Want to read how Nibbi, Environmental Building Strategies and Tom Eliot Fisch Architecture achieved LEED Gold certification on Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco Mission Clubhouse? Click here to be taken to the U.S. Green Building Council project profile of the Mission Clubhouse, including an overview of the project, the team’s goals, motivations, strategies and outcomes, and the final LEED scorecard.

Nibbi President Bob Nibbi announced today that the Port of San Francisco issued our Exploratorium @ Piers 15 & 17 project a temporary certificate of occupancy (TCO) just three days after the original contract completion date of November 2, 2012. “This is a great achievement for our project team and is the result of a lot of hard work and continued focus on the schedule,” said Nibbi. Congratulations to the Exploratorium team!    

Nibbi’s Joseph P. Mazzola Training Center last night was recognized by CICA (Commercial Interiors Contractors Association) as 2012’s Best Bay Area Adaptive-Reuse Project. The Mazzola Training Center–outfitted with training stations for the installation and maintenance of plumbing systems seen in all building types, including residential, commercial, mixed-use, clean rooms, laboratories, hospitals and data centers–provides members of U.A. Local 38 with the opportunity to build their careers through hands-on experience with the most advanced equipment currently used in the plumbing trade. The project team (Nibbi, CAS Architects and Environmental Building Strategies) employed four key strategies on the project to improve constructability and maximize quality on ...

Armstrong Place Senior and Family Housing was listed this week as one of Urban Land Institute’s winners of its 2012 Global Awards for Excellence. Fourteen developments were selected as winners of the competition, widely acknowledged as the land use industry’s most prestigious recognition program. Now in its 34th year, the competition is the centerpiece of ULI’s efforts to identify and promote best practices in all types of real estate development. Each of the winning projects, selected from nearly 200 entries throughout the world, has been successful in achieving a high standard of excellence in design, construction, economics, planning, and management. ...

For the 2nd year in a row, Nibbi Brothers General Contractors teamed with EHDD Architecture in the 29th annual Leap Sandcastle Classic on Ocean Beach in San Francisco. The Leap Faithful–Nibbi’s warehouse team and Superintendent Brian Burke–arrived at our designated 20 x 20 plot of sand  in the early morning fog to set up camp and to unload the shovels, buckets, watering cans and other tools. EHDD arrived shortly thereafter, bringing fire-engine red t-shirts, a miniature model of the sandcastle and a big pink box of doughnuts. Nibbi’s early morning crew was joined by Evelyn Wickers (Director of Human Resources) and her husband, Michelle ...

Merritt Crossing, located in downtown Oakland’s Chinatown, celebrated its grand opening on Oct. 3, 2012. The building’s 70 apartments (55 one-bedroom, 10 two-bedroom and 5 studio units) are home to 82 adults age 55 and older with low income; half of whom, at the time of initial occupancy, were either homeless or at high risk of homelessness, living with HIV/AIDS, or challenged by mental illness. The brightly colored property was designed by Letty Maytum Stacy Architects (who also worked with Nibbi on Madison Apartments in Oakland), and was developed by AHA (Affordable Housing Associates). Targeting LEED Platinum certification and earning the distinction of ...