Gulf seeks moregovernment and private industry contracts
Gulf Building LLC has opened an office here to serve its clients in Palm Beach County. The 25-year oldcompany counts among its local customers the Department of Veterans Affairsin West Palm Beach, Boca West Country Club, and the country's fastest growing supermarket chain's expansion including one right here in Delray Beach.
“Last November, Palm Beach County voters understood the importance of investing in their long-neglected infrastructure, and over the next decade $2.7 billion of sales tax dollars will be re-invested into aging and lacking schools, bridges, parks, water plants and transportation systems,” said John Scherer, president and CEO, Gulf Building LLC. “Having a Palm Beach County office in addition to our local jobsite offices, will further ensure that Gulf delivers the same high quality of service we provide fromour Fort Lauderdale headquarters.”
Executive vice president Kevin Murphy and general counsel Jordana L. Jarjura will lead the office. Jarjura recently concluded service as Vice-Mayor of the City of Delray Beach.Jarjura advises the company on all legal matters and on its pursuit of government contracts. Additionally,she advisesGulf’s private sector clients on their entitlement goals.
Murphy oversees business development, owner and subcontractor negotiations, staff management and training, and construction on all federal contracts. He has created partnerships with some of the company’s biggest-named clients, including the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, the VA, Seminole Tribe of Florida, municipalities, and design teams and subcontractors.
Gulf’s Delray Beach office is in the historic Masonic Building in the Old School Square Historic District. Built in 1924, it housed the local post office from the late 1920s through the 1950s.
Gulf Building (in association with Hernandez Consulting) recently completed a Design-Build project of the VA MRI Clinic and Grounds shop at the VA Medical Center in West Palm Beach. Work was performed in an active and fully functional Medical Campus with zero impact on existing facilities and operations. In addition, the firms had serve as a Prime Contractor on several other Design-Build projects in the area, including but not limited to, the installation of the first Solar/ PV project implemented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the design, demolition and installation of four new air handlers, heating and cooling system. Also in PBC, the firm was hired as the structure subcontractor to expand Boca West Country Club in Boca Raton, with a 140,000 SF new two-story clubhouse building. And most recently, Gulf was hired by the fastest-growing supermarket chain in the country to remodel six grocery stores in South Florida, including one in Delray Beach and another in Palm Springs. The national grocer plans to invest $5 billion to modernize hundreds of stores and add 900 more over the next five years.
Gulf Building offers in-house construction service. Its portfolio includes new construction and renovation in the hotel, medical, office, educational, industrial and governmental sectors, in addition to its ever-growing repertoire of high-end, custom residential projects. The South Florida Business Journal has recognized the firm as one of the 50 fastest-growing companies with revenues over $25 million, one of the region’s 25 largest general contractors, and one of the 100 largest private companies in the state.
ABOUT GULF BUILDING LLC
Founded in 1991, Gulf Building LLC provides an innovative, integrated and hands-on approach to construction management throughout the greater South Florida market and beyond. Celebrating 25 successful years in business, Gulf Building believes that completing a project on-time is just as important as staying within budget. Additionally, quality constructioncan only be achieved with expertise and skill which Gulf provides onall its projects.
To that end, Gulf Building holds itself to a higher standard than most other construction firms, not only in the work that it delivers, but also with regard to the employees in which the company invests. With a foundation based on integrity, quality and experience, Gulf Building’s detail-oriented, forward-thinking approach to construction management consistently generates end results that are on time, within budget and exceed client expectations.
Gulf’s current contracts include the Miramar Fire Station No. 107; Weapons Storage and Inspection Facility at Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Georgia; South Florida Regional Transportation Authority Operations Center and Pompano Tri-Rail Station improvements; and the Guard House and Pool House at 151 Biscayne in North Miami, Florida.
Past projects include: the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida; structural concrete for the new Jet Blue terminal and construction of the superstructure for the Terminal 4 expansion at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport; Maritime Professional Training’s 25,000-square-foot facility expansion at the private maritime training school’s Fort Lauderdale campus; a 17-building, moderate-income housing development for the Key West Housing Authority; the Town of Davie’s Water and Waste WaterTreatment Plant; the Village at Hawk’s Cay 247 residential units; the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center and Library; and the Big Cypress Public Safety Complex.
Gulf Building LLC is headquartered at 633 South Federal Highway, Suite 500, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. For more information, including a detailed overview of services and portfolio of past projects, visit gulfbuilding.com.
