RESIDENTIAL SOUNDPROOFING CONTRACT AWARDED FOR WORK NEAR LAX

(Los Angeles, California – December 3, 2007)  The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners today awarded a contract to the Sam Boo Construction Company of Los Angeles for a portion of the Los AngelesInternationalAirport’s (LAX) Residential Soundproofing Program.  The $1,270,500 contract covers sound insulation modifications on 61 dwelling units, 40 condominium units, one 10-unit apartment building and 11 single-family dwellings, 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 61 dwelling units in this project will bring the number of units completed or under construction and approved by the Board to 5,953.  The remaining 2,247 units are either in the design phase, awaiting commencement of design, or the owners have not responded or have declined to participate.

The program is administered by the Los Angeles World Airports Residential Soundproofing Bureau.  A community office at 8939 South Sepulveda Boulevard inWestchester is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.  Residents may call (310) 646-7444 for further information.