Dome Construction completes $32-million Marin Health Campus Project

San Francisco-based Dome Construction Corp. recently completed a health care campus project in Marin County.

The newly opened 74,000-sq-ft Marin Health and Wellness Campus includes the renovation of five buildings and the surrounding site to produce a campus-like setting. The buildings will house the county of Marin’s Public Health Clinic, billing and administration, youth and family services and mental health programs.

Dome Construction played a significant role in the renovation of the 35-plus year-old tilt-up buildings and the overall 235,000-sq-ft campus. Water-efficient landscaping and plumbing fixtures were installed as well as photovoltaic panels on the roof to provide supplemental electric power. Each building also features a thermal recovery system for hot water.

The buildings will have conference and training rooms for staff and client education. This project has been designed to LEED silver standards and is expected to receive LEED gold certification.

RMW Architecture + Interiors was the project architect.

KTGY-designed mixed-use project begins

Irvine-based KTGY Group, Inc. and developer Urban Housing Group have started construction on a mixed-use commercial/residential urban community in Monrovia.

The project, The Courtyards at Old Town, re-uses a three-acre former office industrial property for development of 163 apartments and 6,000 sq ft of commercial office and retail space.

The Courtyards at Old Town will consist of four stories of residential built over 2,000 sq ft of retail and 4,000 sq ft of commercial/flex space in the city’s Old Town area. A four-story parking garage will occupy the southeast corner of the site and contain approximately 75 public parking spaces and 330 resident spaces.

The Courtyards at Old Town will feature stooped entries at the street level, themed urban courtyards and a public plaza at the corner of Myrtle and Olive with opportunities for public artwork and outdoor seating.

Completion is expected by mid 2010.

Opus West completes first phase of Stockton industrial park

Opus West Corp. has completed Phase I of Opus Logistics Center – Stockton.

The two speculative buildings that make up the project are comprised of approximately 388,000 sq ft and 736,000 sq ft.

Both of the new facilities include cross-dock loading areas, 32-ft clear heights, ESFR fire sprinklers and ample truck and trailer parking. Sustainable features were also built, including skylights and low VOC interior white paint to allow reflection of natural light; a certified cool roof to reduce interior heat; a run-off filtration system using vegetated bioswales, which allows less and cleaner water to enter into the city’s storm drainage system; and drip irrigation and drought resistant vegetation to limit water consumption. Additionally, a significant portion of the construction debris was recycled.

Opus West Architects & Engineers and Ware Malcomb were the architects for the logistics center and Opus West Construction Corporation serves as the contractor. Kier & Wright is the civil engineer.

PCL to build Steinberg-designed student housing at Cal State Fullerton

The Glendale office of PCL Construction Services was awarded a new student housing project at Cal State Fullerton.

The design/build team of PCL Construction Services and Steinberg Architects won the design competition to build a new student housing complex for Cal State Fullerton. The team secured 94 % of the technical points along with a competitive bid of $118,335,000 to win the project.

The project consists of five, five-story buildings providing 1,080 beds and a one-story dining facility. The buildings are situated around a piazza area which will serve as the focal gathering point for the students in the housing complex, and the classroom buildings and arboretum adjacent to the site. Programming also includes academic learning space and the new home of the Housing Administration Office. The project is designed to attain LEED Gold certification.

Oakland Fox Theater seismic retrofit project completed

Turner Construction has completed the restoration and seismic retrofit of the Oakland Fox Theater.

Architectural Dimensions in Walnut Creek was the lead architect, and ELS Architecture in Berkeley and Starkweather Bondy Architecture in Oakland also contributed to the project.

Oakland-based KPA Group served as the structural engineer for the project.

Built in the 1920’s and closed since 1966, the restored theater will offer a live entertainment venue, clubs, restaurants and special functions with a capacity of up to 3,000, as well as home to the city’s newest renovated school – the Oakland School for the Arts

The city of Oakland is the owner of the Fox Oakland Theater and the two new school wings. The $80 million renovation became a reality through the efforts of “Friends of The Fox” and Phil Tagami, an Oakland developer and philanthropist who raised more than $59 million dollars for the restoration project.

California Capital Group was the developer of the project.

Construction of the Fox began in January 2007 and involved some 600 workers from 30 different subcontracting firms.

Other new additions include state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems, new heating and air conditioning, mechanical and electrical systems, and bathrooms, as well as cable and Internet access. All that currently remains of the office and retail wings is the historic brick façade, which fronts the new three-story buildings to be occupied by the arts school.