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Completed three weeks ahead of schedule, the ophthalmic-lens production facility repurposes a 79,000-sq-ft office building in Folsom.

The $37.5-million three-phase project included construction of two buildings for the Met West High School and Child Development Center.

More than 100,000 people cross the U.S.-Mexico border daily at the world’s busiest land port of entry in San Ysidro, Calif., but the 30-year-old, 50-acre campus needed updating.

Construction of the two-phase 170-MW solar energy facility included installation of more than 875,000 solar panels, 15,000 tons of steel, 40 miles of cable tray and 425 miles of AC and DC cabling.

Originally constructed in 1951, this 12-story former hospital—now a research lab—sustained significant damage from the 1994 Northridge earthquake.

The first major subway project completed in San Francisco since the 1970s, the $241-million tunnels provide two miles of rapid transit from the southeast corner of the city to Chinatown, one of the country’s most densely populated neighborhoods and a thriving commercial district and tourist attraction.

At the nation’s seventh busiest airport, safety areas for two runways did not comply with Federal Aviation Administration design standards.

The continuing-care retirement community in Santa Rosa requested a reinvention and expansion to add upscale features in the spirit of the original Craftsman style vernacular.

Completed in October 2014, the certified CALgreen, 22-story, mixed-use tower in downtown Los Angeles has a structural system of reinforced concrete with post-tensioned decks, an all-glass facade and spectacular urban views.

A new intermodal transportation center in Southern California serves not only as an iconic gateway for the city of Anaheim but also as an extreme feat of steel modeling, fabrication and erection.