Los Angeles Business Council Honors IBE Projects

Los Angeles, CA - May 28, 2009
Several IBE projects were recognized by the Los Angeles Business Council (LABC) during today's 2009 Los Angeles Architectural Awards ceremony at the The Hyatt Regency Century Plaza hotel.

The 1913 Building Seismic Upgrade and Rehabilitation project at the Natural History Museum (NHM) of Los Angeles County received the LABC's Preservation Award. Along with other projects at the Natural History Museum, IBE provided mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering services on the historic 1913 Building, working with CO Architects.For the NHM press release on the completion of the project, click here.

IBE also worked on The Campus at Playa Vista - Parcel 3, which was presented with the Under Construction Award for Commercial projects. The project consists of approximately 325,000 SF of Class A office space in the Playa Vista development and the architect is Gensler.

In addition, the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) received the Community Impact Award for its $6 billion Sustainable Building Program which seeks to build 90 new green buildings over its nine colleges. IBE has worked on several of these projects, including the Los Angeles Harbor College Student Services and Northeast Academic Building, with Steinberg Architects, among others. For information about the LACCD Builds Green program, click here.