Summer 2011 Construction Rundown

Sutter Medical Center - L & 29^th Street, $600 million project. Expected completion date, late 2012.

La Valentina Station - 12th Street between D and E streets, $27 million project. Expected completion date, summer 2012.

Maydestone Apartments - Corner of J & 15^th Street, $7.2 million renovation. Expected completion date, February 1, 2012.

“Seventh & H" SRO - 7^th & H Street, $47.4 million project. Expected completion date, Spring 2013

DMV Headquarters Upgrade - 2415 1st Avenue

$127 million renovation, 13-years renovation so far. Expected completion date, who knows???

626 I Street Rehabilitation Project - $19.4 million. Expected completion date, Sept. 2012

DMV Headquarters Upgrade

We can now see the glazed panels of opaque and transparent glass being placed over the current brick exterior. The $127 million project has now been upgraded for seismic stability and energy efficiency that will extend its life another 50 years. This 1960’s structures in it's last stage of a 13-year renovation.

First layer of dual-skin facade

New Central Plant

Old Exterior

Rendering of finshed building

Updated DMV Headquarter Renderings

Thanks to my friends at Lionakis who is both the Architect and Designer of this project, I have some updated renderings that includes a new central plant. In addition to the other upgrades I mentioned in my previous post, the exteriors south-southwest portion of the facade will be a dual-skin facade. The purpose of this feature is to provide an insulation barrier which may also be ventilated naturally (through a stack effect: heat rises). The central plant is also currently construction, one block south of the headquarters.

DMV Headquarters Renovation

After deciding to remove asbestos applied between every floor when DMV’s Sacramento Headquarters Building East opened in 1962, the department launched an ambitious, concurrent renovation plan to completely remodel all six floors of the facility to improve energy efficiency and reduce ongoing operations costs. The remodeled floors feature energy-efficient glass, sunscreens and insulation systems, energy-efficient lighting and mechanical systems, and water-saving restroom fixtures. The project will also ultimately add a solar, electricity-generating photovoltaic (PV) system to the building’s roof. The project was started in 2004 and expected to be finished in 2011. Located at 2415 1st Avenue.

Current exterior renovation photos taken last week.