Dedication to Detail
Oswood Construction has successfully completed projects in Montana, Wyoming, Washington, and Idaho for over two decades. Below you will find just a small sample of the projects we have completed recently. If you would like to see additional information and projects completed by OCC please use our "Contact Us" form to request a consultation or one of our brochures.
Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives Renovation & Vault Addition
Butte, Montana
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This project was the complete remodeling of the two-story, 100-year old Butte “Fire Station No. 1” into the new home of the Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives, which houses historic documents, photos, records, artifacts, and ephemera that chronicle the history of Butte, America, “The Richest Hill on Earth”. The project included the interior demolition and renovation of the 12,000 SF fire station into offices, storage rooms, processing and decontamination rooms, mechanical and electrical rooms (including a server/IT room) and public reading, library, and map areas. The project also included a 10,000 SF addition: precast concrete vaults and an auditorium. Between the buildings is “The Wedge” (so called because it had to be built out of square to accommodate the existing building) that houses a new traction elevator, the “grand staircase”, lobbies, security vestibules, laundry room, coat closets, bathrooms, storage rooms, janitor rooms, and mechanical rooms.
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Montana State University Leon Johnson Hall 6th Floor Renovation
Bozeman, Montana
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This project was the complete renovation of the sixth floor of Leon Johnson Hall at Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana. Leon Johnson Hall contains biology and chemistry laboratories, classrooms, and office space. The project was conducted while the building was in use, during the school year. Leon Johnson Hall Sixth Floor Renovation started as a partial remodel of the floor including rearranging the “core” of the floor, a new fire sprinkler system, new finishes, and new laboratory casework and equipment (boilers, autoclaves, fume hoods, and a cold room), but was expanded to a complete remodel of Sixth Floor as the project was awarded far under the established budget. As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, all the allocated funding had to be used, as economic stimulus. The project had separate sources of funding, which required detailed tracking.
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Public Drug Co. Building
Great Falls, Montana
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This project is a Phoenix rising from the ashes. In the early morning hours of May 2009, Public Drug’s home of almost forty years on Sixth Street and Central Avenue was destroyed by fire. The owners felt it important to remain a part of downtown Great Falls, so a new building was designed and a contract let for a new building on Fourth Street and Central Avenue at the location of the old Conrad Bank Building, another fire victim. The architectural firm of L’Heureux, Page, Werner designed a 5,000 square foot, one level structure that has modern retail and pharmacy space while at the same time blending into the character of downtown Great Falls. The decorative brick exterior gives the building the unique feel of an historic building.
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Flathead Valley Community College Occupational Trades Building
Kalispell, Montana
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This project is the new home for the occupational trades program at Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell, Montana. It was a government project awarded through a competitive, low-bid process. The facility is a two-story, 24,300 square feet steel, concrete, and masonry structure and includes classrooms, offices, conference rooms, restrooms, the campus shop, a storage bay, and four large teaching bays for instruction in welding, carpentry, machining, electrical, and plumbing. The building was constructed of concrete footings, foundation walls, slabs-on-grade, and slabs-on-precast deck; structural hollowcore precast; structural steel including large span steel trusses; steel joists; and acoustical metal decking; CMU with split-faced veneer; and metal stud framing. Despite the complexity and size of this project, it was completed in ten months through the winter to meet the client’s deadline for starting classes in the spring.
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Replace Family Housing, Phase 7F (Jupiter Village)
Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana.
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This project consists of constructing six two-story duplexes (twelve living units total) in “Jupiter Village” at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana. The project was administrated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and was awarded through a competitive “Request for Proposal” process that evaluates contractor past performance and price. Each duplex is 6,000 square feet (project is 36,000 square feet total). The project was completed on time with minimal cost growth—2.6% (the largest two change orders being additional retaining walls and sump pumps in the crawlspaces added as part of a Malmstrom-wide mandate). A notable achievement was that all the foundation work was done during the winter. Novel approaches used by OCC on this project include gang-forming the foundations and prebuilt wall panels that minimized onsite carpentry work. All units were Energy Star certified. Oswood Construction Company is an Energy Star Partner and all the homes we have constructed have been Energy Star certified.
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Department of Public Safety Building Yellowstone Club
Big Sky, Montana
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The Yellowstone Club (“YC” or “Club”) is an exclusive mountain resort, isolated at 8,000 feet in the mountains above Big Sky, Montana. When Oswood Construction Company (“OCC”) first became involved with the Club, they were acting as their own general contractor. OCC’s first project was the erection of the precast concrete for the Club’s large parkade, a project awarded through a competitive bidding process. After successfully completing that project, the Club approached OCC about additional projects in the area. The Department of Public Safety Building is a 20,000 SF facility that houses the 911-dispatch center, fire department, storage, a telephone branch office, and security offices for the Yellowstone Club. An attached boiler building and an emergency generator building were also included in OCC’s contract, as well as a plaza in front of the DPS, a 4,000 SF entrance canopy (the “Porte Cochere”) for the neighboring Warren Miller Lodge, and a stair tower and elevator on the roof the DPS to serve the resplendent condo in the corner of the Lodge.
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The Voyageur Apartments
Great Falls, Montana
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This project consist of construction a 45,000 square foot three-story building designed for senior independent living housing, and is located in Great Falls, Montana. It was awarded through the competitive bid process, and had both state and federal funding. This building has a total thirty-eight units comprising of a combination of one and two two-bedroom living units. The building also has a large central lobby and community areas such as; a library, spa, exercise, and a large social room. The structure includes: concrete footings; concrete foundation walls; concrete slab-on-grade; concrete masonry units; wood framed walls; wood floor joists; and wood trusses. Finishes include; gypsum wallboard assemblies; paint; brick veneer; fiber cement siding; acoustical ceilings; asphalt shingles; resilient flooring, and carpet. The project includes complete mechanical and electrical systems. Site improvements include new utilities, sidewalks, asphalt paving, concrete stairs, irrigation, sod, and landscaping as well as a community patio and bar-b-que area.
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