SnapShot August 1, 2011 Submitted By: Cupertino Electric Inc., San Jose This photograph of the Northern California Power Agency’s 296-MW Lodi Energy Center power generation facility was taken by Cupertino Electric to document the project’s progress. The photo was snapped as linemen were performing cooling tower replacement on the main circuit breakers at the site. When complete in 2012, the center will feature a natural gas-fired turbine generator and seven-cell cooling tower.Photographer: Hoa Tran Marketing coordinator
BOEKAMPPatti Boekamp was named principal program manager/associate vice president for T.Y. Lin International's San Diego office and the southwest district. Boekamp brings more than 27 years of in-depth transportation and capital improvement project delivery experience to the post, with more than 20 of those years spent with the city of San Diego, where she served in various positions, including director of the engineering and capital projects department. She is a registered traffic engineer and has had leading roles with numerous professional organizations, including serving as a founding board member of the California Alliance for Advanced Transportation Systems and an officer
It may not be back to business as usual in the California construction industry—due to lingering economic uncertainties and owners' resulting reluctance to proceed with projects—but major contractors see some silver linings in upcoming project opportunities, especially in health care, transportation and other infrastructure. In this year's Top Contractors ranking, total revenue at the top 10 firms dropped 10.3% to $8.1 billion from $9.1 billion a year ago. But many contractors anticipated the slowdown and diversified into new market sectors and that helped stem the recessionary tide. Moreover, the growth of technology firms in the San Francisco Bay Area has
While the recent shutdown of an 11-mile stretch of the Interstate 405 in Los Angeles proved to be more “Carma-good” than “Carmageddon,” Southern California transportation officials are quick to point out the operation didn’t go smoothly by accident.
The HOK Los Angeles-designed Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center received the “Community Impact Award” and the “Under Construction – Healthcare Award” as part of the 41st annual Los Angeles Business Council’s Architectural Awards. Hathaway Dinwiddie is the general contractor on the project, which is slated to open in 2013.According to the architectural judges, the 11-story pavilion’s “outstanding design and construction will ensure the excellence of pavilion visitors’ experiences as they flow with ease through a spacious plaza reception area, outpatient clinics, diagnostic and imaging facilities, a pharmacy, an education center, research laboratories, a café, three-floors of underground
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission General Manager Ed Harrington, joined by state and federal officials, this week dedicated the newly constructed, $114-million Tesla Water Treatment Facility in Tracy. With a capacity of 315 million gallons per day (mgd), the new Tesla plant is the largest water UV facility in California and the third largest in North America. The SFPUC says this facility is being commissioned nine months before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency establishes a new requirement for a second disinfectant for all unfiltered drinking water systems in the nation.The new facility will provide multiple redundant treatment systems to increase
The Associated General Contractors of California, along with state transportation agencies and industry stakeholders, recently met with Federal Highway (FHWA) Administrator Victor Mendez to discuss the national “Every Day Counts” initiative. The meeting in Sacramento, hosted by Caltrans Acting Director Malcolm Dougherty, focused on sustainable infrastructure funding and efficient project delivery systems.The EDC Initiative is designed to reduce delivery time of transportation projects and accelerate technology and innovation deployment. During the meeting AGC requested assistance from the FHWA to partner with environmental and regulatory agencies to facilitate accelerated project delivery.“The EDC is designed to identify and deploy innovation aimed at shortening project delivery, enhancing the
The American Institute of Architects reports that June marked the third consecutive decline in revenue at U.S. architecture firms as measured by the Architecture Billings Index (ABI). The ABI reflects the approximate nine- to 12-month lag time between architecture billings and construction spending. The AIA reported the June ABI score was 46.3, almost a full point from a reading of 47.2 the previous month. This score reflects a continued decrease in demand for design services (any score above 50 indicates an increase in billings).However, the AIA says the new projects inquiry index was 58.1, up sharply from a mark of
The first of 10 projects of Caltrans’ mandated Design-Build Demonstration Program – the State Highway 99 Chowchilla Rehabilitation Project in Madera Co. – was awarded last week to Granite Construction Co. Construction on the $37-million project is planned to begin this month and is estimated for completion by December 2012. The project will repair nearly 4 mi of Highway 99 in both directions in Chowchilla from the South Madera Overcrossing to the Avenue 16 Overcrossing. Existing guardrail, lights, signs, and drainage systems within the project limits will also be upgraded or repaired, as needed.With the design-build construction method, Caltrans expects
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