This new $110-million, 63-acre high school campus features eight major buildings in a circular layout forming a central courtyard. Education space includes 60 academic classrooms, eight science labs, a TV studio, electronics/robotics labs and art, theater and music classrooms. The school has capacity for 2,400 students with expansion to 3,000. Related Links: Best of California 2009 The city of West Sacramento Recreation Center is located on the school property and features a family aquatics center, fitness center and 35-ft-high rock climbing structure. The Washington Unified School District, the city of West Sacramento and the design team established six memorable goals
The Ronald McDonald House would not have been built without the consideration and care of the construction community throughout San Diego. Related Links: Best of California 2009 Built on top of an existing six-story parking structure near the Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, the Ronald McDonald House received contributions from builders, architects and subcontractors who helped construct a 65,000-sq-ft, $12.8-million facility. The new Ronald McDonald House increases the number of beds for sick children from 12 to 47 and includes a number of new facilities, including laundry rooms, television and snack rooms, child and adolescent game rooms, library and
The Fairmead Route 99 project was designed to remove the at-grade crossings that have allowed the local traffic to cross Route 99 traffic, and add one more travel lane in both the northbound and southbound directions. The $51.1-million project consisted of building a new frontage road to collect the county roads and build two bridges to carry this traffic over Route 99 and the railroad that parallels the route. Related Links: Best of California 2009 Through five stages, the existing Route 99 was removed and replaced with new Portland cement concrete paving. The existing irrigation system was rerouted through a
As part of an $80-million golf course renovation project, the Indian Wells Golf Resort Clubhouse was built to complement two major golf course renovations. Related Links: Best of California 2009 The $39-million, 53,000-sq-ft, two-story golf clubhouse includes a pro shop and an underground cart barn/storage area. The completed building is a cast-in-place concrete and steel superstructure finished with sandstone veneer, stucco, and storefront glazing exterior. Its interiors feature numerous stone floors and walls integrated with varying wood veneers, glass, stone and stainless steel finishes. The facility also includes a restaurant, sports bar, cafe bar, 2,000-sq-ft ballroom, a temperature-controlled wine room,
When Robert Mondavi, renowned California wine producer, made a personal gift of $25 million to establish the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science within UC Davis’ College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, a new era of opportunity opened for the university in its widely acclaimed viticulture, enology, and food science programs. Related Links: Best of California 2009 The $61.8-million Robert Mondavi Institute combines the teaching and research programs for the departments of Viticulture and Enology, and Food Science and Technology under one roof. The design team incorporated strategies to make the buildings as environmentally sensitive as possible, even
Charles Pankow Builders’ involvement in the Jack London Square redevelopment project began in 2000, and its most recent contribution was the $34.3-million design-build of a seven-level, 1,092-car parking structure with 30,000 sq ft of retail, bus plaza and pedestrian bridges. Related Links: Best of California 2009 The use of design-build enabled the project team to streamline design duration, select the most efficient construction methods such as precast, and tighten the sequencing of activities to meet the owner’s needs. When site issues arose due to underground conditions or utilities and public agencies, the project team was able to provide creative and
Needing to fit a new St. Jude medical tower into an existing hospital campus, the project team delivered a facility that looks and feels modern but still blends into the older hospital. The $80-million, five-story St. Jude Medical Center Southwest Tower and Central Plant took more than three years to build. The project included the construction of an emergency department, adult critical care units and an intensive care unit. Related Links: Best of California 2009 The project team encountered some key challenges when building the tower. One of the significant challenges was adapting the site to meet the future needs
Located in Manteca, the $12.8-million Kerasotes Showplace 16 is the first theater for the Kerasotes group in the West. This theater was part of the larger project of The Promenade at Orchard Valley Lifestyle Center, developed by Poag and McEwan Lifestyle Centers. Related Links: Best of California 2009 With over 82,000 sq ft, 3,200 seats and Kerasotes’ first all-digital theater, this project was constructed in a little more than eight months using 440 pre-cast concrete panels shipped over 225 mi to the project site. Each auditorium consisted of eight thick exterior walls and two to six demising walls separating each
L.A. Live! Buildings A and B are among the final pieces of a vast entertainment complex aimed at providing Los Angeles with a downtown feel. Entertainment Building A is a nearly 408,000-sq-ft retail center that houses several restaurants, nightclubs, the Club Nokia music venue, a Lucky Strike Bowling Alley and the Grammy Museum. Related Links: Best of California 2009 Entertainment Building B is about 105,000 sq ft and houses an ESPN Zone restaurant and bar, and production facilities and offices for ESPN. The design concept required the buildings to be visually striking, which translated into the use of sharp angles,
The Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollenbeck Station is proof that you can still go green and deliver a satisfying civic structure. Related Links: Best of California 2009 The project team behind the Hollenbeck Station – FTR International and AC Martin and Partners – delivered a project that met all of the LAPD’s needs and also earned LEED gold certification. The two-story, 176,000-sq-ft facility includes a four-story parking structure and a one-story maintenance building. The team building the $34.5-million project had to overcome some challenges to construct the facility. Chief among those challenges was the partial demolition of an existing building
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