Clark Construction Group Awarded Health Care Contracts

Clark Construction Group-California, LP has been awarded three contracts from San Francisco-based Catholic Healthcare West.

Over the next three to five years, renovation projects at St. Francis will total over $60 million (rendering courtesy of HOK).

Clark was awarded a $20 million preconstruction and construction contract on Northridge Hospital's diagnostic and treatment building that includes seismic upgrades to an existing two-story steel frame structure. RBB of Los Angeles is the architect and San Francisco-based Degenkolb Engineers is the structural engineer.

Dominican Hospital awarded Clark a contract for master planning services. The preconstruction services are in support of campus master planning, which may include a combination of both renovation and new construction. Dominican currently has budgeted over $100 million for the design and construction. The San Francisco office of HOK is the architect.

Clark recently was awarded preconstruction and construction contracts from Saint Francis Hospital, a 362-bed facility on Nob Hill in San Francisco. HOK has designed several renovation projects at the facility. The first phase of the project involves the demolition and rebuilding of the emergency department and seismic retrofit work in the basement. When this phase begins construction this summer, Clark also will begin work on the preconstruction for future phases, which include the demolition and rebuilding of the surgery areas. Over the next three to five years, renovation projects at Saint Francis will total over $60 million.

CCDC Offices Completed

The San Diego-based team of Jossy+Carrier Design Group and Johnson & Jennings General Contracting has completed the 3,400-sq. ft. expansion of offices occupied by Centre City Development Corp. in the NBC building at 225 Broadway in downtown San Diego.

American Assets is owner of the 22-story Class A building.

The scope of services provided by Jossy+Carrier Design Group included programming, space planning, design, construction documents and contract administration. Subcontractors included Bergelectric and A.O. Reed & Co.

Granite Awarded Infrastructure Project

Watsonville-based Granite Construction has been awarded a $29.5 million site work improvement project in Sacramento by Metro Air Park LLC.

The MetroParkway and Elkhorn Boulevard improvement project, adjacent to the Sacramento International Airport, will be completed by November 2006. The project involves new major infrastructure improvements, including approximately 4 mi. of new roadway construction for the Metro Air Park-the initial development of 1,900 acres of land near Sacramento International Airport and Interstate 5.

Granite's scope of the work includes 400,000 cu. yds. of roadway excavation, 50,000 tons of asphalt concrete, 90,000 tons of aggregate base, and 105,000 lin. ft. of underground sanitary sewer, storm drain and potable water pipelines.

TFW, Ware Malcomb Start Chula Vista Project

San Diego-based developer International Real Estate has begun construction for the Eastlake Design District in Chula Vista.

Irvine-based Ware Malcomb is the architect for the 217,300-sq.-ft. home-improvement business park, The general contractor is San Diego-based TFW Construction.

The project is comprised of five multi-tenant retail showroom buildings. The showrooms range in size from 2,000 to 40,300 sq. ft. Major tenants include Lane Home Furnishings and Bassett Furniture Direct. Stainless-steel perforated panels and glazed-façade storefronts accent an angular tower and corner elements. Tenant entries incorporate angled elliptical columns, canopies and prominent signage. Central courtyards are radius plazas with accent water features and extensive landscaping.

BBI Starts Work on Building in Jack London Square

Oakland-based BBI Construction has started renovation construction on 66 Franklin, an 80-year-old building in Oakland's Jack London Square. BBI is partnering on this design/build project with Komorous Towey Architects and OLMM Structural Engineers, both based in Oakland.

The renovation of the 93,000-sq.-ft. structure-formerly home on the ground floor to the Old Spaghetti Factory and El Torito-has been more than eight years in the making. It is the first project in a planned $350 million redevelopment of the square by owners Jack London Square Partners.

The building's façade is being restored to include multi-paned windows with metal sash and restored parapets and pilasters. The existing concrete will be patched and repaired, or replaced as needed. In addition to new windows, there will be new storefronts and awnings. A new façade is being constructed on Webster Street side to match the original that was demolished.

The building also will get a major seismic upgrade, involving shotcrete shear walls from the foundation to the roof. The columns will be tied back to the walls. The soil will be pressure grouted to enhance its load-carrying capacity since the original warehouse was built on fill.

Design Underway for Church in El Cajon

San Diego-based Lyons Warren has design underway for a $3 million, 15,000-sq.-ft. church in El Cajon.

Saint Gregory of Nyssa Greek Orthodox Church has been designed to reflect Greek Mediterranean architecture. The three-phase project will include a small chapel and offices; multi-purpose building; and main chapel, featuring a 38-ft.-diameter domed roof with stained-glass windows. The large-scale church will incorporate heavy landscaping to reduce its perceived size.

Morrison Engineering is the civil engineer and Wilkinson Design Group is the landscape architect.

A general contractor has not yet been selected.

Construction Begins on ZCON Youth Center in Pinole

Oakland-based ZCON Builders has broken ground on a complex to host the city of Pinole's youth center and community cable-TV operation.

The project is scheduled to be completed in December. It includes abatement and demolition of an existing office building, construction of a 5,300-sq.-ft., two-story building, which will have youth activities and a public meeting room on the ground floor and Pinole TV activities on the upper floor. Other construction activities include the expansion and renovation of the adjacent Memorial Hall kitchen, construction of a parking area, covered arcade, raised patio and walkway, lighting and landscaping, and minor improvements to adjacent Fernandez Park.

Midwest Starts Monde in Hillcrest Neighborhood

Construction for Monde, a community of 12 two-story townhomes developed by San Diego-based Up Inc., has begun on University Avenue and Washington Street in the Hillcrest district of San Diego.

San Diego-based H2A Architects is responsible for Monde's design. San Diego-based Midwest General Contractors is scheduled to complete the project in 10 months.

The average Monde home is approximately 1,575 sq. ft. Elevators, energy-efficient windows and sound-transmission reduction will be installed. Open interiors in each Monde unit will feature high ceilings, granite counters, stainless steel appliances, hardwood flooring and contemporary high-end fixtures and finishes.

The mixed-use property, with ground-floor commercial space, will include terraces, landscaped courtyard entrances and assigned parking for residents.

Morley Finishes $55 Million Lab Building at USC

Morley Construction Co., a Santa Monica-based general contractor, has completed the construction of USC's Molecular and Computational Biology Building.

The 130,000-sq.-ft., $55 million facility will house both laboratory and computational researchers for basic genome structure. The structure has four-stories and a basement level with a vivarium. It features state-of-the-art technology and laboratory systems, and 18,000 sq. ft. of office space. The concrete-frame structure features a handset-brick exterior that matches USC's architectural history.

Project team members included the Los Angeles office of architect Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, structural engineer John A. Martin & Associates of Los Angeles and MEP engineer BR + A.

Sundt to Build Second Classic Residence Tower in La Jolla

The $70 million project is scheduled for a summer 2007 completion (rendering courtesy of Nadel Architects).

The San Diego office of Sundt Construction has broken ground on a 20-story tower for Classic Residence by Hyatt at La Jolla Village.

The existing community includes a 21-story residential tower with a penthouse dining room and other amenities, assisted-living residences and a care center, and underground parking.

The $70 million project-designed by Nadel Architects of Los Angeles-is scheduled for a summer 2007 completion.

The second tower will also include multiple dining venues; a new indoor pool with locker rooms and exercise rooms; conservatory; reading, computer and billiards rooms; and a grand living room. The site will be renovated to incorporate a central circular driveway, walking paths with arbors and landscaped terraces. After that work is completed, Sundt will remodel portions of the existing high-rise, including the 21st-floor restaurant.

Ground Broken on 2 MOBs in San Andreas

Mark Twain St. Joseph's Hospital, a nonprofit, 48-bed general acute-care hospital serving Calaveras County, has begun construction in San Andreas of two medical office buildings totaling 18,000 sq. ft.

The developer/general contractor Lodi-based Diede Construction.

The buildings-one a 5,000-sq.-ft. single-story structure and the other a 13,000-sq.-ft. two-story structure-will be erected on a rising grade and have same-level parking to the upper and lower floors. The buildings will be accessible to the adjacent hospital by a new pedestrian bridge.

Sacramento-based CRMS Architects designed the $4 million project. Santa Rosa-based ZFA is the structural engineer.

Gafcon Breaks Ground for Girl Scouts

Gafcon Inc., a San Diego-based construction management and consulting firm, recently broke ground in Balboa Park for facilities for the Girl Scouts' Imperial Council.

Construction of the $2.2 million project will include the Open Circle Amphitheater, Sullivan Square and a multi-purpose building.

KTU+A designed the amphitheater and Architects Larson Carpenter designed the multi-purpose building and Sullivan Square.

The project is scheduled for completion in June 2006.