San Mateo, California
UNIVERSITY
“McCarthy’s attention to detail, spirit of collaboration, and plain old simple teamwork made a dream come true for residents of San Mateo County.”
—José D. Nuñez, vice chancellor, facilities planning, maintenance & operations, San Mateo County Community College
The College of San Mateo (CSM) Science Building and Planetarium recently celebrated its completion with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
The first project to be built on the campus in more than 40 years, it is also the first to be constructed pursuant to California Assembly Bill 1000, which provides guidelines for implementing design-build projects for community college districts. The more than 62,000-square-foot, 3-story science building houses lecture halls, faculty offices and laboratories. The facility also features a planetarium and an observatory with a retractable roof for several fixed telescopes. To accommodate CSM’s aggressive completion schedule, McCarthy used a multi-stage, fast-track process. The first stage included mass excavation, earthwork, site pad preparation and the relocation of the main campus utility lines. The second stage was the completion of the science building. The third stage involved the construction of the planetarium. Design/Build Architect:
LPA Inc., Roseville, Calif.
