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The ULI Terwilliger Center for Workforce Housing has selected Casa del Maestro in Santa Clara, The Kalahari, Miller Ranch, and South City Lights as winners of this year’s Jack Kemp Workforce Housing Models of Excellence Awards.
作为加州运输局局长Randy Iwasaki说phalt pavement industry conference, gave a frank assessment of “strained” transportation funding, the importance of the Caltrans-construction industry partnership and green initiatives. Photo: California Asphalt Pavement Association Among those attending the Nov. 12 CalAPA California Asphalt Pavement Forum were, from left: CalAPA Executive Director Russell Snyder, Tony Limas with Granite Construction, Jack Van Kirk with George Reed Inc., Caltrans Director Randy Iwasaki, Jeff Reed with George Reed Inc., and Skip Brown with Delta Construction and Asphalt Consulting Services, LLC. Related Links: Link here Iwasaki, who took over the top job at the state
“Bay Area Burden,” a new report released last week by the Urban Land Institute Terwilliger Center for Workforce Housing, finds that the average Bay Area household spends more than $41,000 a year — nearly 60% of their income — on transportation and housing costs alone. Photo: Bay Area Toll Authority These costs vary among the nine Bay Area counties examined, ranging from 54% in Santa Clara to 66% in Sonoma. But the study finds that one-fourth of all households in the Bay Area live in neighborhoods where housing and transportation costs account for 65% or more of income — a
Federal, state and local elected officials, along with Metro executives and community leaders, gathered recently at the new Metro East Los Angeles Civic Center Station for the official dedication ceremony of the Edward R. Roybal Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension. Photo: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority The Gold Line Eastside Extension in Los Angeles, a major Balfour Beatty Rail, Inc. project, marked the beginning of its light rail service with a grand opening ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 15. Balfour Beatty Rail started work in 2004 on the Eastside extension in a joint venture with electrical contractor Steiny and Co.
San Francisco celebrated the grand opening last week of Mission Walk, the first below-market-rate, for-sale homes in the new Mission Bay neighborhood. Photo: BRIDGE Housing Mission Walk is a development by Berry Street LLC (an affiliate of BRIDGE Housing Corp.) and the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency. Mission Walk provides 131 for-sale condominiums and townhomes (25 one bedrooms, 82 two bedrooms and 24 three bedrooms) in two five-story buildings; each building features an on-grade parking garage and landscaped courtyard. The development was designed to achieve LEED certification. Financing for Mission Walk was provided by the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency; Wells Fargo
While the $27 billion dedicated to highway construction in the $775 billion stimulus package likely saved thousands of construction-related jobs, it was not enough to prevent widespread lay-offs among road and transit construction businesses, according to a nationwide survey released last week. And while stimulus fund will continue supporting transportation projects next year, 44% of contractors anticipate having to lay off additional permanent employees due to overall economic conditions, the survey found. Nearly 70% of transportation contractors responding to a survey conducted by the Washington, D.C.-based Transportation Construction Coalition reported receiving stimulus-funded contracts work so far this year. But 63%
Five outstanding developments — including the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco — have been selected as winners of the 2009 Urban Land Institute’s Global Awards for Excellence competition, widely recognized as the land use industry’s most prestigious recognition program. The award winners, representing the world’s best cross-regional models in land use practices, were announced last week in conjunction with the ULI fall meeting in San Francisco. Photo: California Academy of Sciences California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park The competition is part of the Institute’s Awards for Excellence program, established in 1979, which is based on ULI’s
在its newest report, Transportation Infrastructure: Gearing Up for Change, McGraw-Hill Construction’s Research and Analytics takes a look at the current state of the nation’s transportation infrastructure and its prospects for the future—particularly given the recent investment made with the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Unfortunately, much more needs to be done to build and maintain the transportation infrastructure that is so critical to national competitiveness and American way of life, the report states. However, the substantial allocation for transportation in the ARRA, combined with the rapid obligation of ARRA transportation funding, will yield a strong market in the
Caltrans delayed opening of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge until federal inspectors sign off on the second bridge repair in as many months. Traffic was allowed to cross the span at around 9 a.m. Monday morning. Donec at augue a enim venenatis fringilla. Sed sollicitudin velit nec sapien. Duis libero nulla, sagittis placerat, hendrerit sit amet, mollis non, metus. Praesent mauris ipsum, placerat ut, commodo a, mollis sed, nisl. Aliquam fermentum sem. Ut venenatis purus vitae ante. Donec pellentesque ultricies eros. Quisque quis libero eget nisl dignissim semper. Phasellus sapien lectus, malesuada eget, blandit vel, fermentum quis, turpis. Phasellus facilisis
�Bay Area Burden,� a new report released last week by the Urban Land Institute Terwilliger Center for Workforce Housing, finds that the average Bay Area household spends more than $41,000 a year � nearly 60% of their income � on transportation and housing costs alone. These costs vary among the nine Bay Area counties examined, ranging from 54% in Santa Clara to 66% in Sonoma. But the study finds that one-fourth of all households in the Bay Area live in neighborhoods where housing and transportation costs account for 65% or more of income – a level defined as an extreme