Project Overview

This project addresses the demand for enrollment in the Performing Arts programs by constructing a new complex that will combine music, drama, theater arts, and communication programs into a single facility. The new building will replace outdated facilities with electrical deficiencies and outmoded configurations. The new structure will take advantage of the potential use of commonly required spaces to improve overall utilization and flexible spaces that help programs in meeting higher demands anticipated in the near future.

 

Status: Construction

Project Costs: Measure J=$92,005,166; Local=$163,859; Capital Outlay=$43,787,000

Architect of Record: Perkins Eastman  Architects DPC

Project Manager: John Erickson

General Contractor: SJ Amoroso

Construction Manager: Kitchell/CEM, Inc. 

Program Management: MAAS Companies

Construction Start: May 2025

Anticipated Construction Completion: Summer 2028

 

 

Future Site For New Performing Arts Complex

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Construction Progress Photos

Upcoming Milestones

  • CMU Wall Installation
  • Foundation Activities at Orchestra Pit

Impacts and Closures

  • Working is scheduled Monday - Friday from 7:00 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Expect some noise, dust, and loss of use parking lot during construction

Emergency Contact:

  • Mike McNally: 714-433-2326

Q3 2026 Project Update

New Performing Arts Complex

July - August  

Crews have welded the roof frame steel as part of framing activities for the West Building. Low roof work also started, following similar steps with the placement of girders, structural steel decking, and welding to connect the final frame. Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing work also began in the area with deck inserts placed to support future wiring and plumbing utilities. Concrete pours at the metal decks followed to solidify the structure. The final pours for the last deck were carried out in mid-August.                                                                                                                           

Second level concrete masonry unit (CMU) installation progressed as four lifts concluded, completing the construction of the walls. By July, crews began placing shotcrete on the recital hall roof in the second week of July to secure the structure. To ensure quality control, the work occurred in two separate sections, with the material applied to the east and west halves of the roof separately on the same day.
On the West Building interior, metal stud framing ensued to delineate the interior walls and spaces on the first and second levels. Following that, crews began mechanical, electrical, and plumbing work overhead and in the future walls with the placement of initial wiring, conduits, and piping. Scaffolding was set in place ahead of additional overhead work that included placing sprinkler hangers, lighting and production support systems, curtain tracks, fireproofing, and ductwork. On the first level, crews laid initial piping at the restrooms along with wiring to start the process of utilities work that will take place in the coming months.

Work on the Basement foundation was underway as crews started formwork in the area to create the layout of the future building foundation for the Main Building. This was followed by threading reinforcement steel through the formwork to establish a strong foundation. Dowels were then set in place to anchor upcoming wall construction.

Coordination with Southern California Edison (SCE) for transformer installation is ongoing. The utility company is continuing to progress its design, a necessary requirement for the future installation of the new transformer.