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LAUSD Central Los Angeles Learning Center #1

Story by Roy San Filippo

Craft union members working at the LAUSD project on the site of the former Ambassador Hotel joined LAUSD officials and the project's construction team on Nov. 21 to celebrate the topping off of the project's high school. "Topping off" is the term used by Ironworkers to indicate that the final piece of steel, decorated with an evergreen tree and signed by the Ironworker crew, is being hoisted into place on a building, bridge, or other large structure to mark the project reaching its maximum height.

On the Job with Cement Masons Local 600

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, Hollywood

Photos by Slobodan Dimitrov
Story by Roy San Filippo

This month, Building Trades News visited members of Cement Masons Local 600 working at Madame Tussauds wax museum being constructed next to Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The 44,274 sq.-ft. building will rise three stories above ground and will also include two levels of below-ground parking. The project is being built on the site of a former parking lot on the corner of Hollywood Blvd. and Orange Ave.

On The Job with Iron Workers Local 416

W Hotel Project in Hollywood

Photos by Slobodan Dimitrov
Story by Roy San Filippo

Hollywood's new W Hotel & Residences are currently under development as part of the mixed-use Hollywood & Vine Project. The project includes three stories of below grade parking, a total of six high structures for the hotel and two separate condo and apartment buildings.

The hotel will have 305 guest rooms and the property will include a private rooftop pool and gym, a signature restaurant, a 9,200-square-foot spa and a rooftop bar. The $600-million area project broke ground in Feb. 2007.

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