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The National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA) has honored JAMA’s design for the Broad Museum’s exterior “Veil” with a 2017 Excellence in Structural Engineering Award! The veil at Los Angeles’ Broad Museum is a structural exoskeleton that drapes over the building’s interior. As the defining feature of this world-class institution, this porous yet absorptive screen made of 2,500 fiberglass reinforced concrete (FRC) panels and 650 tons of steel forms a 3-D series of open cellular components that channels light into public spaces and galleries and activates connections between the museum and the surrounding Downtown streetscape. Congratulations to Partner Steven C. Ball on the honor.

Last Sunday, JAMA’s first triathlon team made up of Mike Brown, Sam Domiati and Larry Pitkin, took to the beaches and streets of Malibu to compete in the Malibu Triathlon Classic Relay. Money raised by the Nautica Malibu Triathlon goes to the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ Pediatric Cancer Research Program, which is dedicated to curing and preventing childhood cancers. The program provides groundbreaking treatments and therapies for children with some of the most serious and life-threatening forms of cancers. Covering a half-mile swim, 17-mile bike and 4 mile run, Team John A. Martin & Associates finished 15th out of 59 relay teams. Congrats!

JAMA was part of the winning Design-Build pursuit for Venice High School’s comprehensive modernization, and is getting underway on designs with Architect NAC and Contractor Hensel Phelps. The project, which will upgrade existing infrastructure and campus-wide structures, will also construct multiple new venues. New construction includes two, two-story classroom buildings, a gymnasium with faculty offices, specialty classrooms and locker rooms, outdoor athletic fields, a new parking lot and four small support buildings. Venice High, based on its physical state, was identified as one of the District’s 11 priority schools among a pool of 584 campuses district-wide.

Project Manager Matt Timmers recently led project engineers Mario Leon, Mike Brown and Parbi Boodaghian on a site observation visit to review elevated concrete slab, concrete shear wall, and link beam construction on the firm’s most recent Cal Poly Pomona effort. Anticipated to open in Fall 2018, the College’s Student Services Building (SSB) is a 140,000 square foot visual and academic gateway to the campus. Providing prospective and returning students, alumni, and visitors a campus “front door,” the facility will house the Office of the President, division of university advancement, and divisions of academic, student and administrative affairs. With a configuration that includes two separate structures connected overhead by 2-acre, standing-seam aluminum roof, reviewing construction progress on the substructure is key. Steel framing for the roof is due in just a few months.

JAMA has begun work under Partner Shane Fitzgerald and Project Manager Justin Chung on two projects at the Moreno Valley Medical Center; a Diagnostic and Treatment Addition, and a Central Utility Plant replacement. The new two-level Diagnostic and Treatment (D&T) Addition totals 68,393 square feet and will include renovation of 14,516 square feet of existing space in the hospital. The new replacement Central Utility Plant (CUP) will be located adjacent to the hospital. JAMA’s scope included both master planning and preparations for an entitlement package prepared by CO Architects.

Chinese Hospital’s New Patient Tower has captured an Award of Merit from Engineering News- Record (ENR) in the Healthcare category. The new 8-story steel moment frame patient tower for this general acute-care hospital includes one level below grade and seven levels above. It houses 54 acute care beds and 22 skilled nursing beds within 99,181 gross square feet. Congratulations to Partner Jacqueline Vinkler, Project Manager Diane Duvand and the entire JAMA team on this well-deserved honor.

Design might be complete on the new LA Biomed project, but construction-related activity for Project Manager Greg Orozco and his team is just beginning. Over the last week of June, DPR Construction exported 3,500 cubic yards of soil in preparation for the project’s mat foundation. The new foundation will require 3,000 cubic yards of concrete, about the size of an Olympic swimming pool. This month construction begins on the a new 4-story, 85,000 square foot Research Laboratory Building (Research A) and new 15,000 square foot free standing Biomedical Resources Center (Vivarium Facility). Features include flexible wet and dry research spaces as well as conference and dining facilities, designed in a modular configuration to adapt over time to a changing mix of clinical research, wet lab research, and dry/ computational research. Located across 10.25 acres of the 75-acre Harbor UCLA Medical Center campus in Torrance, CA, LA BioMed is one of the nation’s largest independent, not-for-profit

JAMA Partner Steven C. Ball and his team have been hard at work collaborating with structural engineers at Knippers Helbig and Allied Works Architecture on the National Veterans Memorial & Museum. JAMA is the lead structural designer and SEOR for the project which features a concrete arched structure with glass curtainwall. Located in Columbus, Ohio, the facility is a world-class, state-of-the-art museum and memorial representing contributions and sacrifices made by military veterans and their families. It’s the first of its kind to span all branches of service and all eras of conflict. The campus is expected to open in Summer 2018, so stayed tuned for more information on the opening!