Ford Motor Co.’s plan to put a fully autonomous car on the road by 2021 inspired the creation of the Ford Innovation and Research Center in Palo Alto.

The San Dieguito Earl Warren Middle School project in Solana Beach replaces the original 1954 facility with a sustainable and high-tech learning environment.

Located on the shores of San Francisco Bay, Design Tech High School sits on the edge of Oracle Corp.’s campus, surrounded by green spaces with walking and biking paths.

The 5.2-mile improvement project on State Route 76 included widening a two-lane road to a divided four-lane highway and updating bridges over the San Luis Rey River.

Crews building Holman Highway 68’s roundabout in Monterey overcame heavy rains, skepticism from local residents and an environmentally sensitive location to relieve traffic congestion at one of the two gateways to the Monterey Peninsula.

The $58.4-million project to build ramps for Interstate 80 and Yerba Buena Island was a crucial step in the redevelopment of San Francisco’s Treasure Island.

At 91,200 sq ft, the Alton and Lydia Lim Center triples Biola University’s space for its science, technology and health programs.

Gothic architecture is traditionally associated with slow, painstaking work, yet the project team behind University of  Southern California Village designed and constructed six Gothic-styled structures on a busy campus in four years.

Designed to inspire and showcase biotechnology, the new 38,000-sq-ft science building replaces a small lab on the campus of Solano Community College.

The Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford project, which is the first LEED Platinum children’s hospital on the West Coast, has been 12 years in the making.