| Rank | Project Location | Project Cost ($ mil.) | Start Date/ Completion Date | Owner/ Contractor/ Designer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Santa Clara Stadium, Santa Clara | $1,000 |
March 2016 |
Owner Santa Clara Stadium Authority GC Turner/Devcon, Joint Venture Design HNTB Corp. |
| 2 |
The Carlsbad Desalination Project, Carlsbad |
$901 |
Dec. 2012 June 2014 |
Owner Poseidon Resources Inc. GC Kiewit Shea Desalination (Kiewit Infrastructure West and J.F. Shea Co. JV) Design IDE Technologies; ARCADIS; Tetra Tech |
| 3 | Graton Resort & Casino, Rohnert Park | $800 |
June 2012 Late 2013 |
Owner Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria/Station Casinos LLC GC Tutor Perini Building Corp.; Rudolph and Sletten Design KGA Architecture |
| 4 | BART Silicon Valley Berryessa Extension - Line, Track, Stations & Systems, San Jose | $772 |
April 2012 March 2016 |
Owner Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority GC Skanska USA Building/Herzog Contracting/Shimmick Construction, Joint Venture Design LAN/T.Y. Lin |
| 5 | UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center, La Jolla | $700 |
Jan. 2012 June 2016 |
Owner UC San Diego Health System GC Kitchell Design Cannon Design |
| 6 | Expo Phase II Light Rail, Santa Monica/Los Angeles | $541.70 |
Jan. 2012 Oct. 2015 |
Owner Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority GC Skanska-Rados JV Design Parsons Brinckerhoff |
| 7 | Catalina Solar Power Project, Kern County | $520 |
May 2012 June 2013 |
Owner/Design EDF Renewable Energy GC Bechtel Group Inc. |
| 8 | Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Expansion, Palo Alto | $510 |
Nov. 2012 Jan. 2016 |
Owner Stanford University Medical Center GC DPR Construction Design Perkins+Will; HGA Architects & Engineers |
| 9 | Foothill Extension Phase 2A Alignment, Pasadena | $486 |
May 2012 Sept. 2015 |
Owner Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Authority GC Foothill Transit Constructors (Kiewit-Parsons JV) Design Parsons Transportation Group |
| 10 | The Village at Santa Monica Mixed-Use Complex, Santa Monica | $350 |
Feb. 2012 Jan. 2014 |
Owner Related California GC Charles Pankow Builders Ltd. Design Koning Eizenberg Architecture Inc. |
| 11 | San Gabriel Trench Grade Separation Project, San Gabriel | $336.5 |
June 2012 Winter 2017 |
Owner/Design Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority GC Walsh Construction |
| 12 | BART Warm Springs Station Extension - Line, Track, Stations and System, Fremont | $299.1 |
May 2012 May 2015 |
Owner Bay Area Rapid Transit District GC Warm Springs Constructors (Kiewit-Mass JV) Design HNTB Corp. |
| 13 | Third St. Light Rail Phase 2 - TBM/Launch Box & Tunnel, San Francisco | $233.6 |
Jan. 2012 Nov. 2014 |
Owner San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency GC Barnard Construction Co. Design PB/Telamon JV |
| 14 | San Diego County Women’s Detention Facility, Santee | $221.5 |
Aug. 2012 Jan. 2016 |
Owner County of San Diego GC Balfour Beatty Construction Design Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz; HMC |
| 15 | Lorenzo Apartments, Los Angeles | $221.4 |
April 2012 Fall 2014 |
Owner/GC G.H. Palmer Associates Design Killefer Flammang Architects |
| 16 | Water Quality Control Plant Phase 1 Expansion, Riverside | $192.2 |
Sept. 2012 March 2015 |
Owner City of Riverside GC PCL Construction Inc. Design CDM Smith |
| 17 | Blvd 6200 Phase 1, Hollywood | $190.4 |
June 2012 Dec. 2014 |
Owner Clarett West Development/ DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners GC Benchmark Contractors Design VTBS Architects |
| 18 | San Marcos High School Rebuild, San Marcos | $180 |
April 2012 Jan. 2014 |
Owner San Marcos Unified School District GC Lusardi Construction Co. Design LPA Inc. |
| 19 | 10th and Market, San Francisco | $169.9 |
Jan. 2012 March 2014 |
Owner Tenth and Market LLC GC Swinerton Builders Design Handel Architects |
| 20 | Hall of Justice Repair and Reuse Project, Los Angeles | $169.2 |
March 2012 Jan. 2014 |
Owner Los Angeles County Public Works Dept. GC Clark Construction Group Design AC Martin Partners |
| 21 | The Vermont Apartment Towers, Los Angeles | $169 |
May 2012 July 2014 |
GC J.H. Snyder Contracting Inc. Design The Jerde Partnership |
| 22 | San Francisco Public Safety Building, San Francisco | $164.5 |
Jan. 2012 Summer 2014 |
Owner City & County of San Francisco GC Charles Pankow Builders Ltd. Design HOK; Mark Cavagnero Associates |
| 23 | Palo Alto Medical Foundation San Carlos Center, San Carlos | $164 |
May 2012 Nov. 2014 |
Owner Palo Alto Medical Foundation GC Skanska USA Design NBBJ |
| 24 | Hyundai Motor Co. Headquarters Expansion, Fountain Valley | $150 |
May 2012 Oct. 2013 |
Owner Hyundai Motor America GC Hyundai AMCO; McCarthy Building Cos. (garage) Design Gensler |
| 24 | The Source, Buena Park | $150 |
Oct. 2012 April 2014 |
Owner/GC M&D Properties Inc. Design BonTerra Consulting |
| 26 | Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC), Anaheim | $130 |
Sept. 2012 Nov. 2014 |
Owner City of Anaheim; Orange County Transit Authority GC Clark Construction Group Design Parsons Brinckerhoff/HOK |
| 26 | San Mateo County Jail, Redwood City | $130 |
Aug. 2012 Dec. 2014 |
Owner San Mateo County GC Sundt/Layton Joint Venture Design HOK |
| 26 | The Broad Museum, Los Angeles | $130 |
May 2012 Jan. 2014 |
Owner The Broad Art Foundation GC Matt Construction Design Diller Scofidio + Renfro |
| 26 | One Rincon Hill - Tower Two, San Francisco | $130 |
Sept. 2012 Aug. 2014 |
Owner Urban West of San Diego GC Webcor Builders Design Solomon Cordwell Buenz & Associates Inc. |
| 30 | Harrah’s Rincon Casino Expansion – Phase 7, Valley Center | $125 |
Nov. 2012 March 2014 |
Owner Rincon San Luiseno Band of Mission Indians GC W.E. O’Neil Construction Co. of California Design Friedmutter Group |
| 31 | California Health Care Facility DeWitt Nelson Corrections Annex (Package 3), Stockton | $123 |
Nov. 2012 2013 |
Owner Calif. Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation GC Hensel Phelps |
| 32 | Santa Ana Freeway (I-5) Reconstruct and Widen Freeway and Undercrossing, Norwalk | $120.8 |
Dec. 2012 Nov. 2016 |
Owner Caltrans GC Security Paving Design Caltrans |
| 33 | Los Angeles Marriott Hotel Complex, Los Angeles | $120 |
April 2012 March 2014 |
Owner AEG; Williams/Dame & Associates GC Sodo Builders LLC Design GBD Architects Inc. |
| 34 | Highway 101 Willits Bypass, Willits | $107.9 |
Oct. 2012 Dec. 2015 |
Owner/Design Caltrans GC Flatiron & Desilva Gates Construction, Joint Venture |
| 35 | One Santa Fe Apartments, Los Angeles | $106.6 |
Jan. 2012 Dec. 2014 |
Owner The McGregor Co. GC Bernards Design Michael Maltzan Architecture |
Top Starts in California
The third floor of the four-story, 75,000-sq-ft central plant contains a maze of piping and pumps for the chilled-water distribution system.
Photo by Victor Muschetto
To avoid affecting airport passengers, the combustion turbine generators were delivered and installed on the second floor of the CUP at night.
Photo by Victor Muschetto
The new central utilities plant at Los Angeles International Airport is wedged between the existing utility plant (right), the FAA tower and a landmark theme building (behind, left).
Photo by Victor Muschetto
At the southwest elevation, crews dig a 45-ft-deep jack-and-bore pit for utility lines routing to and from the new facility.
Photo by Victor Muschetto
