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Gene Friend Rec Center | Construction update, April 2025

Rec Park Improvements | All Project Updates Posted on April 16, 2025

First Concrete Pour Scheduled for Monday, April 21

All the below grade DSM (Deep Soil Mixing) scope has been completed, and the contractor is working now to install utilities on site and prepare the building pad.

PLEASE BE ADVISED: This Monday, April 21, we will begin the first concrete pour for the building’s foundation. This work will require more than two dozen trucks entering and exiting the site on Monday. Thank you for your patience!

Following this concrete pour, the contractor team will install below grade waterproofing and vapor barrier, before pouring the next layer of the foundation. Following that work, they will begin constructing the building’s steel superstructure.

Adjacent Public Works Right of Way Projects Now In-Progress

As an update to our post last month, please also be advised that there is currently right-of-way work in-progress adjacent to Gene Friend Rec Center as part of two Public Works projects: the Folsom Streetscape Project and the 6th Street Pedestrian Safety Project.

We have been coordinating closely with both project teams (project managers, construction management team, and contractor teams) for quite some time to minimize any construction conflicts and to optimize efficiency.

The 6th Street Pedestrian Safety Project team is working on the sidewalk bulb-out and curb ramps adjacent to the rec center.

The Folsom Streetscape Project team has begun minor utility work on the sidewalk adjacent to the rec center, which is related to a streetlight. PG&E is scheduled to do associated work over the weekend of April 26-27.

Please be alert for temporary pedestrian detours related to the projects (see photos taken April 15 below), and for your safety, please follow all posted signage and the directions from flaggers.

Thank you for your patience throughout construction and thank you for your support of this transformative project.

Feel free to reach out to the Project Manager with any questions: Melinda Sullivan, melinda.sullivan@sfgov.org, 628-652-6648. For more project info, visit the project page: Gene Friend Recreation Center

Pad Prep and Utility Work_4.16.25

Pad Prep and Utility Work

Fencing around New Bulbout_Folsom and 6th Streets_4.15.25

Fencing around New Bulbout Folsom and 6th Streets

Fencing and Pedestrian Routing around Folsom Streetscape Utility Work_4.15.25

Fencing and Pedestrian Routing around Folsom Streetscape Utility Work


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