McAlvain Expands to Eastern Idaho
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held in November of 2019 celebrating the opening of a new office location in Idaho Falls.
Chuck Graves serves as President of Idaho’s Associated General Contractors (AGC).
McAlvain Joins The Big-D Family of Companies
McAlvain Companies joins the Big-D Family of Companies. McAlvain continues to be headquartered in Boise and locally managed.
The Idaho Water Center
McAlvain and Turner formed a Joint Venture for the Idaho Water Center, a 220,000 square foot multi-use office, educational and retail facility. It is the primary base of the University of Idaho, Boise. The facility is a cast-in-place concrete structure and was constructed with a sustainable and energy saving design, and construction techniques. This building was designed utilizing geothermal heat pumps as part of the Boise Downtown geothermal loop. The Water Center also houses a 60,000 square foot below grade parking structure.
McAlvain Concrete, Inc.
McAlvain has provided concrete services throughout the Northwest since 1980. McAlvain Concrete, Inc., a division of McAlvain Group of Companies was formed in 2014 to provide concrete contracting services for complex concrete projects. Visit mcalvainconcrete.com to learn more about the concrete services we provide.
Chobani Yogurt Plant Concrete
McAlvain placed all the foundation and structural concrete for the 1,000,000 square foot Chobani Yogurt plant located in Twin Falls, ID. The new high profiled Chobani plant went on to win the 2013 Design Build Project of the Year (Design Build Institute of America). In less than a six month span McAlvain placed more than 40,000 cubic yards of concrete, and helped facilitate the world class plant to a record setting completion date.
McAlvain’s New Office
McAlvain’s office renovation is an 11,300 square foot office building renovation using the existing steel/wood framed structural system. The facility was constructed with a sustainable and energy saving design. Sustainable aspects include: lighting controls, individual temperature controls, water use reduction in landscaping and plumbing, recycled content, low emitting materials, and day lighting.
Idaho State Capitol Wings Expansion
McAlvain was awarded the Design/Build contract from the State of Idaho Division of Public Works for the underground Capitol Wings Expansion project. The project included the design and construction of two 25,000 square foot single level below grade buildings to the East and West sides of the existing State Capitol building.
McAlvain Excavation
McAlvain Excavation began operations to support Structural Concrete self-perform work adding additional benefit to our clients.
Ada County Courts Complex & Parking Garages
McAlvain completed the structural concrete package that included more than 7,500 cubic yards of concrete, 300,000 pounds of rebar, and one half-million square foot of mesh during the construction of the Ada County Courthouse located in downtown Boise, Idaho. The Ada County Courts Parking Garage is a post-tension parking structure that includes ground floor level retail spaces, and three levels of short-term parking above the ground.