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Emerging
From Darkness
The $83 million renovation and expansion of the Griffith Observatory
in Los Angeles is about a year from completion. Visitors to
the reincarnated icon will be treated to nearly 40,000 sq.
ft. of new exhibits. Contractors, meanwhile, have been taxed
by the site’s steep slope. By Greg Aragon. Full
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Mammoth
Medical Center to Open This Year
The eight-story Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center building
is wrapped in 18,000 travertine panels, which were taken from
the same quarry in Italy as the stone used on the Getty Center
in Los Angeles. When it is completed next month, the project
will have used an average daily manpower of about 750 workers
and consumed 70,000 cu. yds. of concrete, 26,000 tons of structural
steel and 1.7 million lbs. of duct. By Greg Aragon. Full
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Sacramento
City Hall Renovation-Expansion Enters Final 90 Days
The restoration cost about $11 million of the total $60 million
price tag. The new 267,000-sq.-ft. administration building
includes an underground parking garage for 170 cars and a
precast concrete-pile foundation and steel frame. Exterior
materials include precast concrete, stone, brick and metal
panels. By Robert Carlsen.
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Big
Toys for Big Boys: Basketball Team Adds Large Gadgets to Practice
Center
Multimedia upgrades to the Golden State Warriors’ facility
in Oakland were significant. Plasma TVs embedded in the wall
of the locker room contain a touch-screen overlay, allowing
the team’s coaches and players to draw Xs and Os with
their fingers. Jason Richardson, the team’s top player,
said the upgrades have made “one of the top facilities
in the NBA even better.” By Brian Higgins. Full
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Fresno-Merced
Market Report
Several construction projects at the new campus of the University
of California Merced and California State University Fresno
are among the largest in the region. Downtown Fresno, badly
battered by the recent recession, is showing signs of high-rise
life, while a healthy residential construction market in the
region is fueling major projects in the retail and education
markets.
Campus Construction Craze
Construction of 700,000 sq. ft. of new buildings at UC Merced
and $150 million of projects at Cal State Fresno are either
underway or scheduled to break ground soon.
By Thomas York. Full
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Going Vertical
High-rise construction, dormant for decades, is back in play
in downtown Fresno.
By Thomas York. Full
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Big Projects Follow New Rooftops
A fast-growing residential construction market is triggering
a decent dose of school and shopping center construction.
By Thomas York. Full
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