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On the Job with Sprinkler Fitters 709

Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Photos by Slobodan Dimitrov

Building Trades News recently visited Sprinkler Fitters 709 members working for Northstar Fire Protection at the construction project at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
Northstar is fielding a crew of 11 sprinkler fitters—six journeymen and five apprentices—at this half-billion dollar construction project consisting of a new inpatient tower and parking structure.

The new 460,000 sq-ft facility will add an additional 317 hospital beds to Children's Hospital Los Angeles, one of the finest medical and surgical facilities for seriously ill and injured children in the United States.

On the Job with IBEW 441 Building Trades craft union members are helping to bring topnotch medical care to Orange County. In February 2005, construction began on the state-of-the-art $371 million UC Irvine replacement hospital.
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Building a Replacement Facility for Hollenbeck Police Station

On the Job With District Council 36 Painters

Craft union members are working in East Los Angeles to construct a replacement facility for the LAPD’s Hollenbeck Police Station. The $31 million construction project was awarded to FTR International, Inc. and is being built under a Project Labor Agreement.

The project, calls for construction of a new 54,000 square-foot, two story facility that will include a lobby, support areas, a multi-purpose room, and holding cells. The building’s exterior walls will be highlighted by rectangular windows and insets that will allow light into the building, while still keeping views inside discrete to preserve the station’s privacy and safety.

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