In May, the American Institute of Architects (AIA), San Francisco chapter, recognized Public Works with two awards for its project at 525 Golden Gate Avenue; the new home of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. The project won for its ‘Integrated Project Delivery’ a best practice that results in improved coordination and a timely delivery. It also won for ‘Excellence in Unbuilt Design.’ Visit AIA's 2010 San Francisco Design Awards program for more information.
 

City Hall, known as the “Crown Jewel” of San Francisco’s historic Civic Center, suffered extensive damage during the Loma Prieta Earthquake. The necessary seismic upgrade, financed by the Earthquake Safety Program Phase II, provided the impetus to restore the building’s architectural beauty as well as bring it into the 21st century with state of the art technology.
 

The Port of San Francisco retained the services of Public Works to oversee the development of the existing Pier 27 into a new primary cruise ship terminal and public plaza. We provided overall project management and landscape architectural services for the construction of this significant capital project. The joint venture of KMD Architects and Pfau Long Architecture provided the architectural and engineering services.

Originally built as part of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, the Palace of Fine Arts was rebuilt in the 1960's in reinforced concrete. The Palace is a well-known and popular San Francisco historical landmark. We led the successful restoration of a multi-phase project for the Receation and Park Department.

Our project management team is working with the San Francisco Tourism Improvement District Management Corporation to implement a $500 million improvement and expansion of the Moscone Convention Center. This project will add more contiguous exhibition space to the Moscone Center, allowing it to remain competitive on a national scale.
 

The expansion project will add more than 305,000 square feet of functional area, including new exhibition space, new meeting rooms and pre-function space, new ballroom space, new kitchen and other support areas.
 

Public Works worked with the San Francisco Tourism Improvement District Management Corporation (TID) to implement a series of tenant improvements at the Moscone Convention Center’s South, North and West buildings. The project not only upgraded the facilities, but employed a branding strategy to enhance convention visitors’ memories of San Francisco. The branding vision, as developed by HOK Architects, showcases our diverse cultures and communities within the natural beauty of Northern California, using a creative, colorful, bright and modern palette.
 

The Western Addition Renovation was completed on February 2, 2008. Western Addition Branch Library was opened on June 27, 1966 as the 27th branch in the San Francisco Public Library System. The branch was renovated in 2006-07, and reopened on February 2, 2008. The total renovation project cost $4.3 million. It features a new and expanded teen area, updated children's room, a new program room, a landscaped courtyard, more computers and free WiFi access to the Internet.

The first West Portal Branch Library was built on a parcel of land which had been transferred from the Board of Education to the San Francisco Public Library in February of 1936. The Branch was opened to the public on May 2, 1936. Just three years later, on May 8, 1939, the Branch was re-opened in a new building designed by architect Frederick H. Meyer and constructed by the Works Progress Administration for a cost of $109,090. West Portal Branch was designed in a Mediterranean style with colorful red, ceramic roof tiles.

The new 9,945 Visitacion Valley Branch Library replaces one of the smallest facilities of the San Francisco Public Library system and features a prominent corner entrance; separate children, teens and adult spaces; a new program room accessible after hours for community use; a study room; outdoor patios; and different roof heights with acoustical treatment to create quiet spaces. The project received LEED Gold certification.

The Sunset Renovation was completed on March 31, 2007. Sunset Branch opened on March 25, 1918 and was the eighth branch in the San Francisco Public Library system. Its location, at 18th Avenue and Irving Street, was formerly the site of an old barn which had become quite a nuisance in the neighborhood because young boys used it for gun practice. Sunset Branch is a Carnegie building designed by architect G. Albert Lansburgh and cost $43,955. It is a two story structure, italinate in design, built of concrete frame and reinforced masonry.