The $62.7-million expansion doubled the Abingdon Water Treatment Plant capacity to 20 million gallons per day, which addressed increased demands on Harford County's water distribution system.
Completed in June 2012, the Dept. of Veterans Affairs' $34-million, 91,000-sq-ft Mental Health Center complex in Palo Alto, Calif., centers on a secure activity courtyard and garden.
The first LEED-Gold-certified kindergarten and middle-school building in the city of San Jose, this 6,000-sq-ft library creates a new focal point at the campus, which dates to the 1850s and is one of the oldest schools in Northern California.
Members of the construction team call the $956-million Palomar Medical Center in Escondido "The Hospital of the Future," saying that it sets benchmarks in health care architecture and construction.
Sited along the Pacific Coast Highway, the project is adjacent to an active oil field, marshlands, residential communities and a restaurant, as well as the city of Newport Beach and Caltrans access easements and rights-of-way.
Complying with state-mandated seismic deadlines, this seven-story, acute-care replacement hospital in Castro Valley is also the industry's first to use an 11-party integrated project delivery contract, in which the owner and 10 participants are contractually required to collaborate.
The 193,729-sq-ft project included demolition; hazardous materials abatement; ADA-compliant restrooms; anti-terrorism measures; replacement of four large air-handling units; new ductwork; new electrical systems; erecting infection-control barriers during construction; and installing flexible, demountable partition panelized systems and sewer piping.
Touted as the largest capital improvement project in Stockton's history, the DWSP improves water reliability, protects groundwater and provides drought protection for the city, which was no longer able to rely on pumped groundwater and purchased water for its municipal supply.
Completed in June 2012, 10 weeks ahead of schedule, the LEED-Gold-certified research building for the University of California San Francisco's 54-year-old Cardiovascular Research Institute is dedicated to seeking cures for heart and vascular disease—the leading cause of death in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.