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The County Administrative Center (CAC) has earned the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award, the highest national recognition bestowed by the Nation Trust for Historic Preservation. The Driehaus award honors the \u201cbest of the Best\u201d preservation projects across the country for exceptional efforts that spotlight innovative approaches, cutting-edge technologies, and meaningful community revitalization.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0national award is one of six major honors celebrating the CAC renovation project. In total, the effort was recognized by the:<\/p>\n
National Trust for Historic Preservation: Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Award
\nSave Our Heritage Organization: People in Preservation Award\u00a0\u2013 which also recognizes\u00a0Project Manager Kathryn Moroz
\nCity of San Diego:\u00a0Preservation Project Award
\nAIA San Diego Honor Award:\u00a0Preservation
\nEngineering News Record\u00a0California Region:\u00a0Best Project in Renovation\/Restoration category
\nSociety\u00a0of American Registered Architects:\u00a0National Design Award- Renovation, Restoration, and Adaptive Re-use category<\/p>\n
Originally\u00a0opened in 1938 as a New Deal project approved by President Franklin D.\u00a0Roosevelt, the\u00a0CAC\u00a0had become\u00a0significantly outdated by 2015.<\/p>\n
Instead of\u00a0replacing the landmark,\u00a0the County chose preservation. Over more than 20 carefully planned phases,\u00a0the team\u00a0modernized the 315,000 square-foot building while restoring the historic features that\u00a0define its character and connect\u00a0it\u00a0to San Diego\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
The renovation\u00a0included new lighting, fire-life-safety systems, security enhancements, seismic reinforcement, ADA improvements, HVAC\u00a0upgrades,\u00a0an\u00a0emergency\u00a0generator\u00a0and fully modernized Board Chambers.\u202f\u00a0These\u00a0upgrades ensure the CAC\u00a0remains\u00a0efficient, resilient, and accessible while preserving the timeless beauty that makes it the region\u2019s\u00a0iconic \u201cjewel on the bay.\u201d<\/p>\n
The projects six awards reflect both the quality of the work and the County\u2019s commitment\u00a0to honoring the past while investing in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reading Time: < 1 minute The County Administrative Center (CAC) has earned the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[3415,187061,405,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-476091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-awards","tag-county-administrative-center","tag-government","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}