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PENTA Finishes $43M LA Mental Health Campus By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
A Hitachi excavator performs foundation work on the $43 million Los Angeles County Mental Health Campus. CEG Earns Membership Award at AED Summit...8
Concrete Industry Meets for WOC 2026...12
AED Hosts Annual Summit in Dallas...16
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Aggregate & Recycling Table of Contents . . .Section . . . . . . .. .. ..... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .21-25 . . . .4 Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37-41 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45-48 Aggregate & Recycling Auction Section . . . . . . . Section . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. .. .. ..21-25 .50-57 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . .37-41 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45-48 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50-57
Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Los Angeles County just opened a $43 million mental health and crisis-care campus in the Antelope Valley, a project delivered under budget by PENTA Building Group and design partner Carrier Johnson + Culture. The design-build project in the city of Lancaster was completed at approximately 20 percent below its original budget and employed a construction workforce that included approximately 45 percent local workers. Los Angeles County Public Works served as the lead agency, working with the county’s Departments of Mental Health and Health Services. The campus consolidates multiple behavioral health programs in one location, expanding access to services for residents in north Los Angeles County and reducing the need for patients to travel long distances for care. see CAMPUS page 44
Build America Update Takes Effect New Information Clarifies Rules for Specific Materials In February, the FHWA Adobe Stock photo published an updated Q&A document on the Build America, Buy America law. Clarifications on iron and steel construction products can be found in the document, along with a definition of what constitutes being “made in America.” Application dates for the rule, which eliminates the manufactured products waiver, are also included in the updates. In the process, the agency keeps the Biden-era manufactured products rule unchanged and removes a waiver that industry groups favored. This year, FHWA published a final update on its By Lucy Perry
CEG CORRESPONDENT
see BUILD page 36
rollback of the Build America, Buy America materials waiver.