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Despite Weak Economy, Best Projects Shine
12/05/11 By Robert Carlsen
Construction and design excellence in tough economic times is a rough road that requires, in equal measure, experience, imagination and unwavering commitment, or so say the judges from this year’s ENR California’s Best Projects competition.

Photo by Henry Cabala, Henry Cabala Photography

Kravis Center at Claremont McKenna College
12/05/11 By Robert Carlsen
Kravis Center at Claremont McKenna College wins ENR California’s Best Regional Project award.

Photo by Henry Cabala

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02/10/12	ACEC California Names Best Engineering Design Projects of 2011 The American Council of Engineering Cos. of California unveiled the 2011 winners of its annual Engineering Excellence Awards, recognizing the best designed engineering projects of the year.
02/02/12	Developing a Virtual Project Delivery System By DAVID SILVA KHS&S develops Scenario software for construction management.
02/01/12	Clark/McCarthy JV Tops Out LAX Central Utility Plant Project The new $438-million Central Utility Plant at Los Angeles International Airport was recently topped out and is currently on schedule to be completed by summer 2014.
01/20/12	Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF By Robert Carlsen and Tustin Ellison ENR California wants to take this opportunity to thank the audience participants at last month’s Best Projects event. Check out the event photographs!
01/03/12	ENR Announces Best of the Best Projects 2011 Awards Engineering News-Record has announced the winners of its fourth annual Best of the Best Projects Awards, which includes five projects in California and Oregon out of the 18 total.
12/15/11	ENR California Unveils Best Projects' Award of Merit Winners By Robert Carlsen This year's Best Projects competition included 116 project submissions that resulted in 15 categorical winners along with 19 Award of Merit winners.
12/05/11	Armstrong Place Armstrong Place wins Award of Merit in the multi-family residential category.
12/05/11	Bechtel Conference Center at Public Policy Institute of California Conference Center built within Public Policy Institute wins Best Interior Design Project.
12/05/11	Big Tujunga Dam By Robert Carlsen Big Tujunga Dam project wins ENR California’s best civil works/infrastructure project.
12/05/11	California Independent System Operator Iron Point Facility California ISO Iron Point facility wins Best Office Project.
12/05/11	City College of San Francisco Multi-Use Building City College of San Francisco’s new Multi-Use Building wins Award of Merit.
12/05/11	Clif Bar Headquarters Reconstruction Project The Clif Bar headquarters reconstruction project wins Award of Merit in the office category.
12/05/11	Cymbaluk Medical Tower Cymbaluki Medical Tower wins Award of Merit in the health-care category.
12/05/11	Despite Weak Economy, Best Projects Shine By Robert Carlsen Construction and design excellence in tough economic times is a rough road that requires, in equal measure, experience, imagination and unwavering commitment, or so say the judges from this year’s ENR California’s Best Projects competition.
12/05/11	Downtown Los Angeles Women’s Center Downtown Los Angeles Women’s Center wins Award of Merit in the renovation/restoration category.
12/05/11	El Segundo Powerplant El Segundo Powerplant wins Best Industrial Project.
12/05/11	Elephants of Asia Exhibit The Elephants of Asia exhibit at the Los Angeles Zoo wins Award of Merit in the landscape/urban development category.
12/05/11	Facebook’s Prineville Data Center Facebook’s Prineville Data Center wins Best Green Project.
12/05/11	Harbor Drive Pedestrian Bridge Harbor Drive Pedestrian Bridge wins Best Transportation Project.
12/05/11	Jeld-Wen Field Jeld-Wen Field wins Best Sports/Entertainment Project.
12/05/11	John Muir Medical Center Patient Care Tower John Muir Medical Center Patient Care Tower wins Award of Merit in the health-care category.
12/05/11	Kaiser La Mesa Solar Project Kaiser Las Mesa Solar Project wins Award of Merit in the specialty contracting category.
12/05/11	Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Hospital Expansion Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Hospital Expansion wins Best Health Care Project.
12/05/11	Lake Oswego Interceptor Sewer Project Lake Oswego Interceptor Sewer Project wins Award of Merit in civil works category.
12/05/11	Long Beach Transit Mall Long Beach Transit Mall wins Award of Merit in the transportation category.
12/05/11	Meet the Best Projects Judges The Best Projects judges for ENR California reviewed more than 115 projects before selecting the winners.
12/05/11	NASA Ames Research Center Sustainability Base NASA Ames Sustainability Base wins Award of Merit in the green building category.
12/05/11	Pearl Harbor Memorial By Robert Carlsen Pearl Harbor Memorial wins ENR California’s best cultural/worship project.
12/05/11	Primera Terra Primera Terra wins Best Multi-Family Residential Project.
12/05/11	Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools The Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools wins Best K-12 Project.
12/05/11	Robert I. Schroder Overcrossing Robert I. Schroder Overcrossing wins Award of Merit in the transportation category.
12/05/11	San Bernardino County Courthouse Renovation he San Bernardino County Courthouse renovation wins Best Renovation/Restoration Project.
12/05/11	South Correctional Entity (SCORE) Jail South Correctional Entity SCORE Jail wins Award of Merit for government/public building.
12/05/11	South Region Elementary School No. 2 South Region Elementary School No. 2 in Los Angeles wins Award of Merit in K-12 education category.
12/05/11	State of California Central Plant State Central Plant wins Best Government/Public Building Award
12/05/11	UC Davis Winery, Brewery and Food Sciences Building UC Davis Winery, Brewery and Food Sciences Building wins Award of Merit in green building category.
12/05/11	UCSF’s Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building University of California, San Francisco’s Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building wins Award of Merit in the higher education/research category.
12/05/11	Valley Performing Arts Center, California State University, Northridge The Valley Performing Arts Center at California State University, Northridge wins Award of Merit in the higher education/research category.
12/05/11	Vancouver Community Library Vancouver Community Library wins ENR California’s Award of Merit in the cultural category.
12/05/11	William B. McLean Laboratory at Naval Air Weapons Station, San Diego William B. McLean Laboratory wins Award of Merit in government/public building category.
12/05/11	Wilmington Waterfront Park Wilmington Waterfront Park wins Best Landscape Project
11/18/11	Unusual Delivery Method Highlights New Long Beach Courthouse Project By David Silva The $490-million Gov. George Deukmejian Courthouse in Long Beach is being built with a Performance-Based Infrastructure delivery method that focuses on "optimal efficiency and reliability.”
10/31/11	San Joaquin Pipeline Project Reaches Several Milestones By Justine Brown A huge segment of the $4.6-billion Hetch Hetchy Water System Improvement Program (WSIP) is about to head in a downhill direction.
10/26/11	Seven Projects, Including Three Rare Residential Developments, Get Started Seven major projects in California got off to celebratory starts in the past two weeks, signaling a willingness of public and private owners to start spending on construction again.
10/10/11	Turner, Architect Quigley Team Up on San Diego Library Project By David Silva Turner, Architect Quigley Team Up on San Diego Library Project
09/16/11	Innovative Lodi Energy Center Power Plant Project Charging Ahead By Justine Brown The innovative, $452-million Lodi Energy Center natural gas power plant project is progressing well and is on track for completion in June 2012, according to sources at the Northern California Power Agency.
08/25/11	National P3 Council Singles Out Santa Paula Wastewater Plant for Innovation California’s first true public-private partnership wastewater treatment plant in Santa Paula, Ventura County, will be honored with a P3 innovation award from the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships.
08/25/11	New Mixed-Use Project Approved for Old Pasadena One of the last un-built parcels of land in Old Pasadena – a surface parking lot – will soon serve as the site of a mixed-use development called One Green Street.
08/10/11	HNTB, San Francisco 49ers Debut Model for New Stadium HNTB last week unveiled new designs and models of the proposed San Francisco 49ers stadium in Santa Clara.
08/10/11	Wood Partners Slates Ground Breaking of Rare Apartment Development in LA Los Angeles developer Wood Partners is moving ahead with the type of construction project that has virtually disappeared in the past few years – a luxury apartment community.
07/27/11	California Contractors Remain Cautiously Optimistic in 2011 By Robert Carlsen It may not be back to business as usual in the California construction industry—due to lingering economic uncertainties and owners' resulting reluctance to proceed with projects—but major contractors see some silver linings in upcoming project opportunities, especially in health care, transportation and other infrastructure.
07/14/11	Caltrans Awards Design-Build Contract to Granite Construction The first of 10 projects of Caltrans’ mandated Design-Build Demonstration Program – the State Highway 99 Chowchilla Rehabilitation Project in Madera Co. – was awarded last week to Granite Construction Co.
07/14/11	New Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center Tops Out McCarthy Building Cos. last week oversaw the placement of the final 1,200-lb steel beam atop the new Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center.
07/14/11	Los Angeles Gears Up for I-405 Closure Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans huge closure of Interstate 405 over July 16 weekend
04/11/11	ENR California’s Owner of the Year By David Silva Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente to spend $2.1 billion on hospital projects in California, prompted partly by state’s seismic regulations.
04/11/11	Stimulus-Funded Transport Projects Set the Pace By Robert Carlsen and Greg Aragon Large airport, subway, transit center and highway projects get a kick start from federal funds.
04/11/2011	Ivanpah Solar Project Renews Power Market Federal tax credit stimulates the fast-track process for industrial-scale solar thermal powerplant in the Mojave.
02/09/2011	Gonzalez Goodale, Morillo Complete Green DWP Building in Pasadena Gonzalez Goodale Architects and Morillo Construction recently put the finishing touches on the 31,400-sq-ft Department of Water and Power building in Pasadena.
02/07/2011	Digging Deeper General contractor C.W. Driver has three complex renovation/rehab projects under way at the Cedars-Sinai medical Center in Los Angeles.
12/01/2010	Best of 2010 This year, a panel of 13 judges, representing architects, builders and associations, chose 51 winning projects among the more than 135 submissions for the Best of California 2010 program.
11/01/2010	Green Building By JT Long An increasing number of California architects and contractors are employing building information modeling tools to enhance their use of green technology in new projects and renovations.
11/01/2010	Walking the Walk: SFPUC focuses on ‘super-green’ headquarters building By Robert Carlsen Webcor Builders and KMD/Stevens Architects anticipate a spring 2012 completion of the $190-million project.
11/01/2010	Temecula thinks ‘big and historic’ with new civic center complex. By Greg Aragon The $66-million Temecula Civic Center is more than a big, new facility for the city. The development is also a tribute to the history of the area.
09/01/2010	Central Valley Market Report By David Silva Work on the $110-million, 277,000-sq-ft California Independent System Operator headquarters facility began in August 2009, with Vanir Construction Management of Sacramento running the show as construction manager, the Oakland office of Clark Design-Build onboard as general contractor and Dreyfuss & Blackford as the architect.
09/01/2010	KP utilizes template methodology on Anaheim hospital project By Greg Aragon If Kaiser Permanente’s new Anaheim Medical Center looks familiar, it might be because the facility has twin siblings also under construction in California.
09/01/2010	Urban Infill: Taking Affordable Housing to a New Level By Greg Aragon While many housing projects are sitting on the table waiting for the economy to pick up, Mercy Housing California is serving up a buffet of new developments around the state.
08/01/2010	School Design & Construction By Greg Aragon Workers are closing in on completing five major school projects across Los Angeles.
08/01/2010	Project at the Red Bluff Diversion Dam awarded to West Bay Builders by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. By David Silva Project at the Red Bluff Diversion Dam awarded to West Bay Builders by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
06/01/2010	Stimulus Project of the Month for June: Doyle Drive Replacement Project By Greg Aragon Stretching 1.5 mi, the Doyle Drive Replacement Project transforms a portion of Highway 101 located within the Presidio of San Francisco into a new urban roadway called Presidio Parkway.
06/01/2010	Top Project Starts 2010 By Greg Aragon Contractors and architects say that the California construction market is still experiencing tightness in the housing and commercial offi ce sectors, but the public, healthcare, military and education segments are keeping many firms busy.
06/01/2010	Los Angeles Market Report By David Silva Work on the $165-million Interstate-10 restoration project, one of several high-profile freeway projects underway in Southern California, includes the complete resurfacing of the road, in both directions, between the I-5 and I-605. The resurfacing alone is a massive undertaking, given that the I-10’s San Gabriel arm is one of the most trafficked stretches in the state.
06/01/2010	Stimulus Project of the Month: Presidio Parkway Project By David Silva When motorists take to San Francisco’s new $1-billion Presidio Parkway in late 2013, they won’t see some of the massive foundation piles placed deep into ground below. But they will feel the support of some of the largest cast-in-drilled-hole piles currently in use.
05/01/2010	Sacramento Market Report By Greg Aragon Sacramento may have one of the country’s largest urban infill projects underway, but that doesn’t mean the city’s overall construction market has completely bounced back from recession.
05/01/2010	Steady as She Goes: Tight Site for Mercy General's New Tower By Greg Aragon There is a delicate operation underway at Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento that requires steady hands and surgeon-like precision.
05/01/2010	2010 Top Green Contractors By David Silva Veteran builders readily admit that what they viewed less than a decade ago as an industry fad has become a widely accepted, permanent industry practice.
05/01/2010	Stimulus Project of the Month May 2010: Terminal Development By Robert Carlsen San Francisco International Airport’s $383-million Terminal 2 renovation project is representative of several developments unfolding at the facility – all of them good.
05/01/2010	Stimulus Project of the Month: Terminal Development By David Silva San Francisco International Airport’s $383-million Terminal 2 renovation project is representative of several developments unfolding at the facility – all of them good.
04/01/2010	Project of the Month April 2010 By Greg Aragon Barnhart Balfour Beatty is currently heavily involved in military work, including two design-build child development centers at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego.
04/01/2010	Bay Area Market Report By David Silva Being inside Sustainability Base, a $2- million, 50,000-sq-ft steel-frame building going up at Mountain View’s NASA Ames Research Center at Moffet Federal Airfield, may well be the closet you’ll ever come to visiting the moon.
03/01/2010	Healthcare Construction 2010 By David Silva Throughout the state, the healthcare construction segment is keeping A/E/C firms busy, even in a static economy.
03/01/2010	San Diego Market Report By Greg Aragon Affordable housing has managed to break new ground in San Diego at a time when other construction sectors have slowed.

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