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Gene Friend Recreation Center update | March 2023

The Gene Friend Recreation Center project represents the wholescale construction of a brand-new facility. Currently, the project team is working on implementing the Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) contract mechanism, where the contractor t...

Updates Related to the New Gene Friend Recreation Center

Notice to Proceed for pre-construction services was awarded to Swinerton Builders just prior to Thanksgiving, and they have hit the ground running, working with the design team to review documents and start cost estimating and constructability. As a remin...

Gene Friend Rec Center Project Update 7/20/22

The design team is up and running and working on completing schematic design by later this Summer. Please stay tuned for details on design updates.

We have issued Notification of Intent to Award to Swinerton Builders for the Construction Manager / General ...

Gene Friend Rec Center Project Update 3/25

We are officially under contract with the architecture and engineering team, the Mark Cavagnero Associates + Kuth Ranieri Architects Joint Venture, as of March 23. We are looking forward to working with this team to finalize the project design and constru...

Gene Friend Rec Center Project Updates

Here are some updates on the project:

1. We are finalizing contracting with the architecture and engineering team, the Mark Cavagnero Associates + Kuth Ranieri Architects Joint Venture, and hope to officially have them on board by early Mar...

Gene Friend Rec Project Architecture and Engineering Services Team Updates

We are excited to be moving toward onboarding our new design team for the project!

We completed recruitment via a competitive RFP process and received 3 very strong proposals, including one from a joint venture that included the architecture firm that comp...

Updates to RFP for Architectural & Engineering Services and Recruitment Timeline for Gene Friend Rec

Thank you for helping us to get the word out to folks who may be interested in working on the project.

An online pre-proposal conference will be held on Wednesday, August 18, at 10 am (this was postponed from August 5).

The deadline for written questions is...

The Request for Proposals for Architectural & Engineering Services for the Gene Friend Rec is Live

Thank you for helping us to get the word out to folks who may be interested in working on the project.

An online pre-proposal conference will be held on Thursday, August 5, at 1:30 pm.

Proposals are due on Tuesday, August 24, by 5 pm.

For the full RFP as wel...

Gene Friend Rec Center Project Update 6/21/21!

We are pushing to advertise an RFP (request for proposals) for a design team (architecture and engineering) this July, with the goal of selecting a team and having them start work by right after the New Year 2022. If you know of any firms that might be in...

Gene Friend Rec Center Project Update 4/16/21!

Dear Friends and Neighbors of the Gene Friend Rec Center,

As you have likely heard by now, Prop A passed in November, and the Health and Recovery General Obligation Bond is a go. We are expecting to have this bond funding for the Gene Friend Rec Center Pro...

Gene Friend Rec Project Update 10/9!

Gene Friend Recreation Center has been included as a project that would receive funding through the Health and Recovery General Obligation Bond, which is included on the November 2020 ballot. For more information, please click here. The project team is cu...

GENE FRIEND REC CENTER PROJECT UPDATE FEB 2020

Thanks to the large group of representatives from community organizations who came out for the Recreation and Park Commission Capital Committee hearing on September 4, 2019 to support the concept design for a new Gene Friend Recreation Center. Our item wa...

GENE FRIEND REC CENTER CONCEPT DESIGN AT COMMISSION SEPTEMBER 4

Thanks to all of our community members who have provided valuable input since early 2015 on the feasibility study and concept design for the Gene Friend Recreation Center. I am happy to report that we will be presenting conceptual design for approval to t...

GENE FRIEND REC CENTER PROJECT UPDATES

We have our final concept design for the new rec center and are just wrapping up environmental review with SF Planning. We now anticipate going to the Rec and Park Commission in April 2019.  Please stay tuned for confirmation of this and details ...

GENE FRIEND REC CENTER DESIGN CLEARS ARTS COMMISSION CIVIC DESIGN REVIEW PHASE 1

The Gene Friend Rec Center design team presented project design and drawings to the San Francisco Arts Commission’s Civic Design Review Committee on Monday, October 15. The Commissioners were enthusiastic and supportive of the design. The design...