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
Completed this past summer, the Salinas Valley State Prison’s additional 64-bed mental health facility has become the first California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation project to be certified LEED silver. 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 WBMWD desalination demo facility breaks ground The single-story, 36,783-sq-ft mental health facility includes a 31,166-sq-ft housing treatment facility and 5,617-sq-ft administration
Turner Construction Co. was selected by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to manage construction of the $60-million South Region High School #9 in Los Angeles. Since 2003, Turner has managed construction on 19 LAUSD schools, representing a total construction value of more than $600 million. Related Links: New stadium replaces 50-year-old facility EAH Housing opens affordable housing complex in Larkspur Diffenbaugh completes two projects 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
Turner Construction Co. has been selected by Santa Clara County to manage construction of a $300-million replacement hospital for Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System in San Jose. Construction is scheduled to begin in the summer of this year with completion scheduled for 2012. Anshen + Allen is the architect on the project. The same team also worked on two other Santa Clara Valley Medical Center projects in recent years � the Specialty Center and North Tower. The five-story, 375,000-sq-ft project will serve as a rehabilitation center for traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury. The 168-bed building will
The project team�s task at the South San Francisco Ferry Terminal project at Oyster Point Marina seemed reasonable enough: Design and engineer a ferry terminal off the unpredictable waters of San Francisco Bay and make sure it can withstand a catastrophic earthquake while still meeting the letter of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Oh, and make sure the ferry itself is made of concrete -- and floats. Not a problem, says Bo Jensen, vice president of Oakland-based Moffat & Nichol Engineers, one of the marine engineering firms hired by owner San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority for the
University of California Board of Regents recently accepted UC Merced�s 10-year, $1.129 billion capital improvement plan, which will guide the university�s physical expansion to serve more than 11,000 students by 2020. The Social Sciences and Management building The regents also authorized UC Merced to oversee and manage construction projects that cost less than $60 million, part of a pilot program to streamline the capital improvement process. In the coming decade, UC Merced anticipates needing $519 million for instruction and research buildings, $144 million for infrastructure improvements and $131 million for student housing. More than half of the funding may come
Six outstanding projects built by AGC of California contractors were chosen as winners in the 23rd annual Associated General Contractors of California's Constructor Awards program. Six construction companies received Constructor Awards for their California projects in the 23rd annual AGC of California Constructor Awards competition. Representing the winning firms and their projects are, from left: Lou Palandrani, Clark/McCarthy A Joint Venture (Clark Construction Group � California, LP); Mark Rietema, Syblon Reid; Mark Wheeler, Unger Construction Co.; Joe Reyes, Reyes Construction; Brendan Murphy, Turner Construction Co.; and Bob Coupe, C.C. Myers, Inc. AGC of California President Bob Christenson, left, presented the
Emissions from California�s construction and other off-road diesel equipment are less than 28% of what state officials have estimated, according to a recently released study by the Associated General Contractors of America. As a result, the California Air Resources Board has no scientific justification for sticking to a new rule requiring construction contractors to spend billions of dollars on their existing equipment, the AGC says. �There is no scientific reason for the CARB to pursue its punishing off-road rule,� says Mike Kennedy, the association�s general counsel. �The good news is that the board can protect construction and other jobs and
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