From the general contractors and engineers to the prime contractors, subcontractors and suppliers, we'll explore the faces behind the scenes of construction projects. This section is supported by the Engineering & General Contractors Association.
Construction has begun on a new 24,000-square-foot retail, office and medical building at the intersection of "B" Avenue and Ynez Street in Coronado. Farshad and Farzad Yaghouti are developing the project. White Construction is the general contractor. Construction is scheduled for completion in July 2007.
Reno Contracting Inc. is constructing the Intuit regional headquarters for the Kilroy Realty Corp..
Born and raised in the greater Philadelphia area, Walter J. Fegley attended Kutztown State College in upstate Pennsylvania. He started in construction in 1971, working for a commercial masonry and concrete contractor. He then moved to Colorado in 1973 to become a masonry and concrete contractor.
Developers of residential construction are faced with changing their business models to sync up with the future of the housing market. "Like every part of our business, we need to be more creative with our insurance and risk management," said one local developer's in-house risk management counsel. "What worked in the past may not be the way to proceed in the future."
Building, remodeling or purchasing commercial real estate is expensive, and financing is a necessary part of making those investments a reality. Savvy developers, realtors and executives know the right business banker is the critical link to providing solutions for what are oftentimes complex lending issues.
Cost segregation is an IRS approved method of reclassifying components and improvements of a commercial building from real to personal property. This process allows the assets to be depreciated on a five-, seven-, or 15-year schedule instead of the traditional 27.5- or 39-year depreciation schedule of real property. Thus, your current taxable income will be greatly reduced and your cash flow will increase and -- even better - it's retroactive to 1986. Found cash that belongs to you!
Pacific Building Group's CEO Greg Rogers has more than 30 years experience in every level of commercial construction. Upon graduating from San Diego's Hoover High School 1968, Rogers embarked on a career in construction after completing an apprenticeship with the District Council Carpenters.
A dispute has arisen on your construction project. A claim has been initiated and the owner and the contractor dig out their copy of the contract that was long ago filed. They look through the American Institute of Architects (AIA) General Conditions of their contract (AIA Document A201-1997) to see how the claim must be handled. It is then that they realize that section 4.5.1 of the General Conditions requires them to mediate the claim as a condition precedent to arbitration or the institution of legal or equitable proceedings by either party.
"Many builders are talking about their quality initiatives. We have great people and few complaints, so how do I know if our company is doing everything we can to limit risk?"
Are you aware of what is happening in the roofing industry these days? Change is happening all around us, and it is affecting every roof owner.
Two years ago a Sacramento couple, Amber and Ken Parsons, sold their home and plowed the equity into their dream business, Performance Concrete Pumping Inc. They purchased a new trailer-mounted 2004 transcrete concrete pump from Ricker's Machinery in Oakland for $45,000. "We buy new equipment because it gives us less problems," Amber Parsons recently told Dan Fauchier, public works liaison for the San Diego Engineering & General Contractors Association (EGCA). "We have liability insurance, workers comp, all our licenses; we try to do everything above board," Parsons added.
New off road diesel emissions regulations about to be enacted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) utilize "some new formula completely different than the Moyer formula we've been working with for years," Sukut Equipment Inc. President Mike Ortiz recently reported in EGCA Magazine, a publication of the local Engineering & General Contractors Association (EGCA).
"Boundless energy, tremendous talent, a passion for clean air," were words used to describe Catherine Witherspoon when she was appointed executive officer of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in 2003, the board's first woman executive officer. Except for a year running a private consulting firm in 1998, Witherspoon has spent the last quarter century in the public sector working on air pollution issues, mostly with CARB.
Construction-related businesses that utilize portable engines -- power generators, pumps, compressors, diesel pile-driving hammers, welders, cranes and woodchippers -- were required to register their engines by Dec. 31, 2005, or risk fines of $10,000 per engine per day, according to the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
"We have a Category 5 challenge bearing down on the construction industry. It can make obsolete 90 percent of the equipment in use today. The biggest asset most construction companies have is their equipment, and much of that is about to become worthless," consultant Jim Burton recently warned members of the Engineering & General Contractors Association (EGCA).
When building a Class A office tower, anticipating the needs of users makes the building more attractive to potential tenants and avoids costly changes and additions down the line. But how does a developer determine what dozens of companies, hundreds of workers, several retailers, a few restaurants and perhaps even a fitness center will want and need? As tenants sign leases to buildings under construction, how can a developer adapt the project to each tenant's specific usage requirements?
More disputes arise and more adversarial positions are staked out because of actual or perceived changes in a construction project than for any other reason. Aggressive contractors will threaten slowdowns and work stoppages if they don't get paid. Overbearing owners will insist that unknown conditions, extra features and an expanded project are covered by the original bid price.
Congressman Bob Filner and Supervisor Greg Cox announced Wednesday funding through the Hazard Mitigation Grant program worth $2,932,500 for flood control improvements to Central Avenue near Bonita Road in the Bonita-Sunnyside community.
The California chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers released its infrastructure report card Wednesday, using its own analysis of the state’s infrastructure as a stump from which to promote ballot measures.
While the number of permits pulled in San Diego County for residential construction so far this year represents the lowest first eight-month total in more than three years, the total value of all construction has remained comparable to the previous three years because of the volume of nonresidential construction and the value of residential permits.
It’s unlikely that plans for building an extended border fence will be made before the proposal passes through the Senate. But should the bill pass, construction will probably be done by the private sector, authorities said.
In the wake of 9/11 and the collapse of the two World Trade Center towers, building design and construction have been put under the microscope in an effort to find stronger building methods and techniques. Now, more than five years after 9/11, the changes to building design and construction appear to be minimal in San Diego County, with the exception of government structures.
Green building and environmental sustainability are fast-rising concepts in architecture in San Diego and statewide. And although those concepts are mostly a matter of common sense, businesses and the public need to be educated.
Even though the total value of permits pulled so far this year for commercial, residential and remodeling construction in San Diego County is below previous years, contractor associations are stressing that there still are not enough qualified and skilled construction professionals to meet current building levels.
As a new school year starts and college students move closer to graduation, engineering students at San Diego colleges said they look for their first jobs at companies that make themselves easily accessible.
Ask those in the San Diego County construction industry about construction material costs and you'll hear some say prices have stabilized for the most part, while others continue to see further increases that will continue in the future.
LEXINGTON, Mass. -- It's over budget, Paul Pedini says of his Big Dig house, but at least "it doesn't leak."
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- It was strange, Herb Schroeder thought, that after a year of working on water projects with Alaska Natives from dozens of villages, he had not met a single engineer who was Native.
Mike Shaw's company has stopped growing, but that's just what he wants.
LEXINGTON, Mass. -- It's over budget, Paul Pedini says of his Big Dig house, but at least "it doesn't leak."
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- It was strange, Herb Schroeder thought, that after a year of working on water projects with Alaska Natives from dozens of villages, he had not met a single engineer who was Native.
Take a closer look at some of the people involved in the development of our region and some current projects.
Take a closer look at some of the executives and firms involved in the development of our region.
Take a closer look at some of the people involved in the development of our region and their current projects.
Take a closer look at some of the executives and firms involved in the development of our region, from general contractors and engineers to designers, subcontractors and suppliers.
This special report focuses on the players helping to build San Diego -- from general contractors and engineers to prime contractors, subcontractors and suppliers.
Take a closer look at some of the leading construction and engineering firms involved in the development of our region.
Take a closer look at some of the people involved in the development of our region and their current projects.
From the general contractors and engineers to the prime contractors, subcontractors and suppliers -- in this section, we explore the relationships between these parties, how they work together and which companies are working on which projects.
From the general contractors and engineers, to the prime contractors, subcontractors and suppliers -- in this report, The Daily Transcript will explore the relationships between these parties, how they work together and which companies are working on which projects.
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