When asked how his company continues to excel while so many other design firms wither during the recession, Phil Petrocelli points to a project that AECOM Technology Corp. recently worked on in the Southern California desert.
Students at the fledgling University of California, Merced, will soon have another facility in which to learn and grow – the $47-million Social Sciences and Management Building. STUDIOS Architecture designed the Social Science and Management Building Related Links: Central Valley Market Report Construction on the 101,500-sq-ft building began in September 2008, and when completed in May 2011, it will bring the number of major buildings at the 5-year-old campus to four. The new facility will house the E&J Gallo School of Management and much of the university’s School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts. Sundt Construction of Sacramento was selected
While many housing projects are sitting on the table waiting for the economy to pick up, Mercy Housing California is serving up a buffet of new developments around the state. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" “Things have slowed down the last couple years with the recession, but [work] is coming in and we are fully staffed and I think we will meet our goal this year,” says Rick Sprague, regional director of resource development for the San Francisco-based company, which develops, finances and operates affordable housing for low-income families, seniors and people with special needs. “There were some delays
Now that Mineta San Jose Airport has its new 12-gate Terminal B and concourse, an upgraded Terminal A and a Consolidated Rental Car Center and public parking garage, regional passengers can now take the time to absorb the enhanced, modern atmosphere and, literally, bask in its glow. The $1.3-billon project, almost a decade in design and development, certainly improves Silicon Valley�s main transportation hub operationally, but it does something else as well: It enhances the region�s image. Or, as Steve Weindel, Gensler�s principal in charge of design, put it: The designers set out to �create an iconic building that people
Specialty contractors are as different as their niches, but most agree the market has to get a lot better before they’re healthy again. ASAC President Santo Pernicano’s firm, Area-West Fence, is working on the San Vicente Dam project in Lakeside with Kiewit Pacific. No. 32 Clark Pacific supplied the concrete work on Mineta San Jose Airport’s car rental facility. Related Links: 2010 Top Specialty Contractors List Top Specialty Breakdown and Methodology List “One might argue that this is one of the steepest [construction] declines in my generation,” says Tony Guzzi, CEO of Norwalk, Conn.-based EMCOR Group, Inc. Guzzi, whose global
It was a tough decision but when the dust settled and the hammering stopped, the Army Corps of Engineers was selected 2010 Owner of the Year by editors and contributors of California Construction Magazine. Folsom Dam’s auxiliary spillway project is the recipient of nearly $1 billion in federal funds Equipment at the Folsom Lake project site div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" “Winning this award is great and not because the corps is a winner, but because the taxpayer is the winner.” says Dr. Christine Altendorf, director of programs for South Pacific Division of Army Corps of Engineers. USACE/South Pacific
Workers are closing in on completing five major school projects across Los Angeles. The work is part of Los Angeles Unified School District’s $20-billion school construction and modernization bond program, a herculean effort in which district officials seek to remedy three decades of under-construction by building 131 new schools and completing 20,000 modernization projects by 2012. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" “During those 30 years, the population of L.A. grew – some areas faster than others,” says Neil Gamble, director of facilities construction for LAUSD. “To handle school overcrowding, we implemented forced busing, sending students from overburdened schools to
The biggest beneficiary of the largest federal stimulus project by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior is a fish. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Two fish, actually – green sturgeon and Chinook salmon, the migratory habits of which are at the center of a $230-million Fish Passage Improvement Project at the Red Bluff Diversion Dam in Red Bluff, south of Redding. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ruled last year that the dam’s gates threaten the long-term survival of the fish, and so the government is shelling out more than a quarter-billion dollars to lend the creatures’ spawning rituals
As the recession slogs along, attorneys specializing in construction law continue to see problems in the building industry that go with lean times: payment disputes dissolving into stop orders and mechanic�s liens, squabbles over competitive bids and desperate contractors chasing jobs into unfamiliar territory. It�s all provided no end of work for construction lawyers, who first strive to keep their clients from wading unaware into potential legal quagmires and then fight to pull them out of the muck when they do. VAN DUZER �A lot of these issues are still playing themselves out in the market, but we�re seeing more
Teichert, the Sacramento-based construction, materials, equipment and development company, has been named California Construction�s 2010 Contractor of the Year for its commitment to safety and giving back while working to improve California�s vital infrastructure. Teichert worked on the Yocha Dehe Golf Club project at Cache Creek Resort in Brooks. Teichert has been contracted by Caltrans on a number of I-80 projects. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" �I am honored,� says Jud Riggs, Teichert president, chairman and CEO. Robert Carlsen, managing editor of California Construction, says: �McGraw-Hill Construction�s Regional Publications� Contractor of the Year recognition is our way of honoring