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Brand New Vietnamese American Services Center is Now Open!

Vietnamese American Services Center Opening Day

Brand New Vietnamese American Services Center is Now Open! On a sunny Saturday afternoon in October, flanked by the first rains of the season, Swinerton Management & Consulting’s (SMC) Vietnamese American Service Center (VASC) project celebrated its ribbon-cutting and soft opening. Approximately 500 people attended to the ceremony which started with traditional lion dancing, welcoming […]

The Linden Celebrates Grand Opening

The Linden Celebrates Grand Opening The Linden has completed construction in South San Francisco and has already sold over half of their units. Together with their partners, City officials, and tenants, The Linden team held an intimate outdoor grand opening celebration on their landscaped courtyard with a double-sided fireplace. The open-air space also includes water […]

Michelle Obama Elementary School is Open

Michelle Obama Elementary School Rendering

Michelle Obama Elementary School is Open Michelle Obama Elementary School, formerly Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, celebrated with a virtual grand opening ceremony through Facebook on October 29. The event was attended by Congressman Mark DeSaulnier, Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia, the West Contra Costa Unified School District Board, District Superintendent Matthew Duffy, and other […]

Onward to 2021

Onward to 2021 2020 has been a year of challenges for the communities that we are a part of.  Wildfires, social justice, food and housing insecurity, and the public health emergency have impacted us deeply.  As part of Swinerton’s philosophy of giving back to communities that we serve, Swinerton Management & Consulting has made donations […]

City of Millbrae Recreation Center Breaks Ground!

October 1st, 2020 marked the Groundbreaking for the City of Millbrae’s (City) new Recreation Center. The Groundbreaking Ceremony was attended by Mayor Reuben Holober and the rest of the Millbrae City Council, City Manager Tom Williams, Interim Public Works Director Jane Kao, Recreation Director Mackenzie Brady and other key members of the City. The new Recreation Center will be ~24,000 SF and provide wonderful new space for the Millbrae Community including: a licensed preschool facility, a senior lounge, fitness and health programs for all ages, as well as a large community room to house special events. The City has selected a team of designers and builders to build this new energy efficient facility that will be starting construction in October 2020 and be ready for occupancy in Spring 2022. The City selected Swinerton Management & Consulting (SMC) to manage the delivery of their new Recreation center in Winter 2019. This project was conceived by the City after the original building tragically burned down in 2016. After three years of working with community stakeholders to envision the design for the new facility, the City Council accepted Schematic Design in September 2019. This project utilizes Design-Build delivery method which will allow the project to be fast-tracked, helping the City shorten the current timeline by at least 12 months. Keep up with the project!

City of Millbrae Recreation Center Breaks Ground! October 1st, 2020 marked the Groundbreaking for the City of Millbrae’s (City) new Recreation Center.  The Groundbreaking Ceremony was attended by Mayor Reuben Holober and the rest of the Millbrae City Council, City Manager Tom Williams, Interim Public Works Director Jane Kao, Recreation Director Mackenzie Brady and other […]

Renovated Gardiner Park Re-opens to South San Francisco Community

Renovated Gardiner Park Re-opens to South San Francisco Community The newly renovated Gardiner Park opened to the public on Tuesday, October 27, just in time for the City of South San Francisco’s re-opening of outdoor parks previously closed due to the coronavirus pandemic emergency order. The grand re-opening was safely celebrated with a small group […]

City of Pleasant Hill Breaks Ground on New Library Project!

CITY OF PLEASANT HILL BREAKS GROUND ON NEW LIBRARY PROJECT! Together with the City of Pleasant Hill (City), Swinerton Management & Consulting (SMC) celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Pleasant Hill Library in mid-September 2020.  The socially distanced ceremony marks a project milestone and was attended by County Supervisor Karen Mitchoff, Mayor and City Council members, and […]

Project Update: Solano Community College’s New Library Learning Resource Center

Project Update: Solano Community College’s New Library Learning Resource Center Progress on the Solano Community College District’s (SCCD) new Library Learning Resource Center (LLRC) Building reaches a milestone as the teams have learned how to adapt under the current COVID-19 guidelines for construction projects. A scaled-down “topping out” was recognized on August 20th, 2020 – […]

SMC Awarded Laney College Construction Management Assignment

SMC AWARDED LANEY COLLEGE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT On May 12, 2020, Swinerton Management & Consulting (SMC) was awarded a contract for Construction Management Services at Laney College in Oakland, CA by the Peralta Community College District (PCCD) Board of Trustees. The Laney program includes bond Measure G and state funded projects for a new Library […]

Semi-Virtual Topping Out for Vietnamese American Services Center

Semi-Virtual Topping Out for VASC

SEMI-VIRTUAL TOPPING OUT FOR VIETNAMESE AMERICAN SERVICES CENTER With observed social distancing and the issuance of relaxed SIP orders, the County of Santa Clara (County) conducted its topping out ceremony at the Vietnamese American Services Center (VASC) on May 8th, 2020. During the week leading up to the event, several Santa Clara County officials signed […]