Given that this year's Top Specialty Contractors ranking reflects the revenue decline that general contractors have experienced, it's heartening to hear an official at one top 10 subcontractor declare that he is still “bullish” about opportunities in California.
“Solar energy and health-care projects are the hot markets right now, and we happen to be playing in those markets,” says Larry Hollis, vice president of business development for Rosendin Electric Inc.
Oct. 24, 2011 WCCC Golf Classic NorthridgeWestern Council of Construction Consumers' annual golf tournament at the Porter Valley Country Club. Proceeds go to fund education programs. Contact: vann@wccc.org.Oct. 26-28, 2011 AGC Fall Conference Indian WellsMeetings, keynotes, golf and other activities highlight this annual event at the Hyatt Grand Champions Resort. Contact: lamontn@agc-ca.org.Nov. 3, 2011 Build San Diego Awards
Sacramento International Airport’s new Terminal B officially opened its doors Oct. 6. The $1.03-billion terminal modernization project, dubbed “The Big Build,” includes the new Central Terminal B and Airside Concourse, designed by Corgan Associates, Inc., in association with Fentress Architects. The project stands as the largest public construction capital improvement project undertaken by Sacramento County to date.The Big Build includes a new 740,000-sq-ft central terminal (which includes the 316,000-sq-ft airside concourse and the 424,000-sq-ft landside terminal), a new 19-gate airside concourse, international arrivals facilities, passenger security checkpoints, an in-line baggage screening system and more than 42,000 sq ft of concessions. Sacramento
KB Homes’ Primera Terra, one of the largest communities of LEED platinum-certified homes in California, this week won a 2011 LEED for Homes award in the multi-family category at the U.S. Green Building Council’s Greenbuild international conference and expo in Toronto. The 2011 award categories recognize innovative multi- and single-family projects, production builders, affordable housing projects and developers, an overall commitment to LEED for Homes, and Project of the Year.The 2011 Project of the Year award was given to The GO Home in Belfast, Maine, built by GO Logic. With a small but smart footprint of 1,500 square feet, the
Marked by a groundbreaking ceremony earlier this month, Charles Pankow Builders has begun construction on San Francisco’s new public safety building located on 3rd Street in Mission Bay. The 300,000-sq-ft project combines the 110,000-sq-ft San Francisco Police Department Police Command Center, the 20,000-sq-ft Southern District Police Station, the 17,000-sq-ft Mission Bay Fire Station, 25,000 sq ft of community space and a 128,000-sq-ft parking structure.The building is funded by the Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response Bond (ESER), which was passed by San Francisco voters in 2010.According to the office of Mayor Ed Lee, the facility, designed to achieve LEED gold certification,
As I was writing this essay about Ray Anderson, founder and chairman of Interface, Inc., I looked at two photographs I had of him and his company. The first photo shows the public Ray, stalwart as the face of the corporate giant that he built and pushed to its lofty pedestal within the sustainable flooring industry. The second photo was taken on the factory floor at Bentley Prince Street, the Los Angeles-area Interface corporation also recognized for its innovative practices. Pictured here is the code of sustainability standards by which Ray’s companies and people are expected to conduct their business.
The $452-million Lodi Energy Center (LEC) natural gas power plant project is progressing well and is on track for completion in June 2012, according to sources at the Northern California Power Agency (NCPA), a joint‐action agency serving public power entities in Northern and Central California. The project, which is under construction on 4.4 acres of land in Lodi, will generate 280 megawatts of power once complete.“We’ve experienced a few challenges with suppliers, but we are working around those,” said Ed Warner, project manager, NCPA. “We are 50 percent done with construction and over 70 percent complete with the overall project,
Tutor Perini Corp., Sylmar, has formed a Specialty Contractors Group comprised primarily of the firm’s electrical and mechanical contractors. According to Ken Burk, executive vice president who will be overseeing the new unit as CEO, Tudor Perini will now be made up of four segments: building, civil, management services and specialty contractors.The Specialty Contractors Group will include Tutor Perini subsidiary companies Five Star Electric and WDF, New York; Fisk Electric, Houston; Desert Mechanical, Las Vegas; Nagelbush Mechanical, Fort Lauderdale; and Superior Gunite, Los Angeles. Burk said the new group had a backlog of $1.4 billion as of July 1, and
Passage of a long-term federal transportation bill that would give counties flexibility to use innovative financing methods, streamline the project delivery process without sacrificing the environment and create a legacy of improved mobility for the region were among the strategies discussed at the 10th annual Mobility 21 Summit. More than 1,000 transportation, business and elected leaders met Sept. 6 at the JW Marriott at L.A. Live to pledge their commitment to job creation for Southern California by aggressively pursuing and delivering state and federal transportation investment to the region, according to event officials.Strategies were also discussed for securing U.S. dollars
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