Chapter 30 strives to increase the education of our members by organizing tours of buildings and construction projects throughout the Bay Area. Many of our members are actively involved in some of these projects through their jobs as project managers, engineers and architects. The tours also offer a great opportunity to learn more about local history, the green building industry and much more.
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San Francisco Airport Tour - Terminal 2
On Feb 5th, Jill Shearer with Turner Construction hosted a jobsite tour of the Terminal 2 renovation at the San Francisco International Airport. The $383M project is striving for LEED Gold certification, making it one of the “greenest” and most modern airport terminals in the country. Originally constructed in 1954 and renovated in 1984, the 575,000 square foot Terminal 2 housed SFO’s international flights until 2000, when it was replaced by the new International Terminal. The renovated T2 will be the new home for Virgin America and American Airlines, with the first flights scheduled to take off in April 2011. Turner is proud to be delivering the project on time and under budget.
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| One Rincon Hill |
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| Fox Theater Oakland |
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| Caldecott Tunnel |
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In October 2007 we joined San Francisco Chapter19 for a tour of One Rincon Hill. The project was under construction during the tour and when completed would include 14 townhomes and 695 condominiums. Soaring 541 feet into the air the construction techniques utilized for this project are very unique. Our tour was led by Project Manager Nori Mizushima of Bovis Lend Lease. www.onerinconhill.com
| Our June 2008 meeting included a tour of the Fox Theater Oakland currently under renovation by Turner Construction. The Fox Theater Restoration Project began in January 2007 and the City of Oakland's team of over 600 fine artisans, contractors, engineers, architects, and developers have been hard at work masterfully restoring the theater. www.foxoakland.org
| Most people would consider the Caldecott Tunnel in the Oakland- Berkeley hills a mere means to another means, a way of moving through a mountain just to get to the other side -- far from a destination in itself. CalTrans offers tours of the tunnel so that you can learn about its history and appreciate the Art Deco details and see some of the major pieces that go into making this tunnel work on a daily basis. http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/
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| SF Dump Artist in Residence |
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| Bay Bridge |
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| Lorax Development |
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The San Francisco Dump is run by a company called Sunset Scavenger. In 1990 they created the Artist in Residence program. The goal of the Artist In Residence Program is to use art to inspire people to recycle more and conserve natural resources. Art is created from what would have been sent with the rest of San Francisco's trash to landfills across the Bay or recycling plants across the nation. www.sunsetscavenger.com/air
| One of the more intriguing tours we have had the pleasure of taking was led by Kiewit Construction. We were taken out to the skyway portion of the bridge on a barge to see up close the start of the welding project. The 1.2-mile-long, 14-span bridge deck consists of 452 precast concrete segments, each weighing as much as 750 tons. Each segment made a 10-hour journey from the fabrication yard in Stockton, down the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers and to the bridge site.
www.baybridgeinfo.org
| Lorax Development in San Francisco provided us with a tour of one of their Green Building projects at 22nd and Valencia. The goal of Lorax Development is to build environmentally responsible homes using renewable materials, energy efficient systems and smart technologies. This project offered: a Solar system, Living roof, Recycled glass tiles/slabs, Recycled “blue jean” denim insulation, Radiant floor heating – hydronic heating and wood floors made from reclaimed mine timbers.
www.loraxdevelopment.com
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