$20M Building Consolidates Courts

SANTA ANA, CA-A new $20 million, 52,000-sf Fourth Appellate District courthouse will consolidate all of the offices for the district’s Division Three into one central building that is being built by the Los Angeles office of Heery International. Heery recently kicked off construction for the new building, which is scheduled for completion in April 2009.

Heery International vice president Robert York points out that the new project, now under way on West Santa Ana Boulevard, is the first California courthouse to be delivered using a construction management arrangement known as “CM at risk.” Under the CM at risk model, the customer can choose the construction firm on the basis of qualifications rather than low bid.