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Swinerton Builders - 05/13/13
Top of the List: General contractors
Each week, we show you the top five companies from our Lists printed in our Friday paper. This week we feature general contractors. The companies on the list posted $2.97 billion in 2012 and they employ 2,701 people during peak construction season. Eleven have headquarters in the four-county area. General contractors, ranked by local revenue
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Swinerton Builders - 05/13/13
Autodesk BIM 360 Glue Helps Streamline Design and Construction Processes
Autodesk, Inc. is launching a new version of Autodesk BIM 360 Glue, a cloud-based Building Information Modeling (BIM) solution. Autodesk BIM 360 Glue is an innovative management software solution that extends the BIM process from design to the construction stage by providing access to project information for model coordination and clash detection to all project stakeholders via desktop, mobile and web.
Extended project design and construction teams can better coordinate and communicate with one-click access to review the latest project models and run clashes in real-time, saving time and money on design and construction projects. The introduction of mobile devices into the construction industry is transforming the way that projects are built and managed. With BIM 360 Glue, enhanced cloud-based collaboration and mobile access helps ensure that the entire project team can participate in the coordination process, minimizing the coordination cycles and providing teams with tools to view the designs wherever they are located.
“We have found that BIM 360 Glue has considerably shortened the amount of time needed to perform building system coordination,” said James McKenzie Director-Center for Excellence, Swinerton Incorporated. “Usage of BIM 360 Glue now means that we can focus on clash avoidance using our experienced field personnel rather than relying on an automated clash detection process that often times results in an enormous amount of false clashes that needed to be sorted out. This clash avoidance helps project stake holders have an intimate knowledge of the building in a relatively short amount of time.”
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Swinerton Builders - 05/13/13
Jones Lang LaSalle Appoints New Head of Construction in Northern California
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) today announced it has appointed P.J. Cosgrove to lead the firm’s Construction group in Northern California and has promoted him to Managing Director. In this new role, Mr. Cosgrove will lead the 11-person Northern California team which provides construction management, general contracting and design/build services for interior build outs and similar scale projects on behalf of landlords and tenants across the West Coast.
Prior to joining JLL in November 2011, Mr. Cosgrove co-founded Barnegat Group, a Bay Area-based general contracting and development company that specialized in corporate tenant improvements, hospitality/restaurant renovations and seismic upgrades. Prior to that, Mr. Cosgrove led the national marketing and business development team for MBH Architects. During his career, he has successfully managed construction projects from New York to California for Swinerton Builders, Bovis Lend Lease and Sordoni/ Skanska.
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Swinerton Builders - 05/13/13
CWS Integrates New Solar Radiation Sensor for Solar Panel Monitoring
On a recent project for Swinerton Renewable Energy, Columbia Weather integrated the newly released Hukseflux SR20 solar sensor. SR20 is a pyranometer of the highest category in the ISO 9060 classification system: secondary standard. This solar radiation sensor is used where the highest measurement accuracy is required. The weather station utilizes an Acromag amplifier to amplify the solar sensor output to higher voltages suitable to CWS’s Microserver inputs and applies individual sensors’ sensitivities. The Acromag also includes programmable relay control to turn on and off sensor heaters to minimize the effect of dew and ice, especially critical in this Ontario, Canada solar panel installation.
Swinerton Renewable Energy has selected weather stations from Columbia Weather Systems to provide meteorological data to their proprietary SCADA system at solar project sites. The construction company offers turn-key solar power solutions for utility-scale and distributed generation projects. To read the entire article, click the link below:
Swinerton Builders - 05/02/13
Alan Wolf to Lead Swinerton Builders' Sacramento Division
Swinerton Builders has selected Alan Wolf to lead its Sacramento division during a time of accelerated regional expansion. Wolf brings 30 years of diverse construction industry experience to his new position as division manager, including 10 with Swinerton (formerly HMH Builders). With deep healthcare expertise, Wolf contributed to the successful completion of several new and remodeled Kaiser and Sutter Health facilities in Elk Grove, Santa Rosa, Modesto, and Stockton in his previous role as preconstruction manager with Swinerton.
Wolf will maintain a strong focus on business development and will oversee the healthcare, critical facilities, and building divisions of Swinerton Builders Sacramento. "Culturing a client's idea into a real, viable building project is very exciting to me," he says.
Wolf holds a BS in engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is a LEED® Accredited Professional. He is also professionally certified by the Design-Build Institute of America and serves as program chair for the Sacramento DBIA chapter. Additionally, Wolf is president of the board of Sierra Forever Families, a nonprofit agency that finds permanent families for children living in foster care.
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Swinerton Builders - 05/02/13
Swinerton completes second phase of data center expansion in Irvine
California-based construction firm Swinerton Builders has completed the second phase of a 93,000 square feet data center in Irvine for Latisys, a national IT infrastructure services provider.
Taking the scheduled 14-week time, the data centre expansion has included a three feet raised floor with three ramps and one set of stairs, as well as 12 freestanding PDUs on the raised floor area.
The electrical room built specifically for Phase 2 (CP-2) houses three Liebert CRAC units, Square D switchgear, UPS models, and lighting control panels. All gear within CP-2 rests on four-inch housekeeping pads.
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SMC - 05/01/13
Grand Opening Planned for new Science, Math, Nursing Building at College of Marin
The public is invited to celebrate the grand opening and dedication of the state-of-the-art Science, Math, Nursing building with noted lecturer and alumnus Adam Steltzner from the NASA Mars Rover "Curiosity" expedition. Steltzner's lecture, titled "The Right Kind of Crazy—An Improbable Journey to Mars," will be followed by a ribbon cutting and interactive tours throughout the afternoon on May 10. The event is open and free to all.
The college broke ground on the $56 million project in 2010. The building was designed by ED2 International Architects/Planners of San Francisco. Lathrop Construction Associates, Inc. of Benicia handled construction and Swinerton Management & Consulting of San Francisco served as program and construction manager of the project. It involved the demolition of several buildings including Dickson Hall, the Dance Center, the Disabled Students Building and the Green House.
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Swinerton Builders - 04/30/13
Don't Like Market Street? Wait a Few Minutes
Central Market Street is not changing by the day, it’s changing by the hour.
After a week out of town traveling with my family, I cycled down Market Street Monday morning. Of course I expected some of the progress I saw: AvalonBay had added a couple of floors at 55 Ninth St., Crescent Heights had snapped on more of the glass skin at 1401 Market and poured a few more floors on the tower as well. But other developments were more startling.
At Trinity Plaza, Angelo Sangiacomo is making good on his two-decade old promise to demolish the old vintage 1960 Del Webb’s Townehouse motel and replace it with housing. Swinerton Builders has started pulling down the western edge of the motel. It will be a trip to be able to stand at United Nations Plaza and see clear across a vast vacant parcel to Mission Street.
But Trinity Plaza is not home to the only wrecking crew in the neighborhood.
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Swinerton Builders - 04/30/13
Over 1,000 Volunteers to Restore 26 Homes in One Day
This Saturday, April 27, from 8 AM to 4 PM, Rebuilding Together Seattle (www.rtseattle.org) will celebrate its major program event, Spring Rebuilding Day, where over 1,000 volunteers will restore 26 homes in one day at no cost to the individuals served, providing over $500,000 in market value home improvement projects. With a vision of a safe and healthy home for every person, Rebuilding Together Seattle provides low income homeowners and nonprofit facilities with free critical repairs, modifications, and energy-efficient upgrades.
Sponsor group Swinerton Builders will also be restoring a Parkview Services home in the Shoreline area. Volunteers from Swinerton will be rebuilding their wheelchair ramp and rotted deck, repairing a broken fence, painting the interior and exterior of the home and assisting with yard work.
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Swinerton Renewable Energy - 04/30/13
Here Comes The Sun
The Sacramento Municipality District (SMUD) has been taking advantage of the sun's abundant energy since 1984, when it built the nation's first utility-scale solar array at Rancho Seco, California. Today, the site continues to generate 3.2 megawatts of electricity - enough to power 2,200 single-family homes. Over the years SMUD has continued to pioneer solar efforts in the state, even working with homeowners to put solar panels on their roofs. With the addition of four new photovoltaic sites developed by renewable energy developer Recurrent Energy, SMUD is adding nearly 70 more megawatts of alternating current (AC) to its solar energy portfolio.
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Swinerton Builders - 04/30/13
Swinerton Completes Massive Data Centre Expansion in Irvine
Swinerton Builders, one of the nation's oldest and most trusted construction firms, tapped into the talent of its Critical Facilities division on the recently completed Phase 2 of a 93,000-sq ft build-out for Latisys, a national IT infrastructure services provider with a large data centre in Irvine, CA. Backed by 125 years of construction expertise, Swinerton has built data centres for Time Warner Cable, T-Mobile, Army Space Command, and Intel, among numerous other marquee brands. The Latisys expansion contract follows record revenue growth for Swinerton in 2012 and a significant project backlog in the critical facilities sphere for 2013.
"Data centre projects demand mature, repeatable, and reliable methods. This project required us to perform under exacting conditions, including an aggressive 14-week schedule," commented Dave Higgins, Jr., senior vice president and manager of Swinerton's Critical Facilities division. "We are very excited to demonstrate our unique capabilities as a trusted partner of Latisys."
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Swinerton Builders Colorado - 04/26/13
W Line Produces Jobs & Prospects, RTD Says
The 12.1-mile W light-rail line which opens Friday not only gives thousands of commuters a new way to get from Golden to Denver but also brings hundreds of jobs, along with housing and business development. The Urban Land Conservancy, for example, has been buying land and properties along the W Line — or West Rail Line — for six years, believing that affordable housing and other community assets will get new life with mass transit.
The general contractor for the transit portion of the project — Denver Transit Construction Group — tapped 550 businesses for either subcontracting or supplies, and 94 percent were locally owned, said FasTracks spokeswoman Pauletta Tonilas. Both Denver Transit and Swinerton Builders — which built two new parking garages for the W Line — also surpassed federal and RTD goals for hiring small and minority businesses, Tonilas said. Swinerton contracted for the $13.5 million parking structure at Wadsworth Boulevard and West 14th Avenue in Lakewood and the $11.5 million parking building at West 10th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard in Denver.
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Swinerton Builders - 04/26/13
San Francisco Mid-Market retail center kicks off
The wrecking crews are revving up on Market Street. At Trinity Place the windows have been removed from the old Del Webb Townhouse motel and Swinerton Builders is getting ready to start knocking down walls. At Market Street Place, demolition crews are preparing for construction at the site of what will become a 250,000-square-foot retail center scheduled to open in 2015.
The buildings slated for demolition are mid-block on Market Street between Fifth and Sixth streets. Demolition will take approximately 12 weeks and will begin at the interior of the current structures in conjunction with preparing for exterior demolition.
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Swinerton Builders Colorado - 04/24/13
Real estate firms score high in Denver Post survey
It was something that would have been inconceivable during the Great Recession. Companies tied to the real estate industry ranked extremely well in the Denver Post’s Top Work Place 2013 special report that it published last Sunday. Oakwood Homes, the largest privately owned homebuilder in Denver, as well as a number of large commercial construction firms, including Mortenson Construction, Swinerton Builders and Shaw Construction were on the list. Workplace Dynamics compiled the data for the Post based on employee surveys that ranked their employers on things such as appreciation of workers, direction, confidence in leadership, values and ethics, encouragement of ideas, competence of management, as well as pay and benefits.
To read the entire article, click the link below: http://insiderealestatenews.com/2013/04/real-estate-firms-get-high-marks-in-denver-post-survey/
Swinerton Renewable Energy - 04/23/13
Top of the List: Photovoltaic Contractors
Photovoltaic contractors ranked by number of AC kilowatts of generation installed by local office in 2012:
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Swinerton Builders - 04/17/13
Swinerton Invests in Critical Facilities, Appoints Dave Higgins to Lead Team
Swinerton Builders has appointed Dave Higgins, Jr., to lead its Critical Facilities team as senior vice president and division manager. The appointment is in response to strong demand for data center construction services to support mission-critical operations. Higgins' role will span all divisions, coordinating current and future data center construction and project management opportunities nationally.
"The market has responded strongly to our approach, as evidenced by our growing backlog. We're investing in the right resources to maintain our unblemished track record of quick, reliable delivery," says Higgins. "Our work in data centers, renewable energy power plants, and utility control rooms allows us to constantly refresh our technology and methods to maintain our leadership in critical facility environments."
Mike Re, CEO of Swinerton, confirms, "As a 125-year-old company, we've evolved over the decades to meet the highly specialized demands of critical facility and data center construction. We expect to continue our momentum within the critical facilities market, and Dave is the proven leader to take us forward."
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Swinerton Builders - 04/16/13
ENR's 2012 Top Starts In California
Swinerton's 10th & Market Street Project in San Francisco was designated one of the Top Starts of 2012 by ENR California!
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Swinerton Builders - 04/03/13
Female Construction Executives Begin Professional Organization for Women in Construction Operations
Sarah Creighton and Holly Cindell of McCarthy in Newport Beach are among a group of pioneering women from Southern California construction, architecture and engineering companies to begin WiOPS - a new professional organization geared specifically toward women in construction operations. Creighton and Cindell were named co-chairman for the new organization, which aims at mentoring women working in the operations side of construction.
"Women make up less than 10% of the construction workforce with an even smaller number in professional and managerial positions," said Sarah Creighton, McCarthy vice president operations, education services. "There are other industry organizations out there for women in construction, but none of them are tailored to women in construction operations roles. We started WiOPS to fill that gap."
The WiOPS founding board members include: Co-chairmen, Holly Cindell and Sarah Creighton, McCarthy; Vice Chairman, Nancy Goldman, Jezowski & Markel; Secretary, Kasie Bowden, Hensel Phelps Construction Co.; Treasurers, Lia Tatevosian, Swinerton Builders and Lucy Villanueva, McCarthy; Membership, Amanda Corbet, McCarthy and Events Coordinator, Shaabini Alford, Murray Company. Other WiOPS members instrumental to the group's founding include: Bernadette Reyes, Clark Construction Group; LaDrena Dansby, USC Capital Construction Development; Elle Navarro and Michelle Garcia, Hensel Phelps Construction Co.; Sammi Maya, McCarthy; Jessica Drake, Swinerton Builders and Kathlynn Smith, Hunt Ortman and founder of SmartGirls and SmartGirls' Guide to Construction Law.
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Swinerton Renewable Energy - 04/03/13
Paiute Parade And Fair Increases Awareness Of Child Abuse
The Moapa Band of Paiutes Social Services Department hosted the 5th annual Child Abuse & Neglect (CAN) Parade and Health Fair for the surrounding communities on Friday, March 29. Friends gathered in the tribal village area to celebrate and learn with each other.
Swinerton Inc. also sponsored a booth at the Health Fair on Friday. The renewable energy company is building the largest industrial solar system in Indian country on the Moapa Reservation. It will produce 250 mega watts of power with a capacity of 350 mega watts.
According to Moapa Band Chairman, William Anderson, the solar plant will be opening up 600 construction jobs beginning as early as this summer.
To read the entire article, click the link below: http://mvprogress.com/2013/04/03/paiute-parade-and-fair-increases-awareness-of-child-abuse/
Swinerton Renewable Energy - 03/29/13
Solar | Project Developer: Swinerton Renewable Energy
With more than 125 years of experience in the construction business, Swinerton Inc. knows a thing or two about the building industry. And how to stay ahead of the curve.
In line with its belief that “building green is building smart,” the San Francisco-based contractor branched into the solar industry in early 2000. In 2008 it established a solar division, Swinerton Renewable Energy, in San Diego. The move seems to be paying off. During the past 18 months alone, Swinerton Renewable has built four photovoltaic power plants in the Sacramento area. Overall, about 25 percent of the company’s construction business ...
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Swinerton Renewable Energy - 03/25/13
Taking the Lead in Going and Staying Green
What does an electronics professor at American River College have in common with a 104-year-old architectural firm? Both were among the 19 individuals and companies honored this morning at the Business Journal’s Green Leadership Awards. The winners, chosen by a panel of independent judges, all have a strong commitment to making the Sacramento region a thriving hub for clean technology. Some are startups, others are large well-established companies. Some are private ventures, others are public entities. Some are harnessing energy from the sun and recycled trash while others are reducing harmful diesel emissions and chemical pesticides.
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Swinerton Builders Hawaii - 03/22/13
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Unveils Newly Renovated Tower at Moanalua Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii today unveiled the six-story Mauka Tower at its Moanalua Medical Center after an extensive renovation, which increased the number of patient rooms while creating a healing environment and making the hospital more conducive to accommodating families and visitors. The $140 million Mauka Tower renovation completes a multi-phase expansion project at Moanalua Medical Center; the first phase was completed in April 2008 with the addition of a new six-story wing.
Architect on the renovation project was Lionakis, with Swinerton Builders as the contractor.
Kaiser Permanente is the highest ranked health plan in the state, among the top 20 nationally and the only 5-star Medicare plan in Hawaii. It continues to be a model for innovative health care by leveraging new technology and best practices, and continually working to provide better service and access.
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Swinerton Builders - 03/22/13
Collaboration Apps Top ENR Survey Results
Something big is happening in construction technology. It goes beyond the recent rampant growth of smart devices on jobsites and the explosive development of apps around the globe. It even goes beyond the growth of cloud computing, helping to manage large project files with faster networks that connect far-flung work crews.
As big as these trends are, an even bigger shift is happening: Collaboration and web services are becoming the norm on more and more projects and transforming how the industry operates. Construction firms increasingly are seeing the value of deploying web services, which can be broadly defined as a set of protocols that help apps to interact over web-connected devices.
Collaboration in the Cloud The top results? Bluebeam Revu for the iPad got the most recommendations. The app ranks high with readers for its ability to view PDF plans, mark up project files and, using those markups, collaborate with work groups around the globe.
Eric Davis, a virtual-design and construction manager with consultant Swinerton, told the FutureTech attendees that field apps have changed the firm's workflow and helped it set standards. "It's a tool to create your own process and standardize" processes, he said. "What we realize now is that we also have real metrics. We have data that we can leverage." Now, the firm is using its workflows to create metrics for benchmarking. "The future is leveraging and sharing the metrics, so we can better the industry and make it more efficient," he says.
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Swinerton Builders San Diego - 03/20/13
Viejas Hotel Set To Open
Final preparations are taking place for the grand opening of the Viejas Hotel, which will open its doors on Thursday.
It’s been 19 months since the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians made the announcement they would be adding a 128-room hotel resort to accompany its casino and outlet shopping center.
The five-story, non-smoking hotel is located next to the casino, across the street from the outlets. It has 99 deluxe rooms and 29 suites.
Cumming Corp. USA was the project management firm and served as the owner’s representative and liaison between the design-build team.Swinerton Inc. was the general contractor and JCJ Architecture was the design firm.
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Swinerton Builders Sacramento - 03/15/13
Care Center Renovation Team Introduces Cloud Workflow
A 155,000-Sq-ft, three-story renovation project in Walnut Creek, Calif., which will house John Muir Health's new outpatient center and administrative offices, is the test bed for Swinerton Builders' next-generation design and subcontractor collaboration and coordination.
As the general contractor on the John Muir Health project, Swinerton Builders implemented Autodesk's BIM 360 Glue as their platform for virtual data interface and coordination. BIM 360 Glue is a cloud-based BIM Management solution designed to simplify model coordination and clash detection in a real-time format with access from anywhere.
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