CONTRACT AWARDED FOR RESIDENTIAL SOUNDPROOFING WORK NEAR LAX

 (Los Angeles, California – February 25, 2008)  The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners today awarded a contract to DAB Construction, Inc., of Los Angeles for a portion of the Los AngelesInternationalAirport’s (LAX) Residential Soundproofing Program.  The $812,900 contract covers sound insulation modifications on 52 dwelling units (51 condominium units and one single-family dwelling), all within 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, Playa del Rey and South Los Angeles with a recorded Community Noise Equivalent Level (CNL) 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 (HVAC) to achieve a noise level reduction of approximately one-half in a home’s interior.

The 52 dwelling units in this project will bring the number of units completed or under construction and approved by the Board to 6,068.  The remaining 2,132 units are either in the design phase, awaiting commencement of design, or the owners have not responded or have declined to participate.