After false starts and one full stop over the past 11 years, a new federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles now seems to be on its way to becoming a reality. The General Services Administration has awarded a $317.9-million design-build contract to a team of Clark Construction Group and architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for the 550,000-sq-ft project.
In announcing the contract award on Dec. 10, GSA said design work would begin “immediately.” The agency added that construction is tentatively slated to start in the third quarter of 2013, with completion anticipated in 2016.