The Huff Team completed this hotel in about 26 months which includes the hiatus caused by the shelter-in-place orders due to the pandemic.The Element Hotel has 175 rooms throughout its 5-stories, encompassing 115,000 square feet. Some common amenities for this hotel will include an open-air pool, fitness center, meeting room, bar, lounge, market, and rooms with fully equipped kitchens. The Element Hotel brand has redefined the longer-stay experience with an outdoor-inspired design philosophy that is clean, modern, and bright. The exterior of this contemporary hotel is clad with black and white metal panels and features corten steel to add bronze-tone highlights. In addition to the hotel’s clean and modern design, it’s also built with sustainability in mind to achieve LEED Gold certification
The Element Hotel brand has redefined the longer-stay experience with an outdoor-inspired design philosophy that is clean, modern, and bright. The exterior of this contemporary hotel is clad with black and white metal panels and features corten steel to add bronze-tone highlights. In addition to the hotel’s clean and modern design, it’s built with sustainability in mind to achieve LEED Gold certification.
The office encompasses 7,134 square feet across its two floors. Floor-to-ceiling storefront windows are installed at the front of the building allowing natural light to illuminate the open office space. In addition, there are eight overhead doors for flexible storage options.
I grew up in Salinas, CA and moved to the San Jose area right after graduating from high school. I have since moved to the Turlock area and have been living here with my family since 1987.
Well, right out of high school, I got a position as a carpenter at one of my friend’s construction companies. One of the most memorable projects working as a carpenter was a remodel for one of Alfred Hitchcock’s homes. I also worked on schools, banks, stadiums, and medical facilities.
I am always excited to come to work but what makes me most excited is working with our clients and fixing any issues or changes that come up on a project.
One of my favorite things about my position is having the ability to problem-solve. I like to work on large and complex projects because of the amount of problem-solving that is involved. I enjoy accomplishing goals as a team and working with our repeat clients.
It’s difficult to choose one project but I really enjoyed building Samaritan Village in Hughson, CA. I have always wanted to build a mall and Samaritan Village is in a sense, a mall. It has a post office, movie theater, chapel, stores, barbershop, salon, assisted living space, and more. I also enjoyed working on the Mercy UC Davis Cancer Center in Merced, CA because it involved building a room for a linear accelerator. Some of the walls were 7 feet thick of solid concrete!
I have had a few moments when I felt really proud. One proud moment is when I earned a promotion from a superintendent to a project manager back in 2005. Another proud moment working here is when my son, Kyle, started working for Huff in 2014. Anytime a project that I am working on comes to completion I like to take a step back and appreciate all of the hard work done by the Huff Team and the great subcontractors that work with us. It’s truly a team effort when it comes to building.
What really sets us apart is that the owners of Huff Construction, Gary Huff and Brad Ardis, are deeply involved in every aspect of the company and they truly care about their employees and clients. They shape our company culture by setting high standards and leading by example. Their leadership translates to employees with an incredible work ethic and attitude. We truly work as a team and nobody is trying to climb over somebody else to get to the top which is prevalent in larger corporate settings.
I like to work on things around my house, fishing for bass, and I also love traveling with my wife. We really enjoyed traveling to Thailand for one of our son’s wedding and also traveling to Italy which we visited in 2018. I look forward to going on many more trips.
