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Athena Engineering was awarded this project as part of a lump sum base bid direct to the United States Postal Service. The City of Industry Processing and Distribution facility is one of the main processing hubs for the USPS in the San Gabriel Valley and Inland Empire. It processes 350,000 packages per day during [...]

In early 2019, Athena Engineering, Inc., DMG Corporation, and M. Weber & Associates, combined their extensive experience to work together on a transformative project for the historic Wilshire Ebell Theatre. As the design-builder on the team, we had the honor of guiding the project to completion on this amazing, historic jewel in the heart of [...]

Athena Engineering, Inc. won this project on a best value design-build Request for Proposal in conjunction with the Judicial Council of California and Jacobs Engineering. Athena Engineering, Inc. provided a design-build solution for the entire facility’s HVAC building automation system. The system designed and provided, included: Schneider Electric StruxureWare utilizing LonWorks protocol network and [...]

The Airport Atrium building in Torrance, CA is a multi-story 97,000 square-foot Class A office building. This beautiful building includes a 4-story glass atrium with a feature fountain and large office spaces for tenant use. In 2015, Athena Engineering was contracted by the new owners of the building to perform on-site surveys for existing [...]

This new school is 52,500 SF serving approximately 650 students on two levels and resides on a dense site of 2.7 acres. The academy, which serves kindergarten through fifth grades, includes 27 classrooms, administrative offices, a joint use multi-purpose space, food services and library. The sustainable campus reached 50 Collaborative for High Performance Schools [...]

The Bus Maintenance & Operations Facility was designed to optimize Los Angeles County Metro's bus transit service throughout the Central Los Angeles region. The new sustainable facility accommodates a fleet of 200 CNG (compressed natural gas) buses. The project entailed construction of a cast-in-place concrete parking structure housing the Metro [...]

Casa Colina is a non-profit, community-driven facility for medical-surgical services and rehabilitation located in Pomona, CA. In 2011, this OSHPD facility added a surgery center to the existing acute care hospital. The project included specialty surgery rooms, pre-op and post-op recovery spaces, and a GI laboratory that served as a compliment to the existing suite of services [...]

This project was a retrofit of existing HVAC equipment with new sensors, actuators, network cables, and a new DDC system as part of a bond-funded energy retrofit project for this historic LAUSD High School built in 1931. Athena Engineering, Inc. was contracted directly by McKinstry Essention, the LAUSD Energy Manager, and was the primary HVAC and [...]

Beverly Hospital is a general medical and surgical hospital in Montebello, CA, with 102 beds. In 2016, over 15,000 patients visited the hospital's emergency room. The hospital had a total of 7,180 admissions. Its physicians performed 1,204 inpatient and 2,952 outpatient surgeries. Athena Engineering, Inc. was engaged by the mechanical engineer, Ted Jacobs Engineering, [...]

Los Angeles County Olive View – UCLA Medical Center is a 377-bed county hospital located in the north end of the San Fernando Valley that serves low income and indigent patients, as well as the surrounding community. Athena Engineering, Inc. was hired by Western Allied Mechanical to install the building automation system in the [...]

In 2002, voters approved Measure E, a $337 million general obligation bond to renovate existing campus buildings, construct new classrooms to alleviate overcrowding and expand the educational and training programs at Santiago Canyon College, Santa Ana College, the regional education centers and the District Operations Center of the Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD). Santiago Community [...]

Kaiser Permanente directly contracted with Athena Engineering for the mechanical system replacement on this Kaiser Medical Office Building, located in the City of Inglewood. The facility serves as a medical office for an after hour clinic, family medicine, internal medicine, laboratory, pediatrics, pharmacy, physical therapy and radiology/ diagnostic imaging. Athena Engineering was awarded and provided [...]

In 2014, the County of Riverside Economic Development Agency approved the construction of a new 14,400 juvenile hall court building with associated facilities at the Southwest Justice Center in Riverside, CA, managed by the Judicial Council of California. The mechanical equipment on this project included a free standing mechanical yard and rooftop units. Athena Engineering, Inc. [...]

Grifols Biological (formerly Alpha Therapeutic) hired Athena Engineering, Inc. as a design-build HVAC contractor, directly with the owner, to provide the HVAC system for the Alpha 1 Production Area. The Alpha 1 Area houses the production of blood coagulant pharmaceuticals for the treatment of Hemophilia. The area presented a unique challenge as a single [...]

Griffith Observatory is one of Los Angeles’ most visible and beloved landmarks, hosting over 70 million visitors since opening its doors in 1935. However, after decades of heavy use, the building was badly in need of repairs and upgrades – to both the physical building and the exhibits. The 2002 $93 million renovation project involved [...]

This design-build HVAC and controls project required simultaneous performance on ten bases located throughout Southern California – Santa Barbara, Pacoima, Simi Valley, Hollywood, Pasadena, Chino, Canoga Park, Pico Rivera, Monterey Park and Woodland Hills. Athena Engineering, Inc. served as the design-build General Contractor and self-performed the Mechanical HVAC and controls on this contract. The scope [...]

Athena Engineering, Inc. won this project with Schneider Electric as an Energy Services Contract (ESCO) design-build. The system designed and provided for the LACCD LA City College included renovation and additions to the entire campus infrastructure. All construction and retrofit was performed while the campus was fully occupied and the facility was operational. Other pieces [...]

Athena Engineering, Inc. provided a design-build solution for the entire facility’s HVAC controls system. The system designed and provided, included: Schneider Electric utilizing SmartStruxure including Lon protocol network and controllers Provided Ethernet IP routing and fiber optics backbone for maximum throughput Provided after hours installation and sequencing in an operational facility.

Athena Engineering, Inc. provided a design-build solution for the entire facility’s HVAC controls system. The system designed and provided, included: Schneider Electric utilizing SmartStruxure including Lon protocol network and controllers Provided Ethernet IP routing and fiber optics backbone for maximum throughput Provided after hours installation and sequencing in an operational facility

The Public Health Laboratory (PHL) is a biohazard laboratory that is commissioned to work on counter-terrorism research. The new 60,000 square foot location required a complete internal renovation to fit the required laboratories and office space.  The systems had to be redesigned and adapted to meet the CDC Biohazard Level 3 requirements immediately before the [...]

Athena Engineering, Inc. won this project on a design, bid, build basis with the Los Angeles County of Public Works. The system designed and installed, included: Fully operational coroners exam facility Retrofit of a double duct pneumatic system to a DDC system Provision of full pressurization control Schneider Electric / TAC Vista utilizing LonWorks protocol [...]

The Los Angeles Community College District - Southwest College School of Career and Technical Education (SOCTE) provides practical, hands-on training to diverse, multi-generational user groups in a safe and inviting campus facility. Large expanses of glass and open-air corridors, lobbies, and courtyards exhibit the professional training and instruction taking place on the inside. Athena [...]

The Piper Spirit Office Complex project required Athena Engineering, Inc. to design and build two state of the art office buildings from the ground up. Both buildings are located on a 75,000 square foot lot (1.7 acres), and construction involved the coordination of several dozen trades. Athena Engineering served as the general contractor, mechanical HVAC, [...]

San Manuel Indian Casino is a 24/7-operational facility. The client required a functional Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning system controlled through a Building Automation System (BAS) to ensure the comfort of their customers. The detailed plan we created outlined the commissioning process, including establishing specific responsibilities and lines of communication. The intent of the plan [...]

The two-story, steel-framed buildings is home to 650 students and occupies a 3.96-acre site. In addition to 26 classrooms, the 58,000-sq-ft school has administrative offices, play fields, a library, multi-purpose room, food service facility, lunch shelter and surface parking. This project is Certified LADWP Savings by Design & Certified High Performance Schools Verified. Athena [...]

This design-build project with Kaiser Permanente included the mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and structural engineering for the removal and replacement of the HVAC at a chemical dependency recovery program (CDRP) in Fontana, CA. The Kaiser CDRP provides inpatient and outpatient substance abuse treatment services, detoxification, partial hospitalization and counseling. Following the engineering portion of the project, [...]

The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder's Office is responsible for the registration of voters, maintenance of voter files, conduct of federal, state, local and special elections and the verification of initiative, referendum and recall petitions for the 4.8 million registered voters in Los Angeles County. The Recorder's Office is responsible for recording legal documents that determine [...]

Athena Engineering, Inc. was selected by McKinstry Essention as the HVAC and building automation design-build partner for this retrofit project at the LAUSD Santee Education Complex. This project was funded by California's Proposition 39, a bond measure providing an estimated $2.75 billion over five years — to support energy efficiency and clean energy projects in K-12 schools and [...]

Athena Engineering, Inc. completed an addition of a new 294-cell housing building (173,000 square feet) with adjacent support functions for transport holding, administrative offices and other workspaces. A separate central plant building containing mechanical equipment to serve the housing building was also included. Our team was responsible for creating information modeling using leading-edge software. [...]

Athena Engineering, Inc. was responsible for the mechanical HVAC scope of work and building automation security, access and mechanical controls at this 35,600 square foot, ground-up Catholic educational facility located in Duarte, CA. The project included a multi-story new building with subterranean parking, a 40-classroom building, kitchen, playground and office space. Following completion of [...]

The El Monte Busway and Transit Center, owned and operated by Los Angeles Metro, is the largest bus facility west of Chicago and offers interstate, regional, and local bus services to an average of 40,000 passengers daily. The scope of this project doubled the size of the previous center with a two-level bus terminal. El Monte now [...]

This brand new 62,000 square foot high school for the Los Angeles Unified School District (formerly South Los Angeles High School #3) included a ground up, multi-story high school campus comprised of a gym, classrooms and administration buildings.  Athena Engineering, Inc. was responsible for the entire mechanical scope of work, including the HVAC and [...]

This project involved the new construction of a visual and performing arts high school in Los Angeles. The campus is within the Los Angeles Unified School District and consists of nine buildings and a central plant. Athena Engineering, Inc. was responsible for the installation of an Energy Management System consisting of Variable Air Volume [...]

This design-build building automation project consisted of the construction of a new central plant for the main cooling and heating media of the LACCD Southwest College campus. The project was a design/build that utilized thermal storage or ice tanks for cooling. The chilled water side of the project includes two air-cooled chillers that are primarily used [...]