We are excited to announce that the University of California, Berkeley has awarded Plant the contract for the Cal Softball Field Renovation in Berkeley, CA. HOK, with whom we are currently delivering Heathcock Hall, is the project architect. Plant will demolish and rebuild the existing Cal Softball Field to meet safety and NCAA Division I competition […]
We are pleased to announce that UC Santa Barbara has awarded Plant + Arcadis + Glumac the design-build contract for the renovation of three buildings on campus, the University Library, Cheadle Hall, and Phelps Hall. The oldest building on campus, Davidson Library, will have its air handling units (AHUs) rebuilt along with other miscellaneous mechanical […]
Plant’s restoration of the St. Ignatius Church has received two prestigious awards: the California Preservation Foundation’s Preservation Design Award, as well as Oracle Textura’s Project of the Year. The CPF award is a statewide hallmark, showcasing the best in historic preservation. Alongside Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., Beth Morris, an engaged owner and stakeholder group, […]
We are pleased to announce that Plant has been awarded the contract to seismically retrofit the Crestmont Building at Piedmont Gardens, a nonprofit senior living community in Oakland! The scope of work includes the voluntary seismic retrofit of the residential tower and a facelift to its lobby that will create a café and add restrooms. […]
We are pleased to announce that Latitude Investments has awarded Plant the contract for the renovation of La Mar Cocina Peruana SF in San Francisco. Local firm Syncopated Architecture, Inc. is the Architect of Record, and Eight Inc. is the Design Consultant. Phase 1, which was recently completed, involved repairs to the outdoor patio. The […]
We are pleased to announce that Plant has been awarded the contract to renovate the Cottle and Lester Historic Ranch in San Jose. RRM is the Architect of Record, and Architectural Resources Group, with whom we have completed dozens of projects, is the Historic Consultant. Part of the original Rancho Santa Teresa Mexican Land Grant, […]
Plant has been awarded the contract for the upcoming renovation of the beautiful Edgewood Tahoe Resort. The clubhouse and restaurant remodel from Collaborative Design Studio includes the bar, north and south ballrooms, kitchen, lower-level restrooms, and other shared spaces, as well as a re-roof. Construction, which is set to commence next month, will wrap up […]
The seismic retrofit of the Marin County Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium was recently honored with Engineering News-Record’s Best Small Project Award, as well as their Excellence in Safety – Award of Merit, both for Northern California. Congratulations to Vice President / Construction Manager Carsten Voecker and his team! Links can be found here: ENR Best Projects ENR […]
Plant was recently voted as one of the Top 15 Best Places to Work in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley Business Journal. We were evaluated and ranked across five categories such values as a fun, collaborative culture, solid compensation, and benefits offerings and other amenities, as well as […]
We are happy to announce Plant has been awarded three affordable housing projects! Plant is returning to Casa Esperanza (formerly Eula Hotel) in the Mission District to complete Phase 2. The scope of work includes the build out of support spaces with new office space and exterior enhancements. The work for Phase 2 of Casa Colibri (formerly Mission […]
Plant was recently awarded the contract for the voluntary structural upgrade for the 22-story Gateway Vista West (Phase 2). Our team, which recently turned over similar work on The Gateway Vista East housing complex in San Francisco’s North Waterfront neighborhood, will perform concrete and fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) improvements, selective demolition, and build back of existing […]
San Francisco Business Times featured President and CEO Chris Rivielle’s take on adaptive reuse and residential conversion in the Bay Area and beyond. Check out the article here!
We are happy to announced Plant has earned the 2024 Highwire Gold Safety Award! This honor, which is given to contracting partners who exemplify safety, reflects our commitment to continuously upholding and improving our risk management program. This award was made possible by our vigilant safety team, our field and office personnel, and our subcontractors and […]
On March 15th, Plant turned over the renovation of the Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium on budget and ahead of the contractual completion date of April 8th, 2024. The complex seismic delivery, which carries on the legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin Associated Architects as part of the Marin Civic Center master plan, represents a […]
Plant was recently awarded construction management services for 3300 Mission Street, a six-story, multifamily facility comprised of 35 affordable housing units. The 21,800-square-foot building will include a first-floor property management office, residential community space, and neighborhood-serving commercial/retail on the ground floor. Senior Project Manager Jeffrey Keileh, PE, SE, LEED AP, BD+C had this to […]
Plant was recently awarded the $35 million UCLA Wooden Center Seismic Improvements project. Sitting in the heart of campus, the nearly 190,000 GSF, two-story building contains gymnasiums, courts, weight training, group fitness, staff offices, and meeting rooms. Seismic corrections will include new brace frames; selective structural strengthening at columns; drag, diaphragm, and CMU wall […]
Plant will perform the remodel and seismic upgrade of 100 McAllister Street for UC Law SF as part of the university’s long-range campus plan for an academic village in downtown San Francisco. The historic tower, originally designed by Timothy Pflueger and built in 1930, has functioned as a church, hotel, makeshift space for wartime use, […]
Starting in June of 2024, Plant will renovate the Japantown Peace Plaza, a major cultural landmark with iconic on-site structures like the historic Peace Pagoda monument. The outdoor plaza is over 30,000 square feet in area and built over a parking garage. The scope of work includes demolition of the existing plaza down the structural […]
Plant is performing new construction of a mixed-use building containing state-of-the-art research and laboratory space, support offices, and classrooms for the UC Berkeley College of Chemistry. The six-story (with partial basement interconnecting adjacent buildings) structure will create a focused arrangement of spaces that connect science and learning around three primary program elements: laboratories, write-up spaces, […]
Scott Eastman has joined the Plant family as a Construction Manager! He spent the last 24 years working for the nation’s largest general builder progressing through project management and business development roles, ultimately as a Vice President overseeing their Bay Area operations. Having been involved in a diverse background of project and assignments, he has […]