items during that process. Te tie-in to the campus’ chilled


water loop presented another early challenge. Te team discovered that underground pipes that needed to be accessed for the chilled water tie-in ran directly in front of the adjacent campus bookstore. Te time-critical tie-in needed to be completed during the heart of the store’s busiest season. Teir creative solution: construct a temporary pedestrian access bridge into the bookstore, allowing work to take place underneath. Te bookstore plaza was repaved immediately following that work. Perhaps the most pressing


challenge within the building itself related to the planned storage and handling of various chemicals that go along with a science facility. Te state fire marshal maintains strict, rigorous permitting standards for such facil- ities. Te design-build team worked closely with the fire marshal to avoid delays while ensuring they met every requirement. “A top priority was managing that


process and handling it the right way to make sure we turned over a safe environment where students will be learning,” Falvey said. “Our team did really well in building that relationship with the fire marshal and keeping it on schedule, which we’re pretty proud of.”


Critical Schedule Achieving the project’s critical


completion schedule so that Sac State could open the new science complex in time for fall 2019 classes was an overarching goal from day one. Seven key subcontractors were brought on board in a design-assist capacity during the design development stage and provided vital input and feedback, Falvey noted. “We were able to flesh-out a lot of issues very early on, and it allowed us to really inform the schedule.” Another key driver behind


achieving the schedule: a three-phased permit process. Phase 1 involved


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A group of AGC-CA CLC members toured the project this summer.


obtaining the code analysis package dealing with chemicals inventory and usage in the building, which neces- sitated the close coordination with the state fire marshal detailed above. Phase 2 entailed permitting for the slab on grade foundation and site utility work. Obtaining this permit


early enabled the team to break ground on site right after school got out in late May of 2017. Te third and final phase involved the vertical construction or building package permit. Once the team obtained that final permit in


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