Photo by Multivista Construction Documentation, courtesy of TJPA.


the structure is topped by a green rooftop park featuring a dozen points of entry, a 1,000-person amphitheater, children’s playground and many other components. Incorporating many green building strategies, with an annual energy consumption projected to be 25 percent lower than the 2008 Title 24 Standards, the Transit Center is on track to achieve LEED Gold certification. Phase 1 of the project officially


got underway in December 2008 with groundbreaking of the Temporary Terminal, followed by demolition of the former Transbay Terminal in August 2010 and start of construction of the new Transbay Transit Center in 2011. Phase 2 will ultimately extend Caltrain and California High Speed Rail underground from Caltrain’s current terminus at 4th and King Streets to the Transit Center. All totaled, the entire program has an estimated budget of about $6 billion and allows for the development of a new neighborhood surrounding the Transit Center.


World Class Team Te project is overseen and


administered by the Transbay Joint Power Authority (TJPA), a collabo- ration of Bay Area governmental and transportation agencies. Major players on phase 1 of the Transbay Transit Center project include Pelli Clark Pelli Architects; Webcor/ Obayashi, Joint Venture, the CM/ GC; Turner Construction Company, construction management oversight; URS, program management/program control; Adamson and Associates as the Architect of Record; and structural engineer Tornton Tomasetti. At least 20 additional design and


engineering firms and more than 35 trade subcontractors to the CM/ GC with numerous 2nd tier subs and suppliers have been involved on the project, including several AGC-member contractors with major contracts such as Shimmick Construction, Skanska, and Balfour Beatty, to name a few. On June 8 of this year, 30 AGC


members had the opportunity to see firsthand the progress that has been made on the project when Turner’s


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Construction Manager Jack Adams hosted them on a jobsite tour. It marked the fourth consecutive year that AGC members visited the project for an up-close look. Members climbed stairs to all levels of the facility and enjoyed studying the structural and architectural effects of the building and hearing about the hard work that has gone into bringing the landmark project to fruition.


“Buy America” Project Te Transbay Transit Center


is officially designated as a “Buy America” project, and as such it has utilized services or building materials from almost every state in the U.S., according to TJPA Senior Construction Manager Dennis Turchon. “It truly is a countrywide project,” he commented. “We’re incredibly proud that we identified companies in 45 of the 50 states that have supplied, produced or fabricated something for the Transit Center. We have items coming in from everywhere in the country.” Managing a project of this


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