Carter & Burgess, MWH Selected for Program Management
of SMF Terminal Modernization

Carter & Burgess, in partnership with MWH, was awarded a contract to provide program management services for phase I of the $900 million Sacramento International Airport terminal modernization program.



The modernization program includes the addition of a new central terminal to replace Terminal B, airside concourse, parking structure, elevated roadway, a 200-room hotel, automated people mover and upgrades to outdated facilities.



Fort Worth-based Carter & Burgess is partnering with MWH of Broomfield, Colo., an engineering firm that is providing program controls and procurement and environmental permitting support services for this program.

"With more than 20,000 passengers a day traveling through this airport, the needed upgrades will facilitate movement of passengers and aircraft and allow the airport to operate at a higher efficiency," says Jim Sumwalt, PE, PMP, program manager, Carter & Burgess, Sacramento.

An EIR is underway currently and construction is set to begin in 2008, with a completion slated for 2011.

The project design, led by Dallas-based Corgan Associates in association with Fentress Bradburn of Denver, and construction are expected to be complete in 2011. Also on the design team is Lionakis Beaumont Design Group and Dreyfuss & Blackford Architects, two Sacramento-based architectural firms that will oversee green elements and modifications of the older Terminal A, respectively.

Buehler and Buehler of Sacramento will handle structural engineering duties while Capital Engineering of Rancho Cordova is the MEP systems engineer.

Kennedy Jenks, via its office in Sacramento, is the civil engineer.

Barnhart Completes Work on Chino Hills Project

Barnhart, Inc. recently completed a park project and is continuing work on a government center project in the city of Chino Hills.

Construction of the new $36.8 million government center is scheduled for completion in September.

The project includes site improvements, landscaping and construction of a four-building complex, including a 59,000-sq-ft, two-story city hall; 28,000-sq-ft library; 30,000-sq-ft sheriff facility; and a 16,000-sq-ft fire department administration building.

All buildings feature common exterior finishes, including split-face stone cladding, polished stone, colored plaster and tinted and glazed aluminum window systems.

The project was designed by LPA Architects and CH2M Hill is providingengineering services.

The $1.9 million park project included construction of a new 33-acre park, which included six synthetic baseball fields with soccer overlays, equestrian trails, restrooms, concession buildings and the extension of Eucalyptus Avenue.

The park was designed by RJM Design Group. Barnhart representatives include Mike Barnum, Paul E. Jackowski, Charles Brown, Bruce Barker, Cheryl Buening, George Robles, Eric Sierra and Brenda Siefert.

Hathaway Dinwiddie, SOM Prepare to Break Ground
on SSF Office Complex

Construction of a two-tower, $300 million office complex in South San Francisco by Myers Development Co. is expected to start this month.

The general contractor on the Mandalay Terrace project is Hathaway Dinwiddie and the architect is Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.

Myers and Stockbridge Real Estate Fund II are in a new joint partnership - called Myers Peninsula Venture LLC -- for this project, which is located on the eastern slope of San Bruno Mountain facing Highway 101.

Completion of the 670,000-sq-ft complex is scheduled for January 2009.
SOM previously worked with Myers on the 101 Second Street office tower in San Francisco.

The two towers of the campus-like development have been designed to offer dramatic architectural gestures to the bay and mountain environments, according to SOM.

The North Tower, the taller of the two at 21 stories, will provide just over 338,000 sq ft of rental office space together with 12,000 sq ft of retail space.

The 12-story South Tower will have 301,000 sq ft of rental office space with 11,000 sq ft of retail.

A 200-seat performing arts center and child care facility for 100 children will be located in the South Tower, and a parking garage containing approximately 2,000 spaces will also be constructed on the western side of the South Tower.

McCarthy Starts to Build Orange County Hospital Tower

McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has begun construction on a major addition to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, part of the St. Joseph Health System. McCarthy is serving as general contractor for this critical care hospital addition that will allow Mission Hospital to provide the most advanced high-tech diagnostic and critical care services to its growing community.

McCarthy's contract includes construction of a four-level critical care patient tower, plus a basement that will provide an additional 64 private patient rooms to the existing 317-bed critical care tower. The new facility will house 24 medical/surgical beds, 40 ICU beds (20 per floor), diagnostic imaging, nuclear medicine, a linear accelerator, a chapel, and a meditation garden, as well as support and mechanical space. McCarthy will also construct a 175-foot-long pedestrian bridge that will connect the new patient tower with the main hospital building on the third floor.

The base construction cost for the project is anticipated at $67 million.

Scheduled for completion in September 2009, the project also includes 11-months of significant site work such as the installation of new utilities, re-configuring the entrance to the hospital and parking lot and demolishing an existing two-story conference center.

RBB Architects Inc. of Los Angeles is the project architect.

Gafcon Oversees Student Center Construction

San Diego-based Gafcon, Inc. is overseeing the just underway construction of the $19 million Cuyamaca College Student Center in El Cajon.


Located close to the learning resource center and the academic and administrative buildings, the two-story building will accommodate student affairs administration, student development services, student government, and support staff.

The 47,268-sq-ft center also will house club offices, meeting rooms, a health center, a snack/ and convenience store, 300-seat dining area, and a multi-vendor food court.

The project is part of the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District's Prop. R plan, a $207 million capital construction and renovation bond program approved by East County voters in 2002. Prop. R is helping finance ongoing repairs, renovation, and new construction at Grossmont and Cuyamaca colleges during the course of 10 years.

Gafcon was retained in 2003 by the GCCCD governing board to develop and execute the bond program. The firm is responsible for an array of services for all bond projects, including estimating, budget accounting, design guidelines, contract negotiations, design management, bidding, and construction oversight and reporting.

Joe Minner is serving as program manager for Gafcon, with Erik Reuter as senior project manager and Aaron Golde as project manager. LPA, Inc. is the project architect, and Rudolph & Sletten is the construction manager.

Higgins Development to Build Burbank Office Building

Higgins Development Partners, LLC, along with its equity partner Walton Street Capital, LLC, plans to develop a seven-story 363,000-sq-ft office building and parking structure valued at $130 million. The development is situated on 6.5 acres in Burbank and will be called 2300 Empire Center.

Located at 2300 West Empire Boulevard in Burbank, 2300 Empire Center is being designed by Ware Malcomb. The project is situated just off Interstate 5, near Bob Hope Airport and adjacent to a Marriot Courtyard and Extended Stay America.

Groundbreaking is slated for September with completion of the project scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2008.