Saturday Work scheduled for January 18 and January 25 to catch up from holiday rain delays. No night work in January. Waterproofing work continues on the concrete slabs near Post Street East Mall entrance and behind the fences of the current Read on…
The recent rains are testing our newly installed waterproofing! To date, 80% of the waterproofing substrate preparation and 50% of the waterproofing assembly have been completed, and they are performing beautifully! East Mall: Entrance from Post Street Read on…
Continued Construction Updates for December at Japan Center Malls: East Mall: Entrance from Post Street – Detour through the center of the Plaza until mid-January when a temporary path will be installed alongside the building. West Mall: Entrance from Read on…
Please be advised – Plant Construction Company, L.P. will be performing waterproofing work at the Japantown Peace Plaza (1610 Geary Blvd.) on the following dates: December 2-6 and December 9-13. Night work will be performed during the hours of Read on…
Continued Construction Updates for NOVEMBER into DECEMBER. EAST Mall: Entrance from Post Street – Detour through the center of the Plaza until a new temporary path alongside building is installed in mid-December. WEST Mall: Entrance from Post Street Read on…
The concrete slab below the pagoda has been waterproofed, and the five-story scaffolding is almost completed! Check out the reinforcements (all those vertical sticks being installed in photo) for the future terraced seating. Continued Construction Read on…
Get your last glimpses of the Pagoda before it is covered in scaffolding! The shoring installed in the garage supports the scaffolding in the plaza. Please be advised of the following construction updates since our last update earlier this month Read on…
Please be advised of the following construction updates: EAST Mall Entrance from Post Street–The current detour through center of Plaza remains through October. We will begin to use a temporary path that runs alongside the building in November. WEST Mall Read on…
Demolition work continues! The pagoda scaffolding will be installed this Fall and remain into Summer 2025. To prepare for the scaffolding, the contractor will be installing supports in October/November directly beneath the scaffolding Read on…
Please be advised – Plant Construction Company, L.P. will be performing concrete demolition and hot-fluid waterproofing work at the Japantown Peace Plaza (1610 Geary Blvd.) on the following dates between August 19 and August 30 Read on…
Please be advised – Plant Construction Company, L.P. will be performing concrete demolition and hot-fluid waterproofing work at the Japantown Peace Plaza (1610 Geary Blvd.) on the following dates between August 19 and August 30 Read on…
Please be advised – Starting this week, the entrance to Japan Center East from Post Street will be adjusted to direct pedestrians through a protected path, more toward the middle of the block/plaza, just west on Post Street. Read on…
Major demolition is now 55% completed. The plaza surface surrounding the pagoda has been removed exposing the original and historic base and clearing the way for Pagoda scaffolding in the future. All the previous plaza features have been removed and Read on…
Plant Construction Company, L.P. will be performing concrete demolition and hot-fluid waterproofing work at the Japantown Peace Plaza (1610 Geary Blvd.) on the following dates Read on…
Plant Construction Company, L.P. will be performing concrete demolition and hot-fluid waterproofing work at the Japantown Peace Plaza (1610 Geary Blvd.) on the following dates Read on…
We’re pleased to report that major demolition is now 40% completed. In the past few weeks, demolition focused on removing the plaza surfacing near the pagoda and west side of the plaza. The crew is working to expose the structural slab, surface beams, and Read on…
Construction on Japantown Peace Plaza has begun! The plaza is now closed, and mobilization is in full swing. This month you can expect to see (and hear) construction activities such as: Adjustments to the perimeter barricades to accommodate Read on…
Construction on Japantown Peace Plaza has begun! Thanks to everyone who was able to join our groundbreaking celebration last Saturday. Now that construction has begun, construction activities you can expect to see this week include Read on…
Please join us as we celebrate the start of construction with a Groundbreaking Celebration this Saturday, April 27, 2024, 2-4 pm! Construction will start the week of April 29, 2024. Thank you for all your Read on…
We’re excited to report that construction will soon begin on the Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation Project. Since our last update, the construction contract was certified, meaning the contractor and sub-contractors have completed all Read on…
Recreation and Park Commission awarded the construction contract for Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation to Plant Construction on December 21, 2023. Thank you to the Japantown Task Force Executive Members that voiced their Read on…
Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation bids were opened in a Public Works virtual meeting on October 18, 2023. Public Works Contract Administration is reviewing Read on…
Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation bid has been advertised! Please share with Read on…
On Wednesday, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi announced that she had secured $3 million in federal funding for the Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation Project, which will install new paving, plantings, informal seating and Read on…
We wanted to share that there are a few upcoming opportunities to provide input into the Japantown Peace Plaza Renovation Read on…
Join us for an update on the renovation, being presented at a Community Briefing hosted by Japantown Task Force. Read on…
Virtual community meeting on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. Read on…
Bringing the vision plan to a buildable reality…. Read on…
This year we will bring the vision plan into a buildable reality. 2021 marked a year of investigations, structural testing, materials studies and confirming the permit codes with Department of Building Inspections (DBI) Read on…
The design started this spring with our team taking a deep ‘technical’ dive into the existing structure and . . . Read on…