On the northern edge of campus, where U.C. Berkeley meets the broader community, The Gateway welcomes students, faculty and visitors alike with a bold and engaging new arrival experience. This massive yet inviting modern building is home to the University’s first new college to be established since the late 1960s—the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS), which integrates data science, computing and other studies into a forward-thinking interdisciplinary program.
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Sherwood has served as the project’s civil engineer, helping to embed the 367,000-square-foot, five-story Gateway into the broader campus ecology, as a showcase for sustainability and bridge to the Berkeley community. By enabling generous outdoor spaces with integrated stormwater management and supporting efficient utility integration, Sherwood’s work supports a dynamic and innovative interdisciplinary learning environment where roughly 1,300 faculty, students, researchers, and staff will collaborate in flexible labs, classrooms, social kitchens, a public café, rooftop event spaces and other venues.
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Sherwood has collaborated with the design team to develop the site grading and water infrastructure that support the building’s two-wing layout, ground-level public plaza, north and south courtyards, pedestrian promenades, and underground utilities—all enabling seamless circulation, open public access, and ecological safety and resilience.
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The team’s work included coordination with the complex demolition of the previous building and integration of stormwater and utility infrastructure systems throughout the steeply sloped and heavily constrained site. Sherwood also led internal and external coordination for the relocation of several campus utility mainlines including one of the two campus main water feeds as well as the conversion of overhead electrical and communications utilities to an underground duct bank, and designed future ready recycled water and hydronics interconnections. The project included key coordination with the City of Berkeley for off-site improvements and fire access considerations, as well as close collaboration with the architect and landscape design teams to integrate suspended pavement systems that provide stormwater detention and enhance healthy tree root growth.
| Location | Berkeley, California |
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| Client | UC Berkeley |
| Design Partners | Weiss/Manfredi Gensler MIG / PGA Interface MKA Millennium Turner Construction |
| Size | 367,000 GSF |
| Status | Under Construction |
