Del Mar Racetrack - Grandstand Renewal Program

The Del Mar Racetrack Grandstand Replacement required the demolition of existing structures dating back to 1937, construction of approximately 500,000 SF of new facilities, a 15,000-seat grandstand and turf club, operations and administration buildings and exhibit and receiving buildings, as well as infrastructure upgrades and site improvements. All of the demolition and construction activities needed to be completed over a three-year period without interrupting the thoroughbred racing season and other pre-scheduled events. Heery (as the JCM Group) developed a complex phasing plan dictating that work be done only between September and October over the course of three years.  Excellent communications between Heery, the client and the contractor enabled the schedule to be accelerated from the originally projected time frame to two years. Other services included budgeting, cost control, scheduling and schedule management, design document evaluation, value engineering, constructibility analysis, conceptual and detailed cost estimating, procurement and contract strategy planning, contract administration, financial analysis and reporting, facility start-up, occupancy coordination and post-occupancy evaluation.