Nordic Naturals
Construction is near completion on the new warehouse and distribution center for Nordic Naturals in Watsonville, CA. This is a LEED project, targeting LEED Gold certification. The concrete tilt-up building consists of 43,000 square feet of office space and 44,000 square feet of warehouse, totaling 87,000 square feet. It is a Design-Build project, styled to resemble a Nordic fishing village.

Recent Articles

Monterey College of Law Ribbon Cutting for New Green Building Earth Times (Apr., 2010)
Monterey College of Law will host a public ribbon-cutting for its new Community Justice Center on Tuesday, April 20th at 2:00 p.m. at 100 Col. Durham Street, Seaside. The new "green building", located adjacent to the law school's education center is registered as a LEED Platinum project... The law school selected Ausonio Construction (sic) to serve as the general contractor. The company had previously served on the construction team for Chartwell School, the only other LEED Platinum project in Monterey County...

Jeannie Rueter, LEED Associate Santa Cruz Sentinel (Dec., 2009) Salinas Californian (Jan., 2010)
Jeannie Rueter has become a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Associate after passing the credential exam administered by the Green Building Certification Institute. She is a green building analyst with Ausonio, working on projects for the Santa Cruz office including Nordic Naturals' expansion in Watsonville...

Castroville's Ausonio Celebrates 50 Years in Design, Construction Salinas Californian (Oct., 2009)
Ausonio Inc. celebrated its 50th anniversary Thursday at its offices in the Castroville Industrial Park, one of many landmark projects designed and built by the firm. For a lot of Monterey County residents, Ausonio buildings are part of the fabric of everyday life. They include the Chartwell School in Seaside; the Barnyard Shopping Center in Carmel; shopping centers in Castroville, Prunedale, Marina and Gonzales; the Andy Ausonio Library in Castroville; an expansion at Palma High School; and a remodel of the Monterey Peninsula Airport...

Joe Piedimonte Talks at Sustainable Salinas Salinas Californian (Oct., 2009)
--Joe Piedimonte, a green building consultant for Ausonio, described the process of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for buildings. The pool, he said, has enough credits for LEED gold certification...

Ausonio Celebrates 50 Years in Business Salinas Californian (Oct., 2009)
Ausonio Inc. in Castroville is celebrating 50 years in the construction business. Castroville native Andrew "Andy" E. Ausonio completed his first construction project—a duplex in Castrovile—while still a teenager in high school...

Ausonio's Chartwell School Project Featured GreenSource Magazine (Aug., 2009)
LEED Platinum Chartwell School featured as a Green building/sustainable-design case study. Ausonio served as general contractor on this project.

Ausonio Added to Building Network Salinas Californian (Aug. 15, 2009)
American Buildings Company, a leading domestic and international manufacturer and marketer of metal building systems for industrial, commercial, and institutional construction markets, has announced the addition of Ausonio Inc. of Castroville to its national network of Builders...

AIA Committee on the Environment Recognizes Chartwell School AIA (Apr. 15, 2009)
The American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE) has recognized Chartwell School, built by Ausonio, as one of the top ten Green projects of 2009. Chartwell was designed and built as a high-perfomance learning environment for children with learning differences, including dyslexia.