If time is money, then Brutoco Engineering and Construction has saved cash-strapped California officials both. The 91 Freeway will be widened with an additional lane. Related Links: Construction starts on NOAA laboratory in La Jolla Page & Turnbull, Plant build Walt Disney Family Museum URS to provide planning for Port of Long Beach RJC, Straub to renovate Naval Post Graduate School halls Blach, Hodgetts + Fund Architects complete performing arts center in Menlo Park Clark awarded San Ysidro pedestrian bridge project New San Diego Ronald McDonald House Seeks Solar System The Fontana, Ca.-based company won an American Recovery and Reinvestment
If time is money, then Brutoco Engineering & Construction Inc. has saved cash-strapped California officials both. The Fontana, Calif.-based company won an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-funded contract in September to widen the congested 91 Freeway in Orange County. Its bid came in at about $20 million below and more than 400 working days under what California Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans) officials estimated. Brutoco believes it can do the job in about 300 working days, says Tracey Lavelle, a Caltrans spokeswoman. “This is a very aggressive timeline by the contractor,” she says. Orange County, Calif. Related Links: Stimulus: A Snapshot
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