Chief Executive Officer, Roger Torriero sits down with the County of Orange Civic Center team to discuss the path to completion for this highly anticipated project years in the making.

The County of Orange, Griffin Structures, LPA, Swinerton Builders, and project partners recently celebrated the ribbon cutting of the County of Orange Civic Center – a crucial aspect of a 20-year master plan developed and managed by Griffin Structures. This partnership with the County covers 17 acres, 16 County-owned buildings, 4,600 employees and more than 1.6 million SF of space.

This $400M Civic Center was successfully delivered utilizing Progressive Public-Private Partnership (P3) delivery.  Griffin Structures, working with LPA Architects and Swinerton Builders, designed, built, and delivered the turn-key project using tax-exempt financing and a long-term lease structure.  The benefits of utilizing this P3 structure included, not only improved service delivery and cost effectiveness, but also reduced public sector risk, faster delivery, improved budget certainty, and several additional considerations.

The new Civic Center consolidates and reimagines the workplace for a dozen County departments, and significantly reduces the County’s operating costs. The Civic Center design also reduces energy use in both buildings by more than 76% from the AIA 2030 Commitment benchmark, primarily through passive design strategies.

Learn more about the County of Orange Civic Center here.

Video courtesy of LPA Design Studios

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