Carson-headquartered West Basin Municipal Water District recently started constructing one of the first ocean-water desalination demonstration facilities to utilize ocean protection technology at the source of intake and discharge. Related Links: New stadium replaces 50-year-old facility EAH Housing opens affordable housing complex in Larkspur Diffenbaugh completes two projects Turner selected for LAUSD high school project New medical office building breaks ground in Murrieta San Francisco’s central subway project receives federal backing Student services building at Oxnard College opens Kitchell prison project gets LEED silver certification The facility is sharing space at the Los Angeles Conservation Corps’ SEA Lab education center
Mayor Gavin Newsom recently joined the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and numerous elected and community leaders to ceremoniously break ground on the Central Subway project. Related Links: New stadium replaces 50-year-old facility EAH Housing opens affordable housing complex in Larkspur Diffenbaugh completes two projects Turner selected for LAUSD high school project New medical office building breaks ground in Murrieta Student services building at Oxnard College opens WBMWD desalination demo facility breaks ground Kitchell prison project gets LEED silver certification When service begins in 2018, this 1.7-mi extension of the existing Third Street light rail line will connect communities from
The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles opened last month marking the completion of the final piece of L.A. LIVE, the $2.5-billion sports, residential and entertainment district, which was inaugurated with the opening of STAPLES Center in 1999. Photo: Gensler, by Benny Chan/Fotoworks. The L.A. LIVE complex with the new Ritz-Carlton/JW Marriott tower. Photo: Gensler, by Ryan Gobuty/Gensler Lobby Related Links: State High Speed Rail Authority Picks SF’s Transbay Transit Center Kaiser Permanente Signs Agreement to Install Solar Systems at 15 of its Buildings in California The Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Residences and JW Marriott at L.A. LIVE is the first skyscraper built in
Federal stimulus money will be the financial engine driving about $2.6 billion of high-speed rail work in the Upper Midwest during 2010. About $2.6 billion in federal stimulus money will be provided to the Upper Midwest for high-speed rail work. The Chicago-St. Louis line is scheduled to receive $1.1 billion, the most of any Midwest route. The region’s key routes include Chicago-St. Louis-Kansas City; Chicago-Detroit; Chicago-Milwaukee-Madison (and in the future Minneapolis-St. Paul); and Cleveland-Columbus-Dayton-Cincinnati. Related Links: In High Gear Second Take The federal government announced in late January that it would award $8 billion nationwide this year to projects that
Kaiser Permanente has agreed to deploy 15 megawatts of solar power in a deal that will put solar power systems at 15 facilities across the state by the summer of 2011. Related Links: State High Speed Rail Authority Picks SF’s Transbay Transit Center Final piece of L.A. LIVE Opens – the Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles Kaiser Permanente has agreed to deploy 15 megawatts of solar power in a deal that will put solar power systems at 15 facilities across the state by the summer of 2011. The agreement with San Francisco-based Recurrent Energy, an independent power producer and a developer of
Completed this past summer, the Salinas Valley State Prison’s additional 64-bed mental health facility has become the first California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation project to be certified LEED silver. Related Links: New stadium replaces 50-year-old facility EAH Housing opens affordable housing complex in Larkspur Diffenbaugh completes two projects Turner selected for LAUSD high school project New medical office building breaks ground in Murrieta San Francisco’s central subway project receives federal backing Student services building at Oxnard College opens WBMWD desalination demo facility breaks ground The single-story, 36,783-sq-ft mental health facility includes a 31,166-sq-ft housing treatment facility and 5,617-sq-ft administration
Turner Construction Co. was selected by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to manage construction of the $60-million South Region High School #9 in Los Angeles. Since 2003, Turner has managed construction on 19 LAUSD schools, representing a total construction value of more than $600 million. Related Links: New stadium replaces 50-year-old facility EAH Housing opens affordable housing complex in Larkspur Diffenbaugh completes two projects New medical office building breaks ground in Murrieta San Francisco’s central subway project receives federal backing Student services building at Oxnard College opens WBMWD desalination demo facility breaks ground Kitchell prison project gets LEED
Vancouver, B.C.�s planned $458-million renovation of BC Place, the province�s largest stadium, already has paid dividends. Las Vegas-based Paragon Gaming announced in March it would lease the property adjacent to build a $450-million entertainment complex, complete with a 24-hour casino, five restaurants and two hotels. Operations are set to start in 2013. Photo: Paragon Gaming An entertainment complex will abut BC Place by 2013, according to Paragon Gaming�s plan. The 76,000-sq-meter fabric cover at BC Place—the largest air-supported roof in the world—will soon become the world’s largest cable-supported retractable roof. Work starts this month with a winterization program. The 27-year-old
Washington Dept. of Transportation officials hope to finalize designs this summer for a 2.3-mi section of the $4.65-billion, 12.8-mi state Route 520 corridor improvement project, in Seattle, which includes the world�s longest floating pontoon bridge. Photo: WSDOT Project floating along On-site work is under way for new pontoon construction, which is part of the expanded Washington state corridor connecting Seattle to points east. WsDOT is working with the City of Seattle, the University of Washington, King County Metro and Sound Transit on design decisions regarding the westside section of the corridor. That section includes the planned expansion of an interchange
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