Tunneling 100 ft below a busy city with varying substructure is a delicate job, especially when the work comes within 8 ft of existing tunnels. Such is the case on San Francisco's new $1.5-billion Central Subway Project, which began major subterranean excavation last month. Photo courtesy SFMTA Mom Chung began tunneling more than 100 ft underneath San Francisco. Related Links: Barnard Impregilo Healy JV Awarded San Franciscos Central Subway Tunneling Project "The tunnels pass through both soft ground and Franciscan formation, which is heterogeneous rock that is not predictable except in its unpredictability," says Sarah Wilson, a San Francisco Municipal
Related Links: People Dig Tunnel Boring Machines That Tweet Barnard Impregilo Healy JV Awarded San Franciscos Central Subway Tunneling Project Tunneling 100 ft below a busy city with varying substructure is a delicate job, especially when the work comes within 8 ft of existing tunnels. Such is the case on San Francisco's new $1.5-billion Central Subway Project, which began major subterranean excavation last month."The tunnels pass through both soft ground and Franciscan formation, which is heterogeneous rock that is not predictable except in its unpredictability," says Sarah Wilson, a San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) resident engineer.While underground conditions will
The U.S. Navy's new $455-million Replacement Hospital project in Oceanside, Calif., is not only $100 million under budget and six months ahead of schedule but also one of the first major U.S. design-build projects of its kind to use a unique 100% turnkey equipment procurement process, according to the project team. Related Links: Clark/McCarthy JV Breaks Ground on $394-Million Naval Hospital Clark/McCarthy Joint Venture is performing the design-build contract with full medical planning, including all equipment procurement, coordination, installation and training. "We are not aware of another major health-care facility where the same entity was responsible for design, construction and
Photos by Greg Aragon At the $455-million Replacement Hospital project at Camp Pendleton (above), the design-build team has flexibility to design around complex medical equipment, such as MRI rooms (below). Related Links: Kiewit-Turner JV Wants Out of Colorado VA Hospital Project Clark/McCarthy JV Breaks Ground on $394-Million Naval Hospital The U.S. Navy's new $455-million Replacement Hospital project in Oceanside, Calif., is not only $100 million under budget and six months ahead of schedule but also one of the first major U.S. design-build projects of its kind to use a unique 100% turnkey equipment procurement process, according to the project team.Clark/McCarthy
Related Links: Showcase Soccer Stadium in Brazilian Capital Goes for Stylish Sustainability 49ers Use 'Integrated Bridging Design-Build' To Speed Stadium Construction Before the new $60-million San Jose Earthquakes Stadium can shake with more than 18,000 soccer fans, the construction team must finish removing all the underground World War II tank parts and factory components that were left behind by the site's previous occupants.Once used to build Bradley infantry vehicles in the 1940s, the land for the new stadium came with no as-built blueprints, says Dave Kaval, president of the San Jose Earthquakes. As a result, crews led by Milpitas, Calif.-based
Phase 2 of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority Expo Light Rail project is closing in on its quest to reach the Pacific by 2015. About 45% complete as of late July, the $1.5-billion, 6.6-mile-long line from Culver City to Santa Monica faces obstacles above and below ground. Related Links: Opponents Seek to Stop L.A. Light Rail Project Condo, Transit Projects Dominate California's 2012 Top Project Starts The project continues the Expo Line's $930-million, 8.6-mile-long Phase 1, which opened last year and links downtown Los Angeles with Culver City. Phase 2 broke ground last summer and will extend the line
A plan to expand and upgrade Southern California's congested state Route 91 has received a $421-million federal Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan. The U.S. Dept. of Transportation's July 3 loan announcement means construction on the $1.3-billion design-build project in Riverside County can begin by the end of 2013. Related Links: States Gear Up to Seek Expanded TIFIA Loan Aid "This project is going to make Riverside County more accessible and more attractive to potential employers and businesses once it's completed," says John Standiford, deputy executive director of the Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC), which applied for the
Related Links: States Gear Up to Seek Expanded TIFIA Loan Aid (ENR 8/27/12) SR 91 Project home page A plan to expand and upgrade Southern California's congested state Route 91 has received a $421-million federal Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan. The U.S. Dept. of Transportation's July 3 loan announcement means construction on the $1.3-billion design-build project in Riverside County can begin by the end of 2013."This project is going to make Riverside County more accessible and more attractive to potential employers and businesses once it's completed," says John Standiford, deputy executive director of the Riverside County Transportation
For the second straight year, the Construction Management (CM) program at Sacramento State is reporting that 100% of its graduating class has secured a job. This means that since the May 25 commencement ceremony, all 32 graduates - 29 men and three women - have traded in their tassels for hard hats. Photo courtesy of Sacramento State/Randy Allen Some of the successful graduates of the Sacramento State Construction Management program. Related Links: ENR California "We pride ourselves on the ability to provide a practically orientated education in our undergraduate Construction Management program," says Mikael Anderson, chair of the Department of Construction
The new $110-million Life Sciences building at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles is designed with an array of state-of-the-art learning equipment inside. But when complete in two years, the three-story project will also dazzle with a unique and complex exterior. Image courtesy of CO Architects/C.W. Driver The building skin is made up of cement and metal panels, unitized glazing, stick-framed glazing, point-supported structural glass walls and a green roof system. Related Links: Read Other ENR California Project Stories First Net-Zero Bio Lab Nearing the Finish Line "The greatest challenge on the LMU-Life Science Building is the design, coordination
