Ambassador Hotel campus pact OKd
The Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday approved a $321-million contract with Hensel Phelps for the construction of middle and high schools and an auditorium on the site of the former Ambassador Hotel, as well as the development of playing fields and a park.
Hensel Phelps had previously been awarded the contract to build a kindergarten through third-grade campus, parking structure, central utility plant and sidewalks, and other work at the site.
The new contract -- which was negotiated with the contractor rather than put out for competitive bids -- increases the budget for the 23-acre campus by $225 million for a total of $566 million, making it the most expensive project in the district’s $20-billion school construction and modernization program.
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