Playing Catch-Up

Housing boom means infrastructure projects on the rise
After five years of rapid housing growth, the Southern California desert valleys of Coachella and Imperial are playing catch-up with infrastructure construction.
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Right the First Time

Roebbelen nears completion on Dougherty Valley, Vista del Lago high schools
When Bob Kjome, vice president of preconstruction for El Dorado Hills-based Roebbelen, talks of the challenges the construction industry faces when building
large public school projects in California, he doesn’t express concern for rising materials or fuel costs.
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Mission Accomplished

CCSF’s new Mission Campus delivers functionality
It’s not easy to keep up with the construction activity at City College of San Francisco’s half a dozen satellite campuses and facilities. A bond renovation-rebuilding measure, totaling $440 million, got the ball rolling and, since 2001, a number of projects have come to fruition, including an architecturally pleasing Student Health Center and a Child Development Center, both located and open at the main Ocean Avenue Campus.
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Connecting Students

Murrieta Mesa High’s design emphasizes mutual space.
Buddy Gessel, AIA, LEED AP, associate at San Diego-based NTDStichler
Architecture, says the key element of the new Murrieta Mesa High School
in Murrieta is “connectivity.”
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High Priority

New library at CSUMB fills crucial need
The 13-year-old California State University, Monterey Bay, located on the grounds
of the former Fort Ord, has been waiting since its beginning to get a new high-tech library to replace its current facility, which consists of half of a small former military building.
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Track Record

Barnhart embarks on two Southern California high school projects
In his 20 years at Douglas E. Barnhart Inc. of San Diego, Vice President Gil Fullen
has been involved in more than 60 school projects and is now overseeing the completion of two more big high school projects – Tahquitz in Hemet, and
Redondo Union in Redondo Beach.
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CARB Adopts Strict Emissions Regulations

California Air Resources Board Approves Off-Road Diesel Emissions Regulations
Despite a vigorous opposition from the construction industry, the California Air Resources Board voted unanimously July 26 to approve tough new off-road
diesel emissions standards for the state’s estimated 180,000 vehicles used
in construction, mining, airport ground support and other industries.
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Top Specialty Contractors - Times are Changing

Specialty contractors see technology, green building as keys to future
California’s building landscape is changing and specialty contractors
are finding they will need to change with it.
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