Parsons, in conjunction with the city of Bakersfield, recently marked the completion of the Wastewater Treatment Plant 3 expansion project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Bakersfield Mayor Harvey Hall hosted the event, and guests included City Councilmember Jacquie Sullivan, City Manager Alan Tandy, and Public Works Director Raul Rojas as well as Parsons Senior Vice President Surendra Thakral, Parsons Vice President Paul Skager, and Parsons Design Manager Louis Yu. Parsons prepared a master plan for the $238-million expansion project and then designed the necessary facilities. Parsons also provided engineering services during construction. The newly constructed plant sits on more than 200
A ceremonial groundbreaking took place this week for the $452-million Lodi Energy Center power plant project in northern San Joaquin County. The California Energy Commission and Northern California Power Agency teamed up to get the project off the ground, and the NCPA will construct, own and operate the plant. The center will be a natural gas-fired, combined-cycle nominal 255-megawatt power generation facility. The site for the LEC project is 4.4 acres of land in the city of Lodi, 6 mi west of the Lodi city center near Interstate 5. On the east side of the site is the city of
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Haskell Co. has been selected by Advanced Particle Therapy LLC and Scripps Health to provide design/build services for the Scripps Proton Therapy Center to be located in San Diego. The cutting-edge outpatient cancer treatment facility will feature 102,000 sq ft of administrative and treatment area and will include one proton particle beam accelerator Cyclotron, two fixed-beam rooms and three rotational beam gantries. This equipment will be provided by Varian Medical Systems, the recognized world leader in radiation oncology devices. Proton treatment is the favored method of treating certain types of tumors, such as prostate, brain and pediatric cancers,
Construction has started on one of the biggest projects in a nearly $400-million construction program that will vastly improve facilities and infrastructure at one of the largest community colleges in the U.S. Cypress-based Taisei Construction Corp. and Irvine-based LPA Inc. have begun the construction phase of the $20.6-million Math, Business and Allied Health Building at El Camino College near Torrance. The El Camino Community College District serves a population of 524,706. The 18-month construction schedule for the 115,000-sq-ft structure will create about 200 jobs, says Joe Jaramillo, Taisei�s project manager. When completed in December 2011, the four-story, cast-in-place concrete building
Urban Housing Communities LLC, along with city of Escondido officials including the mayor and city council, architect KTGY Group, general contractor Competitive Edge Construction Inc., project partners and local residents, recently broke ground on the future site of The Crossings at Escondido in the Mission Park area of the city. �This will be a beautiful project for the community that will bring change to the Mission Park neighborhood in a positive way,� says Mayor Lori Holt Pfeiler. �This project will provide wonderful opportunities for people to live in healthy, well-managed housing with easy access to schools, transportation and services.� Designed
More than 350 community leaders, stakeholders and residents witnessed the recent groundbreaking of the 31,000-sq-ft Los Angeles County South Health Center, a medical office building located on the northwest corner of 120th Street and Wilmington Avenue, on the north end of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Medical Center Campus, in Los Angeles. With a project budget of $20 million, it is the first building to officially kick off the area�s community redevelopment plan. It is being constructed using a design-build delivery method spearheaded by McCarthy Building Cos. in collaboration with TAYLOR, a leading Southern California healthcare architectural firm. �This design-build
Merlone Geier Partners, in partnership with GLJ Partners, is moving ahead with a new $110-million mixed-use housing project in Marina Del Rey called STELLA Luxury Apartments. The two planned modern mid-rises, consisting of 244 luxury apartment homes above 9,000 sq ft of retail space and two levels of parking, will be the only residential project of this size in West Los Angeles that is projected to open in the next two years. In compliance with the city of Los Angeles� affordable housing regulations, 24 of the units will be offered at below market rates. Groundbreaking is planned for September, with
McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has begun construction on 11 new educational buildings at Carlsbad High School in Carlsbad, North San Diego County. The one- and two-story education facilities will comprise a total of 99,000 sq ft, and provide new classroom, performing arts, vocational education lab and food service space. Construction of these buildings represents the third and last phase of an overall $86 million renovation of Carlsbad High School that McCarthy began in June 2008. Final completion is slated for mid October 2011. Carlsbad High School is among eight schools within the Carlsbad Unified School District being constructed or modernized
Barnhart Balfour Beatty has announced the completion of the new Concert Hall and Arts Building on the Oceanside campus of MiraCosta College. The buildings are the newest additions to the college�s Creative Arts Complex and will provide performance and teaching spaces for the school�s music department. MiraCosta College Arts Complex Barnhart Balfour Beatty provided construction management services for the Creative Arts expansion, which includes the addition of the 12,000-sq-ft Concert Hall and a new 4,100-sq-ft Arts Building. The 400-seat Concert Hall has been designed specifically for vocal and instrumental performances and features a rehearsal and recital room. The Arts Building
Gov. Rick Perry has reappointed Bill Thornton of San Antonio as chair to the Alamo Regional Mobility Authority for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2012. Thornton received a bachelor’s degree from Trinity University, a doctorate of Dental Surgery from Baylor College of Dentistry, and completed his oral surgery residency at Baylor Medical Center. In addition, Gov. Perry has reappointed David Allex of Harlingen as chair to the Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2012. He received a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University at Kingsville and attended the Institute of Organizational Management at
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