AIASD Member News: RJC Architects Receives Merit Award for Commander's Award for Design Excellence

NAVFAC announces Design Excellence Award for RJC’s Design Guidelines at Naval Base Coronado, San Diego! RJC Architect's Area Development Plan for the Naval Base Coronado Coastal Campus has received a national design award from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command! The ADP received a merit award for planning in the the 2015 Commander's Design Awards.

"We congratulate this year's winners for exemplifying NAVFAC's planning and design excellence," said NAVFAC Chief Engineer and Capital Improvements Business Line Director Joseph Gott. "This program recognizes exceptional planning and design projects that are based on excellence in global and regional planning, facility plans and studies, new facility design, family housing, building alteration, reuse, and interior design," he explained.

The Coastal Campus allows the Navy to create a state-of-the-art campus on 167 developable acres to meet the evolving needs of Naval Special Warfare Command. Construction activities have begun and will continue over a 10-year period at a cost of approximately $850 million, providing nearly 1.5 million square feet of new facilities supporting growth and maintaining operational readiness of the Naval Special Warfare Command on the west coast.

See original press release for the awards here.