This two-story steel framed office and laboratory building with annex auditorium is intended to be the first of several new Gilead state of the art research and development facilities on their Foster City campus. Located on an existing building site the new building is founded on auger cast piles to a depth of 120 feet below the bay mud. A supported ground-floor slab and special concentric braced frames are part of the foundation and seismic lateral force resisting system. The building, which has a 100’ x 300’ footprint, is comprised of a central lobby and core area and is divided into eight control areas due to the H-occupancy requirements. A highly efficient braced frame system minimizes the number of frames to a total of four in each building grid direction. Studies were performed to identify the most efficient framing systems and column locations to maximize vibration sensitivity below labs and separate potential excessive vibration generation below adjacent office areas.
$23.5M construction cost

Two 3-story special concentrically steel braced frame R&D buildings sitting above a concrete shear wall parking garage supported by precast, prestressed concrete piles. The East building totals 72,393sf and the West building totals 85,287sf for a combined square footage of 157,680sf. The structural steel frame system for these buildings, which will be constructed as a "cold" shell with certain "warm-up" elements, has been designed for cost efficiency and suitability to the user functions of the bio-tech tenants. The buildings are clad with GFRC panels.
$30M construction cost (shell only)

This six-story office and laboratory building displays a dramatic architectural design, supported by thorough engineering. Pile foundations, a supported ground-floor slab, and eccentrically braced frames are part of the engineering design. The building, which is a cold shell with certain “warm-up” elements, nevertheless is being designed for cost efficiency. Studies were performed to identify the most efficient framing and bracing solutions considering structural cost in conjunction with architectural and mechanical-engineering considerations.
$19.7M construction cost (shell only)

New two-story, 130,000 gsf manufacturing building; two-story, 75,000 distribution center; and 10,000 gsf single-story commons building, in addition to remodel of existing Life Science building.
$40M construction cost

This project includes two new three-story buildings totaling almost 200,000gsf of research and development laboratories and offices of Allergan’s scientific staff. The structures are steel-framed, moment-resisting and braced frames. The floor framing has been designed for the high vibration limitations associated with sensitive user equipment.

The project also includes an expansion and upgrade to the campus central utility plant and renovation to other buildings.
$86M construction cost

A 270,000 gsf corporate campus with one two-story steel-framed fabrication building, one 3-story steel-framed general office building, a primary lobby and conference center, and a two-story cafeteria and commons building. The seismic design utilized performance-based engineering based on site-specific seismic data of the Hayward Fault (within 3km).
$40M construction cost

This five-office, 375,000 gsf building campus consists of 2- and 3-story steel frame structures with structured slabs at grade and pile foundations for this Bay mud site.
$60M construction cost

This expansion to HP's Inkjet Division includes a 270,000 gsf 4-story braced steel frame office and laboratory building with Class 10 clean rooms, a 90,000 gsf single story tilt-up concrete and steel framed manufacturing building, an expansion to the Energy Center plus interconnecting covered walkway and utility (process piping) bridges.
$72M construction cost

This three-story building provides two levels of laboratories and offices over a complete level of parking at grade. The 360,000 gsf steel braced frame, pile-supported structure was constructed in two phases.
$65M construction cost