California's projected budget calls for $2 billion in cuts to transit agencies, creating uncertainty despite recent state and federal funding windfalls.
Team player Kevin Antonelli went from bidder on Google’s Bay View Campus in Mountain View, Calif., in its first iteration a decade ago to later becoming the revamped project’s biggest cheerleader from the owner’s side, helping to successfully and safely complete its ultra-sustainable, complex structures.
Stanford University geophysics professor Rosemary Knight had always loved math and science, but it wasn’t until she attended Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, as an undergraduate that she discovered what would become a lifelong passion: geophysics.
Although the series of storms caused widespread flooding, the lasting impacts may be a slight reprieve in the drought and propel more funding to repair aging water infrastructure.
More than 10 years in the making, Bay View represents the first time Google developed one of its own major campuses, with the goal to rethink how building systems integrate with nature to provide healthy, sustainable places for people to work.
Like almost all of the construction industry, specialty contractors on the West Coast endured a challenging 2020. Many were relieved this past year to see stalled work move ahead while new projects stayed the course. Generally, firms saw improved revenue in 2021, but challenges remain as many also reported mixed results.