Construction officially is under way by McCarthy, one of the nation’s leading education facility builders, for the $86 million renovation of Carlsbad High School, located at 3557 Lancer Way in Carlsbad, Calif.
Carlsbad High School is among eight schools within the Carlsbad Unified School District being constructed or modernized with funding from Proposition P, a $198 million bond measure passed by voters last fall. Erik Reuter is serving as director of school construction on behalf of the district.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday, March 9 for project consultants, subcontractors, McCarthy team members, and representatives of the Carlsbad Unified School District to commemorate the construction milestone
The overall scope of work for the modernization and reconstruction of Carlsbad High School includes construction of the new stadium as well as construction of eleven new permanent education structures. The project has been divided into multiple phases to allow the school to continue operating during the projected three-year-long construction period. Final completion is slated for fall 2011.
The present stadium phase, valued at $13.6 million, includes demolition of the existing stadium, installation of underground utility infrastructure, and construction of a new 3,900-seat athletic stadium with aluminum bleachers, a synthetic track and field area, and a 10,000-square-foot building housing locker rooms, restrooms and concessions. Completion of the new stadium is slated for spring of 2010.
A previous phase in June 2008 required McCarthy to set up temporary classroom facilities for students, along with the utilities to support these facilities.
McCarthy currently is working on preconstruction services for the new buildings construction phase, which encompasses one- and two-story education buildings comprising 99,000 square feet of classroom, performing arts, vocational education lab, and food service space. Completion of this phase is slated for fall 2011.
John A. Martin & Associates is the structural engineer; Leighton Engineering is the geotechnical engineer; Cornerstone Engineering, Inc., is the civil engineer; Johnson Consulting Engineers, Inc., is the electrical engineer; Donn C. Gilmore & Associates is the mechanical engineer; and Lightfoot Planning Group is serving as landscape architect. The Planning Center provided the Environmental Impact Report. Gafcon is the program manager.
About McCarthy
Founded in 1864, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest commercial construction companies. The company provides general contracting, construction management, program management and design/build services for education, healthcare, parking, entertainment, retail, laboratory, biotechnical, microelectronic, and industrial facilities; green buildings; office buildings; tenant interiors; mixed-use; and bridges and highways. McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned. More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com.
