REVIEW ORDERED ON BID FOR LAPD HQ OFFER BY CONTROVERSIAL SYLMAR FIRM, $43 MILLION OVER BUDGET, RAISES CONCERN.Byline: RICK ORLOV Staff Writer A controversial builder submitted the only bid to erect a new LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. headquarters, prompting a city panel to order a review of the proposal after it came $43 million over budget. The Board of Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. asked for a determination if the $383 million bid from Tutor-Saliba of Sylmar should be accepted or if the process should start all over again. The city engineer is expected to report back in a month on whether to accept the Tutor-Saliba bid. ``We have a problem because there just aren't that many firms out there that are capable of this size a project,'' board President Cynthia Ruiz said. ``We advertised this nationally to try to get other firms to bid, but didn't have any luck.'' Ruiz said she called other major contractors that have worked with the city in the past and was told they are too busy with other projects. ``If you just look in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or , there is a lot of work going on,'' Ruiz said. She said the Gulf states, hit hard by Hurricane Katrina, are starting to rebuild, drawing workers and materials from Los Angeles. Ron Tutor, who heads the politically connected firm, conceded the bid for the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . project is more than the city
budgeted but said it reflects higher costs for concrete, steel and other
supplies.
``The bid is what it is,'' Tutor said. ``The city will have to decide if it wants to award it or not.'' Tutor-Saliba, one of the nation's largest construction companies, has been embroiled em·broil tr.v. em·broiled, em·broil·ing, em·broils 1. To involve in argument, contention, or hostile actions: "Avoid . . . in controversy over several of its public works projects, including the Red Line subway, UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Westwood Replacement Hospital and the Los Angeles Unified School District's East Valley High School. Tutor-Saliba also was the contractor on the expansion of the Van Nuys FlyAway fly·a·way adj. 1. Made or worn loose or draped, as to allow or suggest fluttering in the wind: a flyaway coat; long, flyaway hair. 2. a. terminal, which suffered delays and quality-control problems. The city eventually threatened to remove Tutor-Saliba from the project, but eventually reached an agreement with the company to correct problems. After that, the Los Angeles Airport Commission awarded the firm the contract for a LAX runway expansion project. rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com (213) 978-0390 |
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