CONTRACT AWARDED FOR RESIDENTIAL SOUNDPROOFING NEAR LAX

(Los Angeles, California – August 18, 2008)   The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners today awarded a contract to AMD Construction Group, Inc., of Orange, CA, for a portion of the LAX Residential Soundproofing Program.  The $906,400 contract covers sound insulation modifications on 59 dwelling units, consisting of 55 condominium units and four single-family dwellings located in Los Angeles City Council District 11.

The overall LAX Residential Soundproofing Program includes more than 8,200 residences in the Los Angeles communities of Westchester, Play del Rey and South Los Angeles with a recorded Community Noise Equivalent Level (CNEL) of 65 decibels or higher.  Contractors typically install double-paned windows, solid-core doors, fireplace doors and dampers, attic baffles, insulation and heating-ventilation-air conditioning systems to achieve a noise level reduction of approximately one-half in a home’s interior.

The 59 dwelling units in this project will bring the total units either completed or under construction, and approved by the Board to 6,181.  The number of eligible units within the LAX noise-impacted area within the City of Los Angeles is approximately 9,400.   There were 8,200 units in the original program, but an additional 1,200 units have been added.