Superintendent Phil Long of Medford School District in Oregon wanted to incorporate a sense of community when the district replaced the outdated 1930s-era South Medford High School. Mahlum Architects of Portland delivered with plans for an $82-million, 225,000-sq-ft, energy-efficient campus with 48 classrooms, 10 science rooms, 2,000-seat gym and modern theater. “It is a people-friendly building,” Long says of the new structure. “It’s flexible enough that if we change programming in the future, the physical spaces can accommodate new uses.” The 20-acre instructional campus is broken into four small learning communities, with a pair of two-story wings centered around a
Work on track relocation, a pair of bridges and two roadways continues at the 240-acre Railyards project in Sacramento despite a pending foreclosure. In June, Illinois-based Inland American Real Estate Trust initiated foreclosure proceedings against Atlanta-based Thomas Enterprises after the developer defaulted on $187 million in loans. Thomas Enterprises has 120 days to repay or renegotiate the loans. In the meantime, North Highlands-based MCM Construction Inc. and subcontractors Sacramento-based Teichert Construction and West Sacramento-based Alling Iron Works continue work on a cast-in-place, prestressed box girder bridge on 5th Street. More than 100 piles are in place. Concrete for the southern
Alyeska Pipeline CEO Kevin Hostler will retire from management of the 800-mile Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) in September, three months earlier than planned. “Retiring at the end of September is good for the pipeline,” Hostler, 55, said in a statement. Photo: Courtesy Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. Alyeska Pipeline CEO Kevin Hostler. Hostler announced on July 7 that his last day is September 30. Members of the TAPS Owner Committee are now looking for a new CEO and will appoint an interim CEO if the position is not filled in time. Hostler’s announcement will not alter controversial staffing or maintenance
After the skeleton of a planned 48-story luxury condominium languished for more than a year on prime Oahu land, San Diego-based developer OliverMcMillan resuscitated the $284-million mixed-use project to include retail, entertainment and 492 market rate and moderate income residential units. After the skeleton of a planned 48-story luxury condominium languished for more than a year on prime Oahu land, San Diego-based developer OliverMcMillan resuscitated the $284-million mixed-use project to include retail, entertainment and 492 market rate and moderate income residential units. In April, the Honolulu office of Ledcor Construction Hawaii, working with Architects Hawaii Ltd. and Baldridge & Associates
Alyeska Pipeline CEO Kevin Hostler will retire from management of the 800-mile Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) in September, three months earlier than planned. “Retiring at the end of September is good for the pipeline,” Hostler, 55, said in a statement. Photo: courtesy Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. Alyeska Pipeline CEO Kevin Hostler Hostler announced on July 7 that his last day is September 30. Members of the TAPS Owner Committee are now looking for a new CEO and will appoint an interim CEO if the position is not filled in time. Hostler’s announcement will not alter controversial staffing or maintenance
San Diego-based developer OliverMcMillan is resurrecting a $284-million, 48-story luxury condominium project in Oahu, Hawaii, that was shut down for more than a year after the original developer went bankrupt. Photo: Courtesy Olivermcmillan A stirring market leads to the relaunch of a 430,000-sq-ft condo project on Oahu, Hawaii. In April, the Honolulu office of Ledcor Construction Hawaii, working with Architects Hawaii Ltd. and Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineers, took up where another Honolulu-based company, KC Rainbow Development Co. LLC, left off in fall 2008. The tower, called Pacifica Honolulu, is now set for completion in the third quarter of 2011.
Teichert, the Sacramento-based construction, materials, equipment and development company, has been named California Construction�s 2010 Contractor of the Year for its commitment to safety and giving back while working to improve California�s vital infrastructure. Teichert worked on the Yocha Dehe Golf Club project at Cache Creek Resort in Brooks. Teichert has been contracted by Caltrans on a number of I-80 projects. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" �I am honored,� says Jud Riggs, Teichert president, chairman and CEO. Robert Carlsen, managing editor of California Construction, says: �McGraw-Hill Construction�s Regional Publications� Contractor of the Year recognition is our way of honoring
When Mansour Aliabadi was forced to flee his native Iran in 1979 at the onset of its Islamic Revolution, he had a civil engineering degree, public- and private-sector construction experience and an early inkling that construction management, then an emerging discipline, might be the wave of the future. More than three decades later, Aliabadi has steered the growth of Vanir Construction Management Inc. and its parent company from a local minority business into a global competitor, while raising practice standards for CM professionals in his firm and others. Photo: Dan Hood/ENR CEO Aliabadi at the site of the California grid
Teichert, the Sacramento-based construction, materials, equipment and development company, has been named California Construction�s 2010 Contractor of the Year for its commitment to safety and giving back while working to improve California�s vital infrastructure. Teichert worked on the Yocha Dehe Golf Club at Cache Creek Resort in Brooks. Construction on the Big Fix along Interstate-5 in Sacramento. “I am honored,” says Teichert President, chairman and CEO Jud Riggs. “McGraw-Hill Construction’s Regional Publications’ Contractor of the Year recognition is our way of honoring companies who go above and beyond,” says Robert Carlsen, managing editor of California Construction. “Teichert stood out because
As the California High Speed Rail Authority gains a new chief operating officer, a May report released by the state auditor warns of potential delays in the authority’s planned $45-billion project due to inadequate planning, oversight and contract management. The report warns that the authority hasn’t identified enough non-state matching funds, which are required to access the $9.9 billion OK’d in the voter-approved 2008 California bond that launched the project. The project has received $2.25 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Construction plans call for 2.5 times more state and federal funding to be spent by 2013 than