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McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has completed construction of a new athletic stadium at Carlsbad High School. Related Links: EAH Housing opens affordable housing complex in Larkspur Diffenbaugh completes two projects Turner selected for LAUSD high school project New medical office building breaks ground in Murrieta San Francisco’s central subway project receives federal backing Student services building at Oxnard College opens WBMWD desalination demo facility breaks ground Kitchell prison project gets LEED silver certification The stadium represents the second phase of a three-phased, $86-million construction renovation of Carlsbad High School that McCarthy began in June 2008. Carlsbad High School is among
Oxnard College recently opened the doors on a new, 38,500-sq-ft student services center, which will help the campus expand to serve 11,500 students. Related Links: New stadium replaces 50-year-old facility EAH Housing opens affordable housing complex in Larkspur Diffenbaugh completes two projects Turner selected for LAUSD high school project New medical office building breaks ground in Murrieta San Francisco’s central subway project receives federal backing WBMWD desalination demo facility breaks ground Kitchell prison project gets LEED silver certification Designed by West Los Angeles-based Nadel Architects, the $18 million structure serves as a campus focal point and a “foreground” building consolidating
San Francisco International Airport’s $383-million Terminal 2 renovation project is representative of several developments unfolding at the facility – all of them good. Long slated to be built but put on hiatus after Sept. 11, 2001, the 575,000-sq-ft project signifies that SFO has more than recovered from the downturn that proceeded from that catastrophic day. Targeted for LEED silver certification, the renovation effort shows that even an international airport as large as SFO can be a good steward of the environment. And having generated nearly 600 construction-related jobs, with nearly half its renovation contracts going to San Francisco firms and
J.D. Diffenbaugh Inc. recently completed the construction of the Vista Del Sol Senior Living Facility located in Redlands, and also opened the doors to the new Riverside Animal Shelter. Related Links: New stadium replaces 50-year-old facility EAH Housing opens affordable housing complex in Larkspur Turner selected for LAUSD high school project New medical office building breaks ground in Murrieta San Francisco’s central subway project receives federal backing Student services building at Oxnard College opens WBMWD desalination demo facility breaks ground Kitchell prison project gets LEED silver certification The $9-million Vista Del Sol project was built for the Housing Authority of
Carson-headquartered West Basin Municipal Water District recently started constructing one of the first ocean-water desalination demonstration facilities to utilize ocean protection technology at the source of intake and discharge. Related Links: New stadium replaces 50-year-old facility EAH Housing opens affordable housing complex in Larkspur Diffenbaugh completes two projects Turner selected for LAUSD high school project New medical office building breaks ground in Murrieta San Francisco’s central subway project receives federal backing Student services building at Oxnard College opens Kitchell prison project gets LEED silver certification The facility is sharing space at the Los Angeles Conservation Corps’ SEA Lab education center
Mayor Gavin Newsom recently joined the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and numerous elected and community leaders to ceremoniously break ground on the Central Subway project. Related Links: New stadium replaces 50-year-old facility EAH Housing opens affordable housing complex in Larkspur Diffenbaugh completes two projects Turner selected for LAUSD high school project New medical office building breaks ground in Murrieta Student services building at Oxnard College opens WBMWD desalination demo facility breaks ground Kitchell prison project gets LEED silver certification When service begins in 2018, this 1.7-mi extension of the existing Third Street light rail line will connect communities from
The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles opened last month marking the completion of the final piece of L.A. LIVE, the $2.5-billion sports, residential and entertainment district, which was inaugurated with the opening of STAPLES Center in 1999. Photo: Gensler, by Benny Chan/Fotoworks. The L.A. LIVE complex with the new Ritz-Carlton/JW Marriott tower. Photo: Gensler, by Ryan Gobuty/Gensler Lobby Related Links: State High Speed Rail Authority Picks SF’s Transbay Transit Center Kaiser Permanente Signs Agreement to Install Solar Systems at 15 of its Buildings in California The Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Residences and JW Marriott at L.A. LIVE is the first skyscraper built in
Federal stimulus money will be the financial engine driving about $2.6 billion of high-speed rail work in the Upper Midwest during 2010. About $2.6 billion in federal stimulus money will be provided to the Upper Midwest for high-speed rail work. The Chicago-St. Louis line is scheduled to receive $1.1 billion, the most of any Midwest route. The region’s key routes include Chicago-St. Louis-Kansas City; Chicago-Detroit; Chicago-Milwaukee-Madison (and in the future Minneapolis-St. Paul); and Cleveland-Columbus-Dayton-Cincinnati. Related Links: In High Gear Second Take The federal government announced in late January that it would award $8 billion nationwide this year to projects that
Kaiser Permanente has agreed to deploy 15 megawatts of solar power in a deal that will put solar power systems at 15 facilities across the state by the summer of 2011. Related Links: State High Speed Rail Authority Picks SF’s Transbay Transit Center Final piece of L.A. LIVE Opens – the Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles Kaiser Permanente has agreed to deploy 15 megawatts of solar power in a deal that will put solar power systems at 15 facilities across the state by the summer of 2011. The agreement with San Francisco-based Recurrent Energy, an independent power producer and a developer of
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