McCarthy Completes Construction of Miramar College Parking Structure and LEED Platinum-Designed Police Substation in San Diego, CA

 SAN DIEGO, CA –McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. (www.mccarthy.com), one of the nation's leading education and parking builders, has completed construction of the new 270,000-square-foot, 828-space parking structure (top left photo) and adjacent 5,108-square-foot police substation (lower right photo) at San Diego Miramar College, located at 10440 Black Mountain Road in the Mira Mesa/Scripps Ranch area of San Diego, Calif. 92126.

 San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) officials, Miramar College faculty, and project team members celebrated the completion of the project today with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony, followed by guided tours of the new facilities.

Program speakers included Charlie Hogquist, Police Chief, San Diego Community College District; Patricia Hsieh, Ed.D., President, San Diego Miramar College; Rich Grosch, President, SDCCD Board of Trustees; and Michael Bulander, LEED® AP.

 The police substation portion of the project is on track to receive Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, and to become the first higher education institution in San Diego County to achieve such LEED status. The police substation is one of 10 LEED-certified projects built or planned at Miramar College and among 30 across the SDCCD.

 The $17.9 million project is part of the District’s $1.555 billion Propositions S and N construction program, which is providing for new instructional and career training facilities, major renovations, campus-wide infrastructure projects, and parking and public safety enhancements at City, Mesa and Miramar colleges, plus six Continuing Education campuses.

"The McCarthy team succeeded in completing this cost-effective, aesthetically pleasing, highly efficient parking structure ahead of schedule, while incorporating innovative design elements to pursue LEED Platinum Certification of the adjacent police substation,” said David Umstot (lower left photo), Vice Chancellor of Facilities Management for the District. “Both serve to set new standards for performance and sustainability of educational facilities in southern California.”

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