After much deliberation, the Campbell Union High School District elected to proceed with plans for track and field improvements to 5 schools simultaneously. The immediate need for new facilities throughout the District outweighed a more cautious incremental approach. Planning the fields began in earnest in the Fall of 05, with a targeted bid date of March 06 to allow construction to be largely complete before football season began in Fall 06. Callander Associates was charged with the task of completing plans for $10M worth of improvements in 4 months! Core improvements slated for each school included artificial turf fields and resilient rubber running tracks. Additional improvements included retaining walls, fencing, track and field amenities, landscape enhancements, accessibility upgrades, and sophisticated drainage and storm water detention systems designed in compliance with recent SWRCB mandates.

Plans were completed in time for bidding to occur on schedule and a low bid within 10% of the estimate was obtained. A contract was awarded in March 06 but the unseasonably wet winter delayed significant work on the facilities until June. In spite of these obstacles, all but one of the five facilities were delivered to the District according to the original project schedule.