Building Group
Building new structures is where Q&D started back in 1964, with a small kitchen build-out, a borrowed truck and garage office. Since those early days, Q&D has built projects that range from a small equipment replacement project in a hospital operating room to a $230,000,000 luxury mountain resort, and everything in between. That varied background of experience is the foundation for our professional construction management process that will provide you with a well-planned path for your team, a safe and efficient project during construction and a final result that meets your needs while providing you with the best value.
Q&D’s Building Group delivers public works and private projects using a collaborative, transparent and open-book approach. Over 92% of our projects over the last 20 years have been for repeat clients. Regular clients include SCHEELS, University of Nevada, Reno, Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center, NV State Public Works Division, Washoe County School District and the Reno-Tahoe International Airport.
St. Augustine’s Catholic Church was built in 1886 and is Nevada’s oldest Catholic church building. It includes Gothic Revival and Italianate architecture and was renovated in 1939. It includes mural work from 1939 by Rafael Jolly and Duff Jolly, and an organ made by Henry C. Kilgen which the Cultural Center committee recently had restored.
St. Augustine’s is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as well as the Nevada State Register of Historic Places.
Q&D worked together with the Cultural Center and their designer to develop budgets, assess structural repairs, bring in experts to evaluate roofing and masonry conditions and worked alongside restoration experts to preserve the character of the building while creating a useful community space and historical landmark.
The team remodeled restrooms, kitchens, replaced the roof, added meeting rooms, installed a stairway and lift, made ADA improvements including an entrance ramp, and more. All to help convert the oldest Catholic church in Nevada into a cultural center and historical resource for the community.
As we near the end of our construction, I can reflect upon the entire process. How we would have accomplished this detailed project without the dedication, guidance and expertise of the Q&D team is beyond me. We are a very small organization of volunteers who took on a very large project that was way beyond our expertise.
We could not have been in better hands during the entire process. From the beginning, Q&D’s staff took the time to meet with us and our consultants in order to understand just what we wanted to accomplish. The transition of our needs and wants to actual construction was seamless.
– Jan Morrison, Chairman, St. Augustine’s Cultural Center