Construction Starts on Stockton Event Center

STOCKTON — San Francisco-based Swinerton Builders has begun work on the $110 million Waterfront Event Center in Stockton. The complex includes a hotel, baseball stadium and multi-purpose arena.

The arena is currently planned to be a 10,000-fixed-seat facility with an event floor of 30,000 sq. ft., 14 to 20 luxury boxes and a club level. It is anticipated that ice hockey, arena football and indoor soccer will be played in the 200,000-sq.-ft. building. The arena is expected to reach substantial completion by Sept. 30, 2005.

Additional work in the Swinerton contract includes a conference hotel, retail properties, on-site and off-site infrastructure, access roadways, sidewalks, utility systems, surface parking lots and landscaping. The architect for these elements is Missouri-based Heinlein, Schrock, Stearns.

The 5,000-seat ballpark will be the new home of the Stockton Ports, a Single-A baseball team in the California League. The stadium is expected to be ready for use by April 30, 2005.

Also included in the park are restrooms, concessions, clubhouse space, dugouts, bullpens, administration spaces and a maintenance building. The architect for the ballpark is Dallas-based HKS Inc.

Hearn Remodels Dialysis Office

VACAVILLE — Hearn Construction's Tenant Improvement Group and TBA Architecture have completed a renovation project in Vacaville for DaVita Inc., a provider of kidney dialysis services.

The 4,367-sq.-ft. office at 1241 Alamo Dr. was updated to allow for more efficient service to its clients. DaVita's Vacaville office is among several serving Solano County. The company serves about 43,000 patients in 32 states.

Sean Graham was the construction manager for Davita. Hearn's team included Don Swift (project manager), Laura Roberts (project administrator) and Gary Camp (superintendent). Jenn Pederson of TBA designed the project.

Construction Begins on Apartments at Union Station

LOS ANGELES — R. D. Olson Construction Co. has broken ground on a $35 million, 500,000-sq.-ft. residential complex and bridge near Union Station in Los Angeles. The transportation hub is a depot for Amtrak and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's MetroLink system. Construction will progress in phases with one building set for completion in June 2005 and the other in September 2005. Lincoln Property Co owns the apartment complex.

Two five-story apartment buildings, designed by Santa Monica-based GMP Architects, will be constructed on both sides of the 65-year-old station; one will partially sit atop the MetroLink tunnel. The architecture of the complex will remain consistent with Union Station's Mission style.

The complex will house 278 apartment units and subterranean parking. A rooftop pool will sit on top of one of the apartment buildings.

Irvine-based R.D. Olson also will build a bridge to the Union Station's service entry that will connect the apartment buildings at the third-floor level.

Pedestrian Bridge Breaks Ground in San Diego County

SOLANA BEACH — San Diego-based R.J. Bullard Construction and Engineering has begun construction of the Rosa Street Pedestrian Bridge in this San Diego County city. The bridge is scheduled to be completed in January.

The $1.252 million overpass will span the current grade separation and train tracks between Cedros Avenue and Highway 101 and provide a southern pedestrian connection on the east side of Highway 101, from Dahlia Avenue to Rosa Street and South Cedros Avenue.

The city is also planning a northern pedestrian bridge connection at Cliff Street to traverse the grade separation to Highway 101. Permitting and final design is anticipated by September. The bridge is expected to be finished next summer.

Other stakeholders in the project include TY Lin International-McDaniel (structural engineer), Schmidt Design Group (landscape architect), South Cedros Property Owners Association, Solana Beach Civic & Historical Society, Friends of the Library for Solana Beach and San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy.

Sundt Construction Starts Medical Office Building, Police Station

SAN DIEGO — Sundt Construction Inc. has recently begun construction of a $16.2 million medical office building and parking structure in Kearney Mesa and an $8.2 million police station in City Heights.

Construction of Physicians Medical Center, a four-story, Class-A building and an adjacent parking structure will be finished in January 2006. The 100,000-sq.-ft. building will have one floor of below-grade parking with space for 133 vehicles. Sundt will also build a seven-story, 185,000-sq.-ft. parking structure with 573 spaces. The San Diego-based general contractor will self-perform all of the concrete construction for the building and parking structure.

The project is being developed by Dallas-based Cambridge Holdings LLC. The owner's representative is Francis Sapienza Jr. The Dallas office of Perkins & Will designed the building. The architect's representative is Michael Traspe.

The principal subcontractors for the parking structure are Naton Engineering Co., Western Foundations, ABC Paving, PCS Reinforcing, Modern Masonry, Kone Elevators, General Coatings, Bingham Mechanical, National Air & Energy and Bergelectric. As of late-May, the list of subcontractors for the office building had not been finalized.

Sundt will team with architect Vasquez + Marshall & Associates of San Diego on the design-build police facility. The 16-acre project includes a 35,000-sq.-ft. vehicle maintenance facility, SWAT building, and K-9 dog kennel. Completion of the project is scheduled for May 2005.

As part of the contract, Sundt will restore Chollas Creek and integrate public art into the project. The creek runs through the western edge of the site.

Sundt's project team includes Willis Locke (project director), Duane Mockus (preconstruction project manager), Ken Iacuaniello (project manager), Les Chambers (project superintendent), and Liz Dieke (project administrator). The principal architect for Vasquez + Marshall & Associates is Robert Bodenhammer.

Darren Greenhalgh is the project manager for the City of San Diego. Some of the principal consultants and subcontractors are Stedman & Dyson, Wimmer Yamada and Caughey, BDS Engineering, GEM Engineering, Rock Electric, Ninyo/Moore, Cat's Excavation, Certified Air Conditioning, Vic Ross Masonry, and MIT Engineering.

Design Under Way for Second Phase of Office District

SAN DIEGO — KMA Architecture & Engineering has designs under way for Phase 2 of the Liberty Station office district located at San Diego's former Naval Training Center in Point Loma.

San Diego-based Bycor is the general contractor. San Diego-based Burkett & Wong is the structural engineer.

Developer McMillin Commercial, a division of the Corky McMillin Cos., retained KMA to provide design architecture and engineering services. Phase 1, featuring two buildings totaling 102,000 sq. ft., was completed last year.

Phase 2 includes Building 901 (two levels totaling 53,000 sq. ft.) and Building 905 (one of four buildings in the development's historic core, which is comprised of two levels of 37,000 sq. ft.). The buildings will be located in the 22-acre office district, a critical component of the Liberty Station master redevelopment plan that consists of six two-story buildings and one three-story building. The entire office district is slated for completion in May 2005.

Don Blair is San Diego-based KMA's principal-in-charge and Joyce Peabody is its project manager. KMA's engineering division is providing mechanical and plumbing design services.

Construction Completed for Salon Chain

SAN DIEGO — General contractor eRealty Construction of San Diego has completed construction of a 7,500-sq.-ft. salon for A Robert Cromeans Salon. Designed by San Diego-based Graham Downes Architecture, the $450,000 salon is located at the base of the 41-story Harbor Club Towers in downtown San Diego.

Concrete floors, exposed utilities and an abundance of natural light characterize the open, loft-like interior of the salon. Finishes are monochromatic. A day care facility is included in the space to accommodate stylists with children.

The Graham Downes Architecture project team included Graham Downes (lead architect), Maria Carrillo (project manager) and Eva Thorn (technician).