Completion and opening of the civic center in the USA
Earlier this week, on July 29, the City of Long Beach in California held the opening ceremony of the new Civic Center, which includes a new City Hall and Port Administration Building. The USD 520 million project was designed to bring a revitalized civic core to downtown to serve residents, attract visitors and provide safe and efficient city operations.
Located on the site of the former Long Beach Courthouse, the Long Beach Civic Center consists of a new, energy-efficient, seismically sound and less costly to maintain city hall and port headquarters anchored by a 73,000 square foot civic plaza, a revitalized Lincoln Park and spacious public library, and reconnected streets and a pedestrian path connecting to regional transit. It is equipped with solar power and rainwater systems.
The opening marks a major milestone in the innovative public-private partnership with Plenary-Edgemoor Civic Partners.
In 2014, City Council approved a plan to partner with Plenary-Edgemoor Civic Partners on a new Civic Center. The project obligates Plenary-Edgemoor to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the new civic center for the next 40 years. The Port financed its new headquarters separately, using revenue bonds.
A new Main Library will open September 21, 2019. The private development portion of the project is expected to include transit-oriented mixed-used developments, high-rise condominiums, retail and a hotel.
The City of Long Beach was advised by Arup, a leading global design and consulting firm for the built environment, to help structure a massive P3 partnership. Arup guided the City through a design-build-finance-operate-maintain (DBFOM) procurement model – a model uniquely suited to the City’s needs, accelerating the timeline, incentivizing on-budget completion, generating opportunities for economic private development, and ensuring that these public assets will be well preserved after a 40-year operating plan.
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July 18, 2019
FTA to back USD5.5bn transit project in the USA
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First section of US$665mn highway project opens in USA
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Major USD11bn traffic relief plan approved in the USA
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April 30, 2019
Final commuter rail lane opens in a multi-billion P3 project in the USA
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April 11, 2019
City of New York issues RFQ for consultancy services for USD500 million climate resilience project
New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) has issued a request for qualifications for consultancy services for Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan.
NYCEDC is seeking qualified interdisciplinary teams of consultant firms, including but not limited to engineers, architects, resilience planners, urban planners, community engagement specialists, and policy/legislative specialists for the provision of master planning services for a potential shoreline extension or outboard structure to protect against the projected impacts of climate change in the Financial District and the South Street Seaport neighborhoods from the Brooklyn Bridge to the Battery in Lower Manhattan, New York.
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