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Webcor cultivates a garden of green buildings
Builder walks its green 'planks' to encourage sustainability
Webcor finished construction last year on the California Academy of Sciences, the largest green public building in the country, but the San Mateo-based firm's foray into sustainable building began 10 years ago.
Like many green ......
Taube-Koret Jewish campus coming together in Palo Alto
PALO ALTO - Construction crews are hammering away as the Taube-Koret Campus for Jewish Life comes to life.
The $300 million project at the corner of San Antonio and Charleston roads in Palo Alto is the area's first multipurpose, intergenerational Jewish campus.
When completed, the 12.5-acre ......
Webcor Builders featured in Green Business Quarterly
As sustainable construction becomes more mainstream, general contractors nationwide are finding success with green projects because they provide a distinct competitive advantage. Webcor Builders discovered that a long time ago.
"It's not a wave," says Phil Williams, vice president of ......
Webcor Successfully Reports GHG Emissions Inventory to California Climate Action Registry
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The California Climate Action Registry has reviewed Webcor's 2007 GHG emissions inventory and found it meets the standards of our General Reporting Protocol Version 3.0. We are pleased to accept Webcor's emissions report at the California Climate Action Registry. For completing this effort, we ......
Silicon Valley Bicycle Group Certifies Four Workplaces as 'Bike Friendly'
SANTA CLARA COUNTY (BCN) -- As the region prepares for Bike to Work Day on Thursday, a local bicycle advocacy group has granted its first-ever "bicycle-friendly workplace" certification to four Silicon Valley businesses. The certification program is a new initiative from the Silicon Valley ......
Webcor Honored at 10th Annual Sustainable San Mateo Awards
The 2009 Sustainable San Mateo County Awards winners represent the forefront of those who are making positive contributions to San Mateo County's economy, environment and social equity. The winners were honored at the 10th Annual Awards Event held on March 18, 2009 at the South San Francisco ......
Webcor teams with Climate Earth to track construction emissions
To help construction companies reduce their carbon footprints, Webcor Builders is partnering with carbon accounting firm Climate Earth to create a database recording the environmental impact of various building projects and their corresponding supply chains.
The plan is for Climate Earth to track ......
Taking advantage of Florida's "abundant local sunshine" with solar panels and preserving agricultural land and cutting stormwater runoff into the Great Lakes in rural Michigan. These and other regional definitions of what makes a building "green" will be part of the United States' premiere green ......
Eight Webcor Projects Honored in CA Construction Best of 2008 Awards
Northern California:
1. Overall Top Project
Outstanding Architectural Design
Cathedral of Christ the Light
Submitted by Webcor Builders
2. Residential
Winner
The Infinity Phase I
Submitted by Webcor Builders
3. Residential
Award of Merit
One Rincon Hill
Submitted by Bovis Lend ......
Webcor, Climate Earth Team Up To Measure Carbon Impact
Last week, Webcor Builders and Climate Earth announced a partnership to create the first database of greenhouse-gas emissions from the construction supply chain. The idea is to measure and catalog carbon footprints created when producing building materials, from glass and drywall to steel and ......
L.A.'s Skyline is getting a new look. Here's an update of construction progress.
by: Ringo H.W. Chiu...
Political favor paid off for family
The job description for politicians is pretty simple. They think big thoughts, make grand gestures and vote for legislation. So it's worth remembering that every once in a while the job is no bigger than one 13-year-old kid and the family he never had.
Political favors get a lot of heat. Most ......
Peninsula buildings going green
The building standards that result in wasted water and electricity are expected to fade into Bay Area history when the construction industry is able to recover from the recession.
In recent years, the residential construction industry in counties such as San Mateo has been lifting its ......
Revitalizing Hollywood & Vine Innovative engineering provides solutions to complex challenges
Located at the world famous intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Los Angeles, the new W Hollywood Hotel & Residences and 1600 Vine Apartments is a $600 million, 1.7 million-square-foot, mixed-use project covering 4.5-acres. The project includes the first branded residences within ......
Webcor turns in low Transbay bid
Webcor Builders and joint venture partner Obayashi Corp. are in line to snag a coveted $600 million construction contract for phase one of the Transbay Transit Center Building after submitting a bid well below that of two competitors.
Webcor's proposed fee for construction management services ......
Webcor Builders and Navitas Capital Host Executive Forum on the Built Environment: Innovation Driving Sustainability San Francisco, CA: March 9, 2009 – Webcor Builders, the largest commercial general contractor in California by volume, and Navitas Capital an early-stage venture capital firm ......
USC LEED Team Nabs Third Prize in National Construction Competition
The USC LEED team, a group of students from several engineering and environmental programs, nabbed third prize at the national Associated Schools of Construction Competition, held in Sparks, Nevada, Feb. 11 - 14.
It was the first time that USC had sent a team to compete in a "Leadership in ......
AEG Worldwide: The Hotel and Residences at L.A. Live
With the opening of the Staples Center in 1999, the idea for an entertainment campus was born. Nine years later, and with the range of facilities that have opened since - including the Grammy Museum and the open-air Nokia Plaza - L.A. Live has become the go-to place for world-class sports and ......
Over the last 30 years, Webcor has built many California landmark buildings, with its latest accomplishment the remarkable California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. This San Mateo-based builder has a very broad footprint in the Bay Area and across the West Coast, and Andy ......
PUC to Clear Site for New Headquarters
The Public Utilities Commission will start demolition on the abandoned state office building at 525 Golden Gate Ave. in San Francisco, a signal that the agency is optimistic it will score funding to construct its planned super-sustainable $188 million new headquarters on the site.
PUC General ......
2008 American Concrete Institute Awards
Architectural Category Winner Webcor Concrete Group - Axis Condominiums - Central Concrete Supply
Structural Category Winner Webcor Concrete Group - Infinity Tower - Bode Gravel
Construction Category Winner Webcor Concrete Group - Millennium Tower - Cemex, Bode Gravel
The American Concrete ......
California's Biggest Builder Dips Into VC Investing
Webcor - a name that people in California see emblazoned on construction cranes and job sites all over the state - will become a limited partner in a green building fund managed by Navitas Capital.
Last month, the two companies signed a strategic agreement under which Navitas agreed to help ......
CIO Values: Gregg Davis, Senior VP and CIO of Webcor Builders
'Virtual building' is the next big thing for the industry.
How long at current company: 14 years
Career accomplishment I'm most proud of: I'm most proud of the fact that I started my own IT consulting business and ran it successfully for many years. I then sold the company to Webcor and ......
Cathedral of Christ receives McGraw-Hill's Best of the Best Award for Architectural Design
After receiving the Best of 2008 Top Overall Project award from California Construction magazine, The Cathedral of Christ the Light has been honored by McGraw-Hill Construction's Best of the Best Awards, in the Architectural Design category.
2008 Best of the Best Awards: Architectural Design - ......
Builders chase $440M Transbay prize
'Grand Central of the West' is just one coveted public project
The Bay Area's biggest contractors are jockeying for blockbuster public construction jobs at a time when many of the region's largest condo developments and office towers have been indefinitely halted.
The Transbay Joint Powers ......
Developers "top out" at Hollywood and Vine
The economy may be in recession, but that's not slowing down work on the $600-million hotel, residential and retail complex at the famed intersection of Hollywood and Vine in
Hollywood. Developers Gatehouse Capital and Legacy Partners on Wednesday celebrated "topping out" the two tallest ......
Construction Industry Building a Greener Future
A growing number of construction companies are taking a double-barreled approach to their work: Not only are they erecting "green" buildings, they are reducing the environmental impact of their day-to day operations. For example, many firms are careful to recycle bricks,concrete, and wood left ......
Arrow Sign building structure for use at Hollywood and Vine
Arrow Sign Co., based in Oakland but with a fabrication site in Stockton, is going Hollywood at one of the most famous addresses in the world: Hollywood and Vine.
The sign company has designed and is fabricating, shipping and ......
Andy Ball leads Webcor in citizenship
For Andy Ball, generosity is not just a personal trait, but a corporate attitude as well.
When Ball came to Webcor Builders, now the largest structural concrete contractor in California, in 1994, he found teams with an us-against-them mentality, with employees hoarding information and using it ......
Construction Industry Building a Greener Future
A growing number of construction companies are taking a double-barreled approach to their work: Not only are they erecting "green" buildings, they are reducing the environmental impact of their day-to day operations. For example, many firms are careful to recycle bricks, concrete, and wood ......
Builders work with United Way to train teenagers
The Bay Area real estate community is trying to turn its competitiveness into a public good.
This past summer it piloted Real Estate for Tomorrow�s Adults, RE4TA, in partnership with the United Way and Matchbridge. In the pilot, 25 San Francisco teenagers worked 20 hours a week at real estate ......
Webcor enters 'green' partnership
Webcor Builders and venture capital firm Navitas Capital have formed a strategic partnership around green building materials and building technology. Navitas is a newly formed venture capital firm in Berkeley focused exclusively environmentally friendly building products such as highly ......
Webcor buys Oakland site for Port access
by Blanca Torres: Friday, October 24, 2008
Webcor Builders purchased a 33,000-square-foot warehouse one mile from the Port of Oakland, and will combine 60 employees from Hayward, Richmond and South San Francisco locations.
Webcor, the Bay Area’s largest commercial contractor, paid $5.1 ......
Webcor is not only keeping up with the fast pace of its condo portion of the LA Live project - VicePresident and Project Executive Joe Wathen says it is 'nipping at the heels of the design process.'
The L.A. Live project in Los Angeles continues to make a splash. Situated on 26 acres, the ......
Newsom signs strict green building codes into law
Wyatt Buchanan, Chronicle Staff Writer
(08-05) 04:00 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco took a major step Monday to cement its reputation as the most environmentally progressive city in the United States, as Mayor Gavin Newsom signed into law stringent green building codes for new construction ......
WEBCOR ranked #2 on ENR Top 100 GREEN CONTRACTORS List
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Fluted Round Columns Highlight Elegance
Fluted Round Columns Highlight Elegance
At the heart of Los Angeles' Century City Beverly Hills region, the 42-story, 147-unit luxury condominium rower known as "The Century" is designed to be an epicenter of upscale living on the Avenue of the Stars. The design includes 256 fluted concrete ......
REP. SOLIS HOSTS 'GREENING OUR CAPITOL, GREENING OUR COMMUNITIES' PANEL
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21 -- Rep. Hilda Solis, D-Calif. (32nd CD), issued the following news release: Congresswoman Hilda L. Solis (CA-32) hosted a panel this morning entitled "Greening Our Capitol, Greening Our Communities," which addressed ways in which local governments, schools and businesses can ......
San Francisco bitten by science
New California Academy seen as a ‘huge draw’
San Francisco Business Times - Friday, September 12, 2008 by Sarah Duxbury
Natural history will be made Sept. 27 when the new $488 million California Academy of Sciences throws open its eco-doors to the public.
Superlatives have swirled for ......
Despite high-profile luxury condo projects on the horizon, building permits for residential projects drop considerably from fiscal 2006-2007
By David Silva
Even as workers put the finishing touches on one major San Jose condominium project and close in on finishing another, city officials ......
A Building That Blooms and Grows, Balancing Nature and Civilization
By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
SAN FRANCISCO — Not all architects embrace the idea of evolution. Some, fixated on the 20th-century notion of the avant-garde, view their work as a divine revelation, as if history began with them. Others pine for the Middle Ages.
But if you want reaffirmation that ......
WEBCOR RANKED #1 IN LOS ANGELES
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Three Webcor Projects Recognized at 38th Annual L.A. Architectural Awards!
Winners of the 38th Annual Los Angeles Architectural Awards: 1. GREEN BUILDING AWARD: Unbuilt Project: W Hollywood Architect: HKS Architects, Inc. Contractor: Webcor Builders Owner: Gatehouse Capital 2. ARDEN REALTY SUSTAINABILITY AWARD: Commercial Project: Symantec - Culver ......
Webcor was part of three winning teams at the recent LA Business Council Architectural Awards.
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Webcor team brings best to San Francisco
When the start gun fires at the inaugural San Francisco Twilight Criterium on September 13, there will be no shortage of talent on the start line. In the pro women's race, Webcor Cycling Team will line up its best riders including two Olympians and national champions.
Two-time Olympian and 2004 ......
Webcor Ranks 14th on Building Design & Construction’s “Giants 300” – 2008
Each spring, BD+C editors survey the country’s largest AEC firms in the nonresidential building industry. Companies are ranked based on the volume of commercial, institutional, industrial, and multifamily residential building work completed in 2007. Moving up 3 spots from its 2007 position, Webcor ......
Crews focus on excellence with replacement cathedral project
Nearly 20 years after the Loma Prieta Earthquake rendered Oakland's Catholic cathedral unusable, its $190 million replacement is on target for a September Dedication Mass and Consecration ceremony.
The Cathedral of Christ the ......
San Francisco Museum�s Green Redo Keeps Team on Slippery Slopes
Planted roof's hilly lid complicates giant boxful of innovation
The birds and the bees of San Francisco�s Golden Gate Park are doing what comes naturally humming and buzzing with ease around the new hills on the roof of the $488- million replacement museum for the California Academy of ......
Cross's placement a sign cathedral's completion near
June whipped a frigid wind off Lake Merritt and reddened the faces and hands of people huddled outside Christ the Light Cathedral in Oakland on Monday as construction crews, parishioners, clergy, and workers from neighboring high-rise buildings watched one of the final moments in the building's ......
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A Sleek Skyscraper in San Francisco Raises the Profile of Performance-Based Design
The nearly complete tower demonstrates multiple benefits of a nonprescriptive approach
Structural engineer Ron Klemencic had extra reasons for gratitude during the 2005 Thanksgiving season. After hitting his head against the wall on and off for more than three years, he finally received stamps ......
WEBCOR HAS 6 PROJECTS IN CA CONSTRUCTION'S 2008 TOP PROJECTS LIST!
Webcor has six projects (including the 3rd largest) out of 67 total state-wide that broke ground in 2007 and have a construction value greater than 50M. Way to go Webcor team!
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Interview with Webcor´s Phil Williams
The Role of the (Green) Builder
An Interview with Phil Williams of Webcor
By Jeff Stephens
Many people consider architects and designers to be the driving force in the adoption of green building practices. They design buildings, specify materials, and help keep owners and builders from ......
A Developer’s Unusual Plan for Bright Lights, Inspired by a Dark Film
LOS ANGELES — The year is 2019. The illuminated windows of the city’s densely packed towers sparkle like stars in the night, and their facades are covered with bright, animated billboards. A flying car glides past the enormous eye of a smiling geisha hundreds of stories above the wet urban streets. ......
Webcor Ranked #31 Among ENR Top 400 Contractors for 2008.
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Webcor: Employees appreciate job autonomy
CEO: Andy Ball.
HQ: San Mateo.
Bay Area employees: 835 (includes salaried professionals, union workers, and interns).
Score: 90.24.
No. 4
BY GINA GOTSILL
East Bay Business Times Contributor
Talk to Webcor President and CEO Andy Ball about what makes his construction company
a great ......
EBay opens building with largest solar roof in San Jose
NEW BUILDING MEETS GOLD STANDARD FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY
By Matt Nauman
Mercury News
Article Launched: 05/08/2008 01:36:18 AM PDT
Today eBay burnishes its green credentials, dedicating an energy-efficient building on its North First Street campus.
Building 17, which will get a name like ......
Who'll hit the podium from the Bay Area?
Sam Whiting
They say the air is bad in Beijing in August, but Olympic aspirants are not worried about smog just now. They are worried about not worrying about smog because that will mean they are not in Beijing.
Among the half dozen Bay Area ......
By David Silva
San Francisco City Hall has long marched to an unofficial slogan: “As America goes, so somewhere else goes the City by the Bay.”
In keeping with that independent spirit, the city is poised to enact what it calls the toughest green building ordinance in the nation. The move ......
Webcor re-engineered how government construction works in S.F.
Webcor has mastered the art of the 60-story condo tower and the high-tech corporate campus. Now with an almost religious zeal, Webcor CEO Andy Ball has set out to do something that has eluded generations of contractors: reinvent the ......
By Tim Simmers, BUSINESS WRITER
FOSTER CITY - Andy Ball, who has led Webcor Builders in development projects throughout the Peninsula and Bay Area, was honored Wednesday with the county's top leadership and philanthropy award by Samceda, the voice of business in San Mateo County.
Ball, ......
BUILDER PROFILE: Webcor Builders
By: Johnathon Allen
San Mateo-based Webcor Builders has established itself as one of the West Coast’s leading builders when it comes to implementing sustainable practices. The company, which generated more than $1.2 billion in revenue in 2007 and developed more than 3.2 million square feet of ......
Sustainability & Innovative Designs Honored with Third Annual CEMEX U.S. Building Awards
LAS VEGAS -- Sustainable and innovative projects in California and Oregon took top honors in the Third Annual CEMEX U.S. Building Awards, announced last night at a reception at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008 trade show in Las Vegas. From a juvenile justice center built to maximize sustainability to a ......
Demystifying San Francisco’s Green Building Proposal
The Chairman of the mayor’s Green
Building Task Force answers some
frequently asked questions
By Phil Williams, PE, LEEDTM AP
The Registry, March, 2008
In March 2007, Mayor Gavin Newsom convened a Green Building Task Force to assess how the city could update its building standards to ......
InterContinental Hotel Opens into Healthy Market
SAN FRANCISCO-The 32-story InterContinental Hotel San Francisco opened for business Thursday at the corner of Fifth and Howard streets. At 550 rooms, the estimated $200-million development by Continental Development Corp. of Atlanta is the largest hotel to open in San Francisco in 20 years.
The ......
Webcor Concrete Sweeps 2007 ACI Construction Awards
The American Concrete Institute honors outstanding design and construction projects through their chapter awards program. At the 2007 Northern California & Western Nevada Chapter awards, Webcor Concrete was the concrete contractor for EVERY project being honored.
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Construction Industry Viewpoint: Green Building is “Good”
According to FMI’s 2008 U.S. Construction Overview, construction industry stakeholders are increasingly recognizing green building capabilities as “good”—and being a necessary part of a firm’s best practices. Green building is no longer a niche sector, and three major trends are pushing green ......
SPECTACULAR VIEW OF A 60-STORY MILESTONE
A concrete bucket with a ceremonial tree inside is raised above the San Francisco skyline on its way to the top of Millennium Tower, the 60-story luxury residential tower on Mission Street between Fremont and Beale streets, during a ceremonial "topping off" event Friday afternoon. The event ......
'Green' building policies crucial for reducing greenhouse gases
Despite all the public attention focusing on the harmful emissions that come from the automotive sector, the dirty little secret is that buildings are actually the biggest emitters of carbon dioxide in the United States. In fact, the U.S. Department of Energy reports that two-thirds of all carbon ......
The oculus roof of the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland.
IMAGE TO THE EDITOR
Image to the Editor: The oculus roof of the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland. Under construction for three years, it is scheduled for completion in September. Photo by Phil Woodruff, special to the Chronicle
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Inaugural CoreNet Global REmmy Awards a Red-Carpet Success
The SoCal chapter of CoreNet Global recently put on one of the livelier industry events we’ve seen in some time as the organization held its First Annual REmmy Awards program on December 6 at the Warner Bros. Studio Lot in Burbank. RENTV was in attendance as Northrop Grumman Corporate (Los ......
The City of San Francisco aims to develop more of a neighborhood feel in Rincon Hill, and the Infinity residential project, scheduled for completion in early 2008, may be just what it needs to reach that goal. The Infinity is an urban community, featuring 650 homes in two towers of 37 and 42 ......
Leisure industry remains solid in state-SF’s InterContinental Hotel gets ready to open doors
By Robert Carlsen
As San Francisco tourism officials look forward to the completion early next year of the InterContinental Hotel and its much-needed 550 rooms in 32 stories, hotel and resort construction across the country is also looking up.
The non-residential building market continues its ......
Leadership Excellence and Sustainable Practices Rewarded at CoreNet
IRVINE, CA, December 19, 2007— Northrop Grumman Corporate (Los Angeles), Pitzer College's Residential Life Project (Claremont), Wild Rocket Foods along with Tesco Corporation (Riverside) and Webcor Builders made history on Thursday, December 6, 2007 as the first recipients of CoreNet Global ......
Crews Top Off San Jose's New Tallest Building
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The latest condominium tower to be topped off in the heart of San Jose's downtown may signal what some call a revitalization of the area, even in the midst of a housing slump, NBC11's Garvin Thomas reported.
"The 88" includes 197 residences and stands one foot taller than any ......
Video: Academy of Sciences' 5D design
Building the Academy of Sciences' new home in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park was understandably a challenge. With its undulating garden-topped roof, twin domes, and environmentally friendly features, this $484 million project is one of a kind. CNET News.com reporter Kara Tsuboi learns more about ......
Rooftop Mini-Hills of San Francisco
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The Academy of Sciences Opens New Museum in SF
By : Emma Krasov : 11/7/07
Science labs and courses in Castro Valley elementary schools, and outstanding accomplishments of its middleand high-schoolers are a good indication that the new Academy of Sciences museum opening in Golden Gate Park is going to be an important event for the local ......
Webcor Builders Wins Corporate Citizen Award from CoreNet Global
December 6th, 2007 -- Burbank, California. Webcor Builders was selected as the first recipient of the Corporate Citizen Award by the Southern California chapter of CoreNet Global. Webcor received the honor at CoreNet's inaugural REmmy Awards program held in conjunction with their Annual Charity ......
Newsom wants S.F. to have greenest building codes in nation
San Francisco is on track to having the country's most stringent environmentally friendly building standards after Mayor Gavin Newsom introduced a measure Wednesday that would drastically alter the city's building codes.
If the Board of Supervisors approves the legislation, new residential and ......
Webcor Wins Best of 2007 Top Overall Project and Best Green Building
Winner of Top Overall Project Outstanding Architectural Design and Green Building
Judges’ Comments
“Totally unique.”
“The top project of the year, no doubt about it.”
Everything about the new academy is big – from its 409,000 sq ft of research, exhibi¬tion, educational and office space, to ......
Axis Unveils 22-Story Condo Tower
SAN JOSE, CA- KT Properties of Cupertino and Eugene, OR-based Spring Capital Group have unveiled plans for the 22-story, 329-unit Axis condominiums, the city's first luxury high-rise condominium project, which will be developed on a site near the Hotel De Anza. The partners, who are developing the ......
Any businessperson with a huge project before them has to admire the story behind the California Academy of Sciences’ decision to pick world-renowned architect Renzo Piano to redesign its museum with local firm Chong Partners Architecture in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
Most of the ......
New planning director is Newsom’s call
by Bonnie Eslinger, The Examiner
SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - The search for a permanent city planning director is now in the hands of Mayor Gavin Newsom, who is reviewing three candidates presented to him by the Planning Commission.
Responsible for shaping The City’s development policies as ......
Largest SF Projects: Webcor has 3 of the top 5 and 7 of the top 25!
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Webcor Builders cements its future with 3D virtual software
In a CIO Vision Series interview, Gregg Davis, CIO of Webcor Builders, talks about constructing high profile landmarks using 3D modeling software, collaborative networking tools and the latest “green” technologies. He also discusses the importance of safety on construction sites where workers use ......
A sneak peek at what's to come at new Academy of Sciences
Take a deep breath, science buffs - and get ready to be blown away. The newly built $484 million California Academy of Sciences was officially turned over to academy officials on Friday, and the promise of things to come was as palpable in the air of Golden Gate Park as the smell of new paint ......
Webcor Builders to Turn Keys over to California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco museum a few months away from moving into new home
By Ivan Velinov
SAN FRANCISCO—Exterior construction of the innovative, multimillion-dollar California Academy of Sciences building located in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park is complete. On the first day of November, museum ......
Webcor Builders – Symantec Headquarters
By Chris Petersen Wednesday, 24 October 2007 As the makers of the popular Norton software, Symantec is already familiar with protecting computers from viruses and other malicious forces. With the construction of its new headquarters in Culver City, Calif., the company will be helping protect ......
ASCC 2007 Safety Awards Updated: October 22nd, 2007 12:46 PM EDT American Society of Concrete Contractors ST. LOUIS, MO - Concrete Contractors with exemplary safety records were recognized by the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, Mo., at the ......
As the industry pushes for standardization and technology continues to evolve, the time to embrace BIM seems to be right. Bob Noll has more than 20 years experience in IT (information technology). His most recent position involved supporting a dynamic modeling software tool for a large consumer ......
Webcor Raises Ranking in LA Business Journal Top Contractors' List.
The Pacesetter
San Mateo-based Webcor Builders tops this year’s list of the largest commercial and industrial contractors in L.A. County with 2006 billings of $559 million. The company had outstanding contracts valued at $1.8 billion as of Jan. 1. “The size of the projects is what’s amazing,” ......
Model behavior
by Paul Markgraff
Webcor uses Building Information Modeling to improve productivity, boost efficiency and eliminate conflicts and waste from its California Academy of Sciences project.
Words like unique, complex and challenging don’t begin to describe the California Academy ......
Andrew J. Ball, president and CEO of California based Webcor Builders, tells Martin Ashcroft about his vision to use 5D building information modeling to transform the future of the construction industry
Manufacturing introduced the concept of continuous improvement to the Western world, but ......
Times change on Rincon Hill; Tower 1 to top-off this month
While most of the country figuratively shakes in its civic boots at the thought of an earthquake, San Francisco just keeps building up without fear. One of the latest changes to the city's skyline is Rincon Hill - once home to the 183-foot Bank of America clock tower that became an icon for the ......
Microsoft Posts Strong Profits As Tech Thrives
Microsoft Corp.'s best quarterly revenue growth in eight years, helped by a surge in sales for the Windows operating system, capped a strong earnings season for the technology industry that has made it a rare bright spot for investors this fall. Microsoft's 23% boost in net income, reported ......
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Eco-tough S.F. code proposed for buildings
San Francisco will impose the nation's most environmentally rigorous building standards if officials agree to new recommendations from a task force convened by Mayor Gavin Newsom. Many local governments require publicly funded buildings to follow some environmental guidelines. But San ......
Webcor Ranked as 3rd Largest Privately Held Company in the SF Bay Area
Just published in the June 29th Edition of the San Francisco Business Times is the Largest Private Companies in the Bay Area List. Webcor jumped from #7 last year to #3 this year. Ranking is based on 2006 Revenue of privately held companies headquartered in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San ......
Good News for Tall, Concrete Cores
Tests on Simplified Link Beams Provide Case for Improved Constructibility and Performance
By Nadine M. Post
Surprisingly positive results of performance tests on simplified, reinforced concrete link beams—the most congested part of a shear wall core—have opened the door to ......
Green house could be a tax break, but city needs to ease process
By Eli Segall Would tax credits ease the cost of home construction? What about low-interest loans? Could fast-tracked permits help, too? All these and more might be offered by the city of San Jose. The catch: The house must be "green." City staff proposed 26 initiatives and incentives ......
San Francisco's Academy of Sciences project steers toward LEED platinum
By Robert Carlsen
By all measures and from the first spark of creation by Italy's Renzo Piano of the Renzo Piano Building Workshop, the California Academy of Sciences project in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park has been an ......
ENR Top 400 Contractors of 2007- Webcor Ranked # 29
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Cover Story - May 2007 San Francisco Market Report
Sleek and Stylish
New high-rise towers reshape San Francisco's skyline
By Robert Carlsen
While homebuilders across the country wring their hands over slumping housing starts, developers in San Francisco are applauding the anticipated sellout of at least two of three major residential ......
Juggling Simultaneous Webcor Projects is CEO Ball's Forte
One common thread unifying the three major residential high-rise projects in San Francisco is Webcor Concrete, which set West Coast records with a three-day poured-in-place concrete, floor-to-floor cycle at One Rincon Hill and a four-day cycle at The Infinity. It is also averaging a five-day pour ......
S.F. museum's roof puts green building techniques to the test
Carl T. Hall, Chronicle Science Writer
Work crews are about to start planting the roof of the new California Academy of Sciences museum in Golden Gate Park -- an architectural capstone that also qualifies as one of the world's ......
Bay Area giants tackle CO2 emissions
Bay Area businesses are hot to cool the planet.
With giants Safeway, Yahoo and Salesforce.com leading the charge to cut carbon dioxide emissions, more and more big local companies are working toward becoming carbon neutral.
The process involves companies cutting the carbon dioxide emissions ......
Big Bike-to-Work turnout predicted Thursday
Executives and government officials will set an example “Energizer stations” will help boost the pedaling power of the expected thousands of bicyclists participating in the annual national Bike-to-Work Day in the Palo Alto area. Organizers expect that nearly three times the estimated ......
Webcor Builders To Optimize Operations with CMiC's Solutions
Leader in Commercial Construction Discovers That Other Enterprise Software Solutions Fail to Measure up To CMiC By BusinessWire TORONTO, BUSINESS WIRE -- CMiC, the leader in enterprise-wide software solutions, announced that Webcor Builders is partnering with CMiC to improve its operations ......
Peninsula trades its metal for some pedal 'My moral imperative was to walk-the-walk, so to speak'
By Christine Morente, STAFF WRITER 05/18/2007 SAN MATEO — Ted Huang biked about 37 miles from his Sunnyvale home to his office in San Mateo to set an example. "My moral imperative was to walk-the-walk, so to speak," said the sustainability engineer at Webcor Builders. Huang was ......
Webcor Highest Local Firm on ENR Top 400
San Francisco Business Times - 10:39 AM PDT Thursday, May 17, 2007 For the ninth year in a row, Bechtel Corp. was listed as the top U.S. contractor by the trade magazine Engineering News-Record. The magazine ranks engineering companies each year by revenue -- Bechtel's was $20.5 billion in ......
2007 DESIGN SPECIAL COMMENDATION - Integrated Practice
California Academy of Sciences
The new Academy of Sciences building in San Francisco (currently under construction) utilized Integrated Practice techniques to improve the mechanical, electrical, plumbing and life-support systems coordination during construction of this complex building. The jury ......
2007 Design Citation Award- Interior Architecture
California Academy of Sciences Transition Facility
Richard Barnes
Reuse, transition and efficiency are the central themes for this temporary home for a leading science museum and aquarium. The design blends new systems with components from the original facility in a way that conserves ......
Boom in New Hotels Bringing Boom in Old Hotel Renovations
Competition Coming on Line Driving Property Upgrades
Posted date: 4/23/2007
By CONNIE LEWIS
San Diego Business Journal Staff
As far as construction goes, digging up sand on Mission Bay’s shoreline is easier and faster than the county’s rocky soil inland, Brent Bunting, a project manager ......
Code clash has city and highrise builders at odds
In the fault-ridden Bay Area, much of the complexity involved in building highrises has to do with earthquakes and the ways in which building codes are written to deal with their potential impact.
"When people are writing codes, they aren't thinking about a specific building, they are thinking ......
Concrete Triumphs: A three-day cycle in seismic country
Webcor Concrete has succeeded in completing a three-day, floor-to-floor construction cycle for pouring the floors at the 63-story high rise Rincon tower (at Infinity Tower they are on a four-day cycle, due to work hour restrictions). This is the fastest cycle ever accomplished on the west coast, ......
Legacy Begins 375-Unit Apartment Complex
HOLLYWOOD, CA-The Irvine office of Foster City-based Legacy Partners has kicked off construction of its 375-unit 1600 N. Vine luxury apartment complex at the intersection of Hollywood and Vine. The complex, which will include 78 affordable units, is part of a $600-million mixed-use development that ......
King of the Mountain Ride & Webcor
RIDING HIGH: If you were among those watching the pro cyclists in last year's Amgen Tour of California race tackle the very steep climb on Sierra Road and thinking to yourself, ``I could do that,'' now's your chance.
Three hundred people will get their shot in the inaugural King of the Mountain ......
WEBCOR BUILDERS IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH OBAYASHI CORPORATION
San Mateo, CA and Tokyo, Japan – Webcor Builders, the leading West Coast commercial construction company, today announced that it has made a decision to enter into negotiations with Obayashi Corporation, the global construction company based in Tokyo, about joining their family of companies. The ......
COMING OUT AHEAD: CEO Andy Ball sells Webcor Builders for $100M
Webcor Builders, the West Coast's largest commercial construction company, has agreed to be acquired by Obayashi Corp., a Tokyo-based global construction holding company. The deal, reportedly in excess of $100 million, should be completed by the end of 2006, according to Webcor President and CEO ......
Sneak Preview of CA Academy of Sciences
Nov. 23 - KGO - It's been three years since the California Academy of Sciences shut down its almost 90-year-old building in Golden Gate Park. The new $400 million dollar museum is about half way finished. ABC7 gets a preview.
You might call it Extreme Makeover -- museum edition. The old ......
Building S.F.'s new
highrises poses
daunting challenges
BY ELIZABETH BROWNE
San Francisco Business Times Contributor
Tall buildings are a tall order. As downtown San Francisco prepares to grow its skyline with a sprouting of new highrises in the Rincon Hill and SoMa neighborhoods, those ......
New Academy of Sciences to be green showcase
SAN FRANCISCO - Bats will fly, two-toed sloths will hide and exotic snakes will soon be slithering their way around Golden Gate Park.
The California Academy of Sciences plans to reopen with a new twist in 2008, when it completes its $429 million rebuilding project in the park. The new museum ......
Builder’s Choice Grand Aqua Via
To incorporate the architectural language of Oakland’s gentrifying Jack London Square, you have to speak factory. Take, as evidence, this project’s neighbors, which include railroad tracks, a paper company, and a restaurant supply warehouse. The six-story, mixed-use development demonstrates its ......
At Webcor, one good pour has led to another. The company recently broke open the champagne to celebrate its success in completing a three-day-per-floor concrete pour at the 64-story One Rincon Hill highrise. It’s the first time that speed has been achieved on the West Coast. The project’s ......
Webcor Concrete wins 2006 ACI Construction Award - Structural Category
The American Concrete Institute honors outstanding design and construction projects through their chapter awards program. The Northern California & Western Nevada Chapter chose Webcor Concrete's Harbor View project as the Structural Category Winner for 2006. Webcor Concrete also received an ......
Hotel Vitale Chosen as Gold Nugget Award of Merit Winner – 2006: Best Specialty Project Category
The Gold Nugget Awards Competition has announced the Award of Merit Winners for 2006. The oldest and largest design and planning competition in the Nation, this year’s Gold Nugget competition drew 677 entries from across the 14 western United States as well as several international countries! ......
California-based Webcor Builders provides cost-effective “no surprises” project management by employing innovative technology combined with focused attention to detail and commitment to quality to build premium commercial and residential developments. David Soyka reports on how this unique ......
Webcor Builders Receives Laureate Status from IDG’s Computerworld Honors Program
Innovative Technology Initiatives Secure Webcor Recognition from Longest Running Global Award Program
SAN MATEO, Calif. – July 13, 2006 – Webcor Builders, the largest commercial general contractor in the San Francisco Bay Area, announced today that it has been recognized as a Laureate by IDG’s ......
Extreme Makeover: Virtual Building Edition
Major commercial contractor Webcor Builders is paving the way to virtual building, the next generation of construction technology where every detail of a project is modeled and mapped out virtually before hitting the job site. But adding those heavy files meant major expansions to the company's ......
WORLD'S DEEPEST LIVING CORAL REEF DISPLAY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO (May 18, 2006) – The frame of a 212,000-gallon aquarium tank has just been erected in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The tank, which now stands 25 feet tall in the middle of the construction site for the new California Academy of Sciences, will hold the world’s deepest living coral ......
As CHIEF information officer of Webcor Builders Inc., Gregg Davis is responsible for purchasing and running the commercial builder’s technology infrastructure. But with security increasingly becoming a top priority, Mr. Davis is now doing double duty by also acting as Webcor’s chief security ......
Webcor Focuses on Diverse Systems at Academy of Sciences Construction Site
The frame of a 212,000-gallon aquarium tank was recently erected at the California Academy of Sciences construction site in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. The tank, which stands 25 ft. tall, will hold the world's deepest living coral reef display when the museum opens in 2008. Visitors will be ......
Webcor Drives 950 Piles for 301 Mission Project in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO - Almost 950 piles for the Tower at 301 Mission St. here have been completed, and exca¬vation, shoring, and foundation work for the mid-rise and amenities portion of the project is scheduled for an October start, according to the project's general contractor, Webcor Builders.
301 ......
Webcor’s Gregg Davis nominated for Information Security Executive (ISE) of the Year West Award™ 2006
ATLANTA, GA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- August 22, 2006 -- Executive Alliance, creator and provider of premium leadership-recognition forums, announced today the nominees for the first annual Information Security Executive (ISE) of the Year West Award. With the finalists and winner to be revealed at a gala ......
Webcor Builders was chosen to oversee the California Academy of Sciences reconstruction and anticipates a successful completion in the winter of 2007.
AFTER THE DEVASTATING 1989 EARTHQUAKE that rocked the San Francisco area, the Bay area's California Academy of Sciences was left with many ......
The Largest General Contractors in California
No. 1 Granite is rock solid in 2005. Webcor and Swinerton again break the billion-dollar mark. DPR and Turner round out the top five.
A bumpy highway construction market in California has not detoured Granite Construction.
The Watsonville-based company again is the leader of the pack in ......
With a spate of new projects, high-rise condo construction in San Francisco gives new meaning to "vertical density."
Construction continues full-bore on three San Francisco high-rise condominium developments south of Market Street that, when completed, will dramatically redefine the city's ......
SAN FRANCISCO — The Northern California Real Estate and Construction Business Alliance (REC) for
City of Hope will honor business and civic leader Andrew J. Ball, president / CEO of Webcor Builders, with
The Spirit of Life® Award. Ball will be recognized for his exceptional achievements as a ......
Webcor Rebuilds the Boys & Girls Club of Pacifica
Webcor Builders and Rebuilding Together Peninsula rebuild the Boys & Girls Club of Pacifica.
San Mateo, California – April 13, 2006 – Webcor Builders, in partnership with Rebuilding Together Peninsula (formerly known as Christmas in April), have chosen the Pacifica unit of the Boys & Girls Club ......
Concrete Innovation
Novel research and a high-strength admixture reduce the need for beams and supports in a new L.A. condo tower.
By Jeff Yoders, Associate Editor
April 1, 2006
Building Design and Construction
The Californian, a 23-story, $200 million condominium tower that opened last ......
Letterman Center: S.F.'s largest office project for more than two decades
The project is as big as it is bold.
With 865,000 square feet of office space, and encompassing nearly 23 acres of prime real estate in the Presidio's southeastern corner, the Letterman Digital Arts Center is the largest office complex built in San Francisco since the Embarcadero Center was ......
Money players - Costs soar, market cools -- but lenders are still hot for S.F. condo construction
Bay Area condo construction is still the darling of lenders, although the romance has soured in other parts of the country, notably Miami, Chicago and San Diego.
There, hundreds of units have sat unsold on the market for three months or more, prompting lenders to back away from fresh projects. ......
Things are looking up Many Bay Area companies plan to hire workers
Bay Area business leaders are increasingly confident about the local economy and a significant number plan to add jobs during the next six months, according to a survey to be released today by the Bay Area Council.
"The signs are about as bright as they've been for a long time," said Jim ......
Contractors Scrambling To Master 3-D Modeling Technologies
Features: Issues & Trends — September/October 2005
Contractors Scrambling To Master 3-D Modeling Technologies
THE FUTURE IS NOW
Some contractors are using 3-D and 4-D modeling on their complex projects now and more will adopt the technology as owners start to demand it.
By Mary Buckner ......
Webcor: Employees see their work throughout the region
Webcor: Employees see their work throughout the region
San Francisco Business Times – April 8, 2005
No matter where you look in the Bay Area, Webcor Builders has left its mark on the skyline.
In San Francisco, the construction firm built the swanky W San Francisco hotel, as well as the ......
FOLSOM, Calif. (March 24, 2005) — Meridian Systems®, an enterprise solution provider for optimizing the plan, build and operate phases of real estate, construction and other infrastructure programs; and Event 1 Software Inc., are enabling construction companies to integrate front-office project ......
Giants 300 'Business Is Good'
Staff
July 1, 2005
Building Design and Construction
Hallelujah! Business was good in 2004 for many AEC firms in Building Design & Construction's Giants 300, and there's cautious optimism that business will stay strong throughout 2005.
That positive attitude has ......
Concrete Construction - The Stars of the Concrete Industry Make Their Mark
WEBCOR CONCRETE RANKS #4 IN TOP 100 As 2003 drew to an end, most concrete contractors seemed to be breathing a sigh of relief. Business isn’t exactly booming again but the shadow of 9/11 that dominated 002 seems to be fading, and jobs are starting up. Unfortunately, now we were faced with the ......
IN DEPTH REAL ESTATE: Going UP - Webcor’s Ball has the contracting company on a roll.
Andy Ball doesn't look like a builder.
Wearing a dark suit and a silk tie, he checks his Treo 650 several times during a one-hour conversation, manipulating the phone, email, camera and MP3-playing über-gadget with the uncalloused hands of a seasoned tech exec.
And with more than $2 ......
Webcor Builders has constructed landmark projects throughout California, including headquarters for Silicon Valley software giants such as Oracle, e-Bay, and electronic game pioneer Electronic Arts. The company is equally at home in the hotel and entertainment markets, with such noteworthy ......
WEBCOR BUILDERS CHOOSES GOOD TECHNOLOGY FOR WIRELESS MESSAGING PLATFORM
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- March 16, 2004 -- Good Technology, Inc., the leader in industry standards-based wireless messaging and corporate data access, today announced that Webcor Builders has standardized on the GoodLink system for wireless messaging and corporate data access. Webcor, California's ......
Good Technology helps Webcor achieve “Value through Innovation
Consistently ranked in the Forbes 500 largest privately owned companies and the Engineering News Record Top 400 General Contractors, Webcor has long been recognized as a leader in commercial construction. The Northern California-based company currently has over 1.7 billion in construction business ......
Graphisoft's new line promises efficiencies only multiple dimensions can bring Already a leader in architectural 3D CAD with its ArchiCAD product and a leader of the AEC software-development industry in its IFC (industry foundation classes) compliance, Graphisoft recently unveiled the fruits of ......
The Wall Street Journal on Wireless Products
Aiming to boost its lineup of wireless products, palmOne Inc. last year bought fellow hand-held-computer maker Handspring Inc. But the marriage looked doomed from the start.
PalmOne, which as Palm Inc. pioneered hand-held organizers like the Pilot in the 1990s, was barely breaking even amid flat ......
With a growing list of highly satisfied Los Angeles clientele and projects under construction in Los Angeles as well as several projects over $100 million scheduled to break ground soon, Webcor is continuing to increase their revenue and moving upward in the rankings of dominant Los Angeles ......
Whether in real estate, construction, law, or other fields, professional-services organizations are using technology to become more competitive, and more responsive to clients.
Organizations in the professional services arena face tough challenges as clients expect fast and accurate service at a ......
Webcor Cycling's Christine Thorburn Earns 2004 OLYMPIC SPOT!
Webcor will be represented this year in Athens at the 2004 Olympics thanks to Women's team member Christine Thorburn who won a spot today at the Women's US Qualifying Race. Christine is the first to qualify for one of the only 3 coveted positions on the women's US cycling team.
UPDATE ......
Callout: Webcor Builders shoots down construction barriers with technology and streamlined communication
In 1981, Andy Ball, a young project manager, sat down at a personal computer set up in a jobsite trailer. Then, a PC was a novelty in most offices and a downright curiosity on a construction ......
America's Most WIRED Companies
PC Computing, Dec 1999
PROBLEM: Poor communication and too much paperwork? Sound familiar? Sometimes it really is easier to reinvent the wheel. Mired in a hopelessly inefficient industry, Webcor Builders recognized enormous potential savings in turning its CAD drawings, memos, and other ......
At first glance, Parkside Towers in San Mateo, Calif, looks like any other commercial construction site from the past half-century: Cranes lift I-beams onto a two- story concrete shell. A backhoe claws at a pile of dirt. . Workers wearing hard hats slog through thick, black mud hauling ......
How Webcor Builds on Collaborative Tech
Sure, earthmovers still dig out the foundations, hard-hats still haul two-by-fours, and heavy machinery still hoists steel I-beams high into the air. A typical construction site, right? If it belongs to Webcor Builders of San Mateo, Calif., don't be so sure. High-speed Internet connections inside ......
Background of the e-Transformation
Background of the e-transformation
Webcor’s business involves the commercial construction of large building projects. It would be fair to say that most construction companies are not known for their pace in adapting new technology, processes and procedures. Webcor, however, is a glaringly ......