PCL Construction Begins 2 Projects in San Diego

PCL Construction Services of San Diego is underway on "Aria @ 9th & Ash," a 24-story condominium tower in downtown San Diego.

Aria @ 9th & Ash is a 24-story condominium tower in downtown San Diego that was designed by Perkins & Co. Architecture and Urban Design Inc. It will feature 137 one-, two- and three-bedroom units (rendering courtesy of Perkins & Co.).

The 304,000-sq.-ft. project will feature 137 one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Parking will be on four subterranean levels beneath the project.

The developer of Aria is Anka (Cortez Hill) LLC. The architect is Perkins & Co. Architecture & Urban Design Inc. of Vancouver, British Columbia.

PCL's construction manager is Jamie Sipes; the project manager is Dan Cichasky; and the superintendent is Bud Moody.

At San Diego State University, PCL has begun work on a $9.8-million swimming pool complex that will include an Olympic-size pool, recreational pool, hydrotherapy spa and two buildings. The facility was designed by Austin Veum Robbins Partners of San Diego.

One building of approximately 5,000 sq. ft. will accommodate showers, locker rooms, rest rooms, administrative offices, member services, storage and support facilities. The second building will house the pool mechanical equipment within a 2,100-sq.-ft. area.

Extensive site work included grading excavation, enhanced paving, underground utility services, decorative fencing and landscaping.

PCL's project manager is Frank Masuhara and the superintendent is Keith Moss.

Chaffey College Chooses WWCOT for Renovation Project

The Riverside office of Widom Wein Cohen O'Leary Terasawa has been selected by the Chaffey Community College District to plan, design and oversee renovation of the life/health science and physical science buildings at its main campus in Rancho Cucamonga.

WWCOT will be responsible for the modernization of 60,000 sq. ft. of facilities that were built between 1959 and 1968. The renovation also will include asbestos abatement and building code and life safety/fire corrections. The existing buildings, which also include a 3,000-sq.-ft. planetarium, will provide classroom, lecture and laboratory space for the dental assistant, nursing, earth sciences, health sciences, math, physics, drafting, geology and geography programs.

The renovation of the five buildings is one of the first major projects to be undertaken in the district's 10-year educational and master plan. The student population at Chaffey College is expected to grow from its current enrollment of 18,000 to 24,000 by 2010. The project is being funded by a $230-million bond measure passed in March 2002

Port Picks Sasaki for Wilmington Project

The San Francisco office of Sasaki Associates Inc. was selected by the Port of Los Angeles, the nation's largest seaport, for the planning and design of the Wilmington portion of the emerging Los Angeles Waterfront project.

The 95-acre Wilmington project includes a landscaped buffer/open space between port operations and the Wilmington neighborhood, a commercial mixed-use district linking the community to its waterfront, and new and improved waterfront public access and recreational opportunities. The project incorporates master planning, urban design, landscape architecture, architecture and civil engineering services.

Morley Breaks Ground on Loyola Project

Santa Monica-based Morley Construction Co. has started the William H. Hannon Science Hall and Francis J. Ardolf Jr. and Frances R. Ardolf Academic Hall, a $21-million 60,000-sq.-ft. science and classroom facility on the Loyola High School campus in Los Angeles.

The three-story structure will include a computer center, lecture hall and three faculty offices. The site is on land that Loyola recently acquired as part of its multi-phase campus master plan.

Project team members include EEI Project and Construction Management of Los Angeles, Santa Monica-based Killefer Flammang Architects and WHL Consulting Engineers of Los Angeles.

The project is scheduled to be completed next spring.

Turner Selected By Stanford

The San Jose office of Turner Construction Co. has been awarded a $75-million contract by Stanford University to create research and experimental space for the Linac Coherent Light Source Project (financed by the U.S. Department of Energy) at Stanford University's Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto.

The $400-million LCLS Project will help scientists to understand the movements and changes of atoms, molecules and materials that occur within fractions of a second through the use of a new laser. Turner will construct a .5-mi. extension of an existing research tunnel to create space suitable to house the laser. The tunnel will have 6-ft. thick concrete walls in areas where radiation is a concern and an HVAC system for the temperature-sensitive laser.

The scope of work will also include construction of a 78,000-sq.-ft. central lab office complex with six laser laboratories, two levels of underground experimental halls, 350 ft. of tunneled research space and a central utility plant. Completion is scheduled for 2008.

Builder Hired for Vallejo Project

Kirkland, Wash.-based Triad Communities has named D.R. Horton of Fort Worth as the home builder for its new downtown Vallejo development.

The first phase of the master-planned redevelopment project will include a six-story condominium building atop an underground parking garage.

The redevelopment area, 12 blocks bounded by Sonoma Boulevard and Maine, Santa Clara and Capitol streets, will focus on seven city- and redevelopment agency-owned parking lots.

Construction is scheduled to start in April.