Abstract
The J. A. Tiberti Construction Records include material documenting construction work performed throughout Las Vegas, Nevada between 1950 and 2011 including bid packages, specifications, contracts, correspondence, company records, legal documents, and architectural plans.
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The J. A. Tiberti Construction Records include material documenting construction work performed throughout Las Vegas, Nevada between 1950 and 2011 including bid packages, specifications, contracts, correspondence, company records, legal documents, and architectural plans. Bid packages include cost breakdowns for individual projects for subcontractor work and materials purchased. Correspondence include clarifications and requests regarding work performed. Company records include subcontractor pay request records, corporate insurance and lien releases, daily work reports, and permits.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
The records are organized into five series:
Series I. Architectural drawings, 1977-2000;
Series II. Successful bid packages, 1950-1990;
Series III. Unsuccessful bid packages, 1950-1990;
Series IV. Project files, 1964-2011;
Series V. Legal files, 1959-1990.
Biographical / Historical Note
J. A. Tiberti Construction is a construction company and General Contractor based in Las Vegas, Nevada, that has built educational, commercial, residential, civic, public, medical, and hotel and casino projects throughout the city for over sixty-five years.
The company was established in 1950 by Jelindo Angelo “J. A.” Tiberti (1919-2006), who, as an engineer with the Army Corps of Engineers, arrived in Las Vegas from Colorado in 1941 to develop the Nellis Air Force Base. J. A. headed Tiberti Construction for thirty-nine years while residing in Las Vegas for sixty-five years. He served on the City of Las Vegas Planning Commission for twenty-five years, the Board of Directors Nevada Power Company for thirty-six years, and was active in community and professional service with the Las Vegas Rotary Club, the Catholic Dioceses of Las Vegas Finance Committee, Associated General Contractors of America, Nevada Society of Professional Engineers, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Palladium Society, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation. J.A. was named Southern Nevada’s Engineer of the Year in 1972, the Most Distinguished Nevadan in 1987, received an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from UNLV in 1989, and was inducted into the Nevada Business Hall of Fame in February, 2004. He died May 3, 2006 in Las Vegas.
Since the founding of Tiberti Construction, the company’s leadership transitioned from J.A. to his two sons: Tito Tiberti from 1981 until 2009, and Renaldo Tiberti since 2009. As of 2018, Tiberti Construction’s projects include more than twenty school projects, six medical facilities, and sixteen hotel and casino projects with multi-use arenas. Tiberti Construction also completed more than sixty water and wastewater projects for the Las Vegas Valley Water District, totaling nearly five hundred million dollars. The firm completed the first two LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum-certified projects in Nevada at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve, the highest level of certification for sustainable building design. Tiberti Construction is also a winner of a number of awards and was named in the “Engineering News Record” as one of the top one hundred contractors nationwide.
Sources:
J.A. Tiberti Construction. “About us.” J.A. Tiberti Construction. Accessed August 1, 2018. http://www.tiberti.com/about.php
J.A. Tiberti Construction. “Las Vegas Springs Preserve.” Accessed August 1, 2018. J.A. Tiberti Construction. http://jatiberticonstruction.com/viewprojects.php?name=lvpreserve
Las Vegas Review-Journal Obituaries. “Jelindo Tiberti.” Las Vegas Review-Journal. 2006. Accessed August 1, 2018. http://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=jelindo-tiberti&pid=142036741
Preferred Citation
J. A. Tiberti Construction Records, 1950-2011. MS-00855. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 2017; accession number 2017-121.
Processing Note
In 2018, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Sarah Jones and Jimmy Chang surveyed, rehoused, and arranged the materials, and revised the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards.