June 19, 2020

Uprite Construction (Uprite) has worked on many construction projects since its inception in 1991. The company specializes in industrial, office, retail, mixed-use, medical, and heavy civil construction services throughout the West Coast. Their commitment begins at the pre- construction stage, as they act as a liaison between all entities who contribute to a projects master plan. Uprite self performs early upfront at-risk demolition and earthwork and that is where they find the need for C5 Equipment Rentals and operated equipment rental services. Jason Kinoshita joined the Uprite team a few months back as a Superintendent overseeing the day-to-day operations out in the field. “We are a general civil engineering contractor that is now self-performing the bulk of our grading and other new earthwork duties. This includes mass grading, fine and finish grading disciplines, as well as any general excavation duties,”says Kinoshita. “With several earthmoving projects already complete, we most recently began moving dirt at the Amazon distribution center in the Inland Empire. We were contracted as the main GC and chose to perform the rough and fine grade on this project, as well as some select demolition.”

According to Kinoshita, the project’s earthmoving portion began on January 19 and was completed at the end of February. The work performed by Uprite was at an existing facility and grading was necessary to make room for other infrastructure and generally overhaul the entire exterior site. “We began our contract by demoing all of the existing hardscape around the entire building. Additionally, we cut in a new parking lot, loading docks, a drive area for the vans and trucks, and excavated a new bioretention basin. We moved around 40,000 cubic yards of earth on this particular project.”