SAN DIEGO, Calif. (March 11, 2016) – Sundt Construction, Inc. (www.sundt.com) recently completed significant upgrades to San Diego City College’s Center for Media and Performing Arts building, housing the school’s language, speech and visual arts departments.
Sundt was selected by the San Diego Community College District to complete the 31,000-square-foot project, which provided state-of-the-art upgrades for the school’s programs in dramatic arts, dance, music, digital journalism, digital media, radio, TV and film, along with common areas and associated support space. The facility is equipped with state-of-the-art video editing suites, a newly-designed television studio and newsroom, make-up studio, film screening lab, new dance studios, new music technology lab, electronic piano lab, new scene and set design shop, costume design workshop, and other classroom and lab spaces.
Designed by Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects, the $20 million project also included upgrades to an existing suite within the campus’s “L” building to accommodate the college radio station. In addition to the facility renovations, Sundt provided improvements to the surrounding campus plaza, including new landscaping, hardscaping and lighting. The project, which is part of the district’s $1.555 billion proposition construction bond program to transform campuses and create jobs, is expected to obtain LEED Silver certification.
Other notable Sundt California education projects completed include the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union for San Diego State University in San Diego; University of California, Davis Veterinary Medicine 3B Building in Davis; California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Recreation Expansion in San Luis Obispo; University of California, Berkeley Clark Kerr Campus Renewal in Berkeley; and University of California, Davis Tercero Student Housing Phase III in Davis.
The $1.555 billion Propositions S and N construction bond program is providing new state-of-the-art teaching and learning facilities, major renovations, and campus wide infrastructure projects at City, Mesa and Miramar colleges and six Continuing Education campuses throughout San Diego. For more information, please visit http://public.sdccdpropsn.com.
About Sundt
Sundt Construction Inc. (www.sundt.com) is one of the country’s largest and most respected general contractors. The 126-year-old firm is known nationally for its commitment to quality and innovative approach to construction services. Sundt currently is ranked the 75th largest construction company in the United States by ENR, the industry’s principal trade magazine. The general contractor has offices in Sacramento, San Diego and San José, California; Tempe and Tucson, Arizona; and San Antonio, Fort Worth and El Paso, Texas.