
Design Management
From planning to closeout, our team will handle every facet of your construction. We evaluate design and construction processes, from design criteria assessment to project management. By using past experience, recent benchmarking data, and best practices from design and construction performances we can save you time and money on your next project.
General Contractor
We have over 4 decades of experience building General Construction projects. Ask OWA for a fixed price or add us to your list of bidders, and you can rest assured that you will receive a great price reflecting the best value for your project.
We are builders of general construction projects including:
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New Construction
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Renovations
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Historic Renovations and Restorations
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Additions Rebuilding from fire or water damage
PROJECT LIST - COMMERCIAL
Sam’s Club - Gas Station
$2+ Million Project Cost
Owner: Private Developer/Hotel Chain
Location: Waldorf, Maryland
Project Role/Responsibility: Acted as the General Contractor.
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Project Scope: 12 Pump Gas Station with exterior sales kiosk. Construction effort included sub-grade fuel tank installation, storm water management containment tanks, concrete and asphalt drive lanes and commercial landscaping.
Comfort Suites Hotel
$20+ Million Project Cost
Owner: Private Developer/Hotel Chain
Location: Wixom, Michigan
Project Role/Responsibility: Acted as the lead Construction Manager.
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Project Scope: 100 Suite hotel located in Wixom (outside Detroit), Michigan. Amenities include a large-scale Resort Center with interior swimming pool, restaurant, health center and several Conference Rooms.
Lucy Ellen Moten
Elementary School
$35+ Million Project Cost
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Owner: DC Public Schools/Department of General Services
Location: Washington, DC
Project Role/Responsibility: Acted as the lead project manager for the Grunley Construction and Parkinson Construction Joint
Venture team.
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Project Scope: Complete modernization of 120,000 gross square feet of interior school/building space and 400,000 gross
square feet of exterior space for the existing historic Washington, DC school that houses over 600 students. Major features of the modernization consisted of a new full-service kitchen, library, gymnasium, and a complete replacement of all of the MEP systems.
Life safety upgrades were performed, and telecommunication systems now support phone, internet, public address system and video including promethean boards in all the classroom spaces. The exterior modernization effort required the replacement of all of the exterior windows and a newly built entry plaza, parking lot, basketball courts, two playgrounds and storm water management system that includes a large scale filter and retention system.
AOC Cogeneration Plant (AOC Power Plant Facility)
$80 Million Project Cost
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Owner: Architect of the Capital
Location: Washington, DC
Project Role/Responsibility: Acted as the lead Construction Manager and lead Project Manager for the WGL team.
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Project Scope: This project consists of utilizing a design build project delivery method for the renovation of the existing
Architect of the Capital Chiller Plant to install a new Cogeneration Plant that supplies steam and power for the US Capital Building and 22 other government buildings including the Supreme Court, House and Senate Office Buildings, and The Library of Congress, which account for 17 million square feet of real estate. Installation of critical equipment consisted of a new 7.5 MW combustion turbine generator, 100 KPPH heat recovery steam generator, Switchgear Replacement which includes five (5) – 13.8 KV incoming electrical feeders, two (2) Packaged Natural Gas Compressors. The entire construction effort took place while the AOC Power Plant’s operations were fully active.
UESC FUNDED PROJECT – “A Utility Energy Service Contract is a limited-source contract between a federal agency and serving utility for energy management services including energy and water efficiency improvements and demand-reduction services.”
–US DOE
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
$350 Million Project Cost
Owner: International Monetary Fund
Location: Washington, DC
Project Role/Responsibility: Acted as a Senior MEP project manager for the Grunley Construction Company.
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Project Scope: Major systems infrastructure improvements of the existing 13-story IMF Headquarters One Building located in
Washington, D.C. Preconstruction services included constructability reviews, value engineering, site logistics planning, and other design phase services. Construction activities within the 1,400,000 square foot building included selective demolition, hazardous materials abatement, full interior-related general construction, elevator modernization/replacement for 18 elevators (4 banks for 16 passenger/2 freight), re-roofing, major structural modifications, and upgrades to the mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire
protection, telecom and security systems, and a full service two floor commercial kitchen and cafeteria. The project was
constructed to obtain LEED NC Gold v3.0 certification.
The entire construction effort took place while the IMF’s operations were fully active.
Howard University Cogeneration Plant
$70 Million Project Cost
Owner: Howard University
Location: Washington, DC
Project Role/Responsibility: Acted as the Owner Representatives for Howard University.
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Project Scope: Complete renovation of the existing five (5) story Steam Plant to install a new Cogeneration Plant that will supply
steam and electrical power for the entire Howard University campus. This project’s critical equipment package incorporates the installation of a new 5.6 MW combustion turbine generator, a 50 KPPH heat recovery steam generator, an 82.5k SCFH max flow Packaged Natural Gas Compressor, two (2) - 50 KPPH fire tube boilers and two (2) - 25,000 Gallon Fuel Oil Underground
Storage Tanks and associated ancillary apparatus as critical equipment within the cogeneration plant.
Capitol Visitors Center - House and Senate Offices
$80 Million Project Cost
Owner: Architect of the Capitol
Location: Washington, DC
Project Role/Responsibility: Acted as the lead MEP project manager for the Grunley Construction Company.
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UESC FUNDED PROJECT – This new build/ground up project required the installation of all building mechanical, electrical, plumbing and life safety systems for over 170,000 gross square feet of office space and special use spaces, such as a large hearing rooms, large conference rooms, museums, several large and small scale television/radio recording studios, and top secret facility infrastructures.
Department of Intelligence Agency (DIA) Bethesda Campus
$80 Million Project Cost
Owner: The Department of Defense/US Army Core of Engineers
Location: Bethesda, MD
Project Role/Responsibility: Acted as the lead Project Manager for the joint venture of Washington Gas and Honeywell team.
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Project Scope: This project consists of utilizing a design build project delivery method for the energy enhancement renovations at the Erskine Hall Building, including replacement of all mechanical, electrical, plumbing and life safety systems for over 500,000 gross square feet of office, and special use spaces, such as a top secret security systems infrastructure.
UESC FUNDED PROJECT – “A Utility Energy Service Contract is a limited-source contract between a federal agency and serving utility for energy management services including energy and water efficiency
Atlantic Sands Hotel
and Conference Center
$65 Million Project Cost
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Owner: Atlantic Sands Management
Location: Rehoboth, DE
Project Role/Responsibility: Acted as the designer for the Allen and Shariff Corporation (MEP Engineers).
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Project Scope: Provide design and construction administration for over $65 million of all new building mechanical, electrical, plumbing and life safety systems for a 200,000 SF hotel and conference center.
Atlantic Sands Hotel and Conference Center – Rehoboth, DE
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4 stories above ground hotel room and conference space
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1 level of garage parking
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200 hotel units
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Outdoor Pool
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10,000 SF Conference Room Space
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3,300 SF Ballroom
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Restaurant/Food Prep – Kitchen Area
Bayou Girl Drink Factory
$125K Project Cost
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Owner: Private Owner
Location: LaPlata, Maryland
Project Role/Responsibility: Acted as the construction manager.
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Project Scope: Complete renovation of an existing retail space that includes the replacement and modification of mechanical,
electrical, plumbing, and life safety systems for over 2000 gross square feet interior space. This project all included the installation of a new bar and associated custom plumbing system.
