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Long Beach City College LIBERAL ARTS Campus – Long Beach, CA GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION, UTILITY INSPECTIONS, AND SURVEYING.
In May 2008, AMERICEC provided LBCC with surface and subsurface utility investigations, mapping and surveying services for the Parking Lot “J” site located at LBCC’s LAC campus. A new Math & Tech Building and a new Parking Structure are planned at the Parking Lot “J”. Additionally the AMERICEC Team, with Geotechnolgies Inc as our sub-consultants, prepared a geotechnical report for the site based on drilling twelve soil boreholes within the Project Area and completing the necessary soils field inspections and investigations as well as the required laboratory testing and analyses.
Long Beach City College Pacific Coast Campus – Long Beach, CA GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION.
In parallel with the above mentioned geotechnical assignment at LAC, AMERICEC provided similar services for the MDAB project site at the PCC. The MDAB buildings will be undergoing major renovations. In order to support the design team with reliable soils information, the Pacific Coast Campus (PCC) needed a geotechnical investigation at several locations. The AMERICEC Team, with Geotechnolgies Inc as our sub-consultants, prepared a geotechnical report for the site based on drilling seven soil boreholes within the Project Area and completing the necessary soils field inspections and investigations as well as the required laboratory testing and analyses.
La Brea Gas Station - Road Improvements, Street Lighting, and Permitting
As of June 2007 through March 2008, AMERICEC has been providing services for the preparation of the road improvement and street lighting packages submitted to the County of Los Angeles for the upgrades at the United Oil gas station located at the intersection of La Brea and Slauson Avenues in Los Angeles. The packages consist of all the required drawings specified in the Conditional Use Permit (CUP) issued by the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works and as per the Zoning Ordinance (Title 22 of the Los Angeles County Code).
Al WASL DEVELOPMENT - RIYADH, KINGDOM OF
SAUDI ARABIA
SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH AND THE PENDING
SAUDI BUILDING CODE
As of November 2007, AMERICEC has been providing the Los Angeles office of ARUP North America with sustainability research services, within the Saudi Arabian context, for Al-Wasl Development in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Al Wasl is being planned as a US$12 billion urban community, to be developed on 1411 hectares north of Riyadh, and is the first of several projects planned by Limitless in KSA.
Brentwood Country Club and Golf Course – Los Angeles, CA Civil and Drainage Design, Surveying, and Permitting
As of September 2007, AMERICEC has been providing the Brentwood Country Club (BCC) in Los Angeles with civil engineering and stormwater drainage design services, surveying services, and assistance in the pertinent drainage-related permitting requirements for BCC’s most recent design project that involves major renovations and additions to the pool, pool infrastructure, pool decks, and adjacent facilities including the tennis shop, veranda, a new elevator for the handicapped, retaining walls, and planters.
Currently AMERICEC is assisting as required in construction administration services and in issues related to pool filter backwash discharges.
Structural Engineering/Blast Resistance Design Services
From May through October 2007, AMERICEC provided Saudi CEC, our affiliate in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), with comprehensive structural engineering design services, to also address blast resistance, for several buildings comprising the proposed Saudi Chevron-Phillips new Administration Office Complex in Jubail, KSA. The facilities consist of a two-story Administration Building (110,000 sq. ft.) with a connected one-story Cafeteria (13,000 sq. ft.), a Musalla, a Gate House, and a Main Gate Security Station. AMERICEC’s services were primarily undertaken at our Tarzana, South California office, in coordination with Saudi CEC’s Architectural Department; with a 2-week trip to Saudi CEC’s offices in Al-Khobar, KSA, at about the 40% completion stage, by Samir Ekmekji, our director and senior structural/seismic manager for meetings with the Client, the architect, and the multi-disciplinary engineering team, and for performing some design work in Al-Khobar.
Lukowski Residence on Graciosa Drive – Los Angeles, CA Civil and Drainage Design and Permitting
In November and December 2007, AMERICEC provided Black Rock Design in Santa Monica with civil engineering and stormwater drainage design services, and assistance in the pertinent drainage-related permitting requirements, for the Lukowski Residence upgrade project on Graciosa Drive in Los Angeles.
Walter N. Marks, Inc. – Culver City, Ca Helms Bakery Complex East Venice Parking Lot Project - Stormwater Drainage Facilities Design and Permitting Services
From May through September 2007, AMERICEC provided Walter N. Marks Inc. with stormwater drainage facilities design for the proposed redevelopment of their East Venice commercial parking lot in Culver City, with a total area of about 47,000 sq. ft., at the intersection of Venice Boulevard and Helms Avenue. The project included preparing the required report, calculations, and the design of a drainage system that incorporated sheet flow, the necessary piping, inlets and outlets, a dry well as a stormwater mitigation measure utilizing the Rainstore3 System to ensure compliance with the Standard Urban Stormwater Mitigation Plan (SUSMP) as a requirement of the Development Planning Program for Los Angeles County MS4 permit, and ultimate discharge to the adjacent catch basins connected to the City drainage network.
Los Angeles City College – Los Angeles, Ca Campus-Wide Infrastructure Utilities (Water, Fire Service, Sewerage, Drainage, and Gas) – B-Permit Services
From January through May 2007, and in addition to the design services that we provided for the civil infrastructure utilities (water, fire service, wasterwater, stormwater, and gas networks) at Los Angeles City College (LACC), AMERICEC prepared the required “B-Permit” package for the proposed sewer and storm drain connections to the respective main sewer and storm drain lines in Vermont Avenue adjacent to the LACC Campus. The package consisted of a Hydraulic Study and all the Drawings necessary per the requirements of the LA City Bureau of Engineering (BOE).
On this civil infrastructure utilities design project, AMERICEC was a sub-consultant to ARUP North America. ARUP, operating out of their Los Angeles office, were the prime and their portion of the work covered the central plant and hot and chilled water lines, as well as the electrical and telecommunication utilities.
Los Angeles City College – Los Angeles, Ca Campus-Wide Infrastructure Utilities (Water, Fire Service, Sewerage, Drainage, and Gas) – Engineering Design Services and Construction Administration Support Services
From February 2006 through December 2007, AMERICEC provided preliminary and detailed engineering design services, and construction support services, for the civil infrastructure utilities (water, fire service, wasterwater, stormwater, and gas networks) at Los Angeles City College (LACC), under the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Bond Program, and in support of the new facilities as well as the upgrades and renovations defined in LACC’s approved Masterplan.
On this project, AMERICEC was a sub-consultant to ARUP North America. ARUP, operating out of their Los Angeles office, were the prime and their portion of the work covered the central plant and hot and chilled water lines, as well as the electrical and telecommunication utilities.
Robinson Properties – Yucaipa, Ca GIS Layers and Maps for Planned Development Applications and Permitting
In November and December of 2005 AMERICEC prepared and produced a series of maps required as part of the planned development package for the Robinson Properties in Yucaipa. Said properties covering a total area of 522 Acres are in three adjacent locations and were divided into four different projects. The Client submitted four development applications, one for each project, to the City of Yucaipa. The Planned Development application for each area/project included Base Maps and Information/Thematic Maps.
Some data for the projects were provided by the City such as flood plains, slide susceptibility zones, and fire review areas. Other data was provided by the Client and included the proposed land use districts, proposed new roads, and tree locations. Data provided by the Client were essentially in the form of paper sketches.
Sacred Heart Schools – Atherton, Ca Assessment, Planning, Design, Permitting, and Construction of Sewerage Networks - Advisory Services and Assistance
As of September 2005 AMERICEC has been providing Sacred Heart Schools (SHS) in Atherton, California with civil engineering consulting and advisory services and assistance in the assessment, planning, design, permitting, and construction of the sewer networks and appurtenances to properly serve the various facilities on the SHS Campus including all existing buildings, upgrades and expansions, as well as new and proposed facilities.
Long Beach City College Pacific Coast Campus – Long Beach, CA Sewer Manholes - Surveys, Inspections, and Reports
In May and June 2007, AMERICEC provided Long Beach City College (LBCC) with surveying, inspection, mapping, and assessment services related to several sewer manholes in and adjacent to Alamitos, May, and Walnut Avenues at LBCC’s Pacific Coast Campus (PCC). In the absence of reliable as-built drawings, the objective of the assignment was to collect pertinent data, characterize the manholes, and confirm the wastewater flow directions to assist in the sewerage design for facilities upgrades and renovations at PCC.
Long Beach City College Liberal Arts Campus – Long Beach, CA Child Development Center Project Zone - Surveys, Inspections, Reports, and Drawings
In June and July 2006, AMERICEC provided Long Beach City College (LBCC) with topographic and surface utility survey and mapping services at the site where the new Child Development Center (CDC) is planned at LBCC’s Liberal Arts Campus (LAC). The objective was to prepare the as-built survey and mapping drawings for the CDC project zone documenting existing topography, planimetrics, and visible improvements to adequately complete the expected CDC design and construction project. Documented improvements included structures, walks, curbs, drives, gutters, walls, trees, planters, fences, visible indications of surface utilities, and rim and invert elevations of observed drainage structures.
Long Beach City College Pacific Coast Campus – Long Beach, Ca Southern Interim Bungalow project - Surveys, Inspections, Reports, and Drawings
In April and May 2006, AMERICEC provided Long Beach City College (LBCC) with surveying, inspection, mapping, and assessment services related to three proposed portable buildings (two at 24ft.x40ft. and one at 48ft.x40ft.) on the Southeast Interim Bungalow Project site at LBCC’s Pacific Coast Campus (PCC). The proposed locations of the portables were surveyed and the corners of the portables were marked on the site so that the portables would be correctly positioned. Additionally, the portables needed utility connections which entailed providing new utility trenches on site. In the absence of reliable as-built utility drawings, necessary surveys and inspections were completed on site and in the immediate vicinity to define and map the locations of existing utilities.
World Bank Visitors’ Center Science On a
Sphere - Geodatabase Design and Map Production Services AMERICEC, jointly with GPC Inc., developed a prototype science on a sphere that displays GIS layers and animated images along with a complete sound track delivering a special message and experience to the visitors of the World Bank Visitors’ Center in their Headquarter in Washington D.C. The science on a sphere is a technology developed by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for projecting rotating datasets on a large sphere (~7 feet in diameter) creating the dramatic effect of looking at Earth in space. The science on the sphere showcased the important world development indicators such population growth, poverty, and gross national income in an animated way.
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT - LACC CAMPUS-WIDE UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE SITE SURVEY AND ASSESSMENT STUDIES
The Los Angeles Community College
District (LACCD) is the largest Community College District in the Nation
and comprises nine public two-year community colleges serving over one
hundred cities and communities in an area encompassing 882 square miles.
From May 2003
through December 2005, AMERICEC has been
undertaking continuous GIS assignments at the City of Pasadena. In mid
2004 we completed a GIS project management assignment for the Pasadena
Information Technology Services Division (ITSD) and the Pasadena Water &
Power Department (PWP).
8//30/02 AMERICEC, a General Engineering and GIS Services Firm, is pleased to report on several operational developments. GIS Starting in mid 2001, an AMERICEC team of GIS consultants and analysts has been in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E as part of a consortium providing comprehensive GIS management, consulting, analyses, training, and QA/QC services on a major state-of-the-art Utility Enterprise GIS Program. The Program addresses the automation, information, and communication needs of the business processes for the water and electric utilities. The Enterprise GIS integrate the planning, operational, financial, and management activities of the Utility Company in one distributed work environment with special attention to improved customer services and asset management. AMERICEC and its partners were responsible for the effort that culminated in the issuance by the Client of the provisional acceptance certificate in May 2002. Mark Sorensen, AMERICEC's Director and Senior GIS Consultant, was the Director of Operations of the Program. Philip Burden, AMERICEC's Lead GIS System Analyst, has been working full time on the Program. Mr. Sorensen, a GIS Applications expert, has over 20 years of experience in urban and regional planning and resource management, with specialization in the planning, design, implementation and use of GIS in the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Burden has 20 years of experience in working on complex GIS projects including research and development, training, and the coordination and implementation of programs. Engineering and Design Samir Ekmekji, P.E., S.E., AMERICEC's Director and Senior Structural/Seismic Consultant, is spearheading AMERICEC's efforts in the structural/seismic engineering field. Based in Tarzana, California, Mr. Ekmekji is registered in California as both a professional civil engineer and a professional structural engineer, and has over 30 years of extensive consulting engineering experience on various projects in the US and abroad. Mr. Ekmekji is a consultant to USC on seismic issues and a member of UCLA's earthquake hazard response team. In addition to his many years of structural engineering design and consulting experience in California, he has provided structural and seismic consulting and hands-on design services on our behalf for Aramco, the Saudi Royal Commission, and the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Interior. Mr. Ekmekji is also a senior partner at our long-term affiliate, Reiss. Brown.Ekmekji (RBE), a civil and structural engineering firm that has been in business in Southern California for over 40 years. Roy W. Wilson, AMERICEC's Director and Senior Planner, is the Manager of Engineering and Design at our offices in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Aramco is one of our major long-term clients. A new six-year General Engineering Services (GES) Contract was executed, effective July 1, 2001, between Saudi Aramco and Saudi CEC, our sister company, whereby we provide Saudi Aramco with industrial and infrastructure engineering and GIS services. On April 6, 2002, we received a "Certificate of Appreciation" from Saudi Aramco Project Management in recognition of Saudi CEC's "High Performance & Quality System in executing Engineering Work for Saudi Aramco in 2001". Mr. Wilson has over 25 years of planning and engineering design/management experience covering projects related to land use, urban development, traffic, utilities, and oil & gas in the US and abroad. Joe R. Ounanian, AMERICEC's Project Manager, Building Design Services, has been working as Design Manager, Building Services, at our offices in Beirut, Lebanon, where he directs the design of major architectural projects throughout the Middle East including hotels, hospitals, airports, and residential, commercial, and industrial projects. Mr. Ounanian has been involved for over 30 years in the management of several major international projects and his responsibilities include contract negotiations, programming, design, development, and implementation services. "We are excited that senior professionals like Mark, Philip, Samir, Roy, and Joe are part of AMERICEC. Each of them brings a wealth of experience and expertise in their respective GIS, planning, and engineering fields. They are solid team members with whom we have worked extensively over the years. I am confident in the important and cost effective professional contributions that they provide in the service of our Clients" stated Basim A. Sayigh, Ph.D., PE, President of AMERICEC. AMERICEC is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, and has an additional office in Tarzana, CA. The firm offers the public and private sectors comprehensive consulting services in multidisciplinary engineering and geographic information systems. AMERICEC's affiliated partnerships and companies operate globally and are backed by the broad-based resources and expertise of over 1,000 planners, engineers, GIS specialists, and other professionals. |
