Paving Co. to complete the various construction refinements, and the company will collect $9.1 million for the job. The construction management company, Caltrop Engineering, will receive $531,000 for overseeing the project.
CITY HALL RETROFIT The City Council also will decide tonight to spend $875,000 to hire a company to design the seismic retrofitting of City Hall.
City staff called for a seismic evaluation of City Hall after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake even though the damage to the building was minor, staff said. The evaluation determined that the structure was not up to code. Construction is scheduled to start spring of 2007 and will include historic preservation and discarding of hazardous material.
City Hall is expected to stay open during the seismic retrofitting, which should take about six to nine months.
City staff will contract with Black and Veatch to design the project, which has an estimated cost of $5 million.
The funding will come from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which gave City Hall money for damages from the Northridge Earthquake.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 22, 2005. Read the original PDF.