First planned for the city of Santa Maria in 1997, the $218-million Marian Regional Medical Center (MRMC) broke ground in October 2008 and celebrated its ribbon-cutting in March 2012.
Designed with classical and Spanish elements to complement the architecture in the surrounding community, the $5-million, 10,500-sq-ft station replaced a 3,000-sq-ft facility that was razed in 2010 in response to California's Essential Services Buildings Seismic Safety Act.
The $3.4-million Happy Hollow Park Bridge is a twin network tied-arch pedestrian bridge spanning Coyote Creek that provides a signature entrance to the renovated Happy Hollow Park and Zoo in San Jose.
In February 2012, Greenberry Industrial, Vancouver, Wash., completed the conversion of the Mt. Poso Cogeneration Plant in Bakersfield from a coal-burning facility to one that runs completely on local biomass.
The $1.01-billion project at Sacramento International Airport, the largest capital improvement program in Sacramento County history, was completed in October 2011—four months earlier than planned and $60 million under budget.