“CDC’s work with highly infectious agents requires the highest levels of safety and quality. McCarthy was selected for the firm’s experience and thorough understanding of high-containment lab construction and delivered the extra coordination necessary to build a state-of-the-art, secure facility.”

— Edward H. Stehmeyer, Jr., director of facilities planning and management office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Located on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Edward R. Roybal campus in Atlanta, the new Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory houses a Biosafety Level-4 (BSL-4) facility where more than 450 CDC researchers will study and develop responses to many of the world’s most infectious diseases. BSL-4 laboratories are the highest-containment labs and this lab is one of just eight in North America. The $165 million facility dramatically increases the CDC’s capacity to handle infectious diseases, including HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and tuberculosis. The lab also will accommodate the study of acute infectious diseases as part of the federal government’s bioterrorism preparedness program. McCarthy served as construction manager on the project, which began in October 2001. The 12-story, 400,000-square-foot structure and an attached five-story facility also include Biosafety levels 2 and 3 laboratories and adjacent office areas. McCarthy is currently working on a similar BSL-4 laboratory at Boston University. Architect: CUH2A/Smith Carter, Atlanta.

“McCarthy’s ‘open book’ management approach gave me a high degree of confidence.”

— Al Walburg, partner, Sedona Rouge LLC

The famed red rocks of Sedona are the backdrop to Sedona Rouge, a 77-room luxury hotel recently completed by McCarthy. The $9.3 million hotel includes a separate full-service spa and retail boutique, a fitness center, themed heated outdoor swimming pool and courtyards and the well-regarded “Reds” restaurant. The project also includes significant meeting space, hoping to capitalize on a limited supply of such space in Sedona, a community that hosts four million visitors annually. “The design documents were incomplete, so it was critical that McCarthy help us through the options. They did so very smoothly, but it wouldn’t have been possible without the very clear and close lines of communication that we developed,” commented the hotel’s Al Walburg. Sedona Rouge’s European design is influenced by Mediterranean and North African elements and features vaulted ceilings, fireplaces and balconies with intricate ironwork. Architect: Pahána Known, Architects; Mill Valley, Calif.

“The San Diego market is very diverse, with many opportunities in the healthcare, K-12 education, institutional and parking sectors that have been McCarthy’s core strength over the years."

— Carter Chappell, president of McCarthy’s Southern California division

McCarthy Opens San Diego Office
San Diego, California

The San Diego area already includes numerous structures that have been built by McCarthy over the last 15 years, such as the internationally acclaimed Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, as well as numerous projects at the University of California-San Diego’s campus.

Up until now, those projects have been run out of the company’s Newport Beach office. That changes in the fall of 2005 when Ron Hall, a 17-year McCarthy veteran, opens up the company’s San Diego office.

Hall’s intention is to expand upon the existing base of clients in the San Diego area. “Our focus for the near term is to continue to build relationships with the area’s clients, architects and subcontractors. This business is all about relationships, and we think we have a solid base from which to build.”

McCarthy has built or is in construction on more than $500 million in work in the San Diego area. “We’re very fortunate in that while we’re the ‘new kid on the block,’ we know the block pretty well,” commented Hall. The majority of estimating and other preconstruction services will continue to be developed from the Newport Beach office in the short term, but it’s Hall’s vision to be able to provide McCarthy’s full range of services from the San Diego office within three years. “We believe we’ll be able to service clients even better than we have in the past with this presence,” said Hall.

“The San Diego market is very deep and diverse, with many opportunities in the healthcare, K-12 education, university and parking sectors that have been McCarthy’s core strength over the years,” said Carter Chappell, president of McCarthy’s Southern California division.
The San Diego office is opening with three area projects in different stages of preconstruction or construction.

Children’s Hospital and Health Center’s Acute Care Pavilion is scheduled to break ground in the fall of 2007, with completion in late 2009. The 250,000-square-foot, 5-level patient wing will include 16 operating rooms and associated recovery units, a neo-natal intensive care unit, medical surgical beds, cardiology intensive care unit, inpatient and outpatient hematology and oncology center, sterile processing department and various other support services.

At UCSD, McCarthy is completing a $16 million, 3-level, 39,600 sf addition to the campus’ existing Biomedical Library. Additionally, McCarthy is moving toward a December completion of the $7.2 million North Park Parking Structure for the city of San Diego, a 148,943-square-foot, 388-car parking facility.

McCarthy’s San Diego address is: 6165 Greenwich Drive, Suite 340, San Diego,
California 92122; 858-784-0347.

“McCarthy has been proactive in offering alternative
approaches to project delivery, materials and systems
to help keep our budget on track.”

— Rob Gayle, assistant vice chancellor, project management at University of California, Berkeley

Construction is getting ready to begin on the new $32 million (construction cost) C. V. Starr Library at the Chang-Lin Tien Center for East Asian Studies for the University of California, Berkeley. When completed in 2007, the 67,700 square-foot building will be the first free-standing building in the United States dedicated to East Asian collections and house more than 700,000 bound volumes, a rare book collection, a media and digital materials center, reference and periodical reading rooms, study rooms, offices and a book processing center. Building in the center of campus, McCarthy faces challenges regarding material deliveries, crane support and visitor safety. To address these challenges, McCarthy has developed an extensive site management plan addressing escorting procedures for all deliveries through campus and pedestrian and traffic routing around the site. The library is the second project for McCarthy currently underway on campus. McCarthy is also constructing the Stanley Biosciences and Bioengineering Facility scheduled for completion in 2006. Architect: Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects LLP, New York.

“I’m never in the dark on the status of the project. Successes and issues are openly discussed, and I’ve been impressed with McCarthy’s responsiveness.”

— Andy Manzer, vice president of operations, Carle Foundation Hospital

The most significant construction project at Carle in 20 years, this $44 million effort includes three distinct parts: a complex 5-story, 108,000-sf vertical addition to the hospital’s North Tower; a 23,000-square-foot expansion and renovation of the emergency department; and a new 3-story, 46,000-square-foot ancillary building. “I have a strong OSHA background. McCarthy’s proactive approach to safety, and the superior safety results they’ve achieved to date, have made quite an impression on our entire staff,” said Carle’s Andy Manzer. As is the case with any vertical expansion, particularly in a 24/7 occupied space, clear and constant communication with all hospital departments and staff is critical. The North Tower addition will add one floor of medical/surgical beds, two floor of NICU, one pediatric floor and two OB floors - all necessary to meet the region’s rapidly growing healthcare needs. Architect: HDR, Omaha.

“Site challenges abounded on this project; yet, McCarthy
impressed us by doing their homework and providing us
with options and fallback plans.”

— Jeanette Polvani, associate superintendent for administrative services, Chandler Unified School District

One of the fastest growing communities in the nation, Chandler is adding multiple new schools each year to meet its explosive population growth. The $15.5 million new junior high school includes a 30-acre site containing administrative buildings, two classroom buildings, a gym, a multipurpose/stage facility and a variety of athletic fields. “This type of construction can be disruptive when it is in the middle of a community, but McCarthy’s staff went out of their way to be good neighbors and ensured that the community was fully informed,” said Chandler’s Jeanette Polvani. One of the site’s major challenges was a 12-foot elevation shift; additionally, the entire campus had to be shifted late in the design phase to avoid earth fissures. The project also included the building of large retention basins and an underground piping system to accommodate the hydrology needs of the site. McCarthy has now completed or is in construction on four major projects for Chandler USD. Architect: The Orcutt / Winslow Partnership, Phoenix.

“This contract had many technical challenges, including more than 5,500 feet of tunnel with two, below-grade stations. McCarthy and Metro staff solved those challenges with constant communication, collaboration and partnering.”

— Steve Knobbe, senior vice president for engineering and new systems development, Metro

Imagine the challenges of a building site 1.32 miles long that weaves through a heavily
populated and affluent urban area. Then compound it with severe traffic restrictions,
significant and unforeseen utility relocations, plus contradictory design documents. The
$90 million project (part of a $500+ million extension of the St. Louis area’s light rail system) included the demolition of a parkway, the building of two tunnels and two underground stations, and the replacement of two bridges. “While the Facility 2 contract has had significant delays due to incomplete design and utility relocations, McCarthy accomplished an outstanding job of developing work-around plans and finding ways to accelerate the work to produce the best possible schedule outcomes. McCarthy’s focus on prompt completion never wavered,” said Metro’s Steve Knobbe. The project is scheduled for an early winter 2005 completion.

“When you’re renovating a 1920’s high school, there are plenty of skeletons in the closet, and McCarthy approached each with a ‘bring it on’ attitude.”

— Don Smith, program manager, Jacobs Pegasus Department of Administration

Proving once again that renovation can sometimes be much more challenging than new construction, McCarthy recently completed work on the Dallas Independent School District’s Sunset High School. The $9.8 million project included 49,000 square feet of new construction and 153,000 square feet of renovations. Renovation work included asbestos abatement, new HVAC units, new duct work throughout the facility, the addition of electric heat (replacing steam), improved sprinkling systems and upgrades to all computer wiring. “Another McCarthy team is building a high school for us from the ground up, and I keep telling them the issues they’ve faced pale in comparison to the ones we uncovered at Sunset,” said program manager Don Smith. The challenges at Sunset were compounded because the site was so small and had little, if any, parking or room for storage of materials; not to mention that the majority of the work occurred when school was in session and more than 2,000 students were in attendance. Architect: BCI Architects, Dallas.