The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) announced a $33 million commitment of union pension capital to finance the Arc Light Co. project, a development that will create much needed in-town rental apartments in San Francisco. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The project will convert a five-story historic commercial building in the South Beach neighborhood at 178 Townsend into 94 housing units, 20% of which will be reserved for low-income households. It will include an underground parking facility, more than 4,400 sq ft of retail space and a children’s day care center. With its many green features, Arc Light is
Barnhart Balfour Beatty reports that it has completed the $63.8-million Weapons and Armament Technology Center, now known as the Dr. William B. McLean Laboratory, at the Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) in China Lake. KMA Architecture & Engineering provided structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing design and consulting services for the design-build project. The 170,000-sq-ft, two-story technology center combines state-of-the-art engineering laboratories with supporting management offices and conference facilities. The building is described as the hub of the weapons and armament complex at China Lake and is the single largest construction project of the 11 mission-type facilities that were constructed as
Engineering News-Record, part of McGraw-Hill Construction and the leading construction news publication in the industry, announced that it will expand into seven regional markets with local coverage, rankings and insights beginning in January 2011. The markets include California, Midwest, Mountain States, Southeast, Southwest, Texas and New York. “No one else has the depth, breadth and scope of ENR’s award-winning coverage — and now ENR is raising the bar in regional markets too,” says Keith Fox, president, McGraw-Hill Construction. “We saw an opportunity to strengthen ENR’s presence through regional editions. Consistent regional coverage adds value for our readers and advertisers and
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced nearly $300 million in federal funding to improve aging water and wastewater infrastructure and protect human health and the environment in California. This new infusion of money through infrastructure capitalization grants will help state and local governments finance many of the overdue improvements to water projects that are essential to protecting public health and the environment throughout California, according to the EPA. The EPA has awarded $127 million to the California Department of Public Health for drinking water infrastructure projects and $147 million to the State Water Resources Control Board for wastewater projects.
Construction is now underway for the 123,000-sq-ft Downtown Educational Complex in Oakland, situated on Oakland Unified School District-owned land in the city�s Lake Merritt "Channel Area." Designed by MVE Institutional, an affiliate of Irvine-based MVE & Partners, the groundbreaking project reinvents the K-12 campus as a multi-purpose community center. (The OUSD says a general contractor would be selected on Nov. 3.) The complex has an ultimate project goal of grid neutrality and third-party certification under the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) Verified Program, which requires projects to submit documentation for performance verification by an independent review team. Expected project
Earlier this month, the Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency cut the ribbon on a new pedestrian and bicycle bridge on Treat Boulevard near the Pleasant Hill BART station. Photo: Photo by Arup + Randy Olaes The $6.8-million Robert I. Schroder Overcrossing forms the centerpiece of the new sustainable Contra Costa Transit Village and was designed by the San Francisco office of global engineering and consulting firm Arup. Arup was the prime consultant for the more than 800-ft-long, 10-ft-wide bridge, which was named after a former Contra Costa County supervisor and Walnut Creek mayor. Arup provided structural, civil and geotechnical engineering,
The National Transportation Safety Board earlier this month released its preliminary report on the accident of the Sept. 9 gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno that killed eight people and damaged 55 homes. The report came a day after Pacific Gas and Electric Co. announced its new natural gas pipeline safety measures, known as Pipeline 2020. The explosion of a 30-in. diameter natural gas pipeline released 47.6 million standard cubic ft of natural gas, creating a crater 72 ft long by 26 ft wide and throwing a 28-ft segment of the pipe 100 ft away. Investigators are looking at the
Santa Ana-based developer Urban Housing Communities LLC held a ceremonial groundbreaking last week at the project site of the KTGY Group-designed Horizons at Morgan Hill in the city of Morgan Hill. Horizons at Morgan Hill is a 49-unit affordable senior housing community developed in collaboration with the Morgan Hill Redevelopment Agency, Bank of America and KTGY. Upon completion in August 2011, the new $21.2-million community will offer healthy, supportive and eco-friendly apartment homes to seniors 55 years and older earning between 30% and 50% of Santa Clara County median income. Horizons at Morgan Hill will offer 36 one-bedroom, one-bath and
Developers Merlone Geier Partners and GLJ Partners recently broke ground on Stella, an �eco-chic� residential community in Marina Del Rey. Stella will be seeking LEED silver certification for its incorporation of sustainable materials, healthier interior finishes and energy-efficient construction techniques, in compliance with the city of Los Angeles’ green building ordinance. Stella’s project team includes architectural firm DesignARC and Arroyo Interior Design. The general contractor is GLJ Builders, LP, the in-house construction company of GLJ Partners. Completion is targeted for fall of 2012. “In addition to creating a new green high-density, mixed-use community, Stella will create jobs and be an
Webcor Builders is well underway on site preparation work on the California Memorial Stadium reconstruction and renovation project. The project includes stadium, athletic field, seismic, life safety and program upgrades; and the preservation of selected historic elements of the U.C. Berkeley’s original 86-year-old structure. Site prep began in the summer with utilities work, reinforcement of the west wall and limited demolition of interior spaces. Major construction is slated to start at the end of the 2010 football season and will be on a 20-month schedule to finish in time for the 2012 campaign. Webcor is serving as construction manager and
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