New Project Award - Mesa College - San Diego,CA

Custom Components Company announces the award of a new project in San Diego, CA, the Mesa College Math and Science Building.  The new structure is a $92 million, 180,000 square foot, four story facility in the Clairemont area of San Diego.  The new building houses four floors of classrooms, laboratory space and offices for the departments of biology, chemistry, mathematics and physical sciences.  Additionally, several faculty/student interaction areas have been incorporated into the building’s design.  The new Math and Science Building will be constructed of structural steel with concrete shear walls and exterior curtain wall.  The building’s design incorporates numerous sustainable features, with the project team targeting LEED Silver certification by the US Green Building Council.  All classrooms, teaching laboratories, and the majority of the staff offices will optimize the use of natural daylight.  The windows will utilize high performance, low “E” glazing that will allow natural daylight to enter the building, while rejecting unwanted ultraviolet and infrared light waves.  This, in turn, will help reduce the amount of energy required to condition the building.  The roofing will consist of cool-roof material, which also will reflect unwanted energy and reduce the amount of energy consumed.  The project will add much needed academic and teaching space to the Mesa College Campus, supporting the math and physical science curriculums.  The teaching spaces extend beyond the classrooms and into the surrounding landscape to include an outdoor teaching courtyard, geology demonstration courtyard and a 100+ species botanical collection.  The Architects for the project are Delawie Wilkes Rodrigues Barker and the general contractor is McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., both of San Diego.

Custom Components Company is supplying exterior and interior stainless steel and glass railing, monumental stair railing and roof railing for the project to Enclos Corporation (San Juan Capistrano, CA).  They will coordinate the delivery and installation of the product.  Custom Components Company’s independent sales agency for this region is Architectural Glazing Solutions.  Mike Varney from this firm was instrumental in securing this contract on behalf of Custom Components Company.