The exterior renovation of this award winning building at 180 Grand Avenue in Oakland, California began with the C B Richard Ellis, Inc. property management team of Beth Cobb and John Eckmann choosing a proven Architecture and Construction Management firm specializing in this type of project and who could provide detailed plans and specifications centered on the specific requirements of this building.
 
180 Grand Avenue, consist of a 15 Story commercial office building with a detached 10 story parking structure.  Ted Castellanos of Thoroughbred Consultants Group, an Architecture and Construction Management Company, was brought in to evaluate the building requirements.  Mr. Castellanos, after interviewing with the CBRE management team gathered all of the prevalent information regarding their concerns and requirements, he then designed the detailed plans and specifications, including bid documents that would be used by highly qualified contractors and manufactures that could successfully implement and complete this project and who could provide the stringent warranty required.
 
The roofing portion of the specifications was based on Firestone Building Products 4-Ply SBS Modified roof system that would be completed with a top coat of white acrylic coating to comply with Title 24 and all City of Oakland Uniform Building Code requirements.  Jeff Berg of CRI / Firestone was brought in to provide the materials and the 20-year warranty. “It was a pleasure working with CB Richard Ellis, Thoroughbred Consultants, and State Roofing Systems on this project. The desire by all parties to install a proven roofing assembly made the process easy! We are proud to have been a part of the design team on this award winning project and wish to congratulate State Roofing Systems on another job well done!”
 
State Roofing Systems, Inc was selected by Mr. Castellanos as the roofing applicator due to their excellent rating among contractors and due to their extensive familiarity and experience with this type of “High-Rise” project and the installation of the specified roof system. “The combination of Beth and John at CBRE along with the professional help from Thoroughbred Consultants and CRI really made the difference on a project that had so many different aspects.  It really was a pleasurable experience and quickly became one of my favorite projects” Tom Shannon of State Roofing Systems, Inc. recalls.
 
This project had many restrictions, such as parking and sensitive tenants, along with the fact that the existing roof system, that was to be removed, was comprised of Asbestos Containing Material (ACRM).  After securing all of the required City of Oakland permits for street closure, roofing work and the posting of signs to notify all of the surrounding neighbors, State Roofing Systems, Inc. then loaded materials onto the roof and removed the ACRM on Saturday’s utilizing a large crane operation that took up two city blocks.  
 
Thoroughbred Consultants Group required weekly project update meetings whereby all parties involved attended to discuss any issues, resolve them and to update CBRE on project costs and schedules.  Having this team of professionals that could work together allowed for the completion of the project even if unforeseen problems and changes arose.

The end result was a very successful project that progressed smoothly, with a limited amount of concerns for the management team and the finished project was completed on time and under budget.  

 
180 Grand Avenue is now one of the most desired properties in the Bay Area due to its location and all of the improvements that occurred to the interior and exterior.