Davido Consulting Group

West Village Square - Davis, California

The central portion of the new West Village development of the UC Davis campus, West Village Square consists of six 4-story mixed-use buildings and a leasing & recreation building. The mixed-use buildings will contain approximately 42,500 square feet of ground-level commercial lease space with three levels of apartments above providing 192 beds for students. The construction of these buildings will include 3-stories of wood utilizing open web floor trusses over an elevated post-tension slab.

The 15,000 sqaure foot Leasing & Recreation (L&R) building will contain administration office, media and game areas as well as a gym for students. The unique construction of the L&R building will have a mix of exposed large glu-laminated wood roof beams with steel posts and a concrete 2nd floor.

The project will utilize numerous energy efficiencies such as solar water, PV panels, thermal massing, passive cooling and a wind turbine incorporated into a paseo spanning between two of the mixed use buildings.

High Tech High - San Marcos, California

This 46,000 square foot high school building in San Marcos is a 2-story CMU and steel structure. The exterior CMU walls act as both the supports for the steel wide flange floor and roof beams and the lateral resisting system. Exposed steel columns and beams are prominent features of the 2-story tall common area and main entry, which bisects the structure.

The “simple” concept of this type of structure produced unique complications due to building features located throughout the project; over 150 connection details were necessary along with specific elevations for all 41 masonry walls to clearly define the structure. Other complexities of the design included keeping with the original CMU structural wall concept due to the large amount of window openings in the walls; the solution of raising the strength of the block kept the project on its original concept track and kept the project on budget by not introducing costly steel frames.

The specific attention to detail and coordination with the architect and contractor has yielded a well-orchestrated construction of an intensely complicated structure. The project is scheduled for a completion date in the summer of 2009.

Escondido Charter High School Gym/Theater - Escondido, California

A 31,000 square foot gymnasium and theater structure for Escondido Charter High School in Escondido, California. The project includes two separate 11,000 square foot 32-foot tall, tilt-up concrete structures matched together with a wood framed single story structure. The mezzanine floors are open web wood trusses, while the main roof structure is comprised of 80-foot plus exposed glu-lam beams supporting panelized wood framing.

Another unique feature was the glass wall around the weight room; Through coordination with the architect, a framing system of steel pipe columns and cable bracing was integrated into the storefront windows. The project was completed in the summer of 2007.

Coupeville Library Expansion - Coupeville, Washington

Davido Consulting Group provided civil and structural services for the remodel and expansion of the Coupeville Library. The expansion increases the existing 2,600 square foot (sf) library to over 5,400 sf, updating the building to a more modern feel and improving the site with a new entry.

Civil site design included grading design and drainage modifications that incorporated rain gardens and other Low Impact Development (LID) strategies. Structural design included merging the new expansion with the existing building and roof that were to remain intact. Coordinating mechanical and architectural elements played an important role in choosing the framing layout for the structure.

Emmanuel Presbyterian Church - Bothell, Washington

This 4,700 square foot remodel and addition to the existing church required an integration of the new addition into the remodeled portion of the existing sanctuary and a seamless transition to the floor of the existing building.

Standard wood framing and large glu-lam beams were used to provide a tall clear story at the entry that creates an architectural transition between roof and clear story. This project is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2009.