Representing a model for future military hospital development, the Clark/McCarthy-led design-build team planned, procured and installed all of the facility's medical equipment and furniture, in addition to training hospital staff on how to use the medical devices.
Crews built out 66,300 sq ft for 47 concession tenants at the new Tom Bradley terminal at Los Angeles International Airport, mostly within a 150,000-sq-ft main hall.
San Diego's Central Library was meant to be an icon. With a shimmering three-story steel-covered dome "hovering" over the edifice, the completed building has met that objective, say Best Projects judges.
Consolidating functions that previously were performed in 12 buildings countywide, the $260-million San Bernardino Justice Center has become one of the Inland Empire's most significant facilities in recent years.
On the surface, the $230-million Silver Lake Reservoir Replacement Project in Burbank—which resembles a big concrete warehouse—looks like a simple project.
Photo courtesy of LADWP The break occurred at a Y-joint, requiring crews to remove and replace 76 ft of the old pipe and added two new, 4,000-lb, 36-in.-diameter butterfly valves. Photo courtesy of LADWP The burst 30-in., riveted steel pipe spilled an estimated 20 million gallons of water and flooded the UCLA campus and Sunset Boulevard. Related Links: Water Pipeline Designed to Surf Seismic Waves AECOM Wins Fight to Oversee $1.6B Miami-Dade Sewer Repairs A week after a 93-yr-old water trunk line rupture in Los Angeles sent an estimated 20 million gallons of water gushing over the UCLA campus and
Photos Courtesy of Port of Long Beach History of oil extraction left behind benzene in aquifers and soil prone to subsidence. Related Links: Long Beach, Calif., Port Program Hits Stormy Waters Old Oil Field Hikes Price Tag for Long Beach Port Upgrades Unforeseen soil conditions surrounding foundations on a new $1.2- billion cable-stayed bridge have added as much as 18 months to the construction schedule, say officials at the Port of Long Beach, Calif."The soil has turned out to be more complicated than the engineers originally thought," says John Pope, port spokesman. The 1.2-mile-long Gerald Desmond Bridge is being constructed
Unforeseen soil conditions surrounding foundations on a new $1.2- billion cable-stayed bridge have added as much as 18 months to the construction schedule, say officials at the Port of Long Beach, Calif.
The newest addition to the UC Merced campus challenged the project team to put sustainability front and center. But a complex curtain wall system and other green building elements required careful BIM coordination to keep subcontractors from butting heads while working on Science and Engineering Building 2. Related Links: Engineering News Record Architectural Record The exterior of the $88-million project incorporates "pretty much every type of skin system available," says Nathan Long, assistant project manager of St. Louis-based construction manager McCarthy Building Cos. "We have composite metal panels, insulated metal panels, plaster, curtain wall systems, precast panels and columns, and
