HKS Inc., in partnership with Architectural Resources Group, won a $7.9 million design contract from the U.S. General Services Administration for the renovation/green upgrade of the historic 50 United Nations Plaza Federal Building in San Francisco. The 50 United Nations Plaza Federal Building has a long history in the city. 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
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 California Transportation Foundation has announced the Transportation Award winners for Project of the Year, Person of the Year, Elected Official of the Year and more for transportation excellence in 2009. Structure Project of the Year went to Confusion Hill Bridge on U.S. 101 in Mendocino County. The CTF Transportation Awards recognize excellence in California transportation, all modes, public and private sector and from all regions of the state. “The TRANNY Awards jury, made up of public and private sector transportation professionals, reviewed many excellent nominations this year,” says Tom Zlotkowski, CTF Transportation Awards Committee Chair. “Our selections represent the
McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. of Newport Beach recently topped off the structural steel on CHOC Children’s new patient care tower. Currently on schedule for construction completion in December 2012, the $563-million expansion is located on the south side of the existing CHOC Children’s hospital site in Orange. Over the last six months, construction workers used a 196-ft-tall Liebherr tower crane with a reach of 276 ft to install 5,805 pieces of structural steel creating the frame for the new tower. The project team celebrated the placement of the last structural steel beam with a barbecue lunch for the project’s construction
After seven long years in development, Sacramento Mutual Housing Association broke ground last month on its latest development, Mutual Housing at The Highlands, which will house, when completed in mid-2011, the chronically homeless. On the project team are Sunseri Construction of Chico, the general contractor; Cunningham Engineering in Davis; and Sacramento-based Cynthia Easton Architects. Mutual Housing at The Highlands is located on a 3.5-acre parcel in the McClellan Redevelopment Area in North Highlands. The apartment community will have a total of 90 apartments, including 66 with supportive services that will be reserved for persons who are currently homeless. The breakdown