3 recent books on infrastructure
Ambiguous Spaces, by Nannette Jackowski, Princeton Architectural Press 2008
The Infrastructural City, edited by Kazys Varnelis, Actar 2009
Advanced Public Design, edited by Pyo Mi Young, DAMDI 2009
http://library.cca.edu/
The largest California infrastructure projects in planning
700 mile-long bullet train rail system
$25-$33 billion dollar project
Richard D. Chong & Associates
HNTB
DMJM
Parsons Transportation Group
In planning schematics
San Francisco Central Subway
$1,290,000,000.
DMJM and others
In planning schematics
BART Extension, Pittsburg Bay Point to Antioch
$500,000,000.
In pre-design
Bridge Replacement in Los Angeles County
$400,000,000.
URS Corporation
In schematics
Projected spending related to California’s 800-mile high-speed rail system
$ 980 million for San Francisco to San Jose
$ 466 million for Merced to Fresno
$ 819 million for Fresno to Bakersfield
$ 2.187 billion for Los Angeles to Anaheim
$ 276 million for preliminary engineering and environmental work
www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov
The winning ideas from the recent WPA 2.0 design competition
Professional category
“Carbon T.A.P.// Tunnel Algae Park,” PORT architects, Andrew Moddrell and Christopher Marcinkoski of Chicago and New York.
Student category
“R_Ignite,” Peter Millar, Jamie Potter, Andy Wilde, and Stuart Wheeler, Manchester School of Architecture; and “Aquaculture Canal_New Orleans,” Fadi Masoud, University of Toronto.
The 4 largest California airport design and construction projects underway
SMF $380,000,000.
Corgan Associates and others
2012 completion
SFO $250,000,000.
Gensler and others
Ongoing
SJC $241,000,000.
Gensler and others
Just completed
LAX $500,000,000.
Gensler and others
2010 completion
America under construction
A site launched to track the debate over the use of the stimulus funds.
www.infrastructurist.com
Number of smart meters PG&E plans to install in California
10,000,000 by 2012—the largest such program in the nation; they are currently deploying more than 12,000 a day.
www.pge.com
The largest California bridge and tunnel projects underway
Bay Bridge, Alameda County
Self-anchored suspension section only
$1,434,000,000.
2014 completion
Bridge & Roadway, San Diego County
$407,000,000.
Underway
Six Bridges, Orange County
$193,000,000.
Underway
Bay Bridge, Alameda County
Touchdown element only
$177,000,000.
Underway
Bridge, San Bernardino County
$172,000,000.
Underway
Railroad Tunnel, Alameda County
$137,000,000.
Underway
Some AIACC members with infrastructural names
Bonnie Bridges, AIA, San Francisco
Jay Bond, AIA, Fullerton
George Crane, AIA, Glendale
David J. Flood, FAIA, Manhattan Beach
Roland Foreman, AIA, Corona Del Mar
Lisa Landworth, AIA, Los Angeles
Lesley Miles, AIA, Morgan Hill
Steven Rivers, AIA, Los Angeles
Mark Steele, FAIA, San Diego
Tracy Stone, AIA, Los Angeles
Terry Tarr, AIA, Sacramento
Kevin Waters, AIA, Orange
John Woodbridge, FAIA, Sonoma
www.aiacc.org
Originally published 4th quarter 2009 in arcCA 09.4, “Infrastructure.”
