Posted: August 9, 2018

Nearing completion, the Long Beach Civic Center in Long Beach, CA includes twin 11-story buildings that is home to the City Hall and the Port of Long Beach headquarters. The buildings glass curtainwall system was supplied by Benson Industries.

Part of a larger master plan, “The Long Beach Civic Center Master Plan revitalizes 22 acres of downtown Long Beach by creating a new, vibrant mixed-use district that includes a 270,000-square-foot City Hall, 93,500-square-foot Main Library, 232,000-square-foot Port Headquarters, and the reactivation of historic Lincoln Park,” according to architect firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM).

You can view some earlier photos (below) of the project in process, highlighting our quality control team.

Nearly completed curtainwall panel for the Long Beach Civic Center project.

Quality-control water testing in the Benson factory.

Installation of performance mockup.

Installation of performance mockup.

This project was featured in the LA Times and the project’s progress has been documented on the Urbanized.LA website. Click on the links for more info.