Village of Hope Raises the Walls at Closed Tustin Base
| FULLERTON, CA (January 14, 2004) |
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Bragg Crane tilts up 20 panels of 20-ton concrete slab to form the walls of the warehouse – a major component of the Village of Hope campus located at the Tustin Marine Corp Air Station. The Village of Hope, developed by HomeAid Orange County with Builder Captains, Oltmans Construction and Lennar Communities, will ultimately serve homeless families and will be operated by care provider, Orange County Rescue Mission. The Village of Hope is the largest shelter development in Orange County history and is slated to be a model for future closed military bases nationwide.
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HomeAid Orange County's $24 million shelter development venture, Village of Hope, located on 5.1-acres on the Tustin Marine Corps Air Station, is raising the walls in its first step of the new construction phase of HomeAid's most arduous undertaking to date. HomeAid is the Building Industry Association's charitable arm charged with the mission of building or renovating shelters for homeless men, women and children.
The January 14th wall raising of the nearly 8,000-square foot intake warehouse involved "tilting up" 20 panels averaging 20 tons each. This vital phase of the construction provided by Bragg Crane, a long-time HomeAid supporter, began at 7:00 a.m. and took approximately eight hours to complete. The Village of Hope development is being led by Builder Captains, Oltmans Construction with Lennar Communities, and is scheduled for completion later this year.
Located on Red Hill near Barranca Street in Tustin, Village of Hope is a 130,000 square-foot multi-use facility designed by Gensler and Axcess Architects and will house a kitchen; dining areas; a donation intake warehouse; and an 8,000 square-foot auditorium, along with support office space designed to serve as the nucleus for the site.
Additionally, the top floor renovation of the existing barracks will provide living quarters for homeless men, women and children in configurations of single and family spaces, while the lower floors will accommodate medical offices, dental offices and vocational training.
In an effort to bring this ambitious project to completion, Oltmans Construction and its building team have recruited the following companies to date:
Acralight, Inc.
Action Environmental Enterprises
The Ahmanson Foundation
Airshow, Inc.
A.J. Kirkwood
American Contractors
American Rebar, Inc.
Angelus Block Company, Inc.
Archuleta & Associates
Axcess Architects
Bank of America Foundation
Barker Equipment
Commercial Window Coverings
Conco Pumping
ConAgra Grocery Products Company
Concrete Restoration Systems, Inc.
Contact Resources, Inc.
Conzelman, Clarence & Ellen
Conzelman, Mark
Cover Me Blind Window Coverings
CST Contractors
CTG Energetic
Culp & Tanner
C.W. Poss Contractors
D & E Plumbing Company
David Kerns Drywall
Delamar Enterprises, Inc.
Designer's Work Room
DGM & Associates
Diamond Crest Homes
Dickerson Builders
Eagle Roofing Products
Ebensteiner Construction
The Eisner Foundation, Inc.
Elkhart Products Group
The Emelco Foundation
Eric Figge Photography
Ewles Materials
Express Window
Federal Disposal Service
Ferguson Enterprises
Fieldstead & Company
The Fieldstone Foundation
First Presbyterian Church of Santa Ana
Fletcher Company
The Fluor Corporation
Frazee Paints
G.A. Nicoll & Associates
G.D. Heil, Inc.
General Coatings Corporation
Gensler Architects
George Hoag Family Foundation
Glenn R. Johnson Architectural Models
Glumac Engineers, Inc.
Goh, John & Mary
Golden Gate Concrete Cutting
The Greater Alarm Company
Hall & Foreman, Inc.
Hamilton Construction Materials
Hansen, Bart
Hart's
Hi-Cycle Concrete Cutting
Hoag Family Foundation
Holliday Rock
The Home Depot
HomeAid Orange County
Hope International University
Tsuchiyama & Kaino
Turelk, Inc.
Turiace, Ellie
Tustin Glass
Tustin Police Department
Tyle Pipe
Ueberroth Foundation
Ultra Systems
Unicorn Storage & Delivery
Unisys Corporation
United Rentals
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The Barnabus Group
Bartolo, Steve
Beckman Coulter
Bemus Landscaping Co.
Bengard, Tom and Kim
Bill Earl Water Truck
Brandow & Johnston
Broadway Glass & Mirror, Inc.
The Butland Corp.
California Restoration
Calvary Church of Santa Ana
Horizon Heating & Air Conditioning
Hurt, Robert and Nancy
H.V.A.C. Mechanical, Inc.
Ingram Micro, Inc.
Integration Works
Irvine Canaan Community Church
Irvine Valley Boy Scout Troop 36
IRWD
J & D Finishing Co.
Jack's House of Creative
Jamboree Plumbing
JBZ Architecture + Planning
Jenny Silk
Jensen, Ron and Helen
John Laing Homes
Kleinfelder
Ko & Associates
L2 Specialties, Inc.
Minegar Contracting
Lee Ekola Wood
Lennar Communities
Lennar Partners
Leonard's Carpet Service, Inc.
Lowe Enterprises Real Estate Group
LSA Associates, Inc.
Mammoth Electric, Inc.
Marco Rentals
Mark Beamish Waterproofing
Mark McGwire Foundation
Merti Steel and Supply
Hathaway, Mike
Mission Bible Class of St. Olaf
Lutheran Church
Mobile Fire Extinguisher, Inc.
Mitsubishi Motor Sales
Mohler Construction
Myles Equipment
Nadeau Tile
Naftex
NAKA Drafting
Nazzareno Electric Company, Inc.
Nick Cousyn Grading & Demolition
Nu West Insurance Services
OC Acoustics
OCB Reprographics, Inc.
Oltmans Construction Company
Olympia Glass & Metal, Inc.
Oma Talley Design, Inc.
Orange County Drywall
Orange County Erectors
Orange County Register
Orange County Rescue Mission
Individual Donors
Universal Truss, Inc.
UPS
Van Dyk Engineering Contractors
Veneklasen Associates
Vista Paints
Volunteer Center of Orange County
WACO
Wallace P. Joohnson Plumbing & Heating, Inc |
The Capital Group Companies
Career Strategies
Cattrac Equipment
Cemex Concrete
CH2M Hill
Chapman University
Children and Families Commission of Orange County
Cibola Systems
City of Tustin
The Collaborative West, Inc.
Orange County Sheriff's Department
Outdoor Dimensions
Pacific Bell
Pacific Building Specialties
Pacific Fire Suppression, Inc.
Pacific Rim Drywall Association
Pacifica
PacificCom
Pacific Life Foundation
Pacific Life Insurance Company
Pacificare Foundation
Pascoe-Dirpes & Associates
P.C.B. Construction
Phill Vonk & Company
Phillips & Associates
Power Plus!
PSOMAS
Rebar Engineering, Inc.
Red Point Builders & Partners
Red Point Builders, Inc.
Reed Thomas
Regal Rents
Renco Sales
Richard E. Wilson & Associates
Riley Rentals
Roy E. Whitehead, Inc.
Royal Cabinets
Royal Mattress
Saddleback Community Church
Saffell Family Trust
SCCA
Select Heating & Air Conditioning
Shank, Bob, The Master's Program
Shea Communities
Shea Properties
Sierra Insulation Contrators, Inc.
Skaggs Concrete Cutting
Smith, Larry
Smith, Perry
Somerville, Bill
Southern California Edison Company
Southern California Gas Company
Speedy Glass Service
Steelcase Inc.
Steger, Inc.
Steinman, Gary
Sukut Construction
Sullivan-Stein Dental Supply
Sure Lease Rentals
Systems Source, Inc.
Thermalair, Inc.
TMD Consulting
Todd Pipe and Supply
Toshiba America Electronics Components
Water Squirt
Webb Design
The Weingart Foundation
Westmark Enterprises, Inc.
WL Homes (John Laing Homes)
Wright's Electric
World Works
Zurn Industries |
In spite of the tremendous effort already in place, there continues to be a need for expanded involvement. Building and trade partners, suppliers and associates interested in participating as in-kind contributors and donors to this one-of-a-kind shelter development may contact Oltmans Construction at (562) 948-4242.
This development, slated to become a national model of successful base re-use planning is the result of a multi-entity collaboration. The dynamic partnership efforts of Village of Hope care provider, the Orange County Rescue Mission; HomeAid Orange County; the Building Industry Association; the City of Tustin; and a host of other individual and corporate contributors is a clear demonstration of how to utilize private and public partnerships to successfully redevelop closed U.S. military bases to help the homeless.
  
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