SAN DIEGO, CA — With 22 years of continuous Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) award achievement, design-build projects continue to be an area of expertise for Hensel Phelps. Since their first design-build project delivery in 1977, Hensel Phelps has completed roughly 370 design-build projects nationwide. As the nation’s cities continue to grow, Hensel Phelps’ knowledge, collaboration, and technology continues to advance, allowing them to deliver more elevated projects.

“Design-Build is a project delivery that has proven results in delivering for our clients," said Brad Jeanneret, Hensel Phelps Executive Vice President. "A collaborative, integrated approach where accountability and teamwork are the norm. These are the types of projects our people thrive on. The collaborative environment in which our teams work, build amazing relationships."

Since receiving their first DBIA project award in 1999 for the City of Oakland (California) Administration Buildings, Hensel Phelps has received over 50 DBIA awards. Hensel Phelps continues to hold the highest amount of DBIA awards, and almost two dozen more than their second highest awarded competitor. This year, Hensel Phelps received two awards in California to add to their shelf, each in a separate category:

The University of California, San Diego Nuevo West Graduate Student Housing is a $152-million mixed-use residential community that totals 441,788 square feet within two residential buildings and a market. The Nuevo West residential community provides a total of 884 new beds for graduate students and families of patients being treated at the nearby UCSD Medical Center.

Designed to be a vibrant portal adjacent to the pedestrian and bicycle bridge that links the university’s East and West campuses, Nuevo West includes an active mix of amenities to serve its diverse resident population and other campus visitors including a marketplace, café, activity and study rooms, music practice rooms, central plaza, community garden, outdoor cooking and gathering space, gardens, parking, and a rooftop perch.

• Award Category: Educational Facilities
• Location: La Jolla, California
• Owner: University of California, San Diego
• Market: Higher Education
• Contract Value: $152 million
• Square Footage: 441,788 square feet
• Completion Date: January 2020
• Delivery Method: Design-Build
• Architect: Mithun

The new 144,780-square-foot, five-story Caltech Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Neuroscience Research Building will serve as the university’s new administrative and knowledge center for the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering. The neuroscience institute will investigate the challenges in understanding how the brain works, focusing on the discovery, treatment, and development of the brain.

The $193-million research facility fosters cross-disciplinary collaboration by providing “research neighborhoods”, providing wet, dry, and computational research labs. The support facilities include a vivarium that contains animal holding areas, procedure rooms, and related vivarium support spaces. The complex also includes a teaching lab, a 150-seat lecture hall, offices, and conference rooms to accommodate faculty, professional researchers, graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and administrative support. A pedestrian tunnel connects the sub-basement of the new neuroscience building to the Broad Center for the Biological Sciences.

• Award Category: Industrial/Process/Research Facilities
• Location: Pasadena, California
• Owner: California Institute of Technology
• Market: Research/Laboratories
• Contract Value: $193 million
• Square Footage: 144,780 square feet
• Completion Date: October 2020
• Delivery Method: Design-Build
• Architect: SmithGroup

"Hensel Phelps design-build projects have had a tremendous impact on the communities we’ve built in," said Greg Gidez, Hensel Phelps Director of Design Services. "From signature buildings like the Colorado Convention Center, excellence is design-build as displayed at the Grogan Dove building in Miramar, or the work in aviation and the impacts we’ve had at airports around the nation. The people at Hensel Phelps are committed to excellence in design and construction.”