Major Renovation Begins on Bishop's School in La Jolla

Construction is currently underway for a series of renovations and developments at Bishop's School, an independent middle and upper school in La Jolla.

The San Diego office of Rudolph & Sletten is the general contractor and Tucker Sadler Noble Castro Architects is the architect for the $23 million project.

Phase one of the Bishop's School master plan, which includes construction of a new science center and new underground parking garage with a rooftop sports deck, is to be implemented over the next year. The Bishop School project team is led by Michael Teitelman, headmaster; Lenore Fraga, chief operating and financial officer; and Bill Miller of CDM Miller Inc., project manager.

The project team recently completed the expansion of the pool and addition of a new aquatic center.

Founded in 1909 by Ellen Browning Scripps, Bishop's School represents the largest remaining collection of buildings designed by renowned architect Irving Gill. The dayschool campus provides space for grades 7-12.

Robert Noble, Tucker Sadler CEO and design principal, and company principal John Collier are providing project oversight, with Deniece Duscheone serving as the project manager.

Project consultants include Project Design Consultants (civil engineer), GEM Engineering (mechanical engineer), Randall Lamb (electrical engineer) and Simon Wong (structural engineer).

Caruso Awards Retail Rehab Project to Snyder Langston

Los Angeles-based Caruso Affiliated Holdings has tapped Irvine-based Snyder Langston Optym for a $7-million, full-scale renovation of Marina Waterside, a 130,000-sq.-ft. retail center in Marina del Rey.

As construction manager, Snyder Langston Optym is providing general contracting, schedule management, budget management, logistics planning and value engineering for the project, which began in mid-November and is scheduled for completion in mid-September.

Long Beach-based Perkowitz + Ruth is the architect.

Marina Waterside will remain open during construction and will undergo a renovation of its 2,658-ft. façade. The entire 10-acre site will be upgraded with new lighting, hardscape, fountain, landscaping and plaza-style meeting areas.

NBBJ to Design Kaiser Permanente's Flagship Oakland Hospital

NBBJ has been selected to master plan and design Kaiser Permanente's flagship acute-care hospital and medical center in downtown Oakland.

Oakland-based Kaiser is the nation's largest nonprofit health plan.

The project is comprised of three phases-a 346-bed hospital at the site of the current Kaiser medical office building and clinic, the reconfiguration of the existing hospital into outpatient and office space, and a new 150,000-sq.-ft. medical office building. Kaiser has put the modernization initiative in place in part due to a statewide mandate to seismically upgrade all health care facilities by 2030.

NBBJ officials said its firm was selected from more than a dozen companies as the master planner and schematic design architect due to its experience with large-scale urban infill hospitals and expertise in designing adaptable and patient-focused healing environments.

NBBJ will staff the project from its San Francisco and Seattle offices. NBBJ's recent health care projects in California include the San Diego Children's Hospital, Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Helford Clinical Research Hospital in Duarte and the Loma Linda University Medical Center.

Topcon Project in Livermore Completed

A 67,000-sq.-ft. office tenant improvement project for Topcon Positioning Systems Inc. in Livermore has been completed by Irvine-based architect Ware Malcomb, Lafayette-based Edward Pike Co. and Livermore-based Antrim Engineering and Construction (general contractor). The $3 million project, which included offices, a training facility, engineering, light manufacturing and warehouse space.

Topcon Positioning Systems provides precision positioning control products for the construction, surveying and agricultural industries.

Construction Complete for Creekside Market Place

Construction is complete for Creekside Market Place, a new 270,000-sq.-ft. retail center located at the corner of San Marcos Boulevard and Highway 78 in San Marcos.

The city of San Marcos is the owner and developer of the retail facility.

Smith Consulting Architects provided full architectural services and Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. served as the general contractor. Steve Avoyer, Bill Thaxton and Mike Seiber of Flocke & Avoyer Commercial Real Estate are handling leasing.

Designed in a Mediterranean-style, Creekside Market Place includes tower features, a stone-faced monument sign with waterfall, restaurants and outdoor plazas. Lowe's Home Improvement Center, Best Buy, Staples, Lane Home Furnishings, In-n-Out, Krispy Kreme and Applebee's anchor the shopping center.

Bill Sharon, a Smith Consulting vice president, was the design architect, with Mark Bolen as project architect and Ned Haskell as job captain.

Prime Structural Engineering served as structural engineer; O'Day Consultants, civil engineer; MPE Consulting, electrical engineer; and DEC Engineers, mechanical engineer.

Jim Bendedetti with JPBLA was the landscape architect. Graphic Solutions provided signage design.

Johnson & Jennings Completes Elementary School in Mission Hills

Johnson & Jennings General Contracting has completed construction for the remodeling and expansion of Francis Parker Lower School, a private elementary school located in the Mission Hills area of San Diego.

Grant Lichtman, chief financial officer of Francis Parker Lower School, and Kirk Gilliland, vice president of construction management for Irving Hughes Inc., provided oversight for the $7.5 million project. Richard Yen & Associates was the architect.

The project goal for Francis Parker Lower School, originally built in 1912, was to maintain the historical integrity of the campus while maximizing aesthetic appeal, alleviating space constraints, and updating infrastructure to optimize the learning experience.

Work for Johnson & Jennings entailed the remodel of a historic 15,416-sq.-ft. administration and classroom building; construction of a 7,200-sq.-ft. media center and classroom building; and demolition of an existing classroom building to make way for construction of a new 16,500-sq.-ft. classroom building.

Francis Parker Lower School's existing main building, the majority of which was demolished and replaced, still maintains its historical facade, which was enhanced with fresh landscaping.

To the left of the main building is an eye-catching, intricately-designed iron gate that leads to a large, quaint-looking courtyard, highlighted by trellis-covered, precast concrete columns where students can sit, read or relax.

Renovations to the new classroom and administration buildings included the addition of an outdoor patio-sitting area overlooking the wooded ravine along the eastern border of the campus.

Subcontractors included CPE, Overson Rand, Ickler Electric, Mesri Engineers, Helix Construction, Spooner's Woodworks, and Fick & Son Inc.

Katherine Stengle was the landscape architect.