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Multi Project Asbestos Abatement Removals. The Moss Landing power plant was built and owned by Pacific Gas and Electric Company for about 50 years. As part of California’s experiment with energy deregulation, PG&E sold it to Duke Energy (DENA) in 1998. In 2006, having invested over half a billion dollars in upgraded capacity, efficiency and emission control, Duke Energy sold the plant to LS Power Equity Partners. Dynegy of Houston, Texas then purchased the plant in April 2007 along with other assets of LS partners. This site is located at the intersection of Highway 1 and Dolan Road, east of the community of Moss Landing near the Moss Landing Harbor.

PG&E Moss Landing

PG&E Antioch

PG&E Antioch

Asbestos, Lead Sampling, Specifications & Abatement Oversight
Bayview-Hunters Point originally had a diverse, self-sufficient economy of shrimping, shipbuilding, and manufacturing like others districts in San Francisco, its history since 1941 has been driven by the presence of the Naval Shipyard. The Navy effectively coopted Bayview-Hunters Point to support the wartime demand for battleships, pushing out other industries and creating an economic dependence which still haunts Bayview-Hunters Point today. As many as 18,000 people worked at the bustling shipyard during the war, and the district’s population swelled from 14,011 in 1940 to 51,406 in 1950 (which included a substantial increase in the areas Black population, from just 7 in 1940 to 11,080 in 1950). Nevertheless, the wartime economic boom was not sustainable, leading to a slow decline as the Shipyard de-industrialized and ultimately was decommissioned in 1974.

PG&E Hunters Point

PG&E Morrow Bay

PG&E Morrow Bay

PG&E Pittsburg

PG&E Pittsburg

PG&E Potrero Hill

PG&E Potrero Hill

Asbestos, Lead, PCB Survey
Doctors Medical Center (originally Brookside Hospital) is an eight-story creek side hospital in San Pablo, California. It is the only cardiac/STEMI, stroke, and cancer center in Contra Costa County. The health facility employed 1,100 people. The hospital has been described as the “backbone” of the community of 250,000 people between that is bordered by Vallejo to the north and Berkeley to the south. The 189-bed hospital opened in 1948 but recently has suffered financial woes leading to a slow decline in financial support.

Performed a hazardous materials survey of all the buildings in anticipation of a full demolition. The surveys included an asbestos survey to identify asbestos-containing materials (ACM), a lead paint screening to identify lead-based coatings (LBC) and/or lead-containing coatings (LCC), and a visual inspection to identify suspect poly-chlorinated biphenyl (PCB) containing light ballasts and suspect mercury-containing florescent light tubes.

Doctors Medical Center

Doctors Medical Center

Doctors Medical Center

Suisun Bay Naval Fleet, Suisun Bay, California - Storm Water Monitoring.
Contracted to collect and analyze storm water samples for the 53 vessels of the Department of Transportation - Maritime Suisun Bay Naval Fleet. Sample analysis included pH, Total Suspended Solids, Specific Conductance, Oil and Grease, CAM 17 Metals, and Petroleum Hydrocarbons. The vessels were prioritized for sampling, with the first sampling session to occur within the first hour of the storm events. Worked closely with the DOT Maritime Project Manager to “stage” the vessels with sampling equipment, transportation via water taxi to the ships and escorts for our project team members aboard the ships. In addition to the sampling, re-sampling was to occur in the event that any analysis exceeds the parameter benchmark values determined by the Storm Water Prevention Plan (Five Extra Times). We initiated an automated alert for weather conditions to inform principals and on call staff members when a storm was to occur.

Suisun Bay Mothball Fleet

Suisun Bay Mothball Fleet

Suisun Bay Mothball Fleet

Suisun Bay Mothball Fleet

Suisun Bay Mothball Fleet

Sea Shadow

Sea Shadow

Sea Shadow was a test craft developed under a combined program by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the U.S. Navy, and Lockheed Missiles and Space Company (LMSC). Its purpose was to explore a variety of new technologies for military surface ships, these included automated ship control, Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) advantages, automation for reduced manning, rough weather seakeeping improvements with stabilizer and canard, and radar and sonar signature control. She was later used as a test platform for advanced combat systems prototypes that emphasized passive (no active radar) identification and targeting. She was always a test platform and never armed as a combatant.

Sea Shadow

Sea Shadow

Sea Shadow

USS Iowa is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa. Owing to the cancellation of the Montana-class battleships, Iowa is the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships and was the only ship of her class to serve in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.

USS Iowa Battleship

USS Iowa Battleship

USS Iowa Battleship

USS Iowa, lead ship of a class of 45,000-ton battleships, was built at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. Commissioned in February 1943, she spent her initial service in the Atlantic and carried President Franklin D. Roosevelt to and from Casablanca, Morocco, in November 1943. Early in January 1944, Iowa steamed to the Pacific, where she took part in the Marshalls Campaign later in that month and in February. From then until the end of 1944, she was actively involved in raids against Japanese facilities and campaigns to capture the Marianas, the Palaus and Leyte, including participation in the Battles of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf.

After overhaul in early 1945, Iowa returned to the western Pacific for the Okinawa campaign and the final operations against Japan. She was present in Tokyo Bay during the formal surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945. She returned to the United States later in that month and operated with the Pacific Fleet until she was decommissioned in March 1949.

The Korean War brought Iowa back into active service. She was recommissioned in August 1951 and made a combat deployment to Korean waters in April-October 1952, during which time she served as Seventh Fleet flagship. Upon return to the U.S., she was transferred to the Atlantic Fleet. Over the next several years, Iowa made several European cruises and was present for the International Naval Review in Hampton Roads, Virginia, in June 1957. She was decommissioned in February 1958.

After two and a half decades in "mothballs", Iowa was modernized under the 1980s defense buildup and recommissioned in April 1984. She went to European waters in 1985, 1986 and 1987-88, with the latter cruise continuing into the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea. A fire in her second sixteen-inch gun turret killed 47 crewmen on 19 April 1989, but Iowa was still able to deploy to Europe and the Mediterranean Sea in mid-year. Turret two remained unrepaired when she decommissioned for the last time in October 1990.

USS Iowa Battleship

USS Iowa Battleship

USS Iowa Battleship

USS Iowa Battleship

USS Iowa Battleship

USS Iowa Battleship

USS Iowa Battleship

Suisun Bay Mothball Fleet

Suisun Bay Mothball Fleet

Mount Washington

Mount Washington

Oakland Bay Bridge Demolition

Oakland Bay Bridge Demolition

Bay Bridge Touchdown Project
CAM 17 Heavy Metals Monitoring
A plan to realign traffic lanes and build detours just west of the toll plaza will allow engineers and construction crews to complete those new eastbound lanes ahead of schedule. By implementing these detours for the next two years, the entire bridge will be able to open to the public earlier than previously scheduled. The detours will allow construction crews to work between the existing and new bridges to complete the new eastbound lanes, which is not possible without the traffic realignment. Eastbound traffic will begin using the detour in May 2011 while westbound will start in early 2012.

Oakland Bay Bridge Demolition

Oakland Bay Bridge Demolition

Oakland Bay Bridge Demolition

New Bay Bridge

New Bay Bridge

New Bay Bridge

New Bay Bridge

New Bay Bridge

New Bay Bridge

New Bay Bridge

New Bay Bridge

New Bay Bridge

New Bay Bridge

Full Floor Asbestos Abatement – 5th, 8th & 9th Sampling / Oversight

Built in 1974, Tower Plaza at 2121 South El Camino Real is comprised of a 12-story office building surrounded by four one- and two-story office buildings and a five-level parking structure. The project is also equipped with on-site amenities including a fitness center, conference room, café and an outdoor recreation area. Major tenants include Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts, New York Life Insurance Company, Aggregate Knowledge, Scale Computing and Selectica. At the corner of El Camino Real and Palm Avenue, the property sits between Silicon Valley and San Francisco and is walkable from two Caltrain stations.

Performed a hazardous materials survey of all three floors of the buildings in anticipation of a full floor demolition. The surveys included an asbestos survey to identify asbestos-containing materials (ACM), a lead paint screening to identify lead-based coatings (LBC) and/or lead-containing coatings (LCC), and a visual inspection to identify suspect poly-chlorinated biphenyl (PCB) containing light ballasts and suspect mercury-containing florescent light tubes. A full asbestos and lead specification was created to work with the abatement contractor. Each floor took approximately 5 weeks to complete with a full-time project monitor.

Tower Plaza, San Mateo

Air Force Academy, Colorado

Air Force Academy, Colorado

Air Force Academy, Colorado

Air Force Academy, Colorado

Edwards Air Force Base

Edwards Air Force Base

Asbestos, Lead, Mold Inspections, Specifications & Monitoring
Performed inspections for asbestos, lead, mold and other hazardous materials for All the housing developments on the base that Hunt Building Services was involved with. For renovations and demolition activities, our field technicians documented air quality and worker safety.

Edwards Air Force Base

Camp Parks, designated Parks Reserve Forces Training Area in 1980, is named after Rear Admiral Charles W. Parks, CEC, USN. It was built a Navy Base during World War II, and was commissioned Jan. 19, 1943 — home to the Navy Seabees. Adjacent Camp Parks to the east, laid Camp Shoemaker and the U.S. Naval Hospital Shoemaker, also built during the war. The three Navy bases laying side by side were called “Fleet City.” In 1946, at the end of World War II, the Secretary of the Navy disestablished the three facilities, and from 1946 to 1951, the Navy leased the land to the County of Alameda for use as a rehabilitation center. In 1947 the Santa Rita County Jail became operational.

This land-locked naval base sat adjacent to the quiet Bay Area towns of Dublin, Livermore and Pleasanton. Today, the intersection of Interstate Highways 580 and 680 is but a short distance from the southwest corner of the base. Much of the surrounding countryside is built up. Army units use some 2,300 acres north of the main camp for field exercises and weapons training. Camp Parks is located 28 miles east of Oakland, California.

Camp Parks, Dublin, California

Camp Parks, Dublin, California

Camp Parks, Dublin, California

Camp Parks, Dublin, California

Camp Parks, Dublin, California

Camp Parks, Dublin, California

Camp Parks, Dublin, California

Hazardous Materials Surveys, Site Monitoring and Clearances
This project involves the public transfer of numerous former military owned and operated facilities. We were hired to perform:
- Hazardous materials surveys, daily monitoring and clearances for asbestos, lead, mold, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and mercury containing materials;
- Polarized light microscopy (PLM) with dispersion staining analysis,
- PLM point count analysis and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis of bulk samples of suspect asbestos containing materials (ACM)
- Flame atomic absorption (Flame AA) analysis of suspect lead containing materials;
- Phase contrast microscopy (PCM);
- Development and preparation of hazardous materials abatement specifications.

Mare Island Vallejo CA

Mare Island Vallejo CA

Mare Island Vallejo CA

The Benicia Herald, by Donna Beth Weilenman, Staff Reporter
The enormous wooden warehouse that was destroyed by fire on February 2, 2012 wasn’t legendary enough to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. But Building 655, erected at the former U.S. Naval Shipyard on Mare Island in 1942, shared in the shipyard’s storied history, said Ken Zadwick, president of the Mare Island Historic Park Foundation.

The building has been described as being about 150,000 square feet, but Zadwick said the spacious warehouse — one of the largest structures erected on Mare Island — is listed as far larger in a historical survey of the island’s buildings.

That 1995 survey, published by the California Department of Parks and Recreation, said the building was 302,510 square feet, Zadwick said after leafing through the pages of the book donated to the foundation by the U.S. Navy. The report didn’t have dimensions for the four-story building, though Zadwick said the building’s longer sides were those parallel to the waterfront.

The report and Zadwick said the warehouse was built on piers in 13 repeating sections, and was big enough to house spare parts for the Navy’s fleet of submarines.

Mare Island Bldg 655

Mare Island Bldg 655

Mare Island Bldg 655

Alameda Naval Air Station

Alameda Naval Air Station

Alameda Naval Air Station

Alameda Naval Air Station

Hazardous Materials Surveys
Oversaw and performed hazardous materials assessments, cost estimates, remediation/demolition/deconstruction design, and remediation oversight management of all the buildings on 215 acres at the former Fleet Industrial Supply Center (FISC) and East Housing areas of the former Alameda Naval Air Station. This project was accomplished in preparation for the commercial and residential redevelopment of the decommissioned military facility.

The buildings that were part of this project included 589 units of housing (800,000 square feet), ten warehouses (two million square feet), hospital building (120,000 square feet) and several smaller buildings including a boiler building.

The hazardous materials survey portion included a detailed inventory of asbestos containing materials including subsurface piping and soil, lead-based containing components. PCB ballasts and transformers, universal waste, ozone depleting chemicals organo-chlorinated pesticide contaminated soil and building materials and UST identification.

Alameda Naval Air Station

Avenal State Prison

Avenal State Prison

Valley Fever Mold Testing
Hundreds of inmates have contracted Valley fever in recent years in an epidemic that has plagued state prisons in the Central Valley. The disease is more prevalent in that area of California and has contributed to the deaths of more than 30 inmates since 2005. Typically, symptoms of the disease include fatigue, fever, cough, night sweats, a shortness of breath and a rash on the upper body or legs.

The respiratory disease is not uncommon in California, especially in the southern San Joaquin Valley, where the fungal spores that cause it are in the soil and infect victims when the spores become airborne.

“The public health burden of Valley fever is substantial and has increased in recent years,” the CDC study states. “In 2011, over 20,000 cases were reported, most in Arizona or California.”
Most people who breathe in the spores do not get sick, and many of those who do become ill recover on their own, according to the CDC. For others, however, the disease never goes away.
The CDC cited infection rates among the state’s general population to be 11.7 per 100,000 people. In the Central Valley, the rate is much higher: 241 per 100,000 people.

The rates among inmates in prisons in the Central Valley are dramatically higher. At the two most affected prisons, where 83 percent of the state’s Valley fever cases have occurred, the rates were measured at the equivalent of 3,799 per 100,000 at Avenal and 6,911 per 100,000 at Pleasant Valley during the peak year of 2011.

Avenal State Prison

Asbestos, Lead Sampling & Oversight – PCB Testing & Oversight
What initially was a simple asbestos, lead, Poly-Chlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) ballast inspection and oversight of two historic buildings in Emeryville turned into a major PCB clean-up project. The site experienced two vandalism events within the transformer room located in the basement in October 2012. As a result of this vandalism event, an approximate total of 120 gallons of PCB hydraulic transformer oil was released from three on-site transformers. Previous sampling of the transformer oils indicated PCB concentrations ranging from 850,000 to 920,000 ppm. Pre-characterization sampling of the concrete adjacent to the affected zone and the soil within the transformer room was conducted. A total of 26 discrete sample locations were sampled which met the requirements cited in the EPA document 530-D-02-002, RCRA Waste Sampling Draft Technical Guidance, dated August 2002. Based on the completed concrete delineation activities, an estimated area of 1,475 sq. ft. of 5- to 6-inch-deep concrete slab (approximately 27 cubic yards) and 18 cubic yards of wall along with the structural components were removed as PCB hazardous waste regulated by the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA). The remaining basement concrete floor and walls were removed and disposed of as non‐TSCA PCB/hazardous waste. Environmental monitoring was performed during all phases of the demolition, excavation of PCB impacted soil and load transfer into waste receptacles. Personal occupational monitoring was also performed in the breathing zone. Ambient airborne dust concentrations were recorded by a calibrated data logging/direct reading aerosol monitor. The data (PM‐10, PM‐2.5, and PM‐1.0) was recorded and logged on the field forms.

Emeryville PCB Spill

Emeryville PCB Spill

Emeryville PCB Spill

Oversaw and performed hazardous materials assessments of 15 buildings located on the military base campus.

These former Fort Ord Military buildings were in disrepair and needed to be demolished for safety reasons and in addition so that new retail establishments could be built.

The contract consisted of hazardous materials surveys and cost estimates, a preliminary demolition waste evaluation, and preparation of contract documents for pre-demolition abatement and abatement monitoring services associated with the demolition of the buildings.

Fort Ord, Monterey, California

Fort Ord, Monterey, California

Fort Ord, Monterey, California

• Address: 2333 Kapiolani Blvd, Honolulu, HI 96826.
• Built in 1971, 568 Units on 36 Floors, 1 BR - 3BR
• Amenities include Pool, Tennis Court, Sauna, Recreation Area, Putting Green, Meeting Rooms, BBQ.
• The building has a convenience store inside with almost everything you need, including movie rentals.
Note
The Marco Polo condo fire was a high-rise fire that occurred at 2:17 p.m. on July 14, 2017, in the 36-story Marco Polo condominium building at 2333 Kapiolani Boulevard in the McCully-Moili’ili neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii. 4 people were killed, and 13 others (including 1 firefighter) were injured. Over 200 units were damaged or destroyed giving the destruction of the building at more than $100 million. Additionally, concern about the abatement of asbestos, which was built into the Marco Polo structure, is under investigation by the state of Hawai'i's Department of Health and Department of Labor's workplace safety division.

Marco Polo Condos, Honolulu, Hawaii

Marco Polo Condos, Honolulu, Hawaii

Marco Polo Condos, Honolulu, Hawaii

Marco Polo Condos, Honolulu, Hi

Marco Polo Condos, Honolulu, Hi

Napa State Hospital

Napa State Hospital

Asbestos Survey, Report, Specifications, Monitoring & Oversight

Napa State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Napa, California, founded in 1875.

At the request of HIBSER YAMAUCHI (HY) Architects, Inc via the State of California Department of General Services. We performed a hazardous materials survey of the Napa State Hospital, buildings; 168, 195, 196, 197, 198 and 199 located on the hospital campus. The purpose of the surveys was to identify hazardous materials required to be disturbed prior to the scheduled Fire Alarm Replacement Project. The surveys included an asbestos survey to identify asbestos-containing materials (ACM) and/or asbestos-containing construction materials (ACCM), lead paint screening to identify lead-based coatings (LBC) and/or lead-containing coatings (LCC), and a visual inspection to identify suspect poly-chlorinated biphenyl (PCB) containing light ballasts and suspect mercury-containing florescent light tubes.

A specification was created and used for a public bid for the Department of General Services. Was retained as the consultant of choice for the daily monitoring and other professional hazardous materials services over a two-year period.

Napa State Hospital

One Bush Plaza also known as the Crown Zellerbach Building is an office building in the western United States in San Francisco, California. Located on Bush Street and Battery Street at Market Street in the Financial District, the 20-story, 308-foot building was completed in 1959.

1 Bush Street, San Francisco

City of Richmond, Police Headquarters

City of Richmond, Police Headquarters

Asbestos, Lead, Mold, Dust, eColi, VOCs
The building is a pre-1980 two-story commercial structure with a basement. The exterior is constructed of brick, and the foundation is of slab on grade construction type. The roof is flat. The exterior and roof were not inspected as part of this investigation. Vegetation around the structure is light. The interior walls are finished with painted gypsum wallboard. The majority of ceilings are 2′ x 4′ lay-in acoustical ceiling tiles. Floor coverings consisted of carpeting over tile over a concrete sub-floor, except in the basement, where the floor was bare concrete. The property was heated and cooled by a forced air mechanical system with ducted supply and return. A central forced air system provided conditioned air. Mr. Suppes was authorized by the City of Richmond, Risk Management Division to proceed in the performance of a comprehensive investigation, including a full battery of environmental sampling of the above subject institutional building.
The scope of work was to identify airborne levels of asbestos fibers, levels of lead, particulates or total dust, mold, the existence of E. coli and/or coliform bacteria and Volatile Organic Compounds at fifteen locations throughout the facility.

Richmond Hall of Justice

Santa Clara County Hospital

Santa Clara County Hospital

Methamphetamine Assessment, Oversight and Clearance
Performed a methamphetamine assessment of the unit at this multi-unit apartment complex. Results received were considered pure methamphetamine at levels of 960,000 ppm. The cooking of the product was done in the unit and waste material was dumped on the balcony which leaked down to the 2nd and 1st floors balconies where children played. Each of the units below were also assessed and found to contain residual amounts of meth. Due to the fact that the material was so pure, the fumes from the cooking imbedded themselves into the wooden studs so deeply, that the wood had to be sanded down by approximately 1/8th of an inch. Also, the fumes from the cooking operations were so plentiful, that readings were also found in the neighboring unit one wall over. Multiple clearances were attempted and failed, as the material was so prominent.

Methamphetamine

Methamphetamine

Methamphetamine

University of the Pacific School of Dentistry

University of the Pacific School of Dentistry

Asbestos, Lead, PCB, Mercury Survey
The University of the Pacific School of Dentistry operated an office / educational facility at 2155 Webster Street in San Francisco, constructed in 1965. The site was previously a laundry / cleaner facility for nearly 50 years. The building, six stories and 163,000 square feet, houses offices, clinics, laboratories and classrooms. It previously underwent asbestos abatement in 1985 and 2004. With an impending sale and renovation, we were called in to perform a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, review prior asbestos abatement reports and evaluate its status, along with Assessment and analysis of other hazardous materials which may be present at the site.

The Dugoni School of Dentistry has long been recognized as one of the top dental schools in the nation, setting the standard for humanistic education and patient care, contributing ground breaking research, and developing and implementing innovative curriculum. But the school has maximized the potential of its 1960s-era facilities, finding it increasingly difficult to shoehorn new ways of teaching and learning into its confined spaces. Large, old-style lecture halls lack the flexibility to be reconfigured into smaller classrooms that enhance student learning. And there is no room to expand areas for student interaction and campus services. Solution: The University of the Pacific will be moving into a new San Francisco campus in the heart of SoMa sometime in 2014.
- Mold Screening Survey
- Review of previous hazardous materials survey/sampling
- HazMat Inspection/survey
- NESHAP assessment of previously identified and additional suspect hazardous materials.
- Representative bulk sampling of suspect asbestos containing building materials.
- Polarized Light Microscopy with Dispersion Staining (PLM-DS) of bulk samples of suspect asbestos containing building materials.
- Composite testing of suspect lead containing paints/coatings.
- Visual inspection of the Project Areas to identify, locate and quantify suspect PCB-containing light ballasts and suspect mercury containing fluorescent light tubes.
- Preparation of abatement specifications including a list of materials to be abated, a summary of the abatement contractor requirements and a summary of the abatement methods to be used.

University of the Pacific School of Dentistry

Multi-Year Asbestos Removal Contract
The Rodeo Refinery is located 20 miles northeast of San Francisco. The Rodeo facility was built in 1896 and was the first major oil refinery in the Bay Area. The initial site was 16 acres and processed approximately 1,600 barrels per day. The facility currently covers 1,110 acres and has a crude feed capacity of 80,000 barrels per day, and the capacity to produce 4.3 million gallons of fuel per day. In cases where extreme temperature or flame was a risk, various forms of asbestos were the insulation preferred by builders in much of the last century. Materials made with asbestos, therefore, were frequently used when building plants such as Union Oil Rodeo Refinery. Along with being temperature-resistant as well as a fire retardant, some types of amphibole asbestos are also particularly impervious to chemical reactions.

Unocal, Rodeo, California

Unocal, Rodeo, California

Unocal, Rodeo, California

50 Beale Street, San Francisco

50 Beale Street, San Francisco

300 Mission Street, San Francisco, Ca

300 Mission Street, San Francisco, Ca

The 25-story, 94 meter (308 feet) tall building was completed in 1927. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 17, 1997. The building was totally restored and renovated between 1999 and 2001.
The building served as the West Coast headquarters for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) from 1927 to 1942; the executive offices were located on the 21st floor and the studio offices were located on the 22nd. The 22nd floor was formerly occupied by peer-to-peer lending firm Prosper Marketplace. 111 Sutter Street was also the fictional location of the "Spade & Archer" detective agency in Dashell Hammett's famous 1930 book, "The Maltese Falcon". According to Hammett, Sam Spade's office was located on the 5th floor.

Hanger 1, Moffett Field

Hanger 1, Moffett Field

Hanger 1, Moffett Field

Hanger 1, Moffett Field

In March of 2022 Engineers were to undertake a massive restoration effort of this iconic landmark. After the remediation, clean-up, and restoration work is complete, Hangar One - now 90 years old - will be closer than ever to reuse. Hangar One measures approximately 1,133 feet long, 308 feet wide, and 198 feet high.
Years ago, the Navy removed all the hangar's roof, siding, windows, doors, and other materials, which were contaminated with toxic chemicals, specifically PCBs and asbestos. The Navy then sealed the hangar's structural frame with epoxy to ensure the chemicals would not pose a health risk, leaving it intact until further work could be completed.
Now the task of removing the remaining toxic chemicals from the hangar begins. First, working section by section, areas of Hangar One will be surrounded with scaffolding and encased to keep materials inside. Only then will the contaminated materials be carefully removed and stored in the vicinity of the hangar until they can be taken off-site for proper disposal. After the contaminated materials are removed, the steel frame will be primed and repainted to protect it from the elements until adding siding, windows, and doors can begin.
As each section is complete, several structural upgrades will also be made – to ensure the enormous hangar is seismically stable, for example – as well as other mechanical, plumbing, electric, landscape, and hardscape improvements.
The cleaning, repainting, and upgrades to the entire hangar are scheduled to be completed by 2025. Once Hangar One is fully restored, engineers plan for it to resemble, as closely as possible, its original visual characteristics.

Hanger 1, Moffett Field

Hanger 1, Moffett Field

Hanger 1, Moffett Field

Hanger 1, Moffett Field

Hanger 1, Moffett Field

Newspaper heiress and wanted fugitive Patty Hearst is captured in a San Francisco apartment and arrested for armed robbery

On February 4, 1974, Patricia Hearst, the 19-year-old daughter of newspaper publisher Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped from her apartment in Berkeley, California, by two black men and a white woman, all three of whom were armed. Her fiancé, Stephen Weed, was beaten and tied up along with a neighbor who tried to help. Witnesses reported seeing a struggling Hearst being carried away blindfolded, and she was put in the trunk of a car. Neighbors who came out into the street were forced to take cover after the kidnappers fired their guns to cover their escape.

20 Franklin Street, San Francisco

Three days later, the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), a small U.S. leftist group, announced in a letter to a Berkeley radio station that it was holding Hearst as a prisoner of war. Four days later, the SLA demanded that the Hearst family give $70 in foodstuffs to every needy person from Santa Rosa to Los Angeles. This done, said the SLA, negotiations would begin for the return of Patricia Hearst. Randolph Hearst hesitantly gave away some $2 million worth of food. The SLA then called this inadequate and asked for $4 million more. The Hearst Corporation said it would donate the additional sum if the girl was released unharmed.

In April, however, the situation changed dramatically when Patty Hearst declared, in a tape sent to the authorities, that she was joining the SLA of her own free will. Later that month, a surveillance camera took a photo of her participating in an armed robbery of a San Francisco bank, and she was also spotted during the robbery of a Los Angeles store.

On May 17, police raided the SLA’s secret headquarters in Los Angeles, killing six of the group’s nine known members. Among the dead was the SLA’s leader, Donald DeFreeze, an African American ex-convict who called himself General Field Marshal Cinque. Patty Hearst and two other SLA members wanted for the April bank robbery were not on the premises.

20 Franklin Street, San Francisco

Finally, on September 18, 1975, after crisscrossing the country with her captors or conspirators for more than a year, Hearst, or Tania, as she called herself, was captured in a San Francisco apartment and arrested for armed robbery. Despite her later claim that she had been brainwashed by the SLA, she was convicted on March 20, 1976, and sentenced to seven years in prison. Her prison sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter and she was released in February 1979. She later married her bodyguard. In 2001, she received a full pardon from President Bill Clinton.

20 Franklin Street, San Francisco

Bayview–Hunters Point (sometimes spelled Bay View or Bayview) is the San Francisco neighborhood combining the Bayview and Hunters Point neighborhoods in the southeastern corner of the city. The decommissioned Hunters Point Naval Shipyard is located within its boundaries and Candlestick Park, which was demolished in 2015, was on the southern edge. Due to the South East location, the two neighborhoods are often merged. Bayview–Hunter's Point has been labeled as San Francisco's "Most Isolated Neighborhood".
Redevelopment projects for the neighborhood became the dominant issue of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. Efforts include the Bayview Redevelopment Plan for Area B, which includes approximately 1300 acres of existing residential, commercial and industrial lands. This plan identifies seven economic activity nodes within the area. The former Navy Shipyard waterfront property is also the target of redevelopment to include residential, commercial, and recreational areas.

Hunters Point, San Francisco

Hunters Point, San Francisco

Hunters Point, San Francisco

Hunters Point, San Francisco

Hunters Point, San Francisco

Hunters Point, San Francisco

Hunters Point, San Francisco

Hunters Point, San Francisco

Hunters Point, San Francisco

Hunters Point, San Francisco

Hunters Point, San Francisco

Hunters Point, San Francisco

Hunters Point, San Francisco

Sonoma Valley Hospital

Sonoma Valley Hospital

555 California Street, San Francisco

555 California Street, San Francisco

555 California Street, San Francisco

555 California Street, San Francisco

University of Northern Colorado

University of Northern Colorado

University of California Berkeley

University of California Berkeley

San Francisco State University

San Francisco State University

San Jose State University

San Jose State University

California State University, Hayward

California State University, Hayward

Bellarmine College Prep

Bellarmine College Prep

Stanford University

Stanford University

555 & 575 Market Street, San Francisco, Ca

555 & 575 Market Street, San Francisco, Ca

One Market Plaza, San Francisco, Ca

One Market Plaza, San Francisco, Ca

One Front Street, San Francisco, Ca

One Front Street, San Francisco, Ca

55 Second Street, San Francisco, Ca

55 Second Street, San Francisco, Ca

Lawrence Livermore Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore Laboratory

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Harry Tracy Water Treatment Plant, San Bruno, Ca

Harry Tracy Water Treatment Plant, San Bruno, Ca

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