SOUNDPROOFING CONTRACT AWARDED FOR WORK NEAR LAX

          (Los Angeles, California – June 22, 2009)  The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners today awarded a contract to Professional Building Contractors, Inc. of El Segundo for a portion of the work being undertaken as part of Los AngelesInternationalAirport’s (LAX) Residential Soundproofing Program. 

            The $711,040 contract covers sound insulation modifications on 50 dwelling units (43 condominium units, three single-family dwellings and one four-unit apartment building), all within Los Angeles City Council District 11.

            The overall LAX Residential Soundproofing Program includes more than 9,400 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 50 dwelling units in this project will bring the total units completed or under construction and approved by the Board to date to 6,478.  The total number of eligible units is approximately 9,400.  These remaining units are either in the design phase, awaiting commencement of design, or the owners have either 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 in Westchester  is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.  Residents may call (310) 646-7444 for further information.