PCL Awarded Design-Build Parking Structure for César E. Chávez Campus

SAN DIEGO, California -- PCL Construction Services Inc. has been awarded the design-build contract for the San Diego Community College District’s Continuing Education – César E. Chávez Campus Parking Structure, located on the corner of National Avenue and Cesar Chavez Parkway in Barrio Logan.

“We are very pleased to continue our partnership with San Diego Community College District, having just completed two projects for the district,” said Dale Kain, vice president and district manager for PCL Construction Services in San Diego. “We look forward to continuing to support their educational improvement program through this unique project which will relate to Barrio Logan’s community heritage by featuring photomurals of César E. Chávez.”

The four-level parking structure will include a minimum of 320 parking spaces. It will also support a future classroom building on the César E. Chávez campus and will include rooftop level solar panels.

The design-build team consists of RJC Architects, DCI Engineers, MA Engineers, Michael Wall Engineering, Leighton Consulting, Inc., Project Design Consultants, and Graelic, LLC.

Design of the $7.2 million project is currently underway. Onsite construction is scheduled to begin in January 2014, with completion in December 2014.

The César E. Chávez Campus and Parking Structure are being funded by the San Diego Community College District’s $1.555 billion Propositions S and N construction bond program, which is providing new state-of-the-art teaching and learning facilities, major renovations, public safety and accessibility enhancements, parking, and campus wide infrastructure projects at City, Mesa and Miramar Colleges and six Continuing Education campuses throughout San Diego. For more information, please visit http://public.sdccdprops-n.com/Pages/Home.aspx.


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