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Clark Construction recently earned two awards from the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of San Diego. PETCO Park, home of the San Diego Padres baseball team, was honored with a special top prize recognizing the project’s importance to the community. The tunnel and station at San Diego State University (SDSU) also won an award in the heavy construction category.
“In just a few years, Clark’s work has made a significant contribution the quality of life in the city of San Diego,” said Alan Petrasek, senior vice president with Clark. “The neighborhood around PETCO Park is being completely redeveloped and the SDSU trolley project provides a much-needed transportation alternative to students and faculty.”
Clark was the lead partner in San Diego Ballpark Builders, the joint venture entity that built PETCO Park. Completed in 2004, the $294 million project boasts a natural grass playing field and a unique seating bowl design that creates distinctive seating “neighborhoods” for 42,000 fans. From initial conception to substantial completion, PETCO Park was nearly eight years in the making. Its site was selected because of its enormous redevelopment potential and proximity to the waterfront and San Diego’s historic Gaslamp district.
Building PETCO Park led to significant economic contributions to San Diego, including 32% HUBE (Historically Underutilized Business Enterprises) participation, equaling $68,738,577. Seventy percent of the ballpark is owned by the City of San Diego and 30% by the San Diego Padres for 30 years - the City will own 100% thereafter.
SDSU’s 4,000-foot trolley tunnel and underground station project is one of the most significant transportation construction projects in San Diego’s history. It is designed to fit into existing campus facilities and integrate with future community redevelopment plans on the south side of the campus. This project was a critical element in the long-planned connection of Mission Valley’s blue line to East San Diego County’s orange line. The completion of the green line increases the efficiency of the public transit system finishing a transportation ‘loop’ around the city.
The project is also the largest U.S. tunnel using the New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM) technology and was mined below San Diego State University’s (SDSU) campus. This subway station is the only underground stop on all of the San Diego Trolley’s transit system - all other stations are at-grade or elevated platforms. In total, the project included nearly three-quarters of a mile of twin box transit tunnels, and 1000 linear feet of NATM tunnel.
Contact: Corporate Communications
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