In February 2012, Greenberry Industrial, Vancouver, Wash., completed the conversion of the Mt. Poso Cogeneration Plant in Bakersfield from a coal-burning facility to one that runs completely on local biomass.
The $1.01-billion project at Sacramento International Airport, the largest capital improvement program in Sacramento County history, was completed in October 2011—four months earlier than planned and $60 million under budget.
Completed in July 2011, this $7.1-million library remodel and expansion included adding a community space, technology and teen services, a kitchen, a café and a bookstore as well as giving an overall face-lift to the aging 1970 building.
The aim of this $4-million visitor enhancement project to commemorate the Golden Gate Bridge's 75th anniversary was to make significant improvements to the world-famous tourist site.
A mile from the Golden Gate Bridge, the $1.9-million two-hinged suspension bridge for pedestrians replaces a bridge built in 1954 to the Point Bonita Lighthouse.
The rainy season is upon us and that means it’s time for the Sacramento District of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to stop all of its levee work around the Sacramento and American rivers. U.S. Army photo by Todd Plain/Released Construction is shut down for the winter. “We can’t work on levees in the wintertime because of runoff,” says Tom Karvonen, project manager for Sacramento River Bank Protection Project (SRBPP). “When it’s raining it’s impossible to do the storm water protection required to keep soils from running in the river.”Karvonen, whose district is currently working on about eight projects or
Despite a difficult economy, Sacramento-based general contractor Tricorp Hearn Construction is seeing success in the hospitality sector with four large hotel projects under construction around the state. Tricorp Hearn Construction Hampton Inn & Suites in Mission Valley, Calif. “The economy has been great for us and we are extremely busy,” says Steve Hunter, president of Tricorp. “We found a couple of markets that are moving forward, hospitality and multi-family, and that’s what we are capitalizing on.”Hunter, who founded the company 10 years ago with Ken Cohen and Tony Moayed, says the trio’s decades of experience in the hospitality market has
RSS