Projects

The McGregor Company

Byer Geotechnical is working with our longtime client, The McGregor Company, on the One Santa Fe project located in downtown Los Angeles, east of Santa Fe Avenue, north of 4th Street, and south of 1st Street. The mixed-use project includes one level of subterranean garage pictured above, and six floors of mixed-use, including retail, live/work areas, commercial, and apartments. Pictured are the pad footings for the columns and the strip footing for the basement wall. Completion is projected for 2014.

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Grifols Engineering, S.A.

The J. Byer Group has been providing geotechnical and geologic services at this site since 2002. Grifols Engineering, S.A., is a global health-care company, based in Barcelona, Spain. Grifols produces plasma derivatives that are used in the health-care industry to save lives and improve life expectancy. Most recently, ground was broken on the new 92,000-square-foot intravenous immune globulin production facility. The target date for completion is early 2013. The new facility will provide approximately 300 new jobs to the Los Angeles community and represents an investment of over $50 million. The photo is looking north over the existing facility with the San Gabriel Mountains in the background, the County of Los Angeles, Public Works building to the right, and the mound of soil is the grading for the long delayed Long Beach (710) Freeway extension through South Pasadena. The new building will be north of the existing facility. Civil engineering services are being provided by the Mollenhauer Group, and structural engineering services are being provided by Grossman & Speer Associates, Inc.

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Westfield Corporation, Inc.

Westfield Corporation, Inc., is actively expanding their Fox Hills Mall. The J. Byer Group has been busy providing geotechnical services, including site observations during construction. We have verified the capacity of almost 1,600 driven piles, and have been actively testing utility trench backfills. The Westfield design duties were handled by Mark Shaw and Matt Morgan. The Westfield construction site planning was performed by Sherwin Rosenbloom. A truly national team was used for the project. Target Stores, home based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, will be the anchor store for the addition. Dale Rhoads of Dallas, Texas-based Omniplan, Inc., provided architectural services. The structural engineering was handled by Paul Kukla of PK Associates, LLC of Scottsdale, Arizona. The civil engineering duties were performed by National Survey and Engineering, based in Wisconsin. Foundation Pile, Inc., based in Fontana, California performed the pile driving.

J.H. Snyder Company

The J. H. Snyder Company is getting ready to break ground on their Hollywood Studio Office project. It is located in the heart of the Hollywood Media and Entertainment district and is the site of the former Technicolor facility. The project will be a unique 245,000 square foot Class A office development, consisting of two separate low-rise buildings (4 and 5 stories). The buildings will be interconnected by a beautifully landscaped open courtyard and common area, displaying art and water features, with accommodations for special events. Geotechnical issues include locating previous basement excavations and providing recommendations for limiting settlement of the heavy column footings. The Jerde Partnership prepared the preliminary plan. Civil engineering plans are being prepared by Diamond West Engineering, Inc., of Calabasas, California. Structural Engineering services are being provided by Nova Structures, of Woodland Hills.

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Van Nuys Airport

This Van Nuys airport project was featured in our January 2008 calendar. At that time the graded pad was near completion. The hanger building is now finished. The J. Byer Group worked closely with the owner 16700 Roscoe Associates, Los Angeles World Airports, Tim Violé Construction, architect J.R. Miller and the civil engineer Huitt-Zollars, Inc. Charter air travel is becoming more popular and this facility is intended to meet the demand. The J. Byer Group is the geotechnical engineering firm for two additional projects at the Van Nuys Airport.

Pacific Amphitheater

Redesign of Pacific Amphitheater at the OC Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa will include Re-Grading the existing berm to a smaller footprint, and creation of a new plaza and entrance through berm.

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Brentwood Residence

Industrial designer Holger Schubert of Archisis inc. has been designing and refining this Brentwood residential compound. The garage was featured in the Los Angeles Times displaying his 1984 Ferrari as a work of art. The project is under construction with an estimated completion date of spring 2014.

Habitat for Humanity

The company has provided community services to the City of Glendale Housing Authority and San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity by completing 15 projects for approximately 15 years. On June 2012, Byer Geotechnical, Inc. presented the keys to the Benitez Altamirano Family at the Dedication Ceremony of the Geneva Homes and Homebuyers. The Benitez Altamirano Family was the family Byer Geotechnical, Inc. provided their services to in 2012.

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