Restoration of the Beaux-Arts-style Hall of Justice aimed to return the building to prominence as an architectural symbol of judicial history in Los Angeles.
Spanning the Los Angeles museum’s center courtyard, the white-painted 36-ft bridge connects the second-floor permanent gallery in the east wing to the temporary galleries in the west.
The $30-million project included a NCAA basketball gymnasium, multipurpose wellness and physical therapy rooms, an office suite and an outdoor Olympic-size pool with future wave-generation capacity for survival courses required of all cadets.
Lifting technology and industry standards have advanced significantly since the mid- 1990s, when the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association put out the Exxon Crane Guide.
South Carolina is taking steps to improve the safety of its regulated dams following the failure of more than 30 structures during October’s massive floods.
The $72-million Pinellas County Public Safety Facilities and Centralized Communications Center project called for the complete demolition of existing buildings on a 40-acre campus and replacement with new, storm-hardened facilities such as a sheriff’s administrative building, emergency operations and dispatch centers, a 1,248-space parking garage and an energy plant to supply emergency power and cooling.
A panel of safety experts has chosen the winners of ENR California’s Excellence in Safety award, part of the Best Projects 2015 competition that will be profiled in more depth in the Dec. issue of ENR California, and presented at two awards banquets in early December.