The New Civic Center project consisted of 712,000 square feet of office in downtown San Jose. The building layout included an 18-story tower structural steel high-rise on the east side; a four story Council Chamber on the west side; a centrally located domed rotunda that reached the height equivalent of 10 stories; a large plaza opening onto Santa Clara Street framed by a curved wall; and one level of 400 underground parking spaces.

Signet provided special inspection and materials testing services including soils, asphalt, reinforced concrete, shotcrete, structural steel, welding, metal decking, NDT testing, fireproofing and drilled in anchors.