Highlights

Recently Awarded Projects

  • Admedes Schuessler. A 20,000 s.f. design-build medical device tenant improvement project. 
  • Applied Materials. Fast-track build-out of a new executive office area.
  • Bay Area Chinese Bible Church. A new 35,000 s.f. worship center.
  • John Muir Health. Renovation of existing rooms to receive a new linear accelerator and CT scan equipment.
  • Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics. Remodel of existing lab space into office space.
  • Varian Medical Systems. 100,000 s.f. laboratory and office tenant improvement. This is a LEED registered project.

Recently Completed Projects

  • Linear Technology, Inc.  Partial demolition and new construction of an office building.

  • Amgen, Inc. Build-out of two office buildings totaling more than 200,000 s.f.

 

XL News

XL Hosts Integrated Project Delivery Workshop. XL Construction hosted a workshop in January on Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), presented by Howard W. Ashcraft Jr. and Lisa Dal Gallo, leading attorneys specializing in IPD projects. The workshop included discussion on key topics including: why IPD works; how IPD projects are structured; and what IPD offers to owners, contractors, and designers.

XL Hosts USGBC Tour of Corporate Office. On Wednesday, October 21st, XL Construction hosted the U.S. Green Building Council's "Emerging Green Builders" site tour.

Nichols Hall Awarded LEED-NC Gold! XL's most recently completed project for The Harker School is a newgreen two-story, 50,000 s.f. concrete tilt-up and glass science and technology classroombuilding including a 200-seat auditorium. Built using the design-build process, NicholsHall received LEED-NC Gold. Grean features of the project include: a living roof, solar panels, bioswales, and a direct/indirect evaporative cooling system. (Project Profile)

Voted by Employees One of the Best Places to Work in the Bay Area!For the third year, XL Construction employees voted us as one of thebest places to work in the bay area. Ranked #4 in the 101 to500-employee category in the 2009 list of "Best Places to Work in theBay Area" by the San Francisco Business Times and San Jose BusinessJournal.

BD Biosciences is awarded LEED Silver! XL's recently completed office and laboratory training facility for BD Bioscience in San Jose, has been awarded LEED SIlver for Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI). Project Profile

Safety Excellence. The Construction Employers' Association of Northern California has awarded XL Construction The President's Safety Award and an Excellence in Safety Award. click here.

Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal says, “XL Construction forged a path with green lab, then kept going.” To read about XL Construction’s start in green construction and their involvement with the USGBC’s pilot program for LEED–Commercial Interiors for labs, click here.

XL Construction's Corporate Headquarters receives AIA Design Award! XL Construction's corporate headquarters was given an Award of Excellence in the Adaptive Reuse/Renovation Design category at the 2008 AIA Santa Clara Valley Design Awards Ceremony on October 16 at the Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga. Architect: Hawley Peterson & Snyder Architects.

Silver LEED-CI is Awarded to XL Construction for Our New Sustainable Headquarters! Our new corporate headquarters is awarded Silver LEED-CI by the USGBC. The 38,000 s.f., project was a MEP design-build tenant improvement project with seismic upgrades. There are high-end finishes throughout, two kitchens, a large training room and an exercise room. Sustainable elements of the building include: brownfield redevelopment, water savings and recycled water use, a 96 percent diversion of construction waste from landfills, the use of rapidly renewable materials, enhanced commissioning of the MEP systems, and the purchase of green power. (Read More)

 

 

Rankings and Awards

Top Healthcare Contractor. Modern Healthcare magazine has name XL Construction a top healthcare general contractor.

Rated a Top Contractor by California Construction Magazine.XL Construction was ranked in the top 50 general contractors in California Construction magazine's list of Top Contractors in California.

One of ENR's Top 400 Contractors for 2009. XL Construction has made Engineering News Record's Top 400 Contractors List.

Largest Construction Projects on the Peninsula. XL Construction has two of the largest construction projects on the Peninsula as ranked by cost of construction in the San Francisco Business Times. 

Ranked 11th Largest Commercial Contractor. The San Jose Business Journal ranked XL Construction the 11th largest commercial contractor in the Bay Area based on fiscal-year revenue for Silicon Valley operations (2008 ranking).

ENR names XL a Top Green Contractor. XL Construction makes Engineering News-Record's national list of Top 100 Green Contractors.

Ranked one of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area. The Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal ranks XL Construction in their Fast 50 list of fastest growing private companies in the Bay Area.