Commercial/Industrial

A new world record was set in downtown Los Angeles as the foundation of the 73-story hotel at Wilshire Grand Center had more than 2,100 truckloads of concrete poured into it. Adrian Arambulo reports for the NBC4 News.

Guinness World Record 

On February 16th, 2014 the Wilshire Grand Project achieved a Guinness World Record for the largest continuous concrete pour.  Over 2,100 trucks poured 42,930 tons of concrete into the foundation of the Wilshire Grand tower.

Here is an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about the high level research that is taking place in the AC Martin designed National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Our very own David Martin is quoted in this article about South Park, the new housing development going up in DTLA. South Park is currently being designed here at AC Martin. 

In this article and video, Arirang News talks about Hanjin Group, the company behind the Wilshire Grand project, a Korean shipping and airline giant. According to a report by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, Korea is ranked as one of the top sources of foreign investment in L.A. County.

Joel Kotin voices his opinion about the Los Angeles economy and how the Wilshire Grand Hotel may boost jobs in the OC Register. 

Thomas Kerwin details the design and construction process of the new Wilshire Grand tower in the Los Angeles Sunday Times.

The Wilshire Grand Redevelopment is featured in the Los Angeles Times, Sunday Edition on September 14, 2014. The article discusses the design and development of the massive skylight over the buildings entryway. 

AC Martin has three (3) projects in this weeks Downtown Los Angeles News paper's list of Downtown projects:

• Mack Urban South Park Mixed-Use Development
• Wilshire Grand Replacement
• Hall of Justice

Click through to read more about each project.

The Los Angeles Times continues to spotlight the New Wilshire Grand here in Part V of their ongoing series on the project.