California Pacific Medical Center at Cathedral Hill (CPMC) is Degenkolb’s second hospital project pursuing a LEED Gold rating and is highlighted in this month’s Building Design and Construction magazine.
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Project: California Pacific Medical Center at Cathedral Hill
Architect: SmithGroup
Mechanical engineer: Ted Jacobs Engineering Group
Electrical engineer: Silverman & Light; Southland Industries
Structural engineer: Degenkolb Engineers
Contractor/CM: Herrero/Boldt
Energy modeling: Gable & Associates with Guttman & Blaevoet
Posted by Lana on January 14, 2010 10:15 PM
Someday, 100 years in the future, a structural engineer looking at renovations to the West Sacramento Community Center, might find a little hint of the past. The City of West Sacramento created a time capsule out of a steel beam that will forever acknowledge the presence of those that contributed to the West Sacramento Multi-Generational Center.
As the last steel beam was ready to be placed atop the LEED Gold facility, the “topping off” ceremony could not be completed without covering ...
Posted by Shafaq Chawla on September 4, 2009 11:21 PM
Project FROG is one innovative amphibian. The project has won the 2009 Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards, given by the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA). FROG stands for Flexible Response to Ongoing Growth. Degenkolb Engineers is delighted to win the prestigous award. The awards will be presented at the NCSEA Annual Conference Banquet on October 17th in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Here's a little background information on the project:...
Posted by Hanan Harb on September 1, 2009 11:51 PM
What do you get when you take 65 recycled car hoods, 75 recycled wooden doors, 3,000 recycled water bottles, and 200 pounds of recycled computer circuit boards and make a full-scale performance stage out of it? An award-winning facility!
The ultimate green project, the Panhandle Bandshell in San Francisco has won an Honor Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). The inventive sculpture and community event space was made out of discarded common materials. Designers, engineers, artists, landscape architects, ...
Posted by Hanan Harb on August 7, 2009 7:24 PM
This year's Greenbuild will be like no other. The theme is "Revolutionary Green: Innovations for Global Sustainability," and Project FROG and Building Design and Construction magazine are partnering to present a demonstration project: High-Performance School of the Future, Today.
Project FROG, a San Francisco-based modular building innovator, and many of the vendors and sub consultants are preparing to design and build a 1,280-sf demonstration high-performance modular classroom outside the main entrance to the Boston Convention Center. Show attendees will ...
Posted by Alethea on November 3, 2008 7:12 PM
Images courtesy of: Shah Kawasaki Architects, Russell Abraham Photography
Degenkolb Engineers collaborated with Shah Kawasaki Architects on the renovation and seismic upgrade of a vital community resource. The challenge with this local project was to design around the established program and budget of a vibrant community art center within the existing footprint of ...
Posted by Alethea on October 27, 2008 9:27 PM