Rampart Area Police Station Groundbreaking

No. 06-22
April 26, 2006
Rampart Area Police Station Groundbreaking
Prop Q Funded Project Managed by BOE
The groundbreaking ceremony for the
Proposition Q Public Safety Bond Program’s
Rampart Area Police Station located at
1401 West 6th Street, the former Central
Receiving Hospital site, was held Saturday
April 8, 2006. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa,
Councilmember Ed Reyes, Los Angeles
Police Department Chief William Bratton,
and City Engineer Gary Lee Moore led the
groundbreaking activities. Other dignitaries on hand expressing their support of the
project included Police Commissioner Alan
Skobin and Los Angeles Police Department
Deputy Chief Sharon Papa.
The project is managed by the Proposition Q Program Manager Sam Tanaka.
Other team members include May Woo,
Cyril Charles and Marlys White, project
and construction managers; architect Perkins
and Will and general contractor S.J. Amoroso
Construction. The construction inspection is
managed under the direction of John Reamer, by Caryn Deprez, Principal Inspector and
Edward Quarshie, Senior Inspector.
Program elements include a 54,000 square
feet state-of-the-art police facility, a 231-vehicle parking garage, a vehicle maintenance
building and fuel dispensing facility, public
parking and secure garden areas. The buildings are clustered closely at the center of the
parcel to maintain parkways on the north,
west and south edges, retaining a line of
beautiful mature ficus trees.
Rendering of the new Rampart Area Police Station
l to r: Cyril Charles, Leigh Christy, Marlys white, Sam Tanaka, Caryn Deprez, Tony Corsini, Ed
Segovia, Denis Vonbanck, Bill Dolan, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Nick Seierup, Gary Lee Moore,
Ed Reyes, Chris Carson, Yvette Sanchez-Owens, and Juana Riley.
This new facility represents a collaborative effort over the past three years between
the design team, Councilmember Ed Reyes
and his staff, and the community. The design
maximizes outdoor public green space amenities for the neighborhood and develops
a proud new civic image. Though security
features are a high priority, they are carefully
integrated.
This facility is designed to meet high
environmental standards with a LEED
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design) silver rating and has high efficontinued on page 3
Mayor Villaraigosa spoke at the groundbreakiing
BOE Leads L.A. High School Students to International Bridge Building Contest
L.A. Area Winners go to Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Bureau of Engineering Leads Los Angeles
High School Bridge Building Contest Winners To 2006 International Bridge Building
Contest.
The 2006 International Bridge Building
Contest was held at the American Museum
of Science & Energy (AMSE), Oak Ridge,
Tennessee on Saturday, April 8, 2006.
2006 Los Angeles Regional Bridge Building Contest winners, Jesus Valdivia (Lewis
High School) - first placed and DeCarlis Wilson (Community Harvest Charter School)
- second placed, seized these opportunities
to participate in the 2006 International Bridge
Building competition. As a mentor, Kesavan
Korand from Street and Stormwater Program led this team to Tennessee. Dr. Harald
Holcomb a teacher from Lewis High School
volunteered to join the group.
As this is a Public Works, Bureau of
Engineering outreach program, the main
objective of this contest was to mentor and
motivate high school students to design,
construct a model bridge and test it for the
highest load carrying capacity. The term
referred to as the most efficient bridge that
has the highest efficiency ratio that is in conformance with the specifications developed
by the 2006 International Bridge Building
Committee at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). Model bridges are intended to be
simplified versions of real-world bridges,
which are designed to accept a load in any
position and permit the load to travel across
the entire bridge. International Committee
Representatives from the Illinois Institute
of Technology in Chicago were John Kallend
and Carlo Segre.
Highest structural efficiency ratio (E) is
defined as follows:
E = Load carried by the bridge, in grams /
Mass or Self weight of the bridge, in grams
The 2006 pre-event kicked-off at 5 P.M.
on Friday, April 7, 2006 at AMSE with a
social gathering and a key-note address
by Kenneth Fricke, the Chief Judge for this
competition. This year the competition drew
65 participants from all over the Nation and
from Indonesia. Before registration commencement, all 65 bridges were checked for
the compliance per specifications by passing
through three different evaluation committee tables such as Blue Pod Area (for Initial
Check), Gold Pod Area (for Dimensional
Check) and Red Pod Area (for Mass or Self
Weight Check). Out of the 65 contestants,
only 53 qualified for the actual competition.
Entries for both Los Angeles Area students
qualified for this contest.
The event commenced at noon on Saturday, April 8, 2006 for testing by loading each
individual bridge. The testing platform (rig)
was engineered to load the bridges hydrolytically with a steady increase in load and
a measure of vertical downward deflection.
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Check list for bridges.
Students were busy using tool kits to modify their bridges.
Dr. Holcomb, Jesus Valdivia and DeCarlis Wilson.
Jesus Valdivia’s bridge being placed on the testing rig.
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1st Collection System Settlement Agreement Project
The test was terminated when the bridge
model broke or the measured downward deflection exceeded 25mm (1-inch). The event
concluded at 5.30 P.M. with Grand Prize
being awarded to a student from Kentucky
followed by medal award ceremonial function for all participants.
The winning bridge weighed 18.73 grams
(0.7 oz.) and held 72+ Kilograms of weight
(158+ pounds) for a structural efficiency ratio
of 3851. Lewis High School was placed at
17th (weight of bridge = 25.75 grams, carried
= 50.3 Kg) and Community Harvest Charter
School came in at 47th (weight of bridge
= 10.49 grams, carried = 7.711 Kg) with a
structural efficiency ratio of 1955 and 735,
respectively.
The first place structural winner also received an award of half tuition scholarship,
if the student enrolls at Illinois Institute of
Technology in Chicago, where the International Model Bridge Building Contest
originated and is held every other year. First
three placed winners also received gift cards
ranging from $250 to $500.
Kesavan Korand, who led two high
school students to Tennessee, stated that
mentoring high school students has been fun
and was truly a rewarding experience for the
students, Dr. Halcomb and himself. With the
limitations of time for students, their studies, model building and travel, Kesavan was
very pleased with the performances of Jesus
Valdivia and DeCarlis Wilson. Overall, with
gained experiences of students given the
opportunity to compete at this level, Los
Angeles Region has a potential to win the
International Bridge Building competition.
Our whole hearted thanks go to American Society of Civil Engineers (Los Angeles
Chapter) and other sponsoring organizations
for their generous support for this event and
making it possible to cover the cost of travel
and per-diem for both students as well as
other related expenses. Also, our special
thanks go to Shirish V. Mistry, Structural
Engineer, Structural Engineering Division
and John Saldin, Project Manager II, Accelerated Sewer Rehabilitation Program for
their tireless coordination efforts and their
continuous encouragements towards the
success of this event. Our sincere thanks go
to Alex Vidaurrazaga, Shailesh (Sunny)
Patel, Lauren Skinner (PAO), Wayne Lawson, Ivan Gerson, Martin Rothman, Vince
Shavers, all the mentors who guided and
encourage the students individually for the
success of this outreach program. At this
time, we are extending our thanks to all those
who supported this event from inception
to completion. Finally, our sincere thanks
to all the participating schools, principals,
teachers and students for making this event
a success.
Bids Received for First Sewer Project to
Meet 60-mile/year Requirement of the
Collection System Settlement Agreement
(CSSA)
In October 2004, the City of Los Angeles
reached a settlement agreement with the
Santa Monica Baykeeper, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Regional
Water Quality Control Board and South
Los Angeles Community Groups to, among
other requirements, continue its $2 billion,
10-year sewer renewal, repair and upgrade
program and enhance its efforts by increasing the lengths of sewers being renewed to
an average of 60-miles per year, from the
then current 40 -miles per year. Therefore, the
program is sometimes referred to as the “60mile program.” 60-miles a year is actually the
three-year running average required by the
Settlement Agreement. For details on other
requirements, please see the Agreement.
Majority of the sewers to be renewed are
secondary sewers (less than 16” in diameter)
and will be handled under this program.
Bureau of Sanitation is responsible for the
planning work. Based on the priority, each
Secondary Sewer Shed will be reviewed
to identify structurally deficient pipes, hydraulically deficient pipes, pipes plagued by
roots, and other specific defects that should
be repaired, replaced, modified, or lined.
Once the Bureau of Sanitation completes the
review for each sewer shed and delivers a report (also known as a Secondary Basin Plan),
the Bureau of Engineering is responsible to
deliver projects (design and construction) to
fulfill the requirements. It is estimated that
there will be 25± projects per year based on
the initial development of the program. It is
also anticipated that majority of the sewer
reaches can be lined using trenchless methods, while some need to be removed and
replaced. The design effort for this particular
program starts in summer of 2005 in order
to deliver first construction packages in
FY06/07 to ensure sufficient miles of sewers
are delivered starting FY08/09. The program
will last at least to the end of FY13/14.
A milestone was reached on April 19,
2006, when bids were opened by the Board of
Public Works for Accelerated Sewer Repair
Program (ASRP) Project Units 309/311, for
repair of earthquake-damaged sewers in Sun
Valley-La Tuna Canyon area. This is the first
project expected to count toward meeting
the 60-miles/year rehabilitation and repair
requirement of the Settlement Agreement.
The project includes removal and replacement of 7600 feet of 8, 10, and 12-inch sewers,
and rehabilitation by lining of 12,200 feet of
8 and 12-inch sewers. The apparent low bid
was submitted by Prkacin Company, in the
amount of $2,169,313. The City Engineer’s
estimate is $2,400,000.
ASRP Project Units 309/311 is in Council
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Districts 2 and 6. It is in the Sun Valley Area
Neighborhood Council and North Hollywood North East Neighborhood Council.
The project is bounded by the Golden State
Freeway on the north, Cohasset Street on the
south, Laurel Canyon Boulevard on the west
and the Foothill Freeway on the east.
The project schedule indicates the construction contract will be awarded this July,
and construction will be completed in July
2007.
The Project Manager is Desmond Lew of
the Accelerated Sewer Repair Group, and the
Construction Manager is Iftekhar Ahmed of
the Wastewater Conveyance Construction
Division.
Harshad Shah, of the Wastewater Conveyance Engineering Division, is the Program Manager of the 60-mile/year Rehabilitation and Replacement Program.
Asphalt Concrete Technical Presentation
Hosted by the Metropolitan Los Angeles
Branch of American Society of Civil Engineers, the Granite Construction Company
will be offering a one hour technical presentation on the AR/PG switch in the AC binder
at a brownbag seminar lunch on Wednesday,
May 3, 2006 at 11:30 am to 12:30 pm in the
Public Works Bldg., 1149 S. Broadway St.
Los Angeles CA 90015, Conference Room
SB 30.
This presentation will cover the reasons
asphalt requirements changed from AR to
PG. Caltrans has enforced these new regulation on January 1, 2006. The Greenbook
will soon follow suit with an amendment to
the AR specification. It will reflect the new
binder callout in AC pavement. If you are
involved in pavement design or open trench
excavation, this is an excellent opportunity to
learn about the new project specifications.
Please bring your own food and refreshments. To RSVP contact Serge Haddad
at (213) 485-5853 (x55853) or e-mail serge.
[email protected].
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ciency mechanical systems, clerestories for
natural lighting, efficient lighting controls,
stormwater treatment devices, sensors on
plumbing fixtures and water-efficient plants
and trees.
The Rampart Area Police Station is one of
the new police facilities approved by the voters in the 2002 Proposition Q Public Safety
Bond and is designed to meet the present
and future needs of the Los Angeles Police
Department.
The project is scheduled for completion
in 2008.
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2006 Construction Management Forum
220 Attend Event Hosted by Engineering & Contract Admin
The Bureaus of Engineering (BOE) and
Contract Administration (BCA) hosted
the Second Annual Construction Management Forum on April 4 and April 6,
2006. The successful Construction Management Forums were well attended
with over 220 persons from BOE and
BCA participating.
The Construction Management Forums
focused on BOE and BCA roles and responsibilities, introduced project partnering,
and included lively discussion on ways to
improve construction management. The
Construction Management Forums featured
a slideshow of construction projects delivered by the Bond Programs, Bridges/Seismic
Buildings/Street & Stormwater Program,
and the Wastewater Program.
Keynote speakers were City Engineer
Gary Lee Moore and the Inspector of
Public Works John Reamer. In their remarks, Gary and John emphasized the
importance of cooperation, teamwork,
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and communication between the two
bureaus.
A presentation on BOE and BCA roles
and responsibilities covered specific
project delivery tasks of each Bureau
during the pre-design, design, bid and
award, construction, and post-construction project phases. The presentation
was followed by a panel discussion on
a broad range of construction management topics. The panelists were Jose
Fuentes and Jim Treadaway of BOE,
and Gary Bigelow and David Dean of
BCA.
Following comments by the panel, a
lively discussion with the audience focused on current construction management issues. Highlights of the audience
discussion included the timely approval
of subcontractor substitutions and the
proper use of time and materials as a
construction delivery method.
The Construction Management
Forums introduced project partnering
as a business tool to deliver construction projects and manage construction
contracts. Project partners include
our client departments, the City’s construction contractor, BOE and BCA.
The attributes of project partnering
include coordinated decision making,
teamwork, and mutual trust between
partners. When used effectively, project
partnering improves the overall quality
of construction management.
Special thanks to the Zoo Bond Program for scheduling the April 4th event
at the Zoo Children’s Discovery Center
and Environmental Engineering Division for hosting the April 6th event at
the Hyperion Treatment Plant. Hosted
by Tim Haug, the Construction Management Forum was organized by Chris
Smith of BCA and Kendrick Okuda.
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Special Order
The April 14, 2006 Special Order No. 0010406 titled Guidelines Pursuant to Mayor’s
Executive Directive No. 2 - “Rush Hour
Construction on City Streets” states that effective immediately, all Bureau of Engineering (BOE) staff are to implement Mayor’s Executive Directive No. 2 entitled “Rush Hour
Construction on City Streets” by enforcing
existing BOE permit prohibitions on rush
hour work, and by applying these guidelines
to evaluate rush hour work requests for
major public works projects.
Background
Originally issued on August 12, 2005, the
Mayor modified and re-issued Executive
Directive No. 2 on October 20, 2005. The reissued Executive Directive No. 2 formalizes
the prohibition of rush hour construction by
City departments and agencies, and notes
that current City permits for non-City entities already prohibit work during rush hour
except under specific exemption. Rush hour
work is defined as actual construction, as
well as the staging of equipment and materials, on major roads from 6:00 am to 9:00 am
and 3:30 pm to 7:00 pm. It is implied that
all normally available traffic lanes will be
available during rush hour.
Executive Directive No. 2 also contains
exemptions to the rush hour prohibition
for emergency work, and for major public
works projects with traffic mitigation plans.
Executive Directive No. 2 instructs the Board
of Public Works (BPW) to develop and
adopt policy criteria for exempting major
public works projects. At a meeting held
on December 22, 2005, the President of the
BPW delegated policy development to the
City Engineer.
Guidelines
These guidelines shall be used to evaluate requests for rush hour work on major
roads, and to approve or deny an exemption from the rush hour work prohibition.
The guidelines shall apply to public works
projects on major roads only. Major roads
are Arterial Streets as designated in the
Transportation Element of the City’s General
Plan and defined in BOE Standard Plan S470-0. All Non-Arterial and Hillside Streets
defined in BOE Standard Plan S-470-0 shall
be exempt from Executive Directive No. 2.
Public Works projects are improvements to
public infrastructure in the public right-ofway initiated as either a capital project by
the City, or as allowed under the permitting
jurisdiction of the BOE. All other work not
related to a public works project shall comply
with existing BOE permit procedures and
Executive Directive No. 2.
To evaluate a request for rush hour work,
the questions contained in these guidelines
shall be answered. This will facilitate the
approval or denial of an exemption from the
rush hour work prohibition.
For work related to a capital project initiEngineering Newsletter - 4/26/06
ated by the City, the BOE Project Manager
(PM) shall prepare answers to the questions.
Upon satisfactory review of the answers, the
PM’s Program/Division Manager (or designee) shall approve the exemption. For work
allowed under the permitting jurisdiction of
the BOE, answers to the questions shall be
prepared by the Permit Applicant (PA).
The questions, followed by examples of
acceptable answers, are:
1. What is the technical justification for
work during rush hour?
Construction activity is an un-interruptible
process that must be completed once it is
started. Examples include curing of sewer
lining material, curing of concrete pavement,
on-site fabrication of telecommunications
systems, assembly and mobilization of drilling equipment.
Construction activity requires continuous
traffic lane closure. Examples of this include
excavations of deep shafts, delivery of perishable construction materials, operation of
tunneling equipment, sewer bypass operations, and the situation where the physical
condition of the construction site prevents
re-opening of the street.
2. What prevents work from being limited
to non-rush hour periods?
Time constraints outside the control of the
PM or PA. Examples include Federal, State
or Local labor laws, prescribed labor agreements, work time conditions imposed by
environmental clearances, limited construction material delivery periods, time restrictions imposed by regulatory agencies, time
restrictions caused by railroad or rail transit
operations.
3. Does the request have a Traffic Mitigation
Plan (TMP) reviewed by the Department
of Transportation (LADOT) and accepted
by BOE? To be considered for an exemption, the request must include a TMP to
mitigate traffic congestion.
All requests must include a TMP. Any modification to a reviewed and accepted TMP that
impacts traffic lanes must be re-reviewed
by LADOT and accepted by BOE before the
modification is allowed.
4. Would denial of the request result in an
unreasonable extension of overall project
duration? If yes, explain how and for how
long?
Examples of unreasonable extensions include time delays for power, water, sewer,
gas, or critical telecommunication service to
a customer, public facility, or community.
Time delays that extend construction
impacts to local residents and businesses
should be given careful consideration.
Examples of construction impacts include
construction traffic, noise, dust, impeded
access to private property, impeded access
to business customers, potential loss of
business activity, conflicts with holidays and
public events.
5. Are there legal requirements or con-
straints that justify work during rush
hour? If yes, explain how and why?
Examples include deadlines contained in
grant funding agreements, court ordered
agreements, regulatory compliance requirements, prescribed contractual agreements,
railroad agreements, prescribed maintenance
agreements, City Franchise agreements.
If the City does not have jurisdiction to
permit the construction activity, the construction work hours will be governed by
the permitting authority and not this Special
Order. For example, for construction activity
on State Highways, the permitting authority
is Caltrans.
6. Would denial of the request result in an
unreasonably high cost? Compare the
cost to implement non-rush hour work
to the total project cost and total project
budget. If the cost is unreasonably high,
explain how and why?
Examples of acceptable costs to consider
include additional labor costs, additional
material costs, material delivery surcharges,
costs for additional mobilization and de-mobilization, additional fuel costs, additional
rental or lease costs, additional overhead
costs, costs associated with contractual
compliance, costs associated with loan
guarantees.
7. Are all safety issues related to work during rush hour addressed properly?
Acceptable answers must specify the type
of traffic control the construction activity
will implement. The most common type of
control would adhere to Work Area Traffic Control Handbook requirements, also
known as the WATCH manual published
by Building News.
For work related to a City capital project, the approval shall be documented and
included in the BPW Report awarding the
construction contract. For work allowed
under the permitting jurisdiction of the
BOE, the approval shall be documented and
attached to the applicable BOE permit. All
TMPs must be included in the capital project
plan documents or be attached to the BOE
permit prior to any lane closure during rush
hours. Answers to the questions shall be kept
for future reference, but shall not be attached
to the BPW Report or the BOE permit.
Emergency Rush Hour Work
Pursuant to Executive Directive No. 2, all
activities related to emergency maintenance
and repair required to protect public health
and safety are exempt from the rush hour
work prohibition. For work allowed under
the permitting jurisdiction of the BOE, the
entity initiating the emergency work shall
obtain the applicable BOE permit within 48
hours of starting the emergency rush hour
work. For emergency work related to a capital project initiated by the City, existing BPW
definitions of emergency work shall govern,
and therefore constitute BPW approval of
emergency rush hour work.
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March of Dimes News
Together we can solve the problems of prematurity, birth defects, and low birth weight.
Buy a beanie baby or a T-Shirt, enter a drawing, attend a fundraiser, come to the BOE picnic, most of all participate in WalkAmerica in
Griffith Park at 8:00 am, Saturday, April 29,
2006. Parking is free. Early arrivals can park
at Griffith Park, late arrivals park nearby and
walk or take a shuttle to the Park. You can
sign up to walk by contacting your group/
division MOD coordinator, going online at
www.WalkAmerica.org or by visiting any Los
Angeles Federal Credit Union branch. In
order for the Bureau of Engineering to get
credit for the walk funds raised the fund
raising envelopes must give the Team Name:
City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Engineering
and Team Code: 3020-00. Our goal is to get
over 90 walkers. For any questions contact
Ivan Gerson at 6+485-1169 (x51169).
Win a 32” LCD
Enter a chance to win a Maxent MX-32X3
LCD valued at $1,500. Pixel resolution is
1366 x 768. Tickets are $5. Contact Mohamad
Fakih at 6+485-5841 (x55841) or Iftekhar
Ahmed at 6+485-5875 (x55875). The drawing
will be held June 29, 2006.
Your 2006 March of Dimes Team Robert Nielsen, Iftekhar Ahmed, Dee Hines, Mohamad Fakih,
Christine Keushguerian, Eda Meredith, Sharat Batra, Annette Mendoza, Terri Winfield, Kimberly
Barton, Betty Smith, Randa Hanna, Arianne Coleman, Julia Moye, Dominic Buenaventura, and
Kendrick Okuda, not pictured, Ivan Gerson, Tia Davis, Nancy Giron, Laura Villanueva, Sharon
Nelson, JacQuie Rodriguez, Julie Van Wagner, Dennis Wong, Donna Grundl, Raul Garcia, Raul
Virgen, Dawayne Thomas, Sam Wong, Jerry Lagunzad, Jun Espiritu, Navella Hutchings, Juliet
Ward, and Bruce Aoki.
MOD Golf Tournament
A Winner! Frank Viramontes displays his winning LA Clippers Tickets. Please participate in
BOE Chance Drawings, you can win!
Win a Fishing Trip
Wednesday, May 31, 2006, 12:00 noon - BOE
is sponsoring the MOD Golf Tournament at
Wilson Golf Course, Griffith Park. The cost
is $60.00, which includes the contribution
to MOD, green fees, trophies and food at
the golf’s restaurant after the round. Please
make checks payable to BOE - March of
Dimes. Please pay to Jun Espiritu at 6+4855938 or Ed Gobaton at 6+485-5935 no later
than Wednesday, May 10, 2006. Please come
and support the MOD and also have fun.
For additional information, please call Jun
Espiritu or Ed Gobaton. Note - this activity
is on your own time, i.e., vacation, etc.
Here is your chance to catch a California
Halibut on this personal one-day fishing
charter with Mike Kantor, Valley District.
All fishing gear, bait and food will be provided. All you need is a California fishing
license or a one-day permit. Tickets are $5.
Contact Randa Hanna at (818) 374-4600.
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Enter a chance to win golf clubs custom
made by Chief Deputy City Engineer Brad
Smith, who is a member of the Golf Club
Makers Association.
1st Prize: Ti Driver + Fairway Woods
(Graphite)
2nd Prize: Set of 8 Irons (Steel)
3rd Prize: Sand or Lob Wedge
Tickets are $2 each, 3 for $5, or 7 for $10. Contact Karen Dacres at 6+485-4924 (x54924) or
Anita Moore at 6+485-4922 (x54922).
BOE MOD Family Picnic
Enter iPod nano Drawing
The Environmental Management Group is
holding a drawing for a 4-Gb iPod nano
that can hold up to 1,000 songs and also can
play audiobooks and podcasts. Tickets are $5
each, or 3 for $10. Contact Julie Van Wagner
at 6+485-5754 (x55754) or your MOD coordinator, or come to the 6th floor of the PWB.
Drawing will be held May 2, 2006.
Custom Golf Clubs
Get your March of Dimes Bean Bag Animals,
on sale now!
On Saturday, April 29, 2006 from 8:00 am
to 1:00 pm there will be a free family picnic
hosted by the Bureau of Engineering. Come
and enjoy food, music, pie throwing, egg
tossing, a watermelon eating contest and
more! Family, friends, pets are all invited to
Griffith Park on Crystal Springs Dr.
Volunteers willing to help set up or clean
up are always welcome. For questions contact Iftekhar Ahmed at 6+485-5875 (x55875)
or Serge Haddad at 6+485-5835 (x55835).
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L.A. Human Trafficking
Training
The United States Department of Health
and Human Services and the Los Angeles
City Commission on the Status of Women
announce a Los Angeles Human Trafficking
Training and Coalition Meeting April 27,
2006, noon-3:30 pm at the Grace Simons
Lodge, 1025 Elysian Park Drive, Los Angeles CA.90012 (323) 665-1155. Luncheon
will be provided by H.H.S for RSVP’s only.
To attend, please RSVP to the Commission
Office (213) 978-0300. Space is limited, first
come first served.
There will be special presentations from
Martha Newton, Director, Office of Refugee
Resettlement, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services; Councilmember Tony Cardenas and other local government officials;
local Human Trafficking Agencies.
In the U.S. between 14,500 and 17,000
persons are known to be trafficked through
harbors, border crossings and airports, every
year, but the true numbers remain unknown.
What is known is that Los Angeles is a major
point of entry for many trafficking victims,
and 80% are women and girls frequently
used in the underground sex trades (i.e.
prostitution, massage parlors, brothels,
multi-media pornography).
The Commission on the Status of Women
is hosting the third training of City employees and human trafficking coalition members. Councilmember Tony Cardenas has
committed to training 40,000 City employees
on human trafficking. Several hundred employees have already been trained. According to the Department of Health and Human
Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement, the
City of Los Angeles is the first metropolitan
City to implement human trafficking and
slavery preparedness training.
The training will be held at the Grace
Simons Lodge located in Elysian Park, just
off of downtown Los Angeles. Among the
speakers will be Councilmember Cardenas,
representatives from the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, Office of
Refugee Resettlement, local service providers and members of the Law Enforcement
Metropolitan Task Force of the Los Angeles
Police Department.
City employees often come into contact
with human trafficking victims at their work
sites, however they may not be aware of
them. The Commission is training City employees on how to identify some of the most
common signs of underground human trafficking activity, how to spot victims, and who
to call if they suspect traffickers are operating
in areas where they are working.
If employees have already attended one
of the trainings, it is not necessary to repeat
the training.
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Business & Writing Skills
A Business and Writing Skills Seminar will
be held on May 17, 2006, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
and May 18, 2006, 8:00 am - 12:00 noon at
EED and again on May 24, 2006, 8:00 am
- 4:00 pm and May 25, 2006, 8:00 am - 12:00
noon in the Computer Training Center, 7th
floor, Public Works Building.
Each day and a half seminar will introduce staff to the principles and practices
of grammar and professional writing and
include effective patterns of organization
used in business settings. The seminar will
develop an applied perspective that will
enable trainees to fulfill on-the-job writing
requirements.
Trainees will learn to analyze audiences,
gather and organize data, hone grammar,
evaluate and synthesize information, draw
conclusions, make recommendations, and
compose, critique, and revise information
presented to technical and non-technical
audiences. Since process and product are
closely related, the seminar will involve
trainees in approaches that include specific
steps to follow and strategies to apply to
written communications on the job. Trainees
will learn to apply business-writing principles to create successful standard written
and electronic messages required in business
and industry.
A one-hour Diagnostic Exam will be
administered prior to the class. Dates and
times will be determined prior to student
selection for the class. If you are interested
in attending, please contact your Training
Coordinator or e-mail Vicki Estelle at vicki.
[email protected] for more information. Please
remember that you need to get the approval
of your supervisor before submitting a
Training Request Form.
Safety News
Reporting Safety Concerns or Suggestion
As identified in our Bureau’s Injury Illness
Prevention Program (IIPP) “All Bureau employees are to identify, evaluate and resolve
unsafe work conditions as soon as practicable
and to be actively involved in providing recommendations to ensure a safe workplace.”
Routinely employees with safety concerns or
suggestions may or may not know how to
address concerns or suggestions. Employees
may feel uncomfortable discussing safety
issues with other employees or supervisors. The Bureau encourages a clear chain of
communication for all safety related issues
either in person or in writing. Therefore the
Bureau has recently revised the Reporting
Safety Concerns or Suggestions form and
procedure. This form, form instruction and
flow chart will be available on the Bureau’s
Intranet Forms Library Application and the
Safety Concerns link for Bureau employees
to help facilitate concerns or suggestions in
person or anonymously.
Construction Safety Awareness Training
The Bureau is continuing with the Construction Safety Awareness Training beginning in
the PWB. Division/Department/Groups
Supervisors are encouraged to plan for
video presentation as identified in Notice #
9. The Bureau has experienced some delays
in transferring videos from one section to
another. But we are determined to stay on
schedule for the Bureau’s sake. For make-up
session or scheduling questions, contact the
Training Section’s Sheryl Moore at 6+4855102 or Ron Daigle at 6+485-5010. For other
related safety questions, contact Calvin Toy,
BOE Safety Engineer at 6+485-5317 or email
at [email protected].
BPW Awards Contract for Studio City Fire Station
Pblic Works Public Affairs Office press release:
LOS ANGELES (March 31, 2006)-A contract
has been awarded by the Board of Public
Works for the construction of a new fire
station in Studio City. The contract, for
$7,087,000, was awarded to the Sinanian
Development, Inc., who was declared the
lowest responsive, responsible bidder.
The project provides for the construction
of a 15,250 square-foot standard fire/paramedic station to replace the existing Fire
Station 78. This old fire station was destroyed
during the 1994 Northridge Earthquake and
the facility is currently housed in a temporary trailer with a detached apparatus shed
at 4230 Coldwater Canyon Avenue.
The new, larger station will be located
at the southeastern corner of 4041 Whitsett
Avenue, at the southeastern corner of the
Studio City Golf and Tennis facility.
This new facility is expected to meet present and future fire protection services for
residents and businesses in the surrounding
community. Construction is expected to take
480 calendar days to complete.
The new fire/paramedic station has been
designed as a LEED (Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design) certified facility,
and includes sustainable design features
such as recycled content materials, locally
manufactured materials and efficient landscaping.
The new fire station will be constructed
with funds from Proposition F, the $532 million voter-approved Fire and Animal Facilities Bond Initiative. The Initiative provides
funding for construction of fire and animal
facilities and renovation of existing buildings
and facilities. The fire facilities portion of
the bond provides funding to build, repair,
renovate or replace 20 neighborhood fire/
paramedic stations and an emergency helicopter/air operations/maintenance facility
at Van Nuys Airport.
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Transfer Opportunities
The following transfer opportunities are
available. If you are interested, contact the
office below by Tuesday, May 2, 2006:
Civil Engineering Associate II
SID - Edeliza Fang
6+485-4517
SMD - Edeliza Fang
6+485-4517
WCED - Dequita Mfume
6+485-1093
Civil Engineering Associate III
SBG - Meiling Yang
6+202-5592
Sanitary Engineering Associate II
SID - Edeliza Fang
6+485-4517
SID - Edeliza Fang
6+485-4517
Secretary
Admin - Priya Khurana
6+485-5121
Arch - Mark Nakata
6+485-4385
Structural Engineering Associate II
SID - Edeliza Fang
6+485-4517
SMD- Edeliza Fang
6+485-4517
Structural Engineering Associate III
SBC - Meiling Yang
6+202-5592
Arrivals
Krystal Golden, Office Trainee WCED;
Michael Haddadin, CE Assoc III to SIP;
Olga Houston, Personnel Records Supvr.
Admin; Sylvia Sanchez, Senior Clerk Typist, WCED
Departures
Danilo Abalos, Civil Engineer, to Port Dept,
Harbor Dist. Rodel Barizo CEDT,to DWP,
Geotech; Deborah Deets. Landscape Architectura Associate III, promoted to Samitation; Sophy (Johnnath) Deth, Management
Assistant, to Personnel Dept, Prop K; Sharon
Dickinson, Sr Clerk Typist promoted to
Police, Land Dev; Jason Kitahara, Management Assistant, to Rec & Parks, Prop K;
Glenn Morimoto, Management Analyst II,
promoted to Bldg & Safety, Prop K; Chaudry
Muhammad, CE Assoc III, retired, SED; Emmanuel Tan, CE Assoc II to DWP, SSP.
Promotions
Julie Allen, Senior Construction Engineer,
Const; Flor Coreno, Sr.Clerk Typ. Admin;
Patrice King, CE Assoc III, PACD; Alfred
Mata, Sanitary Engineer, EED; Melody Reid,
CE Assoc III, Zoo; Oscar Rodriguez, CE Assoc III,SIP; Armando Romero, EEA-III, Arch;
Henry Yun, CE Assoc III, to PACD
Passing of Yates
We are sorry to report that CE Drafting Tech
Leon Yates who retired from BOE’s Coordinating Div. in 1986, passed away on March
15, 2006. Our condolences go to his family..
Environmental Products
The Department of General Services is holding an Environmentally Preferred Products
Fair from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm, Wednesday,
April 26, 2006 at the plaza between City
Hall East and City Hall South. Vendors will
display recycled-content office products and
environmentally preferable cleaning supplies. Some free samples will be provided.
Big Sunday - Mayor’s Day of Service May 7th
This message is from Cynthia M. Ruiz, President
of the Board of Public Works:
To: All Department of Public Works Employees
On Sunday, May 7, 2006, up to 25,000
volunteers of all ages will join Mayor Villaraigosa and volunteer at more than 200
different non-profit sites in the Los Angeles
area. There are volunteer opportunities for
everybody, projects are scheduled throughout the day, and can last anywhere from an
hour to all day.
Everything about this Day is completely
non-denominational, non-political and free.
Volunteers only need to donate their time
and their talent. The Day is totally underwritten by private, corporate, and foundation grants and donations.
I encourage all Department of Public
Works employees to consider donating some
of their time because no matter who you are,
no matter where you live, no matter what
you do, everyone has some way they can
help someone else.
If you are interested in participating in
this Day of Service, please review the representative sample of projects that will be
available (a complete list can be obtained
by going to the following website: www.
bigsunday.org). When you decide on a project,
please contact Tammy Watson at the Office of
Management Employee Services (213) 9781823 or through GroupWise so she can count
you as a Public Works participant.
If you choose to participate in the Mayor’s
Day of Service please be aware that this
project is not related to your City job and
your participation is purely voluntary. Time
spent performing these volunteer duties is
not considered hours worked. Please choose
a project that is in no way related to your City
assignment. If you are scheduled to work in
your City job on Sunday, May 7, 2006, you
may not be eligible to participate.
For further information, please see the
website noted above or Ms. Watson.
Thank you in advance for you support of
this worth endeavor.
Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteers are needed in all areas in the City
of Los Angeles. This list is a representative
sample of projects that are available, a complete list can be obtained by going to the
following website: www.bigsunday.org.
Big Sunday Preparation (Volunteers are
needed on Saturday to assist in preparation
for Big Sunday.)
Car Washing
Delivery Services
Donate
• Blood
• Books
• Clothes
• Used Electronics
Food Preparation
• Meals on Wheels
• Project Angel Food
• Project Chicken Soup
• Feed the Less Fortunate
Gardening
• West Adams
• Elysian Park
• Downtown
Home Restoration
• Seniors & Low Income
• Habitat for Humanity
Neighborhood Clean-ups
• Heal the Bay
• Hanson Dam
• Cabrillo Beach
• Runyon Canyon
• Highland Park, etc.
Painting
• Homes
• Murals
• Graffiti Removal
Photography
Sponsor Field Trips
• Museums
• Concerts
• Movies
Sporting Events
• Special Olympics
• Hoops for Peace
• Bowl with Best Buddies
• Soccer
• Gymnastics
Tutorials
Working with Animals
Working with People
• Homeless Women
• Runaway Teens
• Foster Care
• Childcare
• Seniors
Engineering Vision
We envision the Bureau of
Engineering as a competitive,
world class, public service
organization dedicated to
delivering projects, programs, and
services for Los Angeles in a timely
and cost effective manner which
establishes us as the provider of
choice to our customers.
We’d Like to Hear from You
If you have any articles for the Newsletter,
please e-mail them to Winifred Harano ([email protected]), and Terry Aguilar ([email protected]) Admin Services Division, Stop 311 or Fax to 6+485-4965 (x54965).
The deadline for the next issue is Thursday,
May 4, 2006.
Los Angeles City Department of Public Works
Bureau of Engineering
1149 South Broadway Street, Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90015
http://eng.lacity.org
The Engineering Newsletter is published biweekly by
the Administrative Services Division for employees of
the Bureau of Engineering.
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