Related Links: View the 2013 Best of the Best Projects Winners ENR Excellence in Safety Award: St. Louis Library Industry professionals from all across the U.S. donated their time and expertise to help ENR identify and honor the most outstanding construction efforts completed in the U.S. and Puerto Rico between July 2012 and June 2013. Nearly 800 project teams submitted their best work to ENR's regional "Best Projects" competitions. For each of the ten regions, our editors assembled an independent panel of industry judges to home in on the winners in 20 categories. The winners of the regional contests moved
Photo by Jeff Goldberg/ESTO The concert hall features 842 vineyard-style seats. Related Links: 2013 Best of the Best Projects Winners Bing Concert Hall Team Gives Virtuoso Acoustic Performance Designed to be extremely intimate, Bing Concert Hall's 842 vineyard-style seats are organized in terraced platforms that surround the entire performance space. The optimal acoustical design called for lofty, 48-ft-high ceilings, resulting in 680,000 cu ft of volume—greater than halls with more than three times as many seats. Nine reflective acoustic panels—the largest 43 ft by 51 ft and weighing 8,000 lb—were hung around the curvaceous space. Each panel had a unique
The 11.5-mile Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension light rail project from Pasadena to Azusa is now more than halfway to project completion, according to the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority.
With an increasingly active construction market on the West Coast and labor shortages looming, it's becoming a top priority again for firms to find and hold onto top talent.
Big things are afoot in California. Construction activity is vigorous, and owners throughout the state are giving green lights to more projects. The San Francisco area, in particular, is in the midst of a two-year-old boom. And development in downtown Los Angeles is heating up, with several projects coming out of the ground and many more in the pipeline. Related Links: Five Teams Seek California's Next High-Speed Rail Segment Sacramento Arena Project Gets Protection From Environmental Litigation, Signs PLA Reactions Mixed After California Releases Full Delta Bay Plan Though there is much to celebrate, it's not all good news for
Keeping an Art Deco printing plant administration building out of harm's way while a $100-million museum is built under, in and around it requires some fancy falsework and delicate footwork. In October, crews at the University of California, Berkeley site finished installing a "body brace" on stilts to both protect the three-story shoe-box-like structure, which anchors one corner of the museum development, and to make room for new foundations and a new basement gallery space. Related Links: 'Honeycomb' Wrapper Keeps Broad Museum Team on Its Toes Cal Memorial Stadium Rehab Boosts Seismic Safety "The admin building is retained as a
Ashok Kothari KOTHARIwas named global projects director at Parsons Brinckerhoff. A 38-year veteran of PB, Kothari will continue his role as project director for the Westside Subway Extension in Los Angeles while providing oversight to large infrastructure projects worldwide. Related Links: Upload Your Own People News to ENR California's Photo Gallery ENR California's People Page Linda Bohlinger has joined Parsons Brinckerhoff as a principal consultant for the firm's transportation clients. She has 36 years of industry experience and worked for 15 years at the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority.Robert Newsom was appointed managing principal for Leo A Daly's Los Angeles
Photo By Steve Hill Current and former Cornell University students accept the award for Schoolhouse South Africa from Editor Scott Blair (right) at ENR's inaugural Global Best Projects awards. Related Links: Click Here to Enter ENR's Global Best Projects View Last Year's Global Best Projects Winners As the end the year approaches, it's a good time to reflect on the achievements made throughout the construction industry in 2013. In this spirit, ENR is launching its second annual Global Best Projects awards program this month. The contest expands upon ENR's successful U.S. competition by inviting world-wide participation.Entries are being accepted now
Related Links: California Bay Delta Plan Undergoes More Changes Review the Full Bay Delta Conservation Plan After years of planning, the state of California released the latest version of its controversial Bay Delta Conservation Plan on Dec. 9. Encompassing the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, which drains about half the land mass of the state, the $24.75-billion plan aims to balance the goals of helping 56 species of plants and animals to recover while stabilizing Delta water deliveries to agricultural and municipal users.The plan's centerpiece includes $16 billion for three new water intakes outfitted with fish-protection screens at the delta's north end;
After years of planning, the state of California released the latest version of its controversial Bay Delta Conservation Plan on Dec. 9. Encompassing the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, which drains about half the land mass of the state, the $24.75-billion plan aims to balance the goals of helping 56 species of plants and animals to recover while stabilizing Delta water deliveries to agricultural and municipal users. Image courtesy of BDCP The plan's centerpiece includes $16 billion for three new water intakes outfitted with fish-protection screens. Related Links: Review the Full Bay Delta Conservation Plan California Bay Delta Plan Undergoes More Changes
