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November 10 2019 Vol. IX • No. 23
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Walsh, Stantec Build $135M Complex for Calif. Military
Equipment Unveilings at Annual GIE+Expo...12
A WWII-era poster made in 1942 by Pittsburgh artist Howard Miller for the Westinghouse Company’s War Production Coordinating Committee as part of a series to support the war effort has become an iconic image of female knowhow and strength.
New School in Phoenix Honors Pat Tillman...22
Walsh Group photo Kirby-Smith Opens New Parts Warehouse...30
Table of Contents ....................4 Truck & Trailer Section....17-20 Recycling Section ............35-45 Attachment & Parts Section .... ........................................ 47-48 Business Calendar ................58 Auction Section ...............60-62 Advertisers Index ..................62
A new $135M consolidated California Military Department complex is being built in Rancho Cordova, Calif., for all branches of the department.
By Chuck Harvey
A new $135M consolidated California Military Department complex is being built in Rancho Cordova, Calif., for all branches of the department. The 285,000-sq.-ft,. multi-building campus will be home to all of the California Military Department’s “four pillars”: the California Army National Guard, California Air National Guard, California State Military Reserve and California Youth and Community Programs. The campus will sit on a 31-acre site adjacent to Mather Airport and will host a headquarters office building, warehouse, emergency operations center, utilities building, badging center and access control point. “This headquarters complex will go a long way toward ensuring the Military Department is an effective and energy-efficient force,” said Capt. Will Martin, spokesperson for the CMD. “Our leadership has worked closely with Walsh and Stantec throughout this process, and we believe this facility will set a standard for state agencies for years to come.” The California State Military Reserve has a headcount of nearly 1,300, according to a CMD spokesperson. About 20 states have such state guard or militia forces, which, unlike National Guard units, are wholly state controlled and cannot be federalized. The design-build team of Walsh Construction Co. II and Stantec are developing the military building complex.Walsh Construction Co. II is based in Concord, Calif. Stantec Construction has multiple offices including one in Sacramento, Calif. CEG CORRESPONDENT
see MILITARY page 56
Revisiting an Iconic Image in Construction By Lori Lovely CEG CORRESPONDENT
A WWII-era poster made in 1942 by Pittsburgh artist Howard Miller for the Westinghouse Company’s War Production Coordinating Committee as part of a series to support the war effort has become an iconic image of female know-how and strength. Commonly referred to as Rosie the Riveter, the image is actually titled “We Can Do It!” It pictures a woman wearing a red and white polka-dot bandana and blue coveralls flexes her bicep in a demonstration of ability and see ROSIE page 46