History
Established in 1969, PKF initially pursued the Heavy/Highway market, building bridges in New Jersey and Southeastern PA. At the point several years later when federal Clean Water funding was enacted, PKF bolstered its infrastructure capabilities by completing work in the water/wastewater plant market. Coupled with the need to maintain direct control of critical aspects of our work, participation in the plant market quickly lead PKF to establish a separate company, Mark III Mechanical, to exclusively self-perform process mechanical and instrumentation work. In 1979, the two firms merged to become PKF-Mark III, Inc. This remains our official name, though we are often referred to in the industry simply as PKF.
Capabilities
PKF places substantial emphasis on self-performance to expand and distinguish itself as a premier contractor with unique engineering, bidding, construction, and management capabilities not evident in competitors. PKF currently has capabilities to self-perform:
- Site/civil: MSE retaining walls, excavation, duct bank, utility & process pipe, precast structures
- Heavy concrete: formwork, reinforcing steel, placing, finishing, spall repairs, precast beam & element erection
- Foundations: drilled shafts, micro-piles, cofferdams, driven and augered piles, sheeting, tiebacks, caissons
- Electrical: generators, switchgear, transformers, substations, conduit/cable, grounding, fiber, signals, data, CCTV, security, SCADA, train control, instrumentation
- Process mechanical: pipe, valves & fittings, pumps, blowers, compressors, dryers, precision alignment, boilers, turbines, filters, and instrumentation/SCADA
- Heavy hauling
- Startup, maintenance and operations
- Various architectural disciplines
In addition to its craft capabilities, PKF has strong experience and capabilities in performing:
- Project Management, scheduling, constructability reviews, QA/QC functions
- Alternate bidding and contract formats, including design-bid-build, design-build, unit price, lump sum, and construction management with fee