For the second straight year, the Construction Management (CM) program at Sacramento State is reporting that 100% of its graduating class has secured a job. This means that since the May 25 commencement ceremony, all 32 graduates - 29 men and three women - have traded in their tassels for hard hats. Photo courtesy of Sacramento State/Randy Allen Some of the successful graduates of the Sacramento State Construction Management program. Related Links: ENR California "We pride ourselves on the ability to provide a practically orientated education in our undergraduate Construction Management program," says Mikael Anderson, chair of the Department of Construction
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) is investigating the death last week of an elevator mechanic at the $1.3-billion Levi’s Stadium, being built for the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara County. Donald White, 63, had been working on a ladder at the bottom of an elevator shaft in the early morning of June 11, when he was struck by an elevator counterweight and killed. White had been employed as an elevator mechanic for the past several years by Schindler Elevator Corp. of Morristown, N.J., according to a statement released by the subcontractor on the stadium project.
Tina Moschetti MOSCHETTIwas promoted to principal at Stantec's Irvine transportation practice. She will lead project and operational performance there, including budget management and quality control. Moschetti also will support such clients as LA Metro and the Orange County Transportation Authority. Related Links: Upload Your Firm's New Hires and Promotions in the ENR California People Photo Gallery! ENR California People News Lisa Alzona has joined the Irvine office of design firm EwingCole as senior medical planner. She has more than 10 years' experience in the health care market, having worked for HOK and HDR. Alzona has a bachelor's degree in architecture
Southern California Edison (SCE) is closing down the troubled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in California. The plant’s two reactor units have been shut down since 2012 after a small leak was detected in a steam generator manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Related Links: Nuclear Resurgence Dims Due to Rising Costs, Low Demand The California utility originally submitted plans to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to restart the reactors, but uncertainty about whether the plan would be accepted and the length of time involved during which SCE would need to maintain the plant in a state of readiness led to the
The final segments of Governor Brown’s proposed $24.5-billion Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) were released May 29 at a news conference in the Silicon Valley. The administrative drafts of chapters 8–12 address issues of cost, funding and general need for the controversial 50-year project which would create new water intakes and tunnels and restore habitats in the fragile Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta area, the largest estuary in the U.S. Image courtesy Delta Stewardship Council The 50-year project which would create new water intakes and tunnels and restore habitats in the fragile Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta area. Related Links: UCLA Researchers Return to
The Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee, or TBPOC, says it has a plan in place to fix broken bolts on the $6.4-billion San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge project. It was revealed in March that 32 of the 96 anchor bolt rods on the structure's eastern span broke when crews tightened them. Photo courtesy TBPOC Crews will bypass broken bolt rods (above) by installing custom-made steel saddles containing hundreds of concrete-encased post-tensioned wires that will cover the shear keys attached to the rods (rendered below). Image courtesy of TBPOC Related Links: Corrosion Plagues New Bay Bridge Span The plan calls for the
The California High-Speed Rail Authority's $68-billion high-speed-rail project recently announced a probable joint-venture team to construct its first phase, but that doesn't mean trains will be leaving the station soon. The embattled project still faces lawsuits and questions, even from former supporters. Related Links: Bid Results Announced for First Leg of Calif. High-Speed Rail Calif. High-Speed Rail Backers Push 'System Blend' "High-speed rail is at a crucial point," says Quentin Kopp, former chairman of the authority. Over the past 18 months, "missteps and violations" of the 2008 Proposition 1A bond measure have changed public opinion, he says.Kopp, who co-authored the
A record 650 union tradeswomen attending the annual "Women Building California and the Nation" conference earlier this month were urged to take a cue from top Facebook executive Sheryl Sandburg and "lean in" to become leaders at jobsites, union halls and in their communities. Photo Courtesy of Women Building California and the Nation Attendees got motivation from AFL-CIO executive Liz Shuler. Photo Courtesy of Women Building California and the Nation Craft workers look to network and boost their clout at meeting in California. Related Links: Union Carpenter Connects, Fuels Support for Tradeswomen Around the World The Sacramento, Calif., conference, co-sponsored
Related Links: Upload Your Firm's New Hires and Promotions in the ENR California People Photo Gallery! ENR California People News CURTISTrevor C. Curtis has been hired by Samsung C&T, Engineering & Construction Americas, Long Beach, as director of business development. Curtis has 39 years of experience in construction and business development with global companies, focusing on alternative delivery methods in the transportation and toll-road infrastructure, transit and light rail, education and health care sectors. Before joining Samsung C&T, Curtis served as regional director with Hochtief AG in the U.K. and U.S. and, most recently, as vice president/global lead in
The VA Palo Alto Health Care System is seeing a lot more than patients these days. With roughly 17 projects totaling nearly $1 billion under way or currently in planning, the hospital’s 92-acre campus in Palo Alto is booming like a gold rush town. Image courtesy SmithGroupJJR The $100-million, 174,000-sq-ft Polytrauma and Blind Rehabilitation Center is the largest project currently under construction at the Palo Alto VA campus. Related Links: View Other Health Care Project Articles “This is unique for us because there are so many major projects happening on an active hospital campus,” says Jason Nietupski, the center's facility
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