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Shortlisted Teams Will Try Tackling LA-Valley Transit Plan

New transit line is envisioned to relieve crowding on the I-405 freeway

Jim Parsons

January 22, 2020

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Each team will now submit a Predevelopment Agreement proposal to assist with planning and design of the project.

Transportation infrastructure

LA Metro Sets TBMs to Work on Purple Line Extension

Downtown to westside connection costs pegged at $9.3B

Erica Berardi

July 5, 2019

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Herrenknecht borers to dig twin tunnels covering 2.59 miles at projected rate of 60 ft per day.

ENR 2018 Top 25 Newsmakers

Gary H. Baker: Guiding the Team on a Tough Tunneling Job

Tom Sawyer

Aileen Cho

January 10, 2019

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The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is managing one of the largest transportation construction programs in the country.

15 Million-Year Whale Bone Found at LA Metro Subway Project

Greg Aragon

September 27, 2018

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The American Infrastructure

Above, Below and Through: How They Build L.A.'s New Light Rail Line

The project has a little bit of everything when it comes to heavy construction

Aileen Cho

January 31, 2018

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$2 billion Crenshaw-LAX light rail line expected to provide economic boost to L.A. neighborhoods

City of Los Angeles Buzzes With Work

Greg Aragon

March 27, 2017

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Selected as 2017 Owner of the Year, the city has its hand in $150 billion of upcoming airport, water and transit infrastructure work

Q&A With LA Metro's Phil Washington

Aileen Cho

February 8, 2017

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LA transit leader discusses area's ambitious plans

LA Metro To Pay Kiewit $297.8M Settlement on Freeway Job

Greg Aragon

December 7, 2016

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The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) has reached an agreement with Kiewit Corp. and will pay the contractor $297.8 million for project change orders on the Interstate 405-Sepulveda Pass Widening Project, in Los Angeles.

Crews Lower TBM Shield as $1.6B LA Metro Tunnel Starts

October 26, 2016

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The tunnel-boring machine will dig twin 1.1-mile-long tunnels for the Los Angeles Regional Connector transit project, with tunneling to begin in early 2017.

LA Metro Opens Gold Line Extension, Releases Draft

Nicholas Zeman

March 23, 2016

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Just weeks after opening the new Gold Line Foothill Extension, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) hopes to expand that light-rail system again, along with many other projects.