Pacifica High School, a part of the Oxnard Union High School District, is a nine-building educational campus located in Oxnard, California. Careful community planning enabled the school district to develop this 51 acre site into a spacious multi-functional educational campus. Unlike other metropolitan high school campuses, crowded into expensive minimal acreage sites, Pacifica High School fans out over the site acreage, giving students, teachers and administrators copious latitude to expand educational as well as physical horizons. Each of the nine campus buildings are designed for specific educational specializations. The enormity of this campus and complexity of its infrastructure are subdued by the simplicity of its layout. Encompassing two quadrangles, campus administration and teaching facilities are laid out in simple ninety degree relationships and ell-shaped configurations that assist campus visitors in flowing from building to building.

The size of the campus dictates some out-of-the-ordinary infrastructure systems. The electrical system is a mixture of several power voltage configurations throughout the campus. Underground ducts disburse utility service from the service yard points of connection in the northeast corner of the campus to individual buildings and locations throughout the campus site. End user power is created by large KVA transformers that provide primary voltage / amperage to building switchboards and common use areas. Similar ducts distribute communication and other low voltage system conductors from the Administration Building to far flung campus points of use. Telephone, intercom, life safety, data, satellite, security, public address, assisted hearing, CATV and audio / visual systems enhance the use of the buildings.

As part of its services to Energy Services Contractors, DACM Project Management prepared a lump sum bid for all CSI Division 16 components of the nine building campus and ancillary buildings as well. Performing by the high standards of our estimating department, a thorough review of the bid documents was conducted which identified specifics of the scope of work. We then secured quotes from numerous wholesale suppliers and were responsible for all material quantity take-off preparation and pricing. Additionally we were responsible for providing data for and securing quotes from various low voltage system subcontractors, including remote lighting, telephone, intercom, life safety / fire alarm, data, satellite, security, public address, assisted hearing, CATV and audio / visual systems.