A modified integrated project delivery method—including the use of a board of directors, mock-up facility and oversized jobsite trailer—is propelling teamwork at the $839-million University of California, San Diego Jacobs Medical Center (JMC) in La Jolla. Related Links: Design-Assist Team Delivers Pediatric Hospital Tower 2 Months Early Turnkey Procurement a Key to Success on Navy Hospital Job "From Day 1, this project has encouraged a very collaborative environment for all project partners, with a level of intense self-evaluation and stakeholder scrutiny," says Dan Pierce, president of Phoenix-based Kitchell, the project's contractor.The 550,000-sq-ft campus expansion is the largest health care project
The first massive gate for the Folsom Dam Auxiliary Spillway project arrived last month at Folsom, Calif.—about 20 miles east of Sacramento—after a four day, 600-mile journey. Carrying a bulkhead gate so large it took up two lanes of traffic to allow its passage, a 100-ft-long flatbed rolled onto the jobsite in the middle of the night on March 14 with a California Highway Patrol escort. Photos courtesy of Folsom Joint Federal Project Despite California's ongoing drought, Folsom Dam requires $900 million in upgrades to protect nearby communities from catastrophic floods. The six flat, panel-shaped bulkhead gates (below) are being
The historic Huntington Library in Southern California is continuing its massive $100-million, two-project expansion. The 96-yr-old facility is building a new $65-million Education and Visitor Center on one part of its 150-acre campus and is completing the $40-million Liu Fang Yuan Chinese Garden in another area. Photos courtesy of Huntington Library Additions include the Waveless Boat Pavilion (above), which evokes a boat gliding across the water, and the newly completed 1,129-sq-ft Clear and Transcendent Pavilion (below), which serves as a lakeside performance space. Related Links: New $60M Garden Complex to Harmonize with Huntington Library Natural History Museum of Los Angeles 'Next'
Kilroy Realty officially broke ground February 10 on Columbia Square, the largest current project underway in Hollywood. Covering an entire 4.7-acre city block, the $400-million development will create an estimated 1,300 construction jobs and 3,000 permanent positions. Related Links: 'Body Brace' on Stilts Keeps Old Berkeley Building Safe Dramatic Infill Project Offers High-End L.A. Living "This will be the most extraordinary, well designed collaborative campus built to date in California, if not the country," said John Kilroy, CEO, at the groundbreaking event.Located along famed Sunset Blvd, in the shadow of the giant Hollywood sign, the project takes over an historic site
Big things are afoot in California. Construction activity is vigorous, and owners throughout the state are giving green lights to more projects. The San Francisco area, in particular, is in the midst of a two-year-old boom. And development in downtown Los Angeles is heating up, with several projects coming out of the ground and many more in the pipeline. Related Links: Five Teams Seek California's Next High-Speed Rail Segment Sacramento Arena Project Gets Protection From Environmental Litigation, Signs PLA Reactions Mixed After California Releases Full Delta Bay Plan Though there is much to celebrate, it's not all good news for
Keeping an Art Deco printing plant administration building out of harm's way while a $100-million museum is built under, in and around it requires some fancy falsework and delicate footwork. In October, crews at the University of California, Berkeley site finished installing a "body brace" on stilts to both protect the three-story shoe-box-like structure, which anchors one corner of the museum development, and to make room for new foundations and a new basement gallery space. Related Links: 'Honeycomb' Wrapper Keeps Broad Museum Team on Its Toes Cal Memorial Stadium Rehab Boosts Seismic Safety "The admin building is retained as a
The seamless integration of architecture, acoustics and technology is on display within the 47-ft-high ceilings of Stanford University's new Bing Concert Hall.
Built above the town of Maalaea in the West Maui Mountains of Hawaii, Kaheawa II challenged the project team because of the site's steep terrain, high winds and corrosiveness.
A synthesis of art, architecture, innovative seismic engineering and construction, the $18.6-million rail-transit bridge spanning Interstate 210 is the centerpiece of the $735-million, 11.5-mile Gold Line Foothill Extension project.
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