FTR Tops Prequalification in All Categories for the Proposed $3.5 Billion LACCD Design/Build Program
LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 28, 2008 On May 27, 2008, FTR International Inc., along with its design firm partners, was proclaimed as one of the top finalists in all categories of the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Design/Build Program Prequalification process.
LACCD’s proposed new Bond Program will be one of the most ambitious and largest sustainable building programs of any higher education system in the country. It will include projects on all nine of the District’s campuses with an estimated construction budget of $3.5 billion. FTR’s successful prequalification highlights the firm’s strategic plan to increase it’s level of involvement with LACCD. The new LACCD bond program’s projects will complement FTR’s current projects with the District, which currently total over $100 million.
FTR’s aggressive pursuit of these and other prospective Design/Build projects is indicative of the firm’s flexibility to perform its services and excel in different delivery methods. The formed consortium are poised to contribute in the near future, with the opportunity to bid on more than 50 large-scale projects for LACCD alone, in the following building type categories:
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