Community Based | Nibbi Brothers General Contractors https://www.nibbi.com Nibbi Brothers General Contractors Tue, 03 Oct 2023 19:51:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Nancy and Stephen Grand Family House https://www.nibbi.com/projects/nancy-and-stephen-grand-family-house/ Tue, 16 Aug 2016 21:39:13 +0000 http://nibbi.wpstagecoach.com/?post_type=ino_project&p=2261 Following the decision by UCSF to build a new children’s hospital in Mission Bay, Family House constructed a new facility to better serve the families whose children are receiving treatment at the medical center. Family House provides comfort and housing completely free of charge. The 92,125 sq. ft., four-story, wood-frame-over-concrete-podium building serves 80 families. The […]

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Following the decision by UCSF to build a new children’s hospital in Mission Bay, Family House constructed a new facility to better serve the families whose children are receiving treatment at the medical center. Family House provides comfort and housing completely free of charge.

The 92,125 sq. ft., four-story, wood-frame-over-concrete-podium building serves 80 families. The facility includes multiple-area kitchens, living rooms, dining rooms, a gym, a meditation room, and an outdoor activity space, including a basketball court and barbeque area.

The ground floor contains the main lobby, various activity rooms, administrative offices, storage and utility spaces, and a 90-stall parking garage for staff members and guests. The ground floor also contains small rental spaces for retail serving the needs of the guests and neighbors.

The project has been certified LEED® Platinum.

 

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Boys & Girls Clubs of S.F., Fulton Clubhouse https://www.nibbi.com/projects/boys-girls-clubs-of-s-f-fulton-clubhouse/ Tue, 02 Jul 2013 20:03:22 +0000 http://nibbi.wpstagecoach.com/?post_type=ino_project&p=1938 Nibbi built the second clubhouse for the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco. On the heels of the organization’s successful Mission Street Clubhouse, this new clubhouse will be located at Fulton and Gough streets. This building is 37,000 sq. ft., four-story, steel frame. Amenities will include a gym, pool, multipurpose rooms, kitchen, and teen, […]

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Nibbi built the second clubhouse for the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco. On the heels of the organization’s successful Mission Street Clubhouse, this new clubhouse will be located at Fulton and Gough streets.

This building is 37,000 sq. ft., four-story, steel frame. Amenities will include a gym, pool, multipurpose rooms, kitchen, and teen, learning and wellness centers, as well as a roof deck, support office and community benefit areas.

The building has achieved LEED Gold EBOM (Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance). Some sustainable elements will include radiant heating in the building floors, low-velocity forced air in the gym, operable skylights and abundant daylighting throughout.

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Koret Foundation https://www.nibbi.com/projects/koret-foundation/ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:40:01 +0000 http://nibbi.wpstagecoach.com/?post_type=ino_project&p=1874 With the renovation of 607 Front Street now complete, the Koret Foundation has a sleek headquarters building located in the Financial District just two blocks west of the Embarcadero waterfront. Nibbi’s scope of work on 607 Front Street included the historic renovation and seismic upgrade of a two-story brick building and basement built in 1906. […]

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With the renovation of 607 Front Street now complete, the Koret Foundation has a sleek headquarters building located in the Financial District just two blocks west of the Embarcadero waterfront. Nibbi’s scope of work on 607 Front Street included the historic renovation and seismic upgrade of a two-story brick building and basement built in 1906. Work included 100% demolition of the interior and adding an elevator, all new electrical, and all new HVAC/ plumbing/fire sprinkler systems. The project has high-end finishes, including glass-walled offices, sound masking, solid-wood flooring imported from Italy, marble accent walls and fireplaces. The project acheived LEED Silver certification.

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Vera Haile Senior Housing/ St. Anthony’s Dining Room https://www.nibbi.com/projects/121-golden-gate/ Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:01:40 +0000 http://nibbi.wpstagecoach.com/?post_type=ino_project&p=1413 Nibbi was selected to provide preconstruction and construction services to the St. Anthony Foundation and Mercy Housing for a 10-story concrete high-rise.  The basement, first and second floor are now used for the food preparation and storage, a commercial kitchen and dinning hall for the St. Anthony Foundation.  There is also an administrative office and […]

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Nibbi was selected to provide preconstruction and construction services to the St. Anthony Foundation and Mercy Housing for a 10-story concrete high-rise.  The basement, first and second floor are now used for the food preparation and storage, a commercial kitchen and dinning hall for the St. Anthony Foundation.  There is also an administrative office and services with 90 units of senior apartments for Mercy Housing on floors 3-10.

Achieved LEED Silver.

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The Exploratorium @ Pier 15 https://www.nibbi.com/projects/exploratorium-pier-15/ Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:00:48 +0000 http://nibbi.wpstagecoach.com/?post_type=ino_project&p=47 Noted physicist Dr. Frank Oppenheimer opened the doors of the Palace of Fine Arts (PFA) on the Marina in San Francisco more than 40 years ago.  With his colleagues, supporters and fans, he created the Exploratorium in the PFA, a new kind of public space, one that enhanced learning by engaging visitors in interacting with […]

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Noted physicist Dr. Frank Oppenheimer opened the doors of the Palace of Fine Arts (PFA) on the Marina in San Francisco more than 40 years ago.  With his colleagues, supporters and fans, he created the Exploratorium in the PFA, a new kind of public space, one that enhanced learning by engaging visitors in interacting with phenomena via “hands-on exhibits”.  Soon the Exploratorium became a center for science learning outside of school, offering informal educational experiences that would complement school learning.

In 2006, the incredible site on the Embarcadero at Piers 15 & 17 was discovered. A partnership with the Port of San Francisco was established to pursue the opportunity. It would take four years to finally break ground in November of 2010 for the new bayside home of the Exploratorium, which opened in April 2013.  The project scope of work created a new campus that will place the institution at the heart of the waterfront, at the gateway to the City and the nexus of public transit. With room inside and out, the new site, which is a total of 422,166 sq, ft,, doubles the Exploratorium’s current site. The refurbished historic shed, new Observatory building, and new outdoor spaces will house the entire museum, with 230,000 square-feet dedicated to exhibitions, public programs, classrooms, a national center for teacher development, R&D for innovative ways to teach and learn, exhibit fabrication, a restaurant and cafe, museum stores, event space, and room for visiting professionals and staff. Pier 17 will include a new apron for public access around the pier and a national center for teacher development.

The project is LEED® Platinum and will be working towards becoming the largest net-zero energy museum in the world. Some sustainable building features include:

  • Bay water heating and cooling
  • Radiant floors throughout
  • Roof water runoff returning to the bay; 16% of the roof runoff will be reused for toilet flushing
  • Energy-star roof with additional thermal insulation
  • 1.4 megawatts of solar panels
  • No copper flashing or gutters that might harm the shellfish
  • Waterless urinals
  • Daylight galleries
  • Low-emitting materials with recycled content and certified wood

AWARDS:

2016 AIA National Committee on the Environment Top 10 Green Projects

2013 Engineering News Record Best Green Project in Northern California

2013 AIA National Committee on the Environment Top 10 Green Projects

2013 AIA S.F. Design Awards, Special Commondation

2012 Engineering News Record Best Photos

2012 San Francisco Business Times Real Estate Deals of the Year

2011 San Francisco Business Times Real Estate Deals of the Year Finalist

Exploratorium Media Portal

View Webcam Here – Pier 15
View Webcam Here – Pier 17

Small Bridge Installation Video on YouTube 

Science in the City:Underworld Video on YouTube

Exploratorium News

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Boys & Girls Clubs of S.F., Mission District Clubhouse https://www.nibbi.com/projects/boys-girls-club-of-san-francisco/ Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:04:35 +0000 http://nibbi.wpstagecoach.com/?post_type=ino_project&p=413 This new building meets a variety of needs for the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco (BGCSF), including teen services, education, health and life skills and multi-media. Nibbi Brothers provided BGCSF with preconstruction and construction services, and served as Owner’s Representative for the organization’s new Mission District Clubhouse located at 901 Alabama Street in San Francisco. […]

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This new building meets a variety of needs for the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco (BGCSF), including teen services, education, health and life skills and multi-media. Nibbi Brothers provided BGCSF with preconstruction and construction services, and served as Owner’s Representative for the organization’s new Mission District Clubhouse located at 901 Alabama Street in San Francisco. The historic facade of the original building from 1928 was kept in place, and a new structure was built behind it. The new Mission District Clubhouse is a 15,000 square-foot building, combining existing wood-framed elements with a new concrete tilt-up panel portion. The new club houses a gymnasium, teen center, learning center, multimedia center, arts and crafts room, multipurpose room and administrative offices. The Clubhouse will serve children ages 6 to 18, up to 150 a day.

The project achieved LEED Gold EBOM (Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance). Some sustainable building elements include:

  • Radiant heating system in the historic building floors
  • Low-velocity forced air in the gym
  • Operable skylights and abundant day lighting throughout

AWARDS:

  • 2010, California Construction Magazine, Northern California Cultural Award of Merit
  • 2008 San Francisco Business Times Real Estate Deal of the Year Award for Community Impact
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Old St. Mary’s Phase I & II https://www.nibbi.com/projects/old-st-marys-cathedral/ Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:05:28 +0000 http://nibbi.wpstagecoach.com/?post_type=ino_project&p=41 Completed in 1854, Old St. Mary’s Cathedral is one of the oldest red brick buildings in San Francisco. Located at California & Grant Streets on the edge of the Financial District, the church is San Francisco Landmark No. 2 as well as a State Historical Landmark. Old St. Mary’s served as the home of the […]

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Completed in 1854, Old St. Mary’s Cathedral is one of the oldest red brick buildings in San Francisco. Located at California & Grant Streets on the edge of the Financial District, the church is San Francisco Landmark No. 2 as well as a State Historical Landmark. Old St. Mary’s served as the home of the Archdiocese of San Francisco from 1854 until 1891. For nearly two decades after it was built, Old St. Mary’s was the tallest building in California. It survived the 1906 earthquake, but only the outer walls and bell tower remained after the subsequent fires. The church was rebuilt in 1909 and enlarged in 1929. The church also survived the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake with only a few structural cracks in the bell tower, but as an unreinforced masonry building it was not up to current seismic code required by state law. Providing the archdiocese with a cost-effective solution to preserving the church was vital.

For Phase I, Nibbi Brothers provided seismic upgrade work which included new structural steel cores which extend into the attic, new foundation concrete in the basement and new structural concrete walls in the auditorium. The main shear cores are composed of structural steel and shotcrete and will be epoxy dowelled to the exterior of the church. Additional work included re-roofing, upgrades at the altar and pews for ADA compliance, re-painting the interior and installing new fire sprinkler service.

In Phase II of the project, seismic upgrades to the church’s clock bell tower were completed. This included a shoring and underpinning package under the south wall. Two large cast-in-place concrete buttresses were installed under the existing entry stairs to the cathedral. The inside of the tower was completely gutted, and the existing brick walls were roughened by a bushing hammer to an amplitude of 1/4” roughness. This allows the new shotcrete walls to adhere to the existing brick masonry. A double curtain rebar matt was fabricated at all 4 interior walls, the entire height of the tower and a new HVAC system was installed at the attic level for the Cathedral’s heating and venting.

Since Old St. Mary’s was a working, active parish, it was vital that it was kept open during construction. The pastor, Reverend Charles Kullmann worked closely with Nibbi Brothers to coordinate schedules and avoid any parish disruptions. With that in mind, the schedule dictated that the workers stop any construction that would cause noise or be a safety issue twice a day, from 7:30-8:00am and from 12:00-12:30, so that mass could be conducted. Work stoppage was also sometimes necessary for funerals or weddings held at the church.

 

 

 

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SPUR Urban Center https://www.nibbi.com/projects/spur-urban-center/ Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:02:33 +0000 http://nibbi.wpstagecoach.com/?post_type=ino_project&p=575 The creation of the SPUR Urban Center, located at 654 Mission Street incorporated a highly collaborative process, from funding through construction. The project’s unique challenges The creation of the new SPUR Urban Center, located at 654 Mission Street incorporated a highly collaborative process from funding all the way through construction. The project’s unique challenges required […]

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The creation of the SPUR Urban Center, located at 654 Mission Street incorporated a highly collaborative process, from funding through construction. The project’s unique challenges The creation of the new SPUR Urban Center, located at 654 Mission Street incorporated a highly collaborative process from funding all the way through construction. The project’s unique challenges required a an intensly coordinated and creative construction effort. The logistically difficult infill location was located on a heavily trafficked downtown street, and had a very tight budget.

Because of the projects location on a tight site with a 40-ft.-wide building footprint, Nibbi had to use the back alley and a small bit of sidewalk in front to stage construction materials on site. The rest of the larger materials had to be brought in on Mission Street. During business hours, Mission Street is an extremely busy, fast-paced hub of city pedestrians, mass transit vehicles and business deliveries.

The projects second challenge was its very tight budget. Nibbi’s commitment to SPUR from the very beginning (which began with looking at potential sites) was crucial. Nibbi negotiated with the subcontractors and vendors keeping SPUR’s interests and tight budget in mind. The project was completed on budget and on schedule.

Nibbi provided extensive pre-construction, value engineering and construction services for the new Urban Center. The construction work consisted of demolition of the existing building and constructing the 14,400 SF, 4-story, steel-frame building with a full basement. The first two floors hold the Main Exhibition Gallery and Multipurpose Room. The third floor holds administrative offices, and the fourth floor holds the Urban Affairs Library.

 

The project is LEED® Silver Certified. Some sustainable building elements include:

Aggressive construction waste recycling program where 95% of the former 654 Mission building was recycled or reused

Cement is 50% fly ash (a by-product of coal fired power plants)

Low Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) paints, carpets

Green roof

Doors & lumber products made of FSC certified wood

High efficiency HVAC systems

Carpets partially made with post-industrial recycled materials

Cabinetry made of crushed sunflower seed husks

Operable windows and reflective louvers on the facade reflect direct sunlight, reducing heat load

Carbon dioxide sensors

Dual-level water saving flush toilet, sensor flush urinals, automatic sinks

Florescent, energy saving lights with automatic shut offs, motion sensor activation and multiple level switches and dimmers with a master shut-off

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