In 2008 C. J. Coakley Co., Inc. once again

made the trip south on Interstate 95 to Vir-

ginia’s capital to undertake a project with

many similar characteristics to an earlier

successful job in Richmond. Working with a

familiar team consisting of Gilbane/

Christman and our business partners at

Ocean Drywall from Virginia Beach, it was

our mission to restore the 1928 John Eberson

designed Lowe’s Theatre in the heart of

Richmond. The theater

now known as the Car-

penter Theatre has be-

come a world class facil-

ity and construction was

completed on schedule

for the grand opening in

September 2009.

The new performing arts

complex known as Rich-

mond CenterStage is

located on a full city

block and measures ap-

proximately 200’ x 300’

with 179,000 square feet

of new and renovated

space including a new

stage house, restrooms, a

multiuse 200 seat studio

theater, gallery, retail

space, a donor’s lounge,

dressing rooms and re-

hearsal rooms. The main

Carpenter Theatre is the focal point of the

building, a place where 1,800 patrons have

once again begun to fill the seating area after

a five year absence. One of the most fasci-

nating aspects of the 82 year old theater is

the plaster ceiling. The flat portion of the

ceiling was saved in the demolition process

but it was the diligent work of the

C.J.Coakley Co., Inc. craftsmen that created

the curves and undulations to make the tradi-

tional plaster ceiling a unique sky like fea-

ture which also included new fiber optics

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that enhanced the ceil-

ing’s nighttime stars.

This state of the art pro-

ject presented the oppor-

tunity to showcase many

different dimensions of

the company. Our work

included light gauge

metal framing on both the

building exterior and the

over 3,000 lineal feet of

framing for the seating

platforms in the Carpen-

ter Theatre, laminated

acoustical ceiling tile,

installation of GRG col-

umn covers, new conven-

tional plaster, plaster res-

toration, acoustical wall

panels and metal panel

installation.

RICHMOND CENTER STAGE BY PAUL O’CONNELL

RICHMOND CENTER

STAGE 1

CONSTITUTION

CENTER 2

BOB’S CORNER 3

EMPLOYEE

SPOTLIGHT & NEWS 4

GREEN

RESOLUTIONS 5

PRESIDENT’S

COLUMN 5

EMPLOYEE

RECOGNITION 6

General Contractor:

Gilbane/Christman

Architect: Wilson Butler Architects

Estimator:

Carolyn Slocum

Project Manager:

Paul O’Connell

Subcontractor:

Ocean Drywall

Key Personnel:

Joe Bunger

Dennis Ciccone

Original Lowe’s Theatre in 1939

The New Transformed Carpenter Theatre

Lightgage framing for theater seating platforms

Plaster Ceiling at the Carpenter Theatre

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What was once the Headquarters for the U.S

Department of Transportation turned out to

be our largest core and shell renovation pro-

ject to date. Covering an entire city block

between 6th and 7th Streets and D and E

Streets in Southwest Washington D.C., this

10-story office building features 1.4 million

square feet of office space and a secure audi-

torium situated in a private courtyard. The

entire skin of the existing building was re-

moved and replaced with an all glass façade

offering spectacular views from all sides of

the building. The interior was completely

stripped leaving only the four cores of eleva-

tor stacks and stairways.

The renovation included 36 cores from the

2nd thru 10th floors, featuring elevator stacks,

toilet rooms, electrical, telecom and janitor

closets and several huge duct shafts in each

core. Because the cores were virtually identi-

cal any issues that occurred were addressed

during the layout of the first areas. This al-

lowed us to proceed with fewer interruptions

in subsequent cores. On the Plaza Level

were four more cores and four oversized

elevator lobbies - all connected by way of

the North, South, East and West Concourses.

Approximately 35,000 SF of drywall ceiling

was installed on the Plaza Level alone and

CONSTITUTION CENTER BY RUSSELL CREAN

upwards of 6,000 LF of drywall reveals were

installed on the Plaza Level walls. Two spe-

cialty ceiling systems furnished by Decous-

tics were installed in the Main Lobby off of

7th Street and

the Employee

Lobby off of D

Street and the

L’Enfant Plaza

Metro escala-

tors. These

ceilings helped

finish off the

lobbies which

c o n t a i n e d

highly decora-

tive finishes

such as wood

paneling on the

walls, marble

f l o o r s a n d

metal column covers.

Compared to the work that was ongoing

above grade, our work in the three level

parking garage was minimal, with the excep-

tion of the installation of 150,000 SF of un-

derslab insulation. This required preassem-

bling close to 40,000 pins and washers with

a 1” spacer so that the insulation would be

held in place off the slab when installed. At

the escalator entrance to the L’Enfant Plaza

Metro station off of D Street our 7,500 SF

plaster ceiling and 1,000 SF plaster wall will

be one of the first things metro riders will

see upon entering and exiting the station.

Finally, the addition of the secure auditorium

required our scaffold builders to erect a scaf-

fold to install the 3,000 square foot sloping,

barreled, exterior wall on a radius which was

then clad in metal panels.

Everyone involved with this project should

feel privileged to have participated in the

largest renovation project in our nation’s

capital and should be extremely proud of a

job well done.

General Contractor:

James G. Davis

Construction Company

Architect: Smith Group

Estimator:

Cliff Schaumburg

Project Manager:

Russell Crean

Key Personnel:

Tommy Hurlock

Tony Cassette

Roger Marsden

Fred Jackson

Dennis Ciccone

Orlando Rivera

Employee Lobby

Before Renovation After Renovation

Extreme Makeover

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BOB’S CORNER BY BOB CONSROE

The wrapping paper and decorations from

Christmas 2009 have been cleaned up. So

has the epic snow fall of twenty something

inches that arrived the weekend before

Christmas.

The second decade of the 21st century has

begun. The aughts or the 2000s are now his-

tory. The beginning of the last decade

prompted worries about computer crashes

bringing wholesale technological lock-up,

unable to deal with the leap from 1999 to

2000. It was called Y2K back then for year

2000. We all experienced the tragic events of

9/11. The DC snipers kept us looking over

our shoulder for three weeks one October.

We saw Enron then Tyco, then Worldcom

then meltdown and bailout and Mr. Madoff

and his Ponzi scheme. We saw a recount in

Florida, WMD searching, Martha Stewart in

prison, Hurricane Katrina, Iraq and Afghani-

stan. We witnessed the deadliest school

shooting in US history at Virginia Tech. We

got the iPod, then the iPhone. The world got

smaller with the introduction of You Tube,

Facebook and Twitter. Fourteen Olympic

Gold Medals in the last decade for Balti-

more’s Michael Phelps and a Red Sox World

Series victory.

The last decade here at C. J. Coakley Co.,

Inc. was productive. A list of the bigger and

more memorable projects would include:

George Washington University Hospital,

Wedge One of the Pentagon and the follow

up Phoenix project, Interstate Commerce

Commission, National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Patent and Trade’s offices,

two theatres at the Kennedy Center and one

in Richmond, the Virginia State Capitol, also

in Richmond, all of the Department of Jus-

tice, two thirds of the Eisenhower Executive

Office Building, the Capitol Visitor Center,

the Newseum, 1500 Tysons, ten buildings at

FDA in White Oak, Potomac Yard, Market

Common, Park Crest, South of Market, Bay-

view, and five buildings at the Aberdeen

Proving Grounds for the Army. By my esti-

mation that amounts to over 140 million

square feet of gypsum.

We can and should be very proud of our

accomplishments, of the work completed

and its quality and of the relationships that

we have started and those we strengthened

during this decade. The office staff as well

as the field leadership staff has changed very

little in that ten years. From my seat this is

an obvious component of our success - a

very talented staff doing its job and pushing

itself to do a little better each day. With the

economic problems of late 2008, the future

did not appear bright to many. I think we

collectively pulled ourselves together and

turned 2009 into a successful year, but it

doesn’t compare to 2005 or even the follow-

ing three years.

The outlook for 2010, twenty ten to some

and two thousand ten to others, is no brighter

than the start of 2009. The best strategy at

this point is the one we used at the start of

2009, work hard every day and our efforts

will produce success.

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009 GW Hospital

EEOB New Cafeteria

Market Common

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EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH

June

July

August

September

October

November

Celia Miranda - June

Laborer

Foreman: Ron Rattie

Project: Two Constitution

Previously worked at Chase Point and 70 Eye Street and has advanced

to lead laborer at her present job. She is loyal, hard working and organ-

ized. She has been with the company for three years.

Guilmar Rodriguez - July

Framer/Grid

Foreman: Tim Maans, Jr.

Project: NASA and Aberdeen

He is dependable and does anything asked of him. Guilmar came to

work for C. J. Coakley on May 31, 2006.

Juan Curiel - September

Framer

Foreman: Ted Woodward

Project: Crescent Falls Church

With his experience as a framer, he has advanced to doing layout. He is

a hard worker. He has fashioned jigs to help speed up the framing opera-

tion. Juan started on March 4, 2004.

Reinaldo Zapata - August

Framer/Hanger

Foreman: Ron Rattie

Project: Two Constitution

He is what every foreman would like to have. He does everything. He

has taken classes to improve his language skills. Reinaldo started with

the company in February of 2001.

Floriberto Sabines - October

Framer/Hanger

Foreman: Ted Woodward

Project: Crescent Falls Church

Has good skills and is very dependable. He is a key member of the light

gauge crew doing the flashing details. Floriberto has been with us since

May 2009.

Gerald Torrez—November

Carpenter Apprentice

Foreman: Ken Silwick

Project: Aberdeen C4 Has advanced from a laborer and is now in the apprentice program. He

shows potential and is an eager student. Gerald came to work for C. J.

Coakley in June 2009.

EMPLOYEE NEWS

Congratulations to Majella Deeney and wife Maeve who

welcomed their first child, a boy, on Monday, October 26,

2009. Ruairi Sean Deeney was 8 lbs. 9 oz. and 20” long.

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As most of you are aware, C. J. Coakley Co.,

Inc. is a family owned business started by

Connie and Ellen Coakley in 1962 but what

you might not be aware of is a little known

secret that contributes to the success of the

company. This secret is the extension of the

family culture to all non-family employees,

in the office as well as in the field. The

Coakley’s celebrated my wedding day, the

birth of my children and my grandchildren

and I, like so many others, have always felt a

part of their family. Over the years we have

fostered this “family” feeling throughout the

office and the field. Our core business is

drywall, acoustics and plastering but our

core values are family based – fairness, in-

tegrity, hard work and honesty. In the cur-

rent economic downturn we want to assure

all our clients, families and friends that we

intend to maintain the same passion for qual-

ity and good service as we have done for

nearly 50 years.

As 2009 comes to a close and the holidays

are upon us, it is a time for new resolutions

and reflection on our behaviors and bad hab-

its of the passing year. Unfortunately, the

typical New Year’s Resolution lasts for an

average of only 2 weeks. As I prepared this

article, the world was caught up in the cli-

mate change talks in Copenhagen, with each

nation trying to come up with grand schemes

to change the world. However, the largest

flood consists of many small drops of rain

and as Galadriel told Frodo in The Lord of

the Rings ”Even the smallest person can

change the course of the future.”

With that in mind, I wanted to provide some

simple resolutions that each of us can try to

adopt in the coming year.

Stop using plastic bags from the grocery

store. In most stores they will pay you for

using your own bags. In DC, they will

charge you if you don’t.

Cut back on driving. Try to walk or bike to

places when you can. This can also help

with our country’s obesity and healthcare

woes as well.

Remember to turn off lights when you

leave a room. Unplug electronic equipment

that you are not using. Most devices con-

tinue to draw electric power even though

they are powered off. (How else do you

think it can respond to that remote control to

power on?)

Add to the list of things you already recy-

cle. We all know about newspaper, glass

and aluminum. But what about all the other

stuff you can recycle? Computers, DVD

players, televisions, compact fluorescent

light bulbs, batteries, clothes, shoes, appli-

ances, and cell phones all can and should be

recycled. Places like Nike and REI will re-

cycle your worn out shoes. Clothes can be

donated to Goodwill or similar organization,

or if they are not wearable, consider animal

shelters for use as bedding. CFL bulbs can

be taken to IKEA.

Eat and shop locally. Supporting local and

small businesses is good for the local econ-

omy, reduces pollution from shipping, and

reduces reliance on foreign made goods and

services. When it applies to the food we eat,

such as local farmers’ markets, it helps sup-

port local farms. Food is generally fresher

and more flavorful, and it is not overloaded

with preservatives and other modifications

designed to make the food look pretty for

longer and to survive the punishing trip

across the ocean. Learn to eat fruits and

vegetables that are in season and generally

eat more of them.

GREEN RESOLUTIONS BY STEPHEN SIPOS

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN BY DOUG AYERS

Our C. J. Coakley Co., Inc. “Office Family”

Happy New Year

from the Green

Committee!

The secret of

our success.

Happy New Year

from our

“family” to

yours.

7732 Lee Highway

Falls Church, VA 22042

C. J. COAKLEY CO., INC.

ADDRESS CORRECTION

REQUESTED

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This newsletter is published by the management of C. J. Coakley Co., Inc. to inform our employees about important

developments in our company. We reserve the sole discretion to exercise editorial control over this publication and

the contents should not be reprinted without our permission.

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The “C. J. Coakley Co., Inc. Retirement Program” Summary Plan Description (SPD) and

information on our Health Plan are readily accessible on our web site www.cjcoakley.com.

A copy of the SPD can also be obtained by calling Karin Krothe in our office at 703-573-

0540. C. J. Coakley Co., Inc. is always seeking qualified female field employees. Please call

Karin in our office if you know of anyone who might be interested.

EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION

In December the following employees received recognition for their years of service:

10 Years - Jim Coakley, David Urban, Luciano Lujan-Sejas

15 Years - Jorge Bonilla, Richard Crisler, Javier Henriquez, Theodore Mouzon, Sr.,

Ted Woodward

20 Years - John Skeffington, John Ball

25 Years - Maria Coakley David, Pedro Henriquez

The following employees received awards in recognition for their outstanding service:

Outstanding Customer Relations for a Large Job - Thomas Hurlock

Outstanding Customer Relations for Small Jobs - Alex Garcia and Francisco Lopez

Outstanding Service - Landon “Chuckie” Walker

Safety Promoter - Bobby Presley

Unsung Hero Award - Leon Compton

Cornelius J. Coakley Award of Excellence - Jim Bowman

Congratulations to all our outstanding employees!

Recognition

for a job well

done