November 2002

November 26, 2002

Westview High School completed - named one of Best of California

The $51 million Westview High School is complete, and was named one of California Construction Link magazines' "Best of California" for Education projects. The project will be featured in the December 2002 edition. There were only two educational projects awarded this honor in the Southern region of the state.

The new Poway Unified School District high school encompasses 211,000 square feet on 22 buildings on a 63-acre site. In addition to classrooms, laboratories, resource areas, a performing arts center, fine arts studios, day care center and administration spaces, the new school will include a football stadium with concrete bleachers, a 40,000 square foot gymnasium and locker room facilities, basketball and tennis courts, as well as baseball, softball, and other sports fields, and a swimming pool. The school features the latest in technology infrastructure and computer networking capabilities. Open House festivities were held Saturday, November 23.

The school was designed by NTD Architects in San Diego, with Richard Nowicki, Mark Thomas, Joye Ferrar, and Sami Conley staffing the project. Construction began in November of 2000 by general contractor Douglas E. Barnhart, Inc.

San Diego County based subcontractors include: Airgas, Alpha Mechanical, Architectural Accent, A&S Striping, Astra Flooring, Atlas Fence, Builders Appliance Supply, C&D Signs, Challenger Sheet Metal, Diversified Window Coverings, Insulcom Contractors, J&B Surveying, Kone Elevators, Maday/O'Donnell, McKinley Equipment, McMahon Steel, Prior Products, Quality Reinforcing, Quality Sealants, Magnesite Specialties, Morton Equipment Supply, New Dimension Masonry, Nick Pecoraro Painting, Gary Raub, RDM Tile, Romero General Construction Corp, Seating Concepts, SG Plastering, Sierra Pacific West, Simplex/Grinnell, Source Floors, South Bay Foundry, Spooners Building Materials, Standard Drywall, Standard Structures, Stieny & Company, Temecula Mechanical, and JP Witherow Roofing Co.

Representatives for the Poway Unified School District were Linda Williams, Director of Facilities and Doug Mann, Director of Maintenance and Operations. Working on the project for Barnhart were Sr. Project Manager Mike Derouin; General Superintendent Clay Maki; Superintendents Steve Radford, Paul Turner, Jim Morris, and Pat Anderson; Project Engineer Lex Economou; and Project Manager/Estimator Stan Streit. Mary Hangar and Jamie Roberts managed the field office.

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