The new School of Medicine Education Building II supports the academic and programmatic mission of the University of California (UC), Riverside School of Medicine. The building provides adequate space for existing needs and allows for future expansion of the class size—up to 125 students per cohort. The new school of medicine includes instruction and instructional support spaces such as classrooms, specialized teaching spaces and lecture halls, student support and study facilities, including study/lounge spaces necessary to comply with accreditation standards, and academic and administrative offices and support spaces.

The project also incorporates substantial site development, landscaping and infrastructure work such as the creation of a new plaza to unify outdoor spaces within the project, the relocation of an existing generator and the development of a code-compliant fire lane and service access.

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The Mary D. Nichols Campus is the new regional headquarters for the California Air Resources Board (CARB). This project consolidated CARB’s seven locations throughout Los Angeles into a single location in Riverside that houses more than 400 employees. The state-of-the-art facility includes an extended range of dedicated test cells for testing of light to heavy-duty vehicles, an advanced chemistry laboratory and workspace for accommodating new test methods for future generations of vehicles. The project includes space for developing enhanced onboard diagnostics and portable emissions measurement systems, visitor reception and education areas, a media center, flexible conference areas and a large public auditorium.

The new campus is one of the most extensive and advanced vehicle emissions testing and research facilities in the world. It was designed and built to reach the highest possible levels of measured sustainability: LEED Platinum certification, Net Zero Energy and CalGreen Tier 2. It is the largest true Net Zero Energy facility of its type in the world — producing as much energy as it uses.

The unique design provides a seamless consolidation and integration of the office program into a three-story, pinwheel-shaped building that offers vertical connectivity to increase proximity between offices and horizontal connectivity with testing areas, support space and laboratories, resulting in greater flexibility and interaction. This pinwheel concept creates a central command control area that forms the nexus of the new CARB campus. The high-performance campus features ample open and green spaces, as well as nature walks for al fresco breaks and informal meetings alike.

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Originally built in 1964, the Radiation Physics Building, also known as Building 245, hosts research vital to our nation’s healthcare, environmental monitoring, radiation protection and industrial processing. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) modernization project’s contract consists of multiple task orders that complete in 2023. The team has been awarded eight task orders, with the °®Éñ´«Ã½ Design-Build Team being awarded the contract based on our winning approach to task order one, an addition dubbed the H Wing. This addition provides uniquely equipped modern laboratory space, and its completion is vital to providing swing space as the team moves into later phases where work will be focused within the existing building.

Throughout the construction of Task Order 1, °®Éñ´«Ã½ took great care to minimize disruptions to ongoing research. The H Wing aligns with the existing Building 245, therefore, the addition uses a mat foundation that reduces the possibility of differential settlement. The structural configuration of the addition consists of a robust concrete frame, offering enhanced floor loading and vibration mitigation. The superstructure meets a baseline vibration criteria velocity of 2,000 micro-inches per second. The addition also includes 2,500 SF of Class 100 cleanroom space.
The Task Order 2 scope of work includes the design and construction of the D Wing addition totaling $25.6 million. This addition includes a precast facade built around a new concrete structure that consists of a new plumbing room, mechanical room, laboratory space and cleanroom that connects to an existing laboratory. Due to the laboratory operations occurring adjacent to the construction of D Wing, extensive coordination and communication were required to allow the ongoing science to operate within the laboratory and ensure the safety and welfare of the construction personnel due to the radioactive sources that were being used at different times.

The remaining task orders include Task Order 3, which consisted of the design and construction solution to replace the existing A Wing electrical service room within A100 along with the associated transformer yard. This also included providing a new main and emergency electrical room. Task Order 4 includes the IT systems for H Wing totaling $828,000. The IT systems include data and communications like wireless access and new fiber throughout, and included in Task Order 5 are the security systems for the H Wing addition.

The completion of °®Éñ´«Ã½â€™ work on-site at NIST will allow the scientists there to continue serving diverse business, agriculture and security interests while incorporating upcoming technologies.

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The new Alzheimer disease temporary research structure, located on the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s Bethesda, MD campus, provides new research space to the National Institute on Aging (NIA). The building is designed as a single-story, modular structure with open concept labs and offices.

This new building is a transformative, state of the art research center, bringing together world-leading scientists from both within the intramural and extramural research programs, as well as from industry and academia. The NIA program of requirements consists of design criteria for physical/functional spaces and the creation of interior and exterior environments which nurture and encourage interaction, collaboration and unencumbered communication between researchers in open, flexible and multiuse rooms

To reduce cost and construction time and to maximize available interior space, the building is designed as a single story facility, with open concept labs and offices. The 26,000 square foot facility supports bio-safety level 2 laboratories, laboratory support areas, breakroom, breakout areas, huddle spaces, conference rooms and both open and enclosed office spaces. Roof mounted mechanical/electrical support spaces provide an efficient layout of the equipment necessary to run the building. Utility, electrical and CIT support spaces provide an efficient layout of all the equipment necessary to run the modular facility. The mechanical air handling equipment is situated in a rooftop penthouse above the office wing.

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The Chen Neuroscience Research Building is a five-story, state-of-the-art research facility that serves as Caltech’s new administrative and knowledge center for the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering. Funded by a $115 million donation by Chinese billionaires Tianqiao Chen and Chrissy Lou, the neuroscience institute investigates the challenges in understanding how the brain works, focusing on the discovery, treatment and development of the brain.

The facility includes neuroscience research laboratories and support spaces, tunnel connections, mechanical equipment, a 150-seat lecture hall, a conference room, a teaching lab, research administration space and offices. During construction, the project team excavated 67,000 cubic yards of dirt and installed 2,100 steel beams and 16,200 pounds of copper on the building façade.

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The P229 Weapons Surveillance and Test Laboratory and Calibration Laboratory is located at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach in Southern California. This laboratory facility allows the Navy to assess systems lifecycles by gauging the Navy’s warfighting capability of weapons and integrated combat systems, from unit to force level, through assessment of those systems’ performance, readiness, quality, supportability and the adequacy of training.

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​The Samsung Fab2 Office Expansion project includes the design and construction of a three-story office building of approximately 150,000 gross SF on the west end of an existing Fab2 office building. The scope also included new parking and associated landscape to accommodate the demand and growth of the sprawling 300-acre Austin Campus in Northeast Austin. The new space and existing building were separated by a single expansion joint to Samsung’s existing Fab2 office building. Removal of the existing curtainwall and renovation of areas at the existing office building were also included in the scope. The new expansion included open office space for approximately 900 cubicles, a fitness center, training rooms, café expansion, customer foundry area, company store and meeting rooms.

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The NASA Building 21 project is a two-year, $58 million project that houses the Human Performance and Biomedical and Environmental wet labs. The facility provides critical ongoing program support, including ground-based and in-flight medical operations. The applied research identifies, characterizes, and mitigates the risks to human health and performance in space to enable successful space exploration.

There are two mixed lab and office levels and a mechanical penthouse with a combined area of approximately 118,000 SF. The top level also houses the national archive sample repository freezer storage and a two-story office block that consists primarily of open workspace architecture. The foundation consists of a concrete slab supported on auger cast piles, and the superstructure is part pan slab and structural steel with slab on metal deck. Interiors are standard laboratory quality finishes with some terrazzo, with the laboratory casework being included in this package.

Processed utilities included compressed air, lab air, vacuum, specialty gas, liquid nitrogen, and deionized water systems. Additionally, telecommunications, electronic security, and closed circuit TV were also included in this project. Site construction included demolition, grading, creation of new parking, hardscape, landscape, and site utilities. °®Éñ´«Ã½ was proud to serve as the Prime General Contractor for this project.

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This laboratory development complex project consisted of a four-story laboratory structure interconnected to a two-story, 150-seat auditorium and conference center with vivarium space. The project included paved walkways, outdoor gathering areas, two large surface parking lots and a landscape consistent with the nearby Torrey Pines Reserve.

Real Estate Development

°®Éñ´«Ã½ Real Estate Development and associates provided a turnkey real estate development for the high-tech Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine complex just off the Pacific coast in La Jolla, CA. Areas of expertise the °®Éñ´«Ã½ Real Estate Development group provided included obtaining the Environmental Impact Report approvals required for development, project financing, Public Private Partnerships (P3) and Project Management/owner’s representation. The total Real Estate Development value for the project consists of $127,000,000.

Construction

The four-story portion is a reinforced, cast-in-place concrete structure with perimeter shear wall support. The two-story portion of the building is supported by structural steel and metal decking. This portion of the facility houses the main lobby, auditorium, café and conference center. This facility was designed with sustainability and the environment in mind.

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The five-story, cast-in-place Medical Center Clinical Laboratory was part of the master plan development for the new UC Irvine Medical Center. The laboratory provides reference lab services for medical institutions across the Southern California region and consists of four floors of pathology laboratories and offices, as well as fifth-floor shell space for future office development. The building has a deep canopy covering the plaza and a monumental concrete and glass staircase that creates a dramatic entry portal.

The building has an iconic presence on campus, and its appearance coalesces the new aesthetic standard for what had been a very disparate collection of buildings. Complementing the hospital building, the architectural skin is defined by three colors of cast-in-place concrete with punched aluminum windows and transparent glass. The building’s horizontal and vertical circulation core is picked out in coppery-red metal cladding. The building creates an open plaza adjacent to an existing lawn, connecting active public spaces.

We are proud in our accomplishment of delivering the project two months early.

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