The Corcoran Company has always been interested in the initial visions for each project it tackles. The company’s commitment to honoring the intentions of the designers, and its ability to address design problems during construction, has earned The Corcoran Company the respect of regional architects.

"The big thing relative to architects and a drywall contractor is communication," says Mark Johnson of HLM Design (Denver). "There are a lot of constructability issues that we have to address together; and then we also have to knock out problems as they come up in the field."

"I’ve worked with a lot of good drywall companies, and I’d put The Corcoran Company at the top of the list."

                               Bruce Dalton
                               OZ Architects

HLM Design recently worked with The Corcoran Company on the Longmont United Hospital – a project that involved many challenging factors ranging from curved corridors to four-hour fire containment walls. "The Corcoran Company was very open to our ideas and they were flexible and proactive. Their team orientation helped us achieve things while keeping the metal stud and drywall costs within budget."

"I’ve worked with a lot of good drywall companies," says Bruce Dalton, of OZ Architects (Boulder), "and I’d put The Corcoran Company at the top of the list."

Dalton served as the construction administrator on two recent projects with The Corcoran Company – one of which was the new Fort Collins City Office building. The project involved challenging features which included a domed ceiling atop a rotunda in the building’s atrium. Following The Corcoran Company’s input, that feature was constructed using a prefabed dome atop a radiused wall.

"When you’re detailing a project, you need to consult with someone who knows what they’re doing."

                    Joe Frye
                    Vaught/Frye Architects

"When they installed that dome on top of the curved rotunda walls the joint between the two was only 1/16 of an inch, which was pretty amazing considering the dome had a radius of 14 feet," says Dalton who credits the accuracy to "the precision of Corcoran’s metal stud framing and the quality of the company’s drywall hanging and finishing."

"When you’re detailing a project, you need to consult with someone who knows what they’re doing," says Joe Frye of Vaught/Frye Architects (Fort Collins). "The Corcoran Company has been a great resource to us because of the depth of their experience."

Frye, whose design firm has worked with the Corcoran Company since 1986, cites the drywall company’s focus during the course of a job: "They’ve always been willing to go that extra mile with us on every project."

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