Mission Bay School

July 2024: Community members, trade partners, and fellow agencies joined the project team in celebrating the Topping Out" of the structure. Attendees signed the last steel beam to be installed, and crews flew it into place and bolted it in signifying completion of the steel structure.

June 2024: Following foundations, steel is quickly rising out of the ground and peeking above the fence line. Steel is scheduled to be complete in 4 weeks!

April-May 2024: Foundation work is well under way with pile cap reinforcing and concrete pours. Work on the sub-grade structure will be complete by early June.

March 2024: Foundation excavations and installation of all 170 piles wrapped up, making way for subsequent foundation construction activities like rebar installation and concrete pouring

February 2024: Crews began excavating for foundations, completed the test pile program (which involved installation and monitoring of 20 initial piles), and began installing the remaining 150 piles.

January 2024: The project received approval from the Division of the State Architect, marking the beginning of key construction activities such as test pile and vibrated stone column installation and monitoring.

December 2023: To further prep for the start of construction, asphalt was installed on a portion of the site to ensure a clean site and access through construction.

November 2023: Crews installed temporary power for new construction trailers. The on-site team will soon be growing as foundation construction gets underway in early 2024.

October 2023: Soil settlement levels were achieved and the imported soil was hauled away, making way for rough grading and further site prep.

July-September 2023: During the last few months of soil surcharge, settlement levels are being monitored and recorded to ensure soil compaction is proceeding as predicted.

April - June 2023: While construction activity at the site may seem minimal, the imported soil is hard at work consolidating the layers below. Soil is settling between 6" and 30" across the site!

March 2023: Roughly16,000 cubic yards of soil were imported to the site. The 6'-9' tall mound will weigh down and consolidate the existing soil, prepping it for construction. Soil settlement will last about 6-7 months.

February 2023: San Francisco Unified School District and McCarthy/DLR Group had the honor of receiving an Award of Excellence for Mission Bay School in the “Project-in-Design” category of CASH (California’s Coalition for Adequate School Housing) / AIA CA (American Institute of Architects California Council) Leroy F. Greene Design and Planning Awards.

January 2023: The future home of Mission Bay School is kicking off the new year with sitework! Construction crews demolished and hauled off 150 truckloads of asphalt and removed all underground utilities. Next steps include installing wick drains and piezometers to support and monitor soil consolidation.

On October 27, SFUSD joined with the Mission Bay community and civic partners to commemorate the start of construction of Mission Bay School! The project has been envisioned for over two decades and has received broad support from the community and City.