Heavy/Civil/Transportation

31 Jan 12

LAX Central Utility Plant Project Tops Out

Plant designed with strict seismic criteria to help protect the facility during an earthquake

The new Central Utility Plant (CUP) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) reached a major construction milestone when construction workers placed the final structural steel beam atop the building’s frame on January 24, 2012. Currently on schedule for construction completion in summer 2014, the $438 million (development cost) design-build project is being built by Clark/McCarthy, A Joint Venture.
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15 Dec 11

McCarthy Awarded Texas A&M Wellborn Road Grade Separations Project

McCarthy has been awarded the Wellborn Road Grade Separations project, marking McCarthy’s first project with The Texas A&M University System. McCarthy will construct two, two-lane vehicular roadways and two, 30-foot wide pedestrian pathways that will reduce heavy traffic over existing railroad tracks and Wellborn Road.
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06 Dec 11

John Wayne Airport’s New Terminal C Opens to Passengers in Orange County

JohnWayneAirport’s (JWA’s) new Terminal C opened to passengers on November 14, 2011. Constructed by McCarthy and designed by Gensler, the new terminal increases JWA’s capacity from 8.4 million annual passengers to 10.8 million. It also provides the airport with the ability to operate international flights. The $211.5 million facility was part of the $543 million Airport Improvement Program (AIP) – one of Orange County, Calif.’s largest-ever public works programs – which created approximately 6,670 jobs over the life of the project.
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30 Nov 11

Summer 2011 Edition of eNewsletter Now Available

To make sure you are up-to-date on the most powerful building solutions, turn to the McCarthy Insights That Build^sm newsletter.
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11 Oct 11

Employee-Ownership Culture Fosters Leadership Development Training at McCarthy

Builder’s Innovative Approach Garners National Recognition from Associated General Contractors of America

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. one of the nation’s oldest and largest privately-held construction companies and a 100 percent employee-owned business, was honored last week with a 2011 Education Excellence Award from the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).
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