On a project decades in the making, crews will soon begin demolishing a defunct nuclear-reactor caisson in Eureka, Calif., at a site located only a few feet from the Pacific Ocean.
It was another year of revenue growth for many architectural and engineering firms in California. Respondents to ENR California’s latest Top Design Firms survey billed $4.27 billion of work in California in 2015.
“The Bay Area continues to grow both in terms of residential as well as industry, coupled with a spatial diversification of work locations and corporate headquarters,” Louis Armstrong says.
The design team behind the $477-million Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento aimed to keep spectators comfortable and reduce energy and water use by using such innovative elements as massive operational glass hangar doors and two independent ventilation systems.
As an owner engaged in every step of project development, Boston Properties has propelled sustainable office construction in the San Francisco Bay Area through projects such as Salesforce Tower and 535 Mission.