The Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday approved a $321-million contract with Hensel Phelps for the construction of middle and high schools and an auditorium on the site of the former Ambassador Hotel, as well as the development of playing fields and a park.
Hensel Phelps had previously been awarded the contract to build a kindergarten through third-grade campus, parking structure, central utility plant and sidewalks, and other work at the site.
