The 11.5-mile Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension light rail project from Pasadena to Azusa is now more than halfway to project completion, according to the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority.
With an increasingly active construction market on the West Coast and labor shortages looming, it's becoming a top priority again for firms to find and hold onto top talent.
Big things are afoot in California. Construction activity is vigorous, and owners throughout the state are giving green lights to more projects. The San Francisco area, in particular, is in the midst of a two-year-old boom. And development in downtown Los Angeles is heating up, with several projects coming out of the ground and many more in the pipeline. Related Links: Five Teams Seek California's Next High-Speed Rail Segment Sacramento Arena Project Gets Protection From Environmental Litigation, Signs PLA Reactions Mixed After California Releases Full Delta Bay Plan Though there is much to celebrate, it's not all good news for
Keeping an Art Deco printing plant administration building out of harm's way while a $100-million museum is built under, in and around it requires some fancy falsework and delicate footwork. In October, crews at the University of California, Berkeley site finished installing a "body brace" on stilts to both protect the three-story shoe-box-like structure, which anchors one corner of the museum development, and to make room for new foundations and a new basement gallery space. Related Links: 'Honeycomb' Wrapper Keeps Broad Museum Team on Its Toes Cal Memorial Stadium Rehab Boosts Seismic Safety "The admin building is retained as a
Ashok Kothari KOTHARIwas named global projects director at Parsons Brinckerhoff. A 38-year veteran of PB, Kothari will continue his role as project director for the Westside Subway Extension in Los Angeles while providing oversight to large infrastructure projects worldwide. Related Links: Upload Your Own People News to ENR California's Photo Gallery ENR California's People Page Linda Bohlinger has joined Parsons Brinckerhoff as a principal consultant for the firm's transportation clients. She has 36 years of industry experience and worked for 15 years at the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority.Robert Newsom was appointed managing principal for Leo A Daly's Los Angeles
Working on a tight, two-month time schedule, contractor C.A. Rasmussen, Valencia, Calif., is completing work on a major Interstate 5 connector tunnel near Los Angeles that was severely damaged last July 13, when a tanker truck carrying 8,500 gallons of fuel overturned and burst into flames. Image Photos courtesy of C. A. Rasmussen Inc. Repair crews blast fire-damaged concrete from tunnel sections, which are treated with shotcrete and epoxy (top). Immediately after the fires were put out in July, crews began assessing damage and performing emergency repairs (bottom). Image Related Links: Tanker Fire Damaged Tunnel Tested "We're working double shifts
The California High Speed Rail Authority has released the identities of the five construction teams that have submitted qualifications to move on to the next phase in the competition for the contract to build a 60-mile extension of the as-of-yet-unbuilt high-speed rail line. The project would be the second segment in the line that would eventually link southern and northern California. The qualification notice released Wednesday would extend the line from Fresno south to the Tulare-Kern County line near Bakersfield.The firms are:California Rail Builders: Ferrovial Agroman U.S. Corp. and Granite Construction. Ferrovial is an American subsidiary of Ferrovial S.A., a
After years of planning, the state of California released the latest version of its controversial Bay Delta Conservation Plan on Dec. 9. Encompassing the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, which drains about half the land mass of the state, the $24.75-billion plan aims to balance the goals of helping 56 species of plants and animals to recover while stabilizing Delta water deliveries to agricultural and municipal users. Image courtesy of BDCP The plan's centerpiece includes $16 billion for three new water intakes outfitted with fish-protection screens. Related Links: Review the Full Bay Delta Conservation Plan California Bay Delta Plan Undergoes More Changes
This photograph, showing the bottoming out of the site for the new Wilshire Grand tower in downtown Los Angeles, was taken from the 40th floor of a neighboring building with a Nikon D4 camera using a 14mm focal length lens. Photographer: Gary Leonard Submitted By:AC Martin/Wilshire Grand Project Team, Los Angeles Related Links: Submit Your Own Photos to ENR California's Online Photo Galleries New Wilshire Grand to Tower Above Downtown Los Angeles Excavating to the maximum depth of 106 ft, crews needed 230,000 worker-hours to haul away 7,400 truckloads of material during demolition of the site's previous building—the Wilshire Grand
The seamless integration of architecture, acoustics and technology is on display within the 47-ft-high ceilings of Stanford University's new Bing Concert Hall.
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