b'26 SJCFACILITIES Knowledge of underground utilities obtained through the firehouseWe started working at notice of award, says Karen Mar, a project also helped expedite the work.registered architect and company principal. The design team Overaa erected a temporary barrier to divide the jobsite fromthought it would be better to risk that time in order to create SJCs Air Operations Area, allowing more workers to forgo thea proper design. Had contract negotiations fallen apart, her time-consuming process of obtaining airport security badges. Atcompany could have gone unpaid. But once the final agreement peak construction, more than 50 people labored daily; during thewas signed, SJC agreed to allow MarJang to invoice for the time it first few months, work occurred six days a week with extendedhad already committed at risk. hours. There was great willingness within the design-build team to realize From the beginning, we knew exactly what the deadline was;early on what had to be done to meet the deadline, Ruffo relates.and we had a plan to finish early, Shoemaker says. If you plan toIn fact, on the very day the contract was signed, the project finish on time, youre going to finish late. team ordered items with long lead deliveries, such as generators, transformers and information technology switches. Together, More Familiar Faces MarJang and Overaa reviewed several building techniquesThe new buildings were designed by MarJangfrom conventional steel and pre-engineered structures to tilt-Architecture, the San Francisco-based practiceup concrete and concrete masonry unitsbefore concluding that also designed Station 20and fosteredshotcrete was the fastest and best option.a solid reputation with airport leadership whileOriginal designs called for a single L-shaped building, but plans doing so. That trust empowered the firm tochanged to include two separate buildings aligned in a parallel begin designs for the Facilities Administrativemanner along Coleman Avenue, a busy public thoroughfare. This and Fleet Maintenance buildings before itsplacement allows for easier egress and ingress by larger vehicles, contract was finalized. KAREN MAR Mar explains.COBUSThe Airport Bus. 60-70 PAX on9 x39!COBUS LLCwww.cobus.usMarch | April 2025AirportImprovement.com'