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Light of Life Ground Blessing
08/06/2019

It's an exciting month of groundbreakings and wallbustings as our next round of projects kick into high gear, and the spectacular new Light of Life Rescue Mission facility is one we're particularly thrilled to be a part of.

Check out some of the well-deserved press this new facility is already receiving: https://www.wtae.com/…/light-of-life-breaks-ground…/28607632

And be sure to check out the Light of Life Rescue Mission Facebook page to read more about their mission and their dedication to serving our community at large.

Ohringer Building Busts Walls
07/31/2019

As one project ends, the next exciting project begins!

Big wall-busting celebration last night in Braddock for the incredible future artists lofts in the former furniture store, the Ohringer Building. Check out this transformation in its early stages:

https://www.wpxi.com/…/ohringer-furniture-old-bra…/971346461

Pietro Fiorentini USA Opens
07/30/2019

Congratulations to the Pietro Fiorentini project team on the grand opening of their first manufacturing facility in the US! This unique project presented numerous challenges of both site and schedule, but the end result is a beautiful, functional facility that will be an important asset to the community of Weirton, WV, for years to come!

Read more about this awesome project here: https://www.wtrf.com/news/west-virginia-headlines/pietro-fiorentini-to-h...

Morningside Crossing Grand Opening
05/31/2019

Yesterday, we celebrated the grand opening of the one-of-a-kind Morningside Crossing, a senior living center and mixed-use community asset with more than one gem in its stunning crown. Passive House pre-certified from the get-go, this former elementary school received a full Passive House redesign as well as a new addition and parking garage. The Mayor of Pittsburgh was in attendence to take part in the ribbon cutting, along with the many happy residents. You can read more about this trend-setting project on our Projects page.

Washington DC Builder's License
05/14/2019

Sota Construction is proud to announce we are licensed in Washington DC to do general contractor's work! 

Dorchester Apartments of Mt. Lebanon Grand Opening
05/14/2019

Today marked the grand opening of the Dorchester Apartments of Mt. Lebanon, a beautiful and healthful senior living complex right in the heart of Mt. Lebanon. Offering many amenities to help tie seniors to the greater community and offer and safe and comfortable place to live, this amazing four-story apartment building will have gardens, grounds, and community venues. We're happy to have been a part of this sparkling new asset to the neighborhood!

Morningside Crossing Wins Award
04/26/2019

We're pleased to announce that the groundbreaking, Passive House-designed Morningside Crossing project won the Associated Builders and Contractors 2018 Award of Merit last night! Congratulations to our amazing project team for helping us make this one-of-a-kind project a reality!

Dobil Laboratories Award Nod
10/17/2018

Sota Construction was thrilled to be a part of the incredibly high-tech and innovative Dobil Laboratories project that converted the former Romp 'n Roll roller rink into a one-of-a-kind office and warehouse space while paying homage to the community hub it was before.

Please take a moment to vote on this cutting-edge project as it goes up for an AIA People's Choice Award!

Congratulations and good luck, Dobil! You've earned it!

http://aiapgh.org/design-pittsburgh…/c13-dobil-laboratories/

Building Better Buildings
06/11/2018

Local architecture firms NK Architecture and Thoughtful Balance Architecture with Sota Construction Services, Inc. are among those making Pittsburgh a national center for high performance buildings. Excellent op-ed by NK's Brandon Nichols, AIA.

http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2018/06/10/Build-better-buildings-in-Pittsburgh/stories/201806100016

Eden Hall Receives LEED Platinum Certification
06/07/2018

We love sharing awesome news, and the LEED Platinum certification of the beautiful and singular Chatham University Eden Hall Campus is of the most awesome kind! This labor of love and ingenuity could not have been possible without the visionary minds and standout talents of the whole project team! Congratulations to everybody, especially Chatham University, on your amazing efforts! Here's to a brighter, greener future!

http://mithun.com/2018/06/07/chatham-university-eden-hall-campus-is-leed-platinum-certified/

Morningside Crossing Passive House Pre-Certified!
05/14/2018

The Passive House Institute US has pre-certified the Morningside Crossing project in Pittsburgh! The project, designed by NK Architects and Thoughtful Balance Architecture for A.M. Rodriguez, is being built by Sota Construction Services, Inc.

Morningside Crossing takes an abandoned 1897 elementary school and its 1929 addition, retrofits them to the Passive House standard, adds a new Passive House wing, and offers up the whole thing as affordable housing for seniors

https://www.nkarch.com/what-we-design/morningside-crossing

Proud to Support Passivhaus
11/03/2017

Check out this awesome video about how America, and our very own city, is embracing Passivhaus techniques in construction more and more.

Our next big Passivhaus project, Morningside Crossing, makes a few cameos, too, around the five minute mark.

Please take a few minutes to learn about this unqiue and mindful building technique that Sota Construction is proud to build and support.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=105&v=8BJ9BYucO-o

Fallingwater Visitor Center Restroom Renovation - Certificate of Merit
10/20/2017

Congratulations to the entire project team at the Fallingwater Visitor Center Restroom Renovation for receiving a Certificate of Merit in the 2017 AIA Design Pittsburgh Interior Architecture category. A unique renovation in a singular place!

From AIA Pittsburgh's award page:

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE Certificate of Merit

PROJECT NAME: Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC): Fallingwater Visitor Center Restroom Renovation
CLIENT: Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
ARCHITECTURE FIRM: Pfaffmann + Associates
DESIGN TEAM: Rob Pfaffmann, FAIA; Greg George; Dori Tompa; Jared Pohl
ENGINEERS: Iams Consulting, LLC
CONTRACTORS: Sota Construction Services, Inc.
PHOTOGRAPHERS: Massery Photography, Inc.

INTENT: Constructed in 1980, the visitors center was designed to be mindful of Fallingwater while not conflicting with it. The resulting octagonal pavilions are ecologically sensitive—floating lightly in their forest landscape—but the restroom pod offered limited amenities and access and a dated aesthetic after nearly 35 years of use. The redesign, fit within the existing form, is functionally accommodating and visually inviting. Natural light casts shadows that change throughout the day and with the seasons. A back-lit, translucent wall embedded with birch branches brings the natural rhythms of surrounding stands of oak, hemlock and rhododendron into what was once a mundane, disconnected space.

JURY COMMENTS: The project transforms a utilitarian bathroom configuration into an interior space of quality, with great light and materiality. Said one juror: “There is monumentality in this very small, simple space. There is a rooted-ness to it – like a bathroom Louis Kahn would have designed.”

Morningside Crossing Breaks Ground
08/24/2017

Sota Construction is excited to officially announce we've broken ground on the next awesome adapative reuse in Pittsburgh. As part of the project team with a.m. Rodriguez Associates and NK Architects, the former Morningside Elementary School will be transformed with the addition of two new wings to accommodate 46 senior 1- and 2-br apartments and the new Morningside Community Center. Funded in part by LIHTC credits, 39 of the units will be affordable housing to seniors. When completed, the new Morningside Crossing will also be Passive House-certified. Follow our Facebook and Instagram pages for updates as this project begins its incredible transformation!

2016 General Contractor of the Year
05/02/2017

Sota Construction not only won an Award of Merit for the awesome Falconhurst Apartment project in Wilkinsburg, but we were surprised and thrilled to learn we were also chosen as ABC of Western PA's 2016 General Contractor of the Year. Thank you to all of our amazing project teams who help us be the best we can be.

Here's to another year of amazing projects in our beautiful city of Pittsburgh!

PittMAC Opens Its Doors
04/28/2017

Exciting news to share as the doors have officially opened for the University of Pittsburgh's Manufacturing Assistance Center in its relocated home at 7800 Susquehanna Street, a unique business complex in the Homewood neighborhood.

Is that our very own Wayne Yancec, superintendent extraordinaire, pictured in the article?

Congratulations to the construction team as we continue yet another phase of this incredible repurposing an old manufacturing facility!

You can read more about this awesome venue here.

Eden Hall Campus Receives AIA COTE Top Ten Honors
04/20/2017

We are proud to announce that the mold-breaking Chatham University Eden Hall Campus in Richland Township, PA, has received the prestigious honor of being called a 2017 COTE Top Ten project by The American Institute of Architects. As the industry’s premier program celebrating sustainable design excellence, AIA and the Committee on the Environment (COTE) highlight projects that exemplify the integration of great design and great performance. Projects from all across the country must conform to COTE’s rigorous criteria for social, economic, and ecological value, which makes this achievement more exciting. Truly, these projects are unparalleled for their accomplishments, and Sota is thrilled to have been a part of the team that brought this new Chatham campus to life.

We congratulate Chatham University, Mithun, Inc., Rothschild Doyno, and all the other incredible team members and subcontractors who helped breathe new life into this former dairy farm.

You can read more about Eden Hall Phase 1A and Phase 1B on our Projects page.

Announcing Our New Sota Website
04/19/2017

Sota Construction Services is proud to celebrate the launch of our new website! In addition to better reflecting our company's personality, we are taking strides to offer the latest and best practices in the construction industry to keep up with our mission of providing Total Quality Construction™ to our customers.

As a part of our new collaborative project management system, Red Team Software, we will be able to streamline the bidding process on our Bidding & Employment page, and new subcontractors interested in working with us are invited to complete our Request for Qualifications form there to be added to our bidders list for future projects.  Also on our Bidding & Employment page, we now offer the ability to download our job application.

Connecting with us has never been easier with the addition of our Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn pages as well as the new Contact Us form. 

We hope you enjoy our new look, and we look forward to better serving our clients and colleagues.