Gafcon Completes Homeless Shelter

CAMARILLO-San Diego-based Gafcon has completed construction management for a $1.3 million homeless shelter in this Ventura County city. The project included a 20,000-sq.-ft. renovation of the RAIN Transitional Housing Project, a homeless shelter in Camarillo.

Christy Madden was the county's program administrator. Lauterbach & Associates of Ventura served as the architect.

The renovated building replaces the former RAIN Transitional Housing Shelter, located 2 mi. away on county property. The scope of the project included interior demolition and renovation of a two-story, Spanish-style, concrete building that was formerly part of the Camarillo State Hospital. The building encompasses a commercial kitchen, dining room, office space, counseling and program rooms, and dormitories to house as many as 90 residents.

Gafcon provided construction management, contract documents and volunteer coordination of the project.

Due to funding constraints, project volunteers included members of the community, shelter residents and the Seabees (a Navy construction team). Gafcon employees pitched in to work on the project, too.

In addition to providing meals and shelter, RAIN provides programs such as career counseling, job placement and life-skill classes.

Snyder Langston Begins $17 Million Expansion

LOS ANGELES-Snyder Langston, an Irvine-based general contractor broke ground last month on a 123,000-sq.-ft. replacement for Midnight Mission.

The Mission is an independent, social service agency that is relocating within downtown to Sixth and San Pedro streets.

Los Angeles-based Gin Wong Associates is the architect for the $17 million project. David Bentley, the representative for the owner, Midnight Mission, said the project has a number of hurdles to overcome. These challenges include archeology oversight during excavation, partnering with police to ensure site security, the transfer of unique equipment and supplies from the existing Mission and the coordination of new donated construction materials from various agencies and the building trades.

Snyder Langston is providing preconstruction services, value engineering and general contracting for the 93,000-sq.-ft. shell and core of the three-story facility. The project will include one level of below-grade parking, steel columns, concrete walls and an exterior featuring a combination of smooth and split-face concrete-masonry units.

"The expanded facility will triple our current services," said Larry Adamson, president of Midnight Mission.

In addition to a food kitchen, dining >> room, and rest rooms, the Mission will include off-street meeting areas, office space, warehouse space, classroom training facilities, a library, dormitory area for 300 and gymnasium.

The Midnight Mission is a non-profit organization supported entirely by contributions from the general public; it is dedicated to providing a vehicle for the residents of Skid Row to get back to mainstream life.

Johnson & Jennings Completes Pet Project

LA JOLLA-San Diego-based Johnson & Jennings General Contracting has completed tenant improvement construction for Muttropolis, a high-end boutique that caters to pets and their owners. The construction cost for the 1,533-sq.-ft. project was $60,000.

Johnson & Jennings installed custom stone floor tiles, redwood decking, custom millwork and display cases.

Retail design was provided by The McCulley Group.

Subcontractors included Howard's Rug, Qualtec Electric, B&B Acoustics and Quality Painting.

Artimex Iron Tops Out Solana Beach School

SOLANA BEACH-Artimex Iron has topped out steel on the $9.8 million campus for the Solana Beach School District's sixth elementary school.

The 10-acre school-being built by San Diego-based Barnhart Inc. and designed by the San Diego office of HMC Architects- is scheduled to open in late September with an enrollment of 550 students in grades K-6.

The project consists of a two-story, 798,000-sq.-ft. building, which will be separated into different wings.

Construction Begins on Industrial Building

OTAY MESA-Construction has begun on Trepco West, a 129,200 sq.-ft., build-to-suit industrial building being developed by San Diego-based Paulus Enterprises Inc. The project is located in the Ocean View Hills Corporate Center on Corporate Drive in Otay Mesa.

Irvine-based Ware Malcomb is the architect. The general contractor is San Diego-based TFW Construction.

The $3.8 million project will consist of 122,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space, 5,000 sq. ft. of mezzanine office space and 2,200 sq. ft. for a shipping/receiving office. The design incorporates layered overlapping panels, patterned inlays, metal canopies, angled entry panels and parapet variation to produce a building with highly articulate facades.

Smith Consulting Begins Design for Pacific Coast Steel

SAN BERNARDINO-San Diego-based Smith Consulting Architects has design under way for a two-story, 69,000-sq.-ft. industrial building for Pacific Coast Steel. The $4.2 million, build-to-suit building will be located at the corner of Industrial Parkway and Institution Road.

Construction is scheduled to begin in June with completion slated for January.

Smith Consulting is designing the building to meet specific needs of Pacific Coast Steel's fabrication operations. The new facility will be a concrete tilt-up with surface parking. The project also includes 14,800 sq. ft. of office space.

Pete Bussett is the principal-in-charge for Smith Consulting Architects; Norman Barrett serves as project architect. Prime Structural Engineering is the structural engineer and Partners Planning & Engineering is the civil engineer. Alhambra Group is the landscape architect.

Keeton Construction Begins Temecula Business Center

TEMECULA-Keeton Construction Co. Inc. has construction under way for a Kearny Real Estate Co. business park.

Smith Consulting Architects is the project architect.

The 72,800-sq.-ft. Remington Business Center is slated for completion in July. The business park is designed for light-industrial businesses that choose to own property.

Temecula-based Keeton Construction was retained by Kearny Real Estate Co. LLC for the $4.5 million project. Project work for Keeton Construction includes the shell construction of six concrete tilt-up buildings and all site improvements.

Senior Apartments Completed on 14th Street

SAN DIEGO-Construction has been completed on a $12 million senior apartment project on 14th Street in this city's downtown.

Market Square Apartments encompasses 200 units in a five-story, 130,000-sq.-ft. building. The infill complex includes an underground parking structure.

The project management team consisted of Chelsea Investment Corp. and Senior Community Centers (co-developers), Dominy & Associates Architects, Gafcon (construction manager) and Wermers General Contractors.

Engineering for the project was provided by Structural Engineering Solutions, Kruse & Associates (electrical) and McParlane & Associates (mechanical).

Roel Completes Community Center

SAN MARCOS-Roel Construction Co. has completed the $2.3 million San Elijo Hills Park Community Center in San Elijo Ranch. The 7,000-sq.-ft. project consisted of a new community center, a building with three restrooms and concession stand and renovations to an existing chlorination plant.

San Elijo Hills is a 2,000-acre, master-planned community in north San Diego County. The community's amenities include a town center with retail stores and services. There also will be public schools, parks with sports fields, hiking and riding trails, and approximately 1,000 acres of open space.

Leon Hayden of Carlsbad-based San Elijo Hills Development Company LLC was the construction manager. Architects BP Associates was in charge of design.

Roel representatives included Donna Vargo (project executive), Rob Netzer (project manager), Steve Erickson (superintendent), Jason Hunking (project engineer) and Lynn Lieurance (project coordinator).

Subcontractors included Rock Enterprises, Vertical Masonry, HL Masonry Builders Inc., Titan Steel, S & H Contracting Inc., The Ghianni LaRussa Group, Symmetry Cabinet Co., Inc., Banker Insulation, Commercial & Industrial Roofing, Challenger Sheet Metal, JSI Door, Precision Installation, Vineyard Doors, Russell Glass, Anning-Johnson Co., Sunstate Tile, CJ's Interiors, General Coatings Corp., Smith's Specialties, Schmid Building Products, Anchor Construction Specialties, KMP Plumbing, Bingham Heating & Air, Paul's Electric and Prime Electrical.