Design-Build

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 [...]

The Southern California Gas Company's Pico Rivera base is the headquarters for the utility's facilities, training, and various operational departments. Athena Engineering, Inc. was the holder of a 3-year Master Services Agreement with Southern California Gas and managed the replacement of two chiller's at the Pico Rivera base. The design-build chiller replacements involved the [...]

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 [...]

Macy's, established in 1858, is the Great American Department Store - an iconic retailing brand with over 740 stores operating coast-to-coast and online. Macy's Stonestown Galleria offers a first class selection of top fashion brands amongst the thriving city of San Francisco, CA. Athena Engineering, Inc. was engaged by Macy's as the Prime Contractor [...]

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 [...]

Montebello was the first city in Los Angeles County to build a library with funds raised by a bond issue ($30,000). The building was erected in July 1930 at 115 So. Taylor Avenue. It served the community for 36 years before the library's current building was dedicated on October 20th, 1966. Athena Engineering, Inc. [...]

Kaiser Ontario Medical Center, located in Ontario, CA, is a 224-bed hospital that provides health services to the West end of San Bernardino County. This design-build project was one of three awarded to Athena Engineering, Inc. by Kaiser Permanente at Ontario Medical Center during the last half of 2016. This project specifically involved design and [...]

Kaiser Ontario Medical Center, located in Ontario, CA, is a 224-bed hospital that provides health services to the West end of San Bernardino County. This design-build project was one of three awarded to Athena Engineering, Inc. by Kaiser Permanente at Ontario Medical Center during the last half of 2016. The Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) building at [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

The Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center is the county courthouse in downtown Los Angeles, California. Originally known as the Criminal Courts Building, in 2002 it was renamed the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, after Clara S. Foltz, the first female lawyer on the west coast of the United States (and also the first person to propose the creation [...]

Kaiser Ontario Medical Center, located in Ontario, CA, is a 224-bed hospital that provides health services to the West end of San Bernardino County. This design-build project was one of three awarded to Athena Engineering, Inc. by Kaiser Permanente at Ontario Medical Center during the last half of 2016. The $1.7 million scope included full [...]

Downtown Disney (officially the Downtown Disney District) is an outdoor shopping center located at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. It opened in 2001 as part of an expansion of the resort from one theme park(Disneyland) to a multi-park resort complex. The various tenants throughout the Downtown Disney area require separate tenant metering for individual [...]

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 [...]

This 27,000 square foot Kaiser facility required a dust collection system for a CNC Machinery shop. This facility manufacturers all the cabinetry for the Kaiser facilities in the western United States. Athena Engineering installed heavy gauge welded ductwork and distribution throughout the facility. In addition, specialized controls systems for redundant operation were installed and the system [...]

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

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 [...]

The Lancaster Regional Office of the LA County Assessors Office handles all of the real estate and property appraisals for the light agricultural properties throughout Los Angeles County. Athena Engineering was hired on this design-build to remove and replace the existing unitary air conditioning system with new. The system was networked by Schneider Electric SE8000 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

The Macys Home Store is located in Las Vegas, Nevada is a busy department store sitting on over 203,500 square feet of property. Athena Engineering was contracted for multiple projects on site, including shoring of the overhang and replacement of the asphalt, concrete, and gutters on the entire property. Athena Engineering managed the scope of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]