US Senate Candidate Bob Corker visits TWC

On September 25th, Bob Corker visited TWC to receive endorsement from the NFIB, National Federation of Independent Business. It was an honor to have him visit our warehouse and hear him speak on the issues he supports.

Jack Case Center

In August, The Wakefield Corporation began work on the largest single project ever undertaken by the company—BWXT Y-12, Site A, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This project represents a 7.1 million dollar contract for TWC.

Now known as The Jack Case Center, this commercial office building is being built on an 8 acre site and will consist of three wings forming a u-shape. Two wings of the building will be three story structures and one will consist of two stories. When completed, the building will encompass 412,700 square feet of office space.

The scope of work for TWC consists of metal studs, drywall, and insulation. Upon completion, over 1 million square feet of sheetrock will have been installed.

Our work is to be completed in February, 2007. Because of this fast track schedule, it is anticipated that we will have over 60 employees on the site at the height of the construction.

Baskins Creek Condominiums

  • 5 Story
  • 107,516 square feet
  • 772 Fabricated Panels (8,366 linear feet)







The Baskins Creek Condominiums project is under construction in downtown Gatlinburg, TN.

This project has presented many challenges to meet and obstacles to overcome. The TWC team has had to deal with time constraints, location issues, and schedule & delivery hardships.

In the preliminary stages of this project, the load bearing walls were estimated to be built on–site. With the construction schedule only being 12 months, it was decided to pre–fabricate the walls in the Summit shop, ship them to the job site, and then set them in place with a crane. By using this approach, the construction of the walls was done in 2 days per floor—framing on–site would have taken 10 days per floor. This saved a minimum of 40 man days for the project, as well as allowing the other trades to expedite their work more quickly.

Due to the project site’s tight fit in downtown Gatlinburg, maneuvering on–site machinery efficiently and safely and scheduling deliveries without interfering with the flow of traffic has been difficult. The project manager, construction manager, job–site foreman, and safety coordinator have communicated daily to plan for job site safety and to insure timely and safe deliveries.

The project is set to be completed on schedule in August of this year.