San Fernando-based Bernards has started construction on a Harley Ellis Devereaux-designed child development center at Santa Ana College. Related Links: Skanska USA Completes Central Utility Plant to Power State Capitol, Offices Swinerton Breaks Ground on NASA Project at Ames Research Center KMA Architecture, Straub Construction Begin Design-Build Project at Camp Pendleton McCarthy Completes Parking Garage for Grossmont College Jacobs Receives Hospital Contract from City and County of San Francisco The $8.6-million, 18,200-sq-ft project will accommodate nearly 200 infants, toddlers and preschool children as well as students from the college’s Early Child Development Program. The center will feature eight children’s classrooms,
San Diego-based KMA Architecture & Engineering and Fallbrook-based Straub Construction have begun work on a design-build Infantry Training Center and Grounds Maintenance Building at Camp Pendleton. Related Links: Skanska USA Completes Central Utility Plant to Power State Capitol, Offices Swinerton Breaks Ground on NASA Project at Ames Research Center McCarthy Completes Parking Garage for Grossmont College Jacobs Receives Hospital Contract from City and County of San Francisco Bernards Starts Construction on Harley Ellis Devereaux-designed Child Development Center Construction of the project, which is seeking LEED certification, is expected to be completed by fall 2010. The $10-million project will incorporate sustainable
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a contract from the city and county of San Francisco to provide construction management services for the San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center Rebuild Program. Related Links: Skanska USA Completes Central Utility Plant to Power State Capitol, Offices Swinerton Breaks Ground on NASA Project at Ames Research Center KMA Architecture, Straub Construction Begin Design-Build Project at Camp Pendleton McCarthy Completes Parking Garage for Grossmont College Bernards Starts Construction on Harley Ellis Devereaux-designed Child Development Center The rebuild was approved by San Francisco voters in November 2008. They authorized the city and county to
McCarthy Building Cos. has completed construction on a 402,503-sq-ft, three-level parking structure and adjacent 3,200-sq-ft Public Safety Office at Grossmont College in El Cajon. International Parking Design was the architect for the $25-million Grossmont College project. Related Links: Skanska USA Completes Central Utility Plant to Power State Capitol, Offices Swinerton Breaks Ground on NASA Project at Ames Research Center KMA Architecture, Straub Construction Begin Design-Build Project at Camp Pendleton Jacobs Receives Hospital Contract from City and County of San Francisco Bernards Starts Construction on Harley Ellis Devereaux-designed Child Development Center San Diego-based Gafcon served as construction manager and Los Angeles-based
Skanska USA has completed construction on the central utility plant for the state Capitol and 22 state office buildings. The utility plant was designed by Sacramento firm Nacht and Lewis. Related Links: Swinerton Breaks Ground on NASA Project at Ames Research Center KMA Architecture, Straub Construction Begin Design-Build Project at Camp Pendleton McCarthy Completes Parking Garage for Grossmont College Jacobs Receives Hospital Contract from City and County of San Francisco Bernards Starts Construction on Harley Ellis Devereaux-designed Child Development Center The 78,000-sq-ft facility operates on 90% less water than its predecessor and is expected to help the state reduce energy
Swinerton Builders has begun construction on a $20-million, 50,000-sq-ft, steel-frame Sustainability Base building at the Ames Research Center at Moffett Field in Mountain View. Related Links: Skanska USA Completes Central Utility Plant to Power State Capitol, Offices KMA Architecture, Straub Construction Begin Design-Build Project at Camp Pendleton McCarthy Completes Parking Garage for Grossmont College Jacobs Receives Hospital Contract from City and County of San Francisco Bernards Starts Construction on Harley Ellis Devereaux-designed Child Development Center Sustainability Base will be a research facility for studying sustainability on Earth and is designed to achieve LEED platinum certification. Green features of Sustainability Base
The extensive expansion of Good Samaritan West Tower Medical Center involves the addition of 60,000 of new building space and over 19,000 of renovation. This will provide room for a new respiratory therapy area, a new kitchen area, as well as support for new electrical services. The ground level expansion will provide a new Emergency Department. The upper floors will host a new Critical Care Unit and offer space for additional medical/surgical beds and expanded administrative services. The sitework package incorporates new Emergency Department ambulance access, urgent care dropoff areas, as well as revised sidewalk and entry roadwork. IMAGE COURTESY
The Goose Creek Correctional Center is being constructed on a 150 acre site. There are five separate structures totaling 450,000 sq ft. Two structures, the General Population Housing, and Support Services (designed by HOK and Durrant Justice respectively) are inside a secure perime�ter created by a double fence system. GPH and SV will be constructed using tilt-up concrete wall panels and structural steel. The tilt-up panels at GPH will be insulated sandwich panels which will provide the hardened wall surfaces required within the housing units. The SV panels will be standard tilt-ups. All panels will be site cast by NCI
Centrally located in the heart of downtown Portland, this is a renovation project of the existing Historic Reed Building. In addition to the remodel, the project also consists of a four-story new addition, Mercy Corps Headquarters. The ground floor will serve two main functions: a new global learning center and the Mercy Corps Northwest small business center that provides financial, and technical assistance to assist entrepreneurs generate and develop businesses. The northern part of the property will consist of a parking lot for the use of Mercy Corps staff and visitors. Seeking LEED Platinum, this 80,000 sq ft building is
The Commons (otherwise known as Building 98) is part of a campus expansion now underway that also includes four office buildings, a 1.6M sq ft subterranean garage and large open green space featuring a regulation soccer field. GLY was nationally recognized by the AGC (Associated General Contractors) for BIM efforts on this project. A huge challenge was constructing a level �platform� for the first floor of Commons buildings over the lid of a subterranean garage that sloped in two directions: side-to-side (transversely) to allow water drainage and longitudinally to respond to existing/finished grades. As a result, no two points on