In Progress: Long Beach Civic Center’s Glass Curtainwall System
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.
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Nearly completed curtainwall panel for the Long Beach Civic Center project.
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Quality-control water testing in the Benson factory.
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Installation of performance mockup.
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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.