Project List

 

Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center Sunset Hospital

Los Angeles, California

SmithGroup/Chong Partners Architecture

Total SF:                      912,000  SF – 1 Building

Construction Cost:        $260,000,000

A 456-bed (384 private) replacement hospital, that is considered to be Kaiser’s flagship facility, will provide comprehensive acute inpatient care, including the most advanced tertiary care and other intensive services, to serve Kaiser members well into the 21st century.  One of Kaiser’s largest hospitals, LAMC also serves as the Southern California tertiary center for cardiovascular surgery, pediatric and neonatal intensive care, neurosurgery, spine surgery and high-risk obstetrics. The new building is actually a series of "specialty hospitals"—vertically integrated within the building structure—that meet the regional system’s needs for a central tertiary facility providing multiple acute care and specialty services.

Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District Metrobase Project

Santa Cruz, CA

RNL Design

Total SF:                      61,660 SF - 3 Buildings

Construction Cost:        $21,000,000  

New maintenance facility that will ultimately accommodate 175 buses, designed to accommodate LCNG Fueling. Lot is located in Santa Cruz on two existing sites.

Role from inception was of Project Coordinator. Duties included coordination the Construction Document set, coordination of design components with consultants. Responsibilities included design decisions, both interior and exterior, working with in-house designers on the look, size and cost restraints of the project, as well as preparing and organizing the multi-phasing of the construction documents.

Glendale Beeline Transit Operation and Maintenance Facility and CNG Fueling Facility

Glendale , CA

RNL Design

Total SF:                      25,000 SF - 2 Buildings

Construction Cost:        $5,000,000

New maintenance facility that houses 46 buses, designed accommodates CNG Fueling for both the City Bus system and Public vehicles. Lot is located in the City of Glendale .

Role from inception was of Project Coordinator. Duties included coordination of 65-page Construction Document set, arranging design meetings with consultants, submission of sets for City and Design Review Board review and building departments. Responsibilities included design decisions, both interior and exterior, close contact with all jurisdictions for building reviews, as well as numerous meetings with consultants, client, construction manager, and contractor.

Foothill Transit Irwindale Maintenance and Operations Facility

Irwindale , CA

RNL Design

Total SF:                      59,820 - Four Buildings

Construction Cost:        $13,000,000  

New maintenance facility that houses 156 buses, designed accommodate for future CNG expansion. Lot is located in, both the City of Irwindale and Arcadia .

Role from inception was of Project Coordinator. Duties included coordination of 300 page Construction Document set, arranging weekly design meetings with consultants, submission of sets to multiple City and County review and building departments. Responsibilities included design decisions, both interior and exterior, close contact with all jurisdictions for building reviews, RFI and Shop Drawing submittals, as well as numerous meetings with consultants, client, construction manager, and contractor.

Santa Monica Corporate Yard

Santa Monica , CA

RNL Design

Total SF:                      386,750 – Nine Buildings

Construction Cost:        $45,000,000 estimated

Brought on as lead computer artist, to create 3-deminsional models and renderings to present to City Council. This included the use of Architectural Desktop R 3.3, Viz, Photoshop, and Corel Draw for final presentations.

Chula Vista Corporation Yard

Chula Vista , CA

RNL Design

Total SF:                      163,565 - Six Buildings

Construction Cost:        $21,000,000

Remodel of existing Warehouse Building , Shops Building , and Administration Building . New construction includes a new addition to the existing Administration Building and Shops Building , a  new Maintenance Building , Fuel Island , and Wash Facility.

Brought on early to start Construction Document, then when Project Coordinator left took on the responsibilities of the project. This included close contact with the Client, project consultants, building department, and construction managers. Responsibilities increased to include weekly site visits, RFI responses, and shop drawing submittals.

Mesa Transit Maintenance Facility

Mesa , AZ

RNL Design

Total SF:                      68,150  - Four Buildings

Construction Cost:        $13,500,000  

New maintenance facility that houses 100 buses. Design limit included Mesa 's harsh climate and ease of circulation for bus operators.

Role in this project was initially to be liaison between the Los Angeles office and Phoenix office. Worked on initial 3-dimensional model while at onsite charret. This role was never fully employed due to preliminary problems with cost.

City of Norwalk Transportation and Public Services Facility

Norwalk , CA

RNL Design

Total SF:                      67,600 - Three Buildings

Construction Cost:        $11,000,000  

The design and construction of a new maintenance facility to replace existing facility. The new facility includes Operations, Maintenance and Administration Buildings as well as Operations, Shops, Fuel Island and Wash Building for existing bus services.

Initially helped with onsite charret, as well as being key help to project manager.  Role consisted of helping coordinate meetings, CADD drawings and layout, as well as help designer to draw and render colored elevations and perspectives.

Riverside Transit Agency Perris Facility

Perris , CA

RNL Design

Total SF:                      16,220. - Two Buildings

Construction Cost:        $6,200,000

With an initial phase of 50 buses and a total capacity of 200 buses Perris created some unique challenges. This project was also the first to utilize AutoCAD’s new Architectural Desktop. A new type of program that no longer uses vectors, but instead employs object based tools.

Brought on as Project Coordinator, but as the project progressed was also placed in the role of computer/software technician. Duties included coordination of Preliminary Design Set, arranging meetings with consultants. Design set was halted when client discovered some problems with the site.

University of California

Davis , CA

RNL Design

Total SF:                      24,800 - Four Buildings

Construction Cost:        $4,000,000 estimated

Remodel of existing Maintenance Building . New construction includes the expansion of the existing Maintenance Facility, to include Administration and Operations.

Brought on at start of Design Development. Was able to take this project from initial design to a comprehensive design package, was halted when client had problems with raising the money required to complete the project.