CONTRACT AWARDED FOR RESIDENTIAL SOUNDPROOFING NEAR LAX

  (Los Angeles, California – March 23, 2009)  The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners today awarded a contract to Karabuild Development, Inc., of Inglewood, for a portion of the work being undertaken as part of Los Angeles International Airport’s (LAX’s) Residential Soundproofing Program. 

            The $714,999 contract covers sound-insulation modifications on 54 dwelling units (47 condominium units, three single-family dwellings and two duplexes), all within Los Angeles City Council District 11.

            The 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 54 dwelling units in this project will bring the total units completed or under construction and approved by the Board to date to 6,321.  The remaining 3,079 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 in Westcheste is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.  Residents may call (310) 646-7444 for further information.