The city of Anaheim is home to big-ticket draws such as Angel Stadium, the Grove arena, the Honda Center sports venue and, of course, Disneyland. Now, it is home to an iconic structure that heralds the arrival of a new age of transit in traditionally auto-centric Southern California. The recently opened Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) has won the 2014 Project of the Year award from the Orange County
The construction industry is full of excellent leadership, but the public rarely sees it in action—even if it ultimately benefits from better roads, buildings and other facilities. ENR’s annual Top 25 Newsmakers program recognizes outstanding achievements. “If I don’t have 100 balls in the air, I don’t work well. I get bored,” says David Burrus, referring to his multitasking skills. His love of quantifying everything, combined with his need for
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Creating World Class Partnerships with Jim Eisenhart – Feb 2015 – Construction Executive
Partnering has become quite standard as a way for public sector owners such as the General Services Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Caltrans to preclude litigation with design and construction teams—even as the industry has embraced more negotiated work and collaborative project delivery methods. “In the last 10 years, we have discovered there’s a distinction between good project teams that finish on time, on budget and with no