San Mateo, CA; December 11, 2007—College of San Mateo’s state-of-the-art Science Building and Planetarium were awarded last week for their construction and design by California Construction magazine. CSM, along with McCarthy Building Companies, architects LPA Inc. and structural engineers Rutherford & Chekene, received the industry publication’s Best of 2007 Northern California Award of Merit for their work on the project.