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Base Isolator

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A  worker from McCarthy Construction Company sets the final  base isolator at the site of the Howard Keck Diagnostic and Treatment Center at Saint John's Health Center during the "Blessing and Installation of the Last Base Isolator" on Friday November 10, 2006.The base isolation system being installed at Saint John's is the largest of its kind ever manufactured. Acting much like giant shock absorbers for  buildings, the base isolators absorb the energy of an earthquake and allow the  building to move (as opposed to sway) in all directions, thus protecting both  the facility and its occupants from damage. This technology is designed to  keep Saint John's patients and staff safe from harm and enable the Health  Center to remain fully operational in the event of a seismic event equal to or  greater than the Northridge Earthquake. Saint John's is the only planned  hospital on the Westside of Los Angeles to use this advanced form of seismic  engineering.
Posted on Friday, November 10, 2006 at 12:37PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Watching the paint dry

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A group of employees from Pacific Park paint over the West Coaster track's purple with yellow on Wednesday, November 1, 2005 high above of Santa Monica beach.
Posted on Wednesday, November 1, 2006 at 07:28PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Community Corporation

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Crew from the Alpha Construction Co. Inc work on the Santa Monica Community Corporation's   41 unit affordable housing apartments  on Friday, October 20, 2006 at the corner of Broadway and 15th. on Friday
Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 at 10:39PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

High wire

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Working 60 feet above ground, Chuck Berling (bottom) and Chris Sarmiento (top) from the City of Los Angeles-Water and Power Department, install a cross arm onto a new electric pole on the corner of Abbot Kinney and Venice Boulevard on Thursday, October 20, 2006.

Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 at 10:32PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

The sand of time

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Vietnam war veteran William Kriner, 65, builds a sand castle at Santa Monica Beach on Wednesday, 16, 2006. Kriner has been building sand castles at Santa Monica beach for the past 30 years.

Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at 05:08PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Building pride

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On Monday, August 14, 2006, a construction worker lays  rebar to form the roof of the new Performing Arts Center & Music Academy of Santa Monica College. The new complex is being built at the Madison Campus, on Santa Monica Boulevard and 11th Street. It will include a 541-seat theater, a rehearsal hall, an art gallery, and classrooms and practice rooms for the Academy of Music.
Posted on Monday, August 14, 2006 at 01:58PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Feeding frenzy

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LUNCH BREAK: On Monday August 14, 2006 - at 1pm, construction workers take a lunch break after working on the new Performing Arts Center & Music Academy of Santa Monica College. The new complex is being built at the Madison Campus, on Santa Monica Boulevard and 11th Street. It will include a 541-seat theater, a rehearsal hall, an art gallery, and classrooms and practice rooms for the Academy of Music.

Posted on Monday, August 14, 2006 at 12:49PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Building hope

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Meliss Rodriguez,11, (right) Jennel Maze (mentor) and Rachel Bailis,15, (left)

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Meliss Rodriguez,11, (right)  and Rachel Bailis,15, on the jig saw.

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Gigi Lake, 14, (right) and Rebecca Asoulin, 12, on the chop saw.

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Sarahs Stolz, 12 (left) and Reva Santo, 12, using the nail gun.

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Messiah Bailey, 10, works the scroll saw

A group of middle school girls build their 'Hope Chest' on Thursday, July 20, 2006 at Santa Monica City yard during Rosie's Girls Camp. Rosie's Girls Santa Monica is based on a national program designed to build self-esteem, leadership and physical confidence in middle school girls.  During a three week intensive summer camp, girls go "behind the scenes" and experience what it takes to maintain the city by learning and applying skills in carpentry, welding fire-fighting, tree trimming and other technical trades.
Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 at 01:25PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint
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