Callander Associates is committed to supporting the professional development of it’s staff. Continuing education is offered as an opportunity to master new knowledge and skills and achieve personal goals. Learning is tailored to individual interests and may include self study, group activities, or formal coursework.

Examples of previous activities include:

July 2006 - Construction Site Tour
The entire San Mateo staff took a break from the design studio and toured one of the five concurrent athletic field projects under construction for the Campbell Union School District. The firm’s full time construction manager hosted the tour and provided a wealth of anecdotal “on the job” experience. Even though construction costs are about $11 million; the staff had to creatively deal with budget control. The sites are all essentially topographic bowls, with planting and stadium seating occupying the slopes down to the flat track and football fields.

The new artificial turf fields and all weather surfaced tracks were designed to meet the District’s rigorous athletic field program and diminishing maintenance resource. As part of the design process, Callander Associates staff, working closely with our engineering subconsultants, resolved off site flows, provided on site sustainable storm water storage capacity, and fulfilled a challenging host of storm water regulatory constraints.

All of the staff picked up a number of pointers!! All of us were also exceptionally pleased to see the sustainability concepts being implemented and again realized that the vision is being supported by the details!!