Builder, businessman and philanthropist Eli Broad wanted his signature museum to be more than just another new building in Los Angeles’ Cultural District.
In aiming to create a flexible, collaborative and sustainable campus for its U.S.-based headquarters, Samsung set an ambitious goal—no employee in the 10-story tower would be more than one level away from an outdoor garden space.
Michael Baker International appointed Don Sepulveda as vice president and rail and transit practice lead for the firm’s West region, based in Los Angeles.
The Claude “Bud” Lewis facility was the first large-scale seawater desalination plant to be built in California, and the largest of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.
Last December, auto enthusiasts saw the made-over Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles for the first time after a $125-million renovation made the once-boxy building as striking as the hot rods and vintage cars it houses.
To create the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, the project team not only had to carefully plan out every step of the design and construction, but they also had to have fun doing it.
For the $2.26-billion Transbay Transit Center in downtown San Francisco, Shimmick Construction coordinated construction up and around a temporary access trestle and four levels of shoring struts and wales.
To construct this parking structure, the McCarthy-led design-build team worked with the zoo for more than three years, conducting a feasibility study that looked at eight parking structure options, location possibilities as well as budgets and schedules.
The $3.7-million project was developed to reduce bacteria levels in the city of Torrance’s Herondo Drain by improving water quality in three stormwater basins.