Customer Profile: Facchina Construction Company

Facchina Construction Company Founded: 1987 Chief Engineer: Rick Reardon Work Type: Heavy/Highway, Concrete Frames, Site Work Division Size: $100 Million + Number of Jobs Bid Annually: 100 Location: La Plata, MD

Rick Reardon, chief engineer at Facchina Construction recently informed us of the company's involvement in The Phoenix Project, Pentagon Disaster Recovery effort after the September 11th terrorist attacks. The company was named by general contractor AMEC to serve as the Heavy-Structural subcontractor at the site and has performed rescue support, demolition, concrete work, and overall civil support since September 11, 2001. Facchina used HeavyBid to estimate the concrete work for the reconstruction phase that is now underway. Reardon reports that the goal for the project is to have people back in the damaged part of the building by September 11, 2002.

Paul Facchina founded Facchina Construction Company in 1987 with the vision of creating an organization that would command respect throughout the industry. The company has surpassed all initial expectations by solving problems and responding to challenges facing job owners. Facchina relies on HeavyBid to estimate and bid projects, and is known in the Washington, D.C. area for the work they do for the Maryland State Highway Administration as well as for the numerous jobs they have completed at Dulles and Baltimore Washington International airports. These projects have required particular sensitivity in order to maintain the normal flow of airport traffic during construction, for which Facchina has been commended. The company's bid of $95,600,000 recently won Facchina the contract at BWI Airport to build a Consolidated Rental Car Facility.

Facchina, an HCSS customer for 10 years, previously used customized Lotus spreadsheets for their estimating. The company found HeavyBid to be a natural fit for their estimating department since it is designed to handle crew/man hour productions and unit price bids. Making the move to HeavyBid took the company's estimating capabilities to a higher level. The amount of detail, flexibility and dependability that HeavyBid affords Facchina gives the company added confidence in their estimating process and in the results.