When bids came in $46 million over budget, the project underwent extensive value engineering—accomplished while preserving the program and functionality.
The team for the fast-tracked, $117-million renovation overcame challenges such as a significant water intrusion that damaged communications infrastructure and a $20-million scope increase, including the late addition of a three-story, double-core elevator tower.
In 1961, Robert Schuller—a Protestant minister who went on to commission the Crystal Cathedral, which is also sited at the 34-acre Garden Grove campus—hired architect Richard Neutra to design the first "drive-in" church that included a balcony from which Schuller could preach to congregants who stayed in their parked cars.
When it was time for DPR Construction to establish its San Francisco office, it quickly decided on a goal—create the city's first net-zero energy use commercial building that would stand both as a workplace and a sustainability showcase.
A modified integrated project delivery method—including the use of a board of directors, mock-up facility and oversized jobsite trailer—is propelling teamwork at the $839-million University of California, San Diego Jacobs Medical Center (JMC) in La Jolla. Related Links: Design-Assist Team Delivers Pediatric Hospital Tower 2 Months Early Turnkey Procurement a Key to Success on Navy Hospital Job "From Day 1, this project has encouraged a very collaborative environment for all project partners, with a level of intense self-evaluation and stakeholder scrutiny," says Dan Pierce, president of Phoenix-based Kitchell, the project's contractor.The 550,000-sq-ft campus expansion is the largest health care project
Built above the town of Maalaea in the West Maui Mountains of Hawaii, Kaheawa II challenged the project team because of the site's steep terrain, high winds and corrosiveness.
A synthesis of art, architecture, innovative seismic engineering and construction, the $18.6-million rail-transit bridge spanning Interstate 210 is the centerpiece of the $735-million, 11.5-mile Gold Line Foothill Extension project.