The Official Newsletter of LUSARDI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Summer 2021

The Official Newsletter of LUSARDI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Summer 2021

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Al theLAB Berkeley: Where science takes shape!

Under construction, this multiphase redevelopment in Berkeley will transform an entire city block into a blend of creative office and life science labs. Phase 1 - East Block will feature 3 new renovated industrial buildings with exposed bow-truss ceilings and an expansive indoor-outdoor private mezzanine overlooking the San Francisco Bay. Stunning elements and amenities will include an AmphitheaterLAB, PresentationLAB, FitnessLAB, outdoor CollaborativeLAB, and second floor RoofdeckLABs. Demolition of three smaller structures will make room for a 415-stall parking structure that will serve the new campus.

*Rendering courtesy of SteelWave

Zac Zander - Senior Project Manager Collin Howell - Senior Project Manager Brad Fitzpatrick - Senior Project Manager Tyler Molesworth - Senior Project Manager

Phase II – West Block is anticipated to commence Q2 2022 and will include the transformation of Building 4 to 32,000 SF of creative life science use, and a new 3-story 159,000 SF life science building with an adjacent surface parking lot.

Robert Linnett - Project Manager Brent Frickey - Project Manager Randy Cordova - Project Manager Ernesto Mauricio - Assistant Project Manager Jordan Sadowsky - Assistant Project Manager

San Diego Associate General Contractors (AGC) Apprenticeship Program is designed to meet the needs of open shop contractors who want to train apprentices on State of California public works projects, Federal DavisBacon, and private construction projects throughout California.

The program offers practical onthe-job training combined with classroom instruction. The duration of the program is between 2-4 years, depending upon the craft.

Ryan O’Connor - Preconstruction Project Manager

Location: Berkeley, CA Developer: SteelWave Architect: CAC Architects

AGC Journeyman Carpentry Program 2021

Velia Ibarra - Preconstruction Bid Manager

Justin Davis Scuyler Lindgren Joe Napier

Marisa Cepeda - Project Administrator Jose G. Nunez - Carpenter Foreman Edwin Santoyo - Carpenter Foreman

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NEW LUSARDI BABIES

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Marty Rosario welcomes her third grandbaby! *Left to Right

Dominic Caleb

Gabe Halsey & Wife Jess welcome their second son!

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Jan Houser welcomes her third grandbaby!

Nicholas Joseph

Gwen Knight welcomes her second grandbaby!

Harper Braylee

Valerie Spurlock welcomes her first grandbaby!

Leyla Sanchez

Javier Sanchez Guzman and Wife welcome the birth of their baby girl!

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OPERATIONS UPDATE

The Many Faces of Chris Hess!

In a brash change, this edition will not focus on what has passed (think COVID-19 statistics, protocols, and newsflashes) but instead we will focus on what lies ahead for all of us at Lusardi.

The season brings visions of revitalization, longer days, flowers in bloom, BBQ’s, early summer fruit, and a fresh outlook leading into the warmer months. We are very happy and excited to provide a brief summary of all things that are happening around here while we welcome Summer.

New Faces First, we would like to welcome everyone who has recently joined our team. Our San Marcos office is growing with 2 new Project Engineers, a Field Engineer and 3 summer interns. New additions to our Dublin office will also include a new summer Intern, Project Engineer, Assistant Project Manager, and Project Manager. Our field and yard forces have grown with the addition of 7 carpenters, 5 laborers, and 2 mechanics. We are excited to have you all on board!

New Website Keep an eye out for our new and improved Lusardi website. As technology changes, of course many other things change as well. The new website will host more content, allow better navigation and improved functionality with all mobile devices. For many potential clients and subcontractor partners our website is the first touch point they experience. It is also a portal for all employees to access employee benefit offerings and documents. We will ensure it is best-in-class!

New Payroll / Time-Keeping System If you notice Kathy Gordon pulling her hair out over the next few months, it’s not just because it’s payday! We

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are in the process of consolidating our payroll, employee benefits and time tracking software under one system.

It was a challenge to find a remote time-keeping system that could replace our paper time-sheets. Fortunately we discovered a solution that will tie all employee-centric activities together. ADP, who is currently the vendor who prints our paychecks, files the appropriate payroll tax documents with the government and also hosts our Employee Benefit Portal. This will become our payroll and time-keeping system. Not only will the change reduce the amount of data entry over multiple platforms, it will allow employees to record their time via their mobile device (or supervisor’s device) and also have greater access to their employment records via computer or mobile device. This is a BIG change. The implementation process has just started, so please be patient while we work through the process.

Continue to Stay Safe Finally (and I promise I won’t be too reflective), we do want to thank everyone for the extraordinary efforts made during the past year. As we begin to exit the dark, dreary days of COVID-19, please continue to be smart. Protect yourselves, your families and your co-workers. We strongly urge everyone to get vaccinated. The recently signed American Rescue Plan includes provisions for employees to receive Federal Sick Leave if they need to miss work to be vaccinated. Please contact Madchen or Kathy if you need to take advantage of that offering.

Warmer, brighter days are ahead for all of us. Here’s to more sunshine, more family time and being the first step in getting back to normal.

Chris Hess, Vice President - Operations

WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION WEEK

Group Picture at VA Clinic Site

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omen in Construction Week highlights women as a integral component in the construction industry. The week long focus is to raise awareness of the opportunities available for women in construction and to emphasize the growing role of women in the industry.

The Lusardi Ladies spent the morning touring the Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic with Dave Olsen, Tyler Molesworth and Anthony Santana (project team) for a behind the scenes construction tour of the facility that will be completed by the end of summer. The afternoon was spent together enjoying lunch and laughter at Almafi in San Marcos.

Team Lunch at Amalfi in San Marcos

Dave Olsen, Project Superintendent welcoming the Ladies of Lusardi

Project Tour at the Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic

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SAFETY CORNER Tips for Preventing Heat-Related Illness

It’s that time of the year again, when temperatures are on the rise. What are you doing to protect yourself from heat illness?

Block out direct sun and other heat sources and drink plenty of fluids. Drink often and BEFORE you are thirsty. Drink water every 15 minutes. We have Sqwincher beverage coolers and shade on all projects, please utilize them. Wear lightweight, light colored, loose fitting clothes. Know signs/symptoms of heat illnesses; monitor yourself and use a buddy system. Tell your supervisor immediately if you experience any of the following heat illness symptoms.

Symptoms of heat stroke include: ◊ Dry, hot reddish skin and lack of sweating, high body temperature, strong and rapid pulse, chills, confusion, slurred speech.

Symptoms of heat exhaustion include: ◊ Excessive sweating, weakness or fatigue, dizziness and/or confusion, clammy skin, muscle cramps, flushed complexion.

Symptoms of heat cramps include: ◊ Muscle pain usually in the abdomen, arm or legs, muscle spasms usually in the abdomen, arm or legs.

Luke Brown Safety Manager

HUMAN RESOURCES CORNER

FLEET CORNER

We’re Hiring!

Do you know someone that would be a perfect fit for Lusardi? We are currently seeking a Carpenter, Driver, Mechanic and a Preconstruction Assistant to join our team! Please refer your friends and family to our career page on Linkedin or Glassdoor! As always, please reach out to HR with any questions regarding our open positions!

Employee Handbook

Madchen Schwenk HR Generalist

We are excited to present our new Lusardi Construction Employee Handbook. The handbook defines our policies, procedures, benefits and serves as reference guide for you! We recommend familiarizing yourself with the policies and procedures, as well as any additional updated policies that may be communicated to you. An electronic policy acknowledgment will come at a later time with additional email instructions. Please feel free to access a copy of the handbook under the K drive, K:\ Human Resources\Public\Employee Handbook.

COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave

Just a friendly reminder that you are entitled to 80 hours of Paid Sick Leave if you are unable to work or telework due to COVID-19 related reasons including attending an appointment to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. You can find your available hours located on your weekly paystub titled “CA Covid.” If you have any questions regarding COVID-19 or Paid Sick Leave, please contact HR.

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Jason Rein Fleet Maintenance Manager Tire Repairs and Down Time

We have had to replace a few tires on equipment earlier than we would like. The reason for this is the units were used with low tire pressures. This causes undue wear and stress on the sidewalls and will lead to premature failure. Any time you think you may be saving equipment running on low pressure tires, that time will be lost with the cost of a new tire. The machine will now be down longer since a tire replacement takes longer than a repair. In short please call in tire issues as soon as possible. Thank you in advance.

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Material Price Increase

The ongoing surge in both residential and commercial construction is significant for the economy, but the rapid development combined with labor and material shortages is being felt across all disciplines. What started out as just a lumber shortage has now escalated to all materials that we use in construction. Paired with high demand and low supply, costs are rising weekly for all trades and lead times continue to extend.

The lack of material supply is being felt from lumber to steel to PVC piping and even appliances. For lumber and steel quotes we’re seeing pricing only being held for a couple days before it needs to be re-quoted. It is all the more important to buy out jobs early and continue to keep our clients updated on current pricing and material shortages.

Bill Leslie Vice President - Preconstruction

Subcontractor Communications

Preconstruction has re-vamped all of our SmartBidNet subcontractor communications.

We have a fresh new look now in an easier to read format.

We are excited to announce that Lusardi was recently awarded the following projects: ◊ CHP Tracy ◊ Mercedes-Benz House of Imports ◊ Tri-City Health ◊ theLAB Berkeley

◊ HRC Carlsbad and La Jolla ◊ Kato Road Industrial ◊ Carlsbad Unified School District

Velia Ibarra Preconstruction Bid Manager

MARKETING CORNER

New Website & Video Production

The brand new Lusardi website is currently underway. We have been busy over the last 6 months updating many facets of our content and digital platforms.

The virtual climate is constantly changing and it’s more important than ever to create high impact through branding, marketing, technology and the user experience.

Marcella Garofalo Marketing Manager

These efforts will increase our exposure to prospective clients, highlight our projects and our people and capitalize on recruiting new talent. Stay tuned for launch later this summer!

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Video Production Shoot at America Center San Jose, CA

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WELCOME NEW LUSARDI EMPLOYEES!

Scott Gary Yard Supervisor

Born: Escondido, CA Work Experience: Construction & Pastoral Ministry Fun Facts: Worked at Lusardi 19 years. Left Lusardi for 19 years to follow other passions. Now I am back for hopefully another 19 years. My Dad was the first employee hired by Lusardi Construction.

Hobbies: Bicycling, hiking, music and napping.

Born: Los Angeles, CA Work Experience: 10 years of Customer Service in the Health Care Industry with 2+ years of HR experience.

Fun Facts: Newly engaged and I’ve played golf since I was 9 years old.

Hobbies: Hiking, going to the beach and playing softball in a weekend league.

Rachel Calsbeek HR Coordinator

Born: Chico, CA Work Experience: Worked at Lusardi from 2007 to 2010, GC and Development Manager from 2010-2021 and back to Lusardi in 2021.

Fun Facts: Went to Point Loma Nazarene University and was hired by LCC out of college. Married, live in San Diego, have 3 sons ages 4.5 yrs, 3 yrs and 1 yr.

Hobbies: Playing with my boys, hiking and spending time outdoors.

Aaron McCoy Project Manager

Zack Haverland Asst. Project Manager

Born: Bay Area, CA Work Experience: Assistant Project Manager at a Tile Shop, PE at a Flooring Sub (everything except tile), PE at Cupertino Electric, PE at Bayley Construction.

Fun Facts: I’m a good whistler, I’m good with words and I once led a search and rescue mission in Malibu Canyon.

Hobbies: Family time, Jiu-jitsu, climbing, working out, and video games.

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Born: Fremont, CA Work Experience: Residential General Contracting and at ISEC, INC. Fun Facts: I love pizza!

Hobbies: Working on my 1960 F100 Project truck and riding dirt bikes.

Russell Camfield Field Engineer

Born: Vallejo, CA Work Experience: Worked for 2 years as a Project Engineer at Pacific Structures out of college before starting at Lusardi.

Fun Facts: Used to build Robogames combat robots. Broke my leg in a friendly Turkey Bowl mud football game. Interned as an Engineer at an almond plant in college...but hate almonds.

Hobbies: SCUBA diving, motorcycle riding, skiing, and surfing.

Matt McGuire Project Engineer

Born: Oaxaca, Mexico Work Experience: Project Engineer Intern with Kiewit at the LA Rams/Chargers Stadium, Construction Engineer Intern with Chevron Downstream LLC at the Chevron Richmond Refinery.

Hobbies: Hiking and running.

Jairo Sanchez Project Engineer

Born: Escondido, CA Work Experience: Worked in tile in 2019 and at Home Depot in 2020-2021 while finishing my degree. I also did a summer working in the field for Lusardi in 2018.

Fun Facts: I played junior college baseball for 2 years.

Hobbies: Golf, gym, going to the river and camping.

Austin Rieman Project Engineer

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Central Station

Location: Sunnyvale, CA Architect: ARC TEC Owner: SteelWave

Central Station is complete! The four-story Class ‘A’ structural steel office building includes over 31,000 SF of floor plates, floor to ceiling glass, and is certified LEED Gold. The new building is in walking distance to the Sunnyvale Caltrain Station and located in a hub of high-tech companies.

The building skin is primarily a glazed curtain wall system with ACM panels at the stairwells, a 4th floor balcony, and a perimeter rooftop eyebrow finished with longboard material on the underside wrapped with ACM panels. The building sits on top of a new below grade parking garage built with 1’6” thick mat slab, shotcrete perimeter walls, interior concrete columns, and covered by a concrete podium deck. 100 parking spaces are available in the covered parking garage and 253 stalls on grade.

Over 12,000 SF of solar carport canopies enhance the property and provide added energy into the building.

A 2,500 SF amenity area includes 4 gas fire pits, a kitchen counter with sink, BBQ grille, refrigerator, ping pong tables, and an overhead steel trellis and canopy. Landscape includes CMU planters finished with tile and stone caps, palm trees, security cameras, WAP devices, and audio speakers for entertainment.

The project is in the process of a Wellness Certification Silver Level.

“The biggest challenge building Central Station Sunnyvale was through a global pandemic in the heart of one of the most restrictive Counties in the state. I’m truly proud of our team making our site the “Gold” standard of safe jobsites in the County, and simply put, another testament to the hard work and perseverance our teams put in the field day in and day out.”

William Fischer Project Manager

Floor-to-Ceiling Glass

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The Salvation Army Adult Rehab “Doing the Most Good.” – The Salvation Army

After 40 years in downtown San Diego, the city of Otay Mesa welcomed The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center - its newest nonprofit facility with an official ribbon cutting and welcome dedication with Mayor Todd Gloria and Council member Vivian Moreno.

The brand new 45,000 SF facility is one of the largest adult rehabilitation centers for the Salvation Army on the west coast and provides treatment for alcohol and drug addiction for up to 120 men.

The structured program provides accommodations, shelter, nutritious “It was great working with The Salvation Army & Murphy Development on this unique building with incredible purpose!”

Collin Howell Senior Project Manager

Ribbon Cutting and Dedication Ceremony - Salvation Army Staff City Officials and Murphy Development Company

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meals, job training, and counseling services.

The facility includes administrative offices for staff, a library and classroom space, over 18,000 SF of residential space, laundry room, kitchen and dining area and outdoor sport courts for basketball and bocce ball.

Adjacent to the rehabilitation center is an 85,000 SF warehouse industrial building that will serve as a donation center.

The project team included Murphy Development Company and Pacific Cornerstone Architects.

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Location: Otay Mesa, CA Architect: Pacific Cornerstone Architects Owner: Murphy Development Company

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Location: Mountain View, CA Architect: ARC TEC Owner: Calvano Development

1075 Terra Bella

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1075 Terra Bella is the epitome of new office design and is a genesis of nature inspired themes woven together to stimulate a workspace that allows users to customize an employee centered ecosystem that encourages team collaboration, innovation and creativity.

The nature-inspired design and architecture by ARC TEC, blended elements from the natural world seamlessly. Features include a 25x25 living wall, floating glass staircase with natural light filtering the space from above, and a garden path that originates on the exterior facade leading in the front lobby and continuing throughout the workspace.

The 20,000 SF 2-story office building features structural spider glazing on the main entry, decorative concrete and landscaping including redwood and wire mesh fencing. The cold dark shell is the first project for Calvano Development.

Colton Hoge Vice President

“It was a great opportunity to work with a new client and show them what Lusardi can do. We developed a great working relationship with the owner and architect which resulted in finishing the project early and giving cost savings back to the owner.”

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Recently completed in Lemon Grove is the new transcenDANCE renovation! The 2,000 SF studio consisted of tenant improvements to an existing ground level space beneath an affordable housing project.

Interior finishes, along with mechanical and electrical upgrades were added to the space to create an open, light filled area for the non-profit organization. To hide the overhead utilities, the team incorporated triangular shade sails while still keeping the flexibility of the industrial look and feel. “transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project (Catherine Corral, Patricia Zigarmi), DTV Designs (Tom Vorkoper), and Lusardi project team Glenn Davis, Superintendent, and myself all worked together seamlessly to bring the organization’s vision to life from ideas to paper to execution. The team held many coordination meetings (virtually, of course) to pick just the right finishes for the space, as this will serve as their first permanent home in the non-profit’s history. Glenn Davis worked successfully with Patricia and Catherine of transcenDANCE to get their vision just right, all while not disturbing the apartment units above the space or neighboring businesses. We are thrilled that transcenDANCE picked Lusardi as their construction partner on this project.”

Brent Frickey Project Manager

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Location: Lemon Grove, CA Architect: DTV Designs Owner: TranscenDANCE

The new Jaguar Land Rover dealership and service department is complete! Under construction during the pandemic, the remodel presented a variety of unique challenges including a city shutdown and delayed permit approvals.

Jaguar Land Rover

The full tenant improvement included a remodel and expansion of the existing covered patio to increase showroom square footage.

Finishes included new flooring, walls and millwork. The exterior parking lots also needed a face lift.

The dealership remained operational during construction and temporary facilities were supplied by Lusardi.

“The Jaguar Land Rover project was a team effort from start to finish. Early design coordination and preparation was our key to success - all the way through construction completion.”

Robert Linnett Project Manager

Location: Santa Barbara, CA Architect: CCBG Owner: Santa Barbara Auto Group

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S E T A D P COVID U The State of California OSHA has approved new regulations regarding COVID-19 prevention in the workplace. As part of the new regulations, fully vaccinated employees will no longer be required to wear face coverings in the workplace.

Fully Vaccinated means the employer has documented that the person received, at least 14 days prior, either the second doses in a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine series or a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccines must be FDA approved or have an FDA emergency use authorization.

If you wish to no longer wear a face covering while in the workplace, you must either provide a copy of your vaccination card or send an e-mail notification directly to Rachel Calsbeek, HR Coordinator at rcalsbeek@lusardi. com that you are fully vaccinated.

Non-vaccinated employees and employees who do not provide documentation to Human Resources as described above will still be required to wear a face covering in the workplace. The following exceptions apply as to when a person who is not fully vaccinated must wear a face covering: ◊ The employee is alone in a room or vehicle; ◊ The employee is eating or drinking at the workplace, provided they are at least six feet apart from others; ◊ The employee cannot wear face covering due to a medical or mental health condition or disability, or who are hearing-impaired or communicating with a hearing impaired person; ◊ The employee is performing a specific task which cannot feasibly be performed with a face covering Lusardi will provide a face covering to any employee upon request. Any employee is free to wear a face covering in the workplace regardless of their vaccination status.

FIELD EMPLOYEES Employees are not required to wear face coverings when working outdoors, regardless of vaccination status. If field personnel wish to go without a face covering while working indoors, please ask them to either provide a copy of their vaccination card or in the alternative, if they verbally tell you they are fully vaccinated that is also acceptable.

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3 1 Jose Cobian 2 Butterfield Tech Park Tour 3 Alameda County Food Bank Volunteers

7 4 Top Golf Team Bonding 5 Lauren Diaz Padres Pedal Ride 6 Scuyler Lindgren 7 Project Management Retreat

11 8 ASA Golf Tournament 9 Steve Fayak 10 Carlsbad Parking Structure Tour 11 Patriotic Dog Service Foundation Golf Tournament

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Bruiser and Grandson

We love fam Please send your pictures to Luke Brown (LBrown@

“IN TIME OF TEST, FAMILY IS BEST.”

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Wood Family & Tchaylian Family

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