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    • U.S. Green Building Council to Lead Tour of the Port of Long Beach’s First LEED Gold Certified Building – Pier G Marine Terminal Operations project, Built by FTR.

    IRVINE, CA - December 1, 2011

    FTR International Inc. is proud that the United States Green Building Council’s Los Angeles Chapter is providing its members, as well as the general public, access to this signature FTR project, a LEED milestone for the Port of Long Beach. The tour will take place on December 6th and will highlight how this project exceeded its original design intent of LEED Silver to achieve LEED Gold. Many factors contributed to this level upgrade including FTR’s diligence in diverted 97% of Construction waste from landfills.

    This state-of-the-art facility is the second sustainable project FTR has completed for the Port, including the POLB’s first LEED project, the LEED Silver, Security Command and Control Center. The new Pier G Operations project is a welcome addition to FTR’s industry leading list of completed sustainable projects in Southern California as we expand on our continuing commitment to completing LEED Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum facilities for many of our regions most prominent owners and agencies.

    Specific tour information can be obtained by visiting the USGBC website at:  www.usgbc-la.org.

    Green, Ports
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    FTR Executive Speaks With High School Kids, sponsored by The Southern California Leadership Network in Partnership with the Los Angeles Area Chamber

    IRVINE, CA - November 23, 2011

    On November 18, 2011, FTR Senior Vice President and Director of Architecture, Brian A. Kite, A.I.A. had the pleasure of addressing advanced placement Junior and Senior high school students at Miguel Contreras Learning Complex in Downtown Los Angeles, Invited by the Southern California Leadership Network in part because of his extensive thirty year career as an industry leader, Mr. Kite took the opportunity to enlighten the scholar students in a myriad of topics including, careers,  industry tends, (past and present), and his personal experiences and successes. The students relished his insights and Brian was delighted to share his expertise, while also receiving very positive feedback from Contreras’ Principal Rosie Martinez. FTR supported Brian and is proud that he was willing to take the time to contribute to this worthy local program.

    FTR Senior Vice President and Director of Architecture, Brain A. Kite, A.I.A. had the pleasure of addressing advanced placement Junior and Senior high school students at Miguel Contreras Learning Complex

    Construction, Education, Outreach
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    FTR and the Pierce Brahmas share victory at the new Pierce Stadium opened ahead of schedule for the last game of the season

    IRVINE, CA - November 15, 2011

    Almost like magic, the skies cleared Saturday evening November 12th, just prior to the 7:00 pm kick off of the Pierce Brahmas football game, their first in the new Pierce Stadium project. “The sweet smell of victory was shared by all” said FTR Vice President John Saliba who was on hand to deliver the winning “hand off” to College President Dr. Kathleen Burke-Kelly, Athletic Director Bob Lyons and Communications Representative Barb Dery. And true to form, the Brahmas went on to victory as they trounced LA Valley College, 47-17, a moment of shared victory for Brahama fans and FTR International.

    The player’s sparkly clean uniforms were maintained throughout the game due to the state-of-the-art synthetic playing fields’ exceptional water drainage capability. Strong rains had proceeded the Saturday game which could have been the Brahmas first “mud bowl” had natural turf been installed.

    The multi-million dollar design/build renovation and improvement project was a collaboration of FTR International and architect Leo A Daly. In order to meet game time, FTR employed several fast track techniques during construction enabling key components of the project to be completed ahead of schedule – giving Pierce that old fashionhome field advantage.  The team’s performance exhilarated fans and gave rise to the power of place on this special night. If last Saturday’s game was any indication, the Pierce teams that use the stadium have a very bright future. FTR is pleased to have played its part in building on this next piece of the successful campaign for excellence in facility design and construction for years to come.

    Construction, Health & PE
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    Ventura County Superior Court judge orders Rio School District to pay FTR $5.5 million

    IRVINE, CA - October 18, 2011

    State of California Judge William Q. Liebmann of the Ventura County Superior Court has awarded FTR International Inc. nearly $5.5 million in contract claims against the Rio School District. This payment compensates FTR for the extra work it performed, disruption-induced delays, unpaid contract balance, penalties, and interest on the Rio Del Norte School project, which was successfully completed by the contractor 10 years ago.  Moreover, the court ruled in FTR’s favor, dismissing the false claims that were alleged by the Rio School District in retaliation to FTR’s claims.  FTR will recover all lawsuit costs, including attorney’s fees, which will be determined by Judge Liebmann within the next 60 days.  FTR is pleased to finally be vindicated of this injustice after a decade of one of the lengthiest trials in Ventura County history.

     

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    FTR a Bronze Sponsor at the AAa/e Awards Banquet

    IRVINE, CA - October 6, 2011

    FTR International Inc. was a Bronze Level Sponsor at the 34th Annual Asian American Architects and Engineers Awards Banquet on October 6, 2011.  The Gala, which was held at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, paid special tribute to United States Congresswoman Judy Chu, and Los Angeles City Councilwoman Jan Perry, USC School of Architecture Dean Quingyun Ma, and the late Bill Yang, AAa/e founding member.   FTR was honored to host, at its table, former Los Angeles World Airports Executive Director Lydia Kennard, Port of Long Beach Program Director Doug Sereno, Michael Keenan of  the Port of Los Angeles, USC Professor Jim Fawcett, Warren Romberger of SRA, UGL Services Managing Principal David Kluth, and Karen Compton, principal of A3K Consulting.

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    FTR is the apparent low-bidder of the East Los Angeles College Science and Math Complex

    IRVINE, CA - September 26, 2011

    FTR International Inc. was the apparent low-bidder of the Math and Science Complex at East Los Angeles College, which is part of the Los Angeles Community College District’s $6 billion Sustainable Building Program.  This project features a new 3-story building for Life Sciences, Chemistry and Math, in two academic wings connected by a glass-walled circulation core.  The project also includes two renovated buildings for Physics and Earth Sciences surrounding a landscaped plaza.

    Construction, Proposal, Qualification
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    FTR honored by the County of Los Angeles

    IRVINE, CA - September 15, 2011

    This month FTR International Inc. received a beautiful hand-painted commendation certificate from Don Knabe, Supervisor of Los Angeles County’s Fourth District “In recognition of dedicated service to the affairs of the community and for the civic pride demonstrated by numerous contributions for the benefit of all citizens of Los Angeles County.”  This followed FTR’s recent successful completion of the Port of Los Angeles Police Headquarters project which lies in Supervisor Knabe’s district.

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    FTR receives Official LEED Gold Certificate for POLA Project

    IRVINE, CA - September 9, 2011

    FTR International Inc. is proud to have received the official LEED GOLD Certificate from the United States Green Building Council for the $47 million Port of Los Angeles Police Headquarters project.

    This signature facility adds to FTR’s growing portfolio of LEED projects and underscores our current ENR Magazine (ENR) ranking as the Number 5 Green Builder in Southern California.

    Additional sustainable projects currently underway include multi-million dollar LEED Silver, Gold, and multiple Platinum facilities for public agencies throughout Southern California.

     

    Award, Civic, Green
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    FTR is the apparent low-bidder of the LAX Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Walks System Upgrades project

    IRVINE, CA - August 23, 2011

    FTR International Inc. was the apparent low-bidder of the Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Walks System Upgrades project, which will modify existing building structures, escalator control rooms, and elevator equipment rooms to accommodate replacement of the elevators, escalators, and moving walks in the terminal buildings.

    Civil Aviation, Qualification
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    City of Irvine Infrastructure Project Awarded To FTR International Inc.

    IRVINE, CA - July 6, 2011

    The City of Irvine announced recently the contract award of an engineering and infrastructure project to FTR International Inc. The project includes the widening and expansion of Jamboree and Interstate 5 Freeway at the City of Irvine area. The project will improve traffic flow by providing four through lanes in each direction and will facilitate improved access to the north and south bound I-5. The successful delivery of such a prominent project will add to the firm’s expanding expertise in infrastructure.

    Infrastructure
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