Los Angeles Community College District Awards More Than $2 Million in Construction Contracts for Upgrades at Four Colleges

Contracts will bring needed construction services to Los Angeles City, Mission, Southwest and Valley Colleges as part of the $2.2 billion Proposition A/AA Bond program

Nov. 15, 2006 (LOS ANGELES) The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) announced today that its Board of Trustees awarded local businesses $2,125,088 in construction contracts during October 2006 for construction and upgrade projects at four of its nine colleges. Each contract is the result of formal competitive bidding and will be funded by the Proposition A/AA Bond program, the $2.2 billion bond measures overwhelmingly approved by Los Angeles voters in 2001 and 2003.

“The $2.1 million in approved contracts continue the process of improving the facilities our students need,” said Michael D. Waxman, president of the LACCD Board of Trustees. “Plus, by using local firms, we are keeping the money in the community.”

The Colleges’ Board of Trustees authorized the following construction contracts in October 2006:

Los Angeles Valley College: AWI Builders, Inc., a small and local business based in Los Angeles, will perform construction services for the Field House - Facilities project for $1,966,370. This project will provide for the construction of a new Concession Stand and Restroom facility at the college's current athletic Field House building.

Installation of the solar panels at the colleges—set to be completed in 2008—is expected to cost between $7 and $9 million. A Request for Proposals will be issued within the next four weeks for the contracts to install solar panels at the nine campuses.

Los Angeles Southwest College: Miller Environmental, Inc., a local business based in Anaheim, Calif. was awarded $84,000 to provide services related to the demolition and removal of the Child Development Center bungalows on campus. After the bungalows are removed, Miller Environmental will also grade and stripe the site for use as a temporary campus parking lot.

Los Angeles Mission College: P.G. & J. Demolition Services, a local business based in Fullerton, Calif. will perform HAZMAT services for the Campus-wide Infrastructure–Hazardous Material Abatement project in the amount of $69,860. For this project, the contractor will furnish all labor, equipment, materials, services, permits, and insurance needed for the removal, cleanup, replacement, handling, transportation and disposal of mold-contaminated materials and other hazardous materials in buildings throughout the campus.

Los Angeles City College: GE Modular Space, a local business based in Gardena, Calif. will provide services for the relocation of the Child Development Center project in the amount of $4,858. This project will relocate a surplus portable classroom building from Commonwealth Elementary, a school in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The portable classroom will be brought to City's campus to be used as a temporary location for the Community Services Center, which is being displaced by construction of the new Child Development Center.

The Los Angeles Community College District, one of the largest community college districts in the country, has embarked on a $2.2 billion construction and modernization program at its nine colleges. The LACCD has contracted 86 percent of the construction program's work to date to local, small, emerging or disabled-veteran enterprise businesses. Companies interested in participating in this $2.2 billion renovation and modernization program are encouraged to visit www.PropositionA.org and click on “Doing Business with Us.