Archive for the ‘Transportation Projects’ Category

92/880 Project Wins AGC of California Partnering & Project Management Awards

The winning projects, along with all of the Constructor Awards finalists named in this year’s competition, were honored as the “best of the best” in California construction during the 2012 Awards Banquet and presentation at The Palace Hotel, San Francisco, on April 14. The prestigious black tie event, the “Oscars” evening for the construction industry, [...]

Neal Flesner Presents at Caltrans District 7 Resident Engineer & Partnering Award Meeting

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              On Thursday, March 8th, 2012, Neal Flesner, Construction Partnering Facilitator, facilitated a panel with Caltrans personnel and District 7 General Contractors on the benefits and best practices around partnering on Caltrans projects. The panel included: Issam Abumuhor of Caltrans Yanina Bashoura of Caltrans Emile Eid of Caltrans Mike Kotal [...]

The Metro Rail Exposition Corridor, Phase 2 – Kickoff

On October 4th & 5th, Mr. Jim Eisenhart worked with the Skanska-Rados Expo 2 Joint Venture & LA Metro team on the $547 million design-build project with the Expo Line Construction Authority to construct a seven-mile light rail extension from Culver City to Santa Monica.  The owner and operator of the line is the Los Angeles County [...]

Neal Flesner Presents at Caltrans District 7 RE Meeting

On October 5th, 2011, Mr. Neal Flesner of Ventura Consulting Group worked with a group of 100+ Caltrans District 7 Resident Engineers and Structures Representatives at the District 7 Headquarters in downtown Los Angeles.  The discussion included the value of having a World Class Team on Caltrans projects, partnering best practices and implementing partnering with [...]

Inland Empire Transportation Management Center Completed

The Inland Empire Transportation Management Center is designed and constructed to house both Caltrans and CHP personnel and provide intermodal, interregional, interagency traffic management services 24/7 for the Inland Empire region and is the command and control emergency center during major catastrophes, which includes the counties of San Bernardino and Riverside (Caltrans District 8). The [...]

VCG Facilitates SR 99 – Alaskan Way Viaduct & Seawall Replacement

On May 4th & 5th Jim Eisenhart of VCG facilitated the partnering workshop for the SR-99 Alaskan Way Viaduct and Seawall Replacement in Seattle Washington.  The Alaskan Way Viaduct and Seawall Replacement Program includes projects led by WSDOT, King County, City of Seattle, and the Port of Seattle. WSDOT is responsible for replacing the double-deck [...]