At the University of California, Davis, Sundt is the design-build contractor for Tercero Student Housing Phase III (Tercero 3), a $71 million dormitory complex that is seeking LEED Platinum certification. It is Sundt’s third high-profile project on the campus in recent years.
Besides providing updated housing for approximately 1,200 students, Tercero 3 will help the university fulfill its sustainability goals, one of which is to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to year 2000 levels by 2014. It has been designed by EHDD Architects to achieve the U.S. Green Building Council’s highest level of certification when it’s complete and open to students in the fall of 2014.
Tercero 3 will span 330,000 square feet across seven, four-story buildings. Multiple lounges, study areas, computer centers and gathering spaces also will be part of the complex, which will surround a landscaped courtyard. Bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly pathways will be woven throughout a diverse landscape of mature trees and native plants.
One of Sundt’s earlier projects for UC Davis, the Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. Hall (home of the Graduate School of Management and the UC Davis Conference Center) also achieved LEED Platinum after it was completed in 2009.