b'Fostering a sense of trust and guardianship is the goal of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), which tapped The Korte Company to design and buildthe Nevada Joint Training Center. The complex willtotal 164,000 square feet that combines educationaland controlled tactical training space.LVMPD and other law enforcement partners initiated plans for the Joint Training Center in 2017 with thegoal of improving cross-jurisdictional lawenforcement coordination.JERRY The facility features educational spaces, advanced simulators and a tactical training village, all designed REHKEMPERto sharpen the skills of law enforcement officerstasked with protecting the unique, dynamicenvironment that is Las Vegas.Being busy is par for the course in Las Vegas. Other ongoing work this year includes:Founders Academy of Las Vegas additionGood Samaritan Sanctuary215 Flamingo CenterKORTE|YEAR IN REVIEW JERRY REHKEMPEREl Cortez hotel tower remodelVolunteer Crossing, LLCYouve got to know the job.He thrived there, too. As one story has it,Jerry estimates that the company did Jerry and his team bid one job so low thataround $8 million in business a year when Dont ever miss anythingVern dragged them off a golf course andhe first joined. By the time he retired in on the plans. back into the office to find where theyd2011, it was more like $300 million.messed up.Construction is in Jerry Rehkempers DNA.Growth like that is no accident. You need Born to a family of builders, Jerry got hisThey hadnt. And the job still made money.good people for that. People who knowstart in The Korte Companys warehouse,their stuff. stenciling tools and sweeping up. After suffering a severe concussion in a car wreck, Jerry returned to companyYouve got to know the job, and Jerry did.It wasnt enough, so he worked up the gutsheadquarters in Highland and spent ato ask Ralph for more.year filling out purchase orders and Like the back of his hand.writing subcontracts. Ralph, a firm believer in baptism by fire, made Jerry an assistant superintendent onBut any time a bid slipped acrossthe spot.his desk, he would notice errors andmake corrections.Sink or swim. Jerry swam. Jerry was back to his old self. It was time In fact, Jerrys stroke was so smooth thatto throw him in the fire againfirst, as he was thrown into another fire again just athe companys chief estimator. Then, three couple years later. Ralph needed someoneyears later, he was made a vice president. to be lead estimator at the companys Marion, Illinois office. Jerry learned aboutTimes were changing fast for The Korte the opportunity from Vern Eardley Company. We were doing bigger jobs, and Ralphs second in commandon a Friday.more of them, and farther away from home.By Monday, hed moved to Marion.P_35 P_36'