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Best of 2006 Southern California If a man’s home is his castle, Rancho Santa Fe Estate comes nearly close to reaching that castle status. The mammoth Rancho Santa Fe Estate, built by Lang Contracting and designed by AIA architect Norm Appelbaum, encompasses 27,000 sq. ft. and is located on 30 acres in Rancho Santa Fe. To give you an idea of the size of the home, the footprint of the building is about the size of a football field. The home is functional, though. It includes a master bedroom, office, living room, workout room as well as other residential living space. Glass is a major component of the estate. Some glass window panels reach as high as 30 ft. Steel columns combined with the glass work are meant to convey the illusion that the roof is floating above the home. One of the unique features of the home is the exposed structural beams which run throughout, extending over other portions of the home. The cantilevered beams jut out throughout the home but do not look out of place. A person driving into the home might drive under one of the beams, but the home’s driveway is also designed to pass over the estate’s pool. And that is just one of numerous amenities included in the home. The estate also features clay tennis courts, a 38-space subterranean garage and a Judges’ Comments “Complex project.” “Innovative.” man-made pond. The builders also managed to squeeze in interior and exterior reflecting pools, a theater and a bar. Although the home is vast, the builders tried to cut down on its size by focusing all the living areas in one section. So, the master bedroom, kitchen, 57 California Construction 12/2006 Rancho Santa Fe Estate, Rancho Santa Fe Project Team Residential Award of Merit Owner Undisclosed Architect Norm Appelbaum, AIA General Contractor Lang Contracting, Cardiff Structural Engineer Stedman & Dyson Structural Engineers, San Diego Civil Engineer TRI-Dimensional Engineering, Poway Mechanical Engineering Coast Heating and Air Conditioning, San Diego Electrical Engineering ILA + Zammit Engineering Group, San Diego Landscape Architect Kawasaki, Theilacker, Ueno + Associates, San Diego living room and workout area are all located in the same area, intending to create “a home within a home” feel. Landscape architect Kawasaki, Theilacker, Ueno + Associates was assigned the task of providing plants and shrubbery for the massive estate while structural engineer Stedman & Dyson Structural Engineers was given the task of ensuring that the beams support the home.
Best of 2006 Southern California UCSD Hillcrest Hospital Renovation/Systems Upgrade, San Diego Swinerton Builders was faced with multiple challenges when confronted with the task of updating and renovating specific systems within San Diego’s UCSD Hillcrest Hospital. But one of the toughest challenges was working inside the aging hospital—the second largest in San Diego—as it continued to operate. The hospital, built in 1966, needed improvements and upgrades to five obso- Judges’ Comments lete and aging systems, a project expected to cost about $15 million, according to university estimates. Beginning in 2003 and finishing in December 2005, Swinerton improved and upgraded five different sections of the 12story hospital’s infrastructure: fire sprinkler system retrofit, elevator upgrades, san- itary sewer replacement, steam condensate return and air handler unit/coil replacement upgrades. Numerous challenges were discovered during the project. During the renovation, Swinerton had to come up with infection control plans to protect hospital staff, patients and construction staff from being affected by the construction activity. “A tough, complex project finished on time and within budget.” Unknown hazardous conditions also posed a problem. For example, during construction Swinerton found lead and asbestos in the building that required abatement. The hospital had numerous tight and confined spaces in which workers had to work within. Swinerton had to install fire 58 California Construction 12/2006 Project Team Healthcare Winner Owner University of California, San Diego General Contractor Swinerton Builders, San Diego Fire System Architect Rodriguez Park Architecture and Planning, San Diego Elevator Modernization Architect Austin Veum Robbins Parshalle, San Diego Condensate Return Line Architect James Leary Architect & Planning, San Diego Air Handler Upgrade Architect Schmidt Scanlon Gordon Architects, San Diego safety systems into areas of the hospital that were not designed for new equipment. Workers also had to navigate within a hospital that had numerous other construction projects ongoing. It’s estimated that as many as 40 different construction projects were operating at some point during construction. Swinerton also had to juggle 14 different projects concurrently, managing many different designers and managers from both the construction and hospital side. Adding to the difficulty of the work was the need to do non-stop work to avoid disrupting the system. Because the systems were critical to the operation of the hospital, Swinerton had to remove and then quickly install components to ensure the hospital continued to run smoothly.
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