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Workforce
Worker killed in 53-story fall from Los Angeles hotel under construction
A construction worker was killed last week in Los Angeles after suffering a fall from 53 stories. According to a report from the Los Angeles Times, 36-year-old Joseph Sabbatino, was in his second day on the job as an electrician at the Wilshire Grand, a $1.2-billion hotel and office building under construction, when he fell […]
March 21, 2016
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Roadbuilding
L.A. is looking for an artist to help lower its number of traffic deaths
Sure, they say a picture is worth a thousand words, but Los Angeles is hoping art could be worth even more lives. L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti announced last week the city would begin accepting applicants for its first ever Creative Catalyst Artist in Residence—a program for artists to work together with city departments on “innovative ways […]
October 29, 2015
Los Angeles traffic
Business
Los Angeles at a tipping point: get serious about public transportation or sink into Third World status
Last week I got the opportunity to visit Southern California and see how the country’s most famous freeways were holding up. I pulled out of LAX in my rental car just after lunch, gunned it onto the 405 and then west on 101 and barely had to tap the brakes during four hours of high-speed […]
January 23, 2015
LA 405
Business
At groundbreaking, California trades union head calls high-speed rail construction “greatest infrastructure project” in U.S. history
Despite years of controversy and wondering where the money to fund its construction would come from, ground was officially broken Tuesday on California’s first high-speed rail line in Fresno. Expected to be completed by 2029, trains on the $68 billion railroad will travel at speeds up to 200 miles per hour, spanning 520 miles from San Francisco […]
January 7, 2015
California High-Speed Rail
Construction Equipment
LA construction crew breaks world record for largest continuous concrete pour
A crew in Los Angeles poured 21,200 cubic yards of concrete without stopping over a period of 18-1/2 hours to break the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest continuous concrete pour. The crew building the New Wilshire Grand, a skyscraper that will reach 1,110 feet into the air once it’s complete, started the pour […]
February 20, 2014
Roadbuilding
Potholes cost drivers more than $700 annually in five cities with roughest roads
In the five cities with the roughest roads, potholes and other poor road conditions cost drivers more than $700 each year, our sister site, Aggregates Manager, reports. The information comes from The Road Information Program’s (TRIP) annual report, “Bumpy Roads Ahead: America’s Roughest Rides and Strategies to Make our Roads Smoother.” The report notes the […]
November 18, 2013
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Roadbuilding
Are Laws Made to be Broken?
I thought the point of carpool lanes was to cut down on the amount of drivers for traffic and environmental reasons. However, it looks like these once-designated lanes are more of an option than a set rule. In Los Angeles on AB 405, lone drivers will be able to cruise in carpool lanes during certain […]
September 12, 2013
(Photo: picocarhot / Flickr)
Roadbuilding
Top 5 Cities for Electric Cars
Some of the cities on this list are probably obvious, but I was surprised about a few of the cities on this “Top 5” list from Clean Technica. Here are the five cities where you’re most likely to see someone charging up their car: Los Angeles, California San Francisco, California New York City Seattle, Washington […]
August 26, 2013
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Roadbuilding
LA’s 405 Freeway project slated for completion in summer 2014
The project that will widen the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles is slated for completion in June 2014, according to CBS Los Angeles. The Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project was originally set to be completed in the spring of 2013, but received an extension last month. Though the completion date is scheduled for June of next […]
May 8, 2013
Construction of the south side of Skirball Bridge is part of the 405 Freeway project. (Photo: Metro)
Roadbuilding
“Congestion pricing” now at work on L.A. jamways
If they can make it here they’ll make it anywhere, its up to you L.A. L.A. Los Angeles County’s has opened 14 miles of express lanes on the San Bernardino Freeway. Back in November it was the city’s Harbor Freeway that was set up with this system. The idea of course is to ease congestion. […]
February 25, 2013
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The Ultimate Urban Assault Vehicle?
I don’t know if I’d characterize a car that would fit in the bucket of a large wheel loader as the “Ultimate” Urban Assault Vehicle. Looks like a 50-cal would tip it over. But you have to admire the craftsmanship here, from M&P Speed Shop. And I sort of get their rationale: building a car […]
December 10, 2012
The Mini-Coop one-off has a 1,275 cc engine with a four speed gear box, leather wrapped steering wheel, leather hood straps and a LeMans fuel filler cap.
Roadbuilding
Stantec named Employer of the Year by women’s transportation group
Stantec was recently named Employer of the Year by the Los Angeles Chapter of the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS LA), an organization devoted to professional development for women in the transportation sector. Designed to recognize companies for their support of the goals and purpose of the WTS, Stantec was honored for its equal emphasis on […]
December 8, 2010
The Women’s Transportation Seminar Los Angeles Chapter recently named Stantec as Employer of the Year for its commitment to fair and ethical practices. (L-R) California Public Infrastructure Advisory Commissioner and Executive Director of the Urban Land Institute in Los Angeles, Katherine Aguilar Perez presented the award to Stantec’s Senior Associate Sheila Wray Given
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