Submitted by BNBuilders This $16.8-million design-build project for the University of California, Davis consists of three main components: the winery for the Department of Viticulture and Enology, the brewery small scale fermentation and classroom, and food pilot plant for the Department of Food Science and Technology. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The facilities are a part of the UC Davis Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science and house a working, small-scale winery, brewery, and food processing pilot plant in addition to a dairy processing room. The winery includes large experimental fermentation areas, controlled temperature rooms, barrel and
Submitted by PCL Construction Services The new $129-million UCLA Terasaki Life Sciences Building features two wings with laboratories, offices, scholarly activity space, and building support spaces on five floors plus a basement vivarium. The 175,000-sq-ft structure is supported by a cast-in-place concrete frame with flat-slab floor decks. This building, which is seeking LEED certification, is the new home of the Biological Sciences Department. A stated goal of the UCLA Terasaki Life Sciences Building Detailed Project Program is to “provide flexible facilities that anticipate changing future needs.” To help meet this goal, the building was designed with large, open laboratory spaces
Submitted by Stronghold Engineering This $1.9-million design-build solar photovoltaic carport project in San Diego consisted of a 216W STC, 185W PTC system with an anticipated kW power generation of 204.5 kW. The total number of Sharp ND-U216C1 modules installed on this project was 1,106 with 79 strings of 14 modules. The Miramar solar carport structure spans over 160 parking spaces providing over 25,000 sq ft of coverage for vehicles parking below. In addition, a building to house the inverters and electrical equipment was constructed to protect the equipment from potentially damaging weather conditions. The system required the installation of two
This year, a panel of 13 judges, representing architects, builders and associations, chose 51 winning projects among the more than 135 submissions for the Best of California 2010 program. Submitted by FTR International Orange County Water District�s Advanced Quality Assurance Laboratory: Overall Top Project/Winner: Civic/Public Works Related Links: Orange County Water District�s Advanced Quality Assurance Laboratory Frontier Project Logan Heights Library U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations Command BEQs DPR San Diego Office Miller Children�s Hospital New Inpatient Pavilion UC San Diego Housing & Dining Services Administration Building Beckman Coulter Headquarters St. Thomas the Apostle School Madison Club UC Riverside Geology
Submitted by DLR Group WWCOT The $17-million, 48,000-sq-ft, LEED-certified student services center in Palm Desert was designed as an inviting edifice that stretches its arms to the community, fits within the context of existing campus buildings and contains multiple points of entry for easy access. The entrance is shaped like the open pages of a book and allows for views into the main lobby atrium. The vertical articulation of deep-set windows responds to the desert conditions and the character of the existing buildings. At the project’s inception, the design team had to develop a design that maximized accessibility to students
Submitted by HMC Architects As the Rancho Cucamonga region’s top-rated high-performance building, this 14,200-sq-ft LEED platinum certified demonstration building is dedicated to educating the community in sustainable living practices. The project is a public initiative demonstrating how inviting and engaging architecture can foster community awareness and create functional spaces for community forums, school field trips, lectures, public tours and vendor exhibits showcasing environmentally friendly products. A key element of the building design was the boomerang-shape of the building. A major component of the “boomerang” is the north facing glass wall that runs along the perimeter of the interior courtyard. Besides
Submitted by Barnhart Balfour Beatty The University of California, Riverside’s $7.6-million modernization project for both the Geology and Physics buildings were performed in phases, which helped minimize class disruption and the need for swing space during construction. The Physics Building was the first to go under construction. Phase two continued in the 58,546-sq-ft Geology Building where the focus of work included upgrades to building systems, infrastructure, and seismic enhancements. Upgrades to the building systems included new circuit breakers, emergency generators, and all lighting and communications systems. Replacements were also made to all windows and sunshades, interior partitions, doors, HVAC systems,
San Jose International Airport, which had a grand opening in June, has been called the country’s most technologically advanced airport and it’s easy to see why.
Located in the picturesque back country of San Diego County, the very small historic St. Bartholomew’s Chapel was destroyed by a wildfire that ravaged the Rincon Indian reservation in late 2007.