Nicor/Southern Company – New Buildings, Major Remodels, Heavy Industrial Projects with the highest Safety regulations

Client

Nicor/Southern Company

Challenge

Construction of New Buildings; Major Remodels of Occupied Headquarters Facility; Performing Construction Projects on top of underground gas storage facility

Solution

Develop a firm understanding of our client's expectations. Staff the account with the most skilled people in the industry. Continue to partner with the client to ensure goals are being met or exceeded. Build a team that is specifically trained and re-trained in this client's expectations for safety, quality, communication and performance.

Partnership – no word better describes the relationship between Trinidad Construction and Nicor/Southern Company Gas.  It all started in 2011, when Nicor’s amazing supplier diversity department launched an outreach event, seeking contractors for a small industrial project in the gas storage fields of Central Illinois.   Trinidad had not yet worked for Nicor, and had only completed a few projects in total, at the time.  Nicor was willing to listen, and Trinidad was able to provide a solution.   This was one of many “firsts” that Nicor has given to Trinidad.   This job led to three years of Trinidad executing numerous industrial projects, in hyper-sensitive areas, with incredible safety measures in place.  Trinidad became a Master Service Contractor for Nicor.

In 2014 Nicor invited Trinidad to a Diverse Contractor outreach event.  One year later, we renovated the entire building in which the event was held.   Over the following 18 months, Trinidad executed a number of high profile remodels: A full call center remodel, the renovation of an entire level of the Corporate Headquarters, and culminated with the construction of a new, out of the ground, State of the Art, Technical Training Center for Nicor Gas, in Naperville, IL.

Since that time, Trinidad continues to be the go to contractor for Nicor Gas.   The partnership/mentorship that Trinidad has received as a supplier for Nicor, has allowed us to become the Midwest’s leader in Utility Industry Construction.   Some account highlights include:

  • 10 years of Zero-Incident Safety
  • Construction of a New Technical Training Center in Naperville, IL
  • Construction of a New 22,000 ft2 Reporting Center, with Four Out-Buildings in Sycamore, IL
  • Construction of a New Building/Reporting Center, built on top of an Underground Gas Storage Field in Pontiac, IL
  • Remodel of 4 Existing Reporting Centers
  • Full Renovation of entire floor of Corporate Headquarters
  • Full Renovation of Occupied Lobby at Corporate Headquarters (1,500 people per day, passed through our active construction site)
  • Full Renovation of Entries of Corporate Headquarters
  • Construction of New Storage Facility, Kankakee, IL
  • Hundreds of maintenance projects at Industrial Sites and Office Locations