Deep excavation
Below-grade construction, parking levels, mat foundations, and high excavation risk.
Wilshire Grand Center / 1201 S. Hope / 6th & BixelProject portfolio
Selected shoring and foundation projects.
Authored project profiles and retained portfolio images for developers and construction teams looking for relevant excavation, shoring, and specialty foundation precedent.
Browse the work
Find a project that looks like the problem in front of you.
The public portfolio spans private development, education, healthcare, transportation and infrastructure, hospitality, aviation, sports and entertainment, and specialty foundation work.
Private DevelopmentPrivate development work often requires excavation support, specialty foundations, and coordination around dense urban conditions.EducationCefali & Associates has public portfolio experience across higher education, K-12, and campus project environments.HealthcareHealthcare work benefits from clear engineering coordination around active campuses, existing facilities, and below-grade work.Transportation and InfrastructureInfrastructure projects often require structural support for underground work, existing public improvements, and sequenced construction.HospitalityCefali & Associates supports hotel and hospitality work where deep excavation and structural coordination are central to delivery.AviationThe public portfolio includes aviation work, including airport project experience that can support future market expansion.Sports and EntertainmentLarge venue projects can require temporary and permanent shoring, construction access support, and below-grade structural coordination.Specialty Foundations and StabilizationSpecialty foundation and stabilization projects call for focused engineering around access, existing conditions, and constructability.
Featured profiles use the written project descriptions recovered from Wix and the legacy crawl. Additional retained legacy project records and images live on the market pages.
Browse by condition
Start with the site problem.
Many prospects do not know the right service name yet. These groupings map the portfolio to the constraints they recognize first.
Transit-adjacent
Underground structures, low overhead, active public conditions, and nearby transit constraints.
Wilshire Grand Center / Metro BLOC Tunnel
Hillside or slope
Slope stabilization, soil nails, retaining conditions, and specialty foundation support.
Lakeridge Slope Stabilization / Vista Monterey Soil Nails
Airport or aviation
Aviation facilities and airport project experience retained in the public portfolio.
BUR / LAX - Multiple Projects
Historic or adaptive reuse
Existing structures, demolition sequencing, and constrained support conditions.
Columbia Square / USC Coliseum
Specialty foundation
Micropiles, underpinning, access-limited support, and stabilization systems.
Quintas Press Micropiles / Nimes Road Landslide RemediationComplete hierarchy
Project records retained by market.
The original Our Work categories are preserved here and on the market pages. Priority projects have full pages; the remaining legacy records stay grouped under their original market hierarchy.
Private Development
Open Private Development archive
Expanded project pages
Retained legacy records
- 1000 Cove Way
- 10642 Santa Monica
- 1200 Cahuenga
- 1200 Steven Way
- 1340 S. Hill
- 1545 Pine Street
- 1550 Euclid
- 1818 Cherokee
- 1840 Highland
- 201 Lexington
- 2211 Glendale
- 2225 Sunset
- 2922 Crenshaw
- 3223 Wilshire
- 336 W. 7th Street
- 3400 Sunset
- 3401 La Cienega
- 4037 Eagle Rock
- 404 4th Street
- 418 Faring
- 433 Vermont
- 4519 St. Clair
- 500 E Colorado
- 508 E. South Temple
- 510 Oxford
- 515 Pioneer
- 5420 Sunset
- 6200 Variel
- 6569 Van Nuys
- 712 Olive
- 755 Fig
- 828 Lilian
- 8377 Blackburn
- 8740 La Tijera
- 8777 Washington
- 8th & Fig
- 8th & Olive
- 8th & Spring
- 9344 Nightingale
- Ava Hollywood
- Brand & Wilson
- Broadway @ 4th
- Broadway & Thomas
- Broadway Palace
- Columbia Square
- Crescent Drive
- Culver Steps
- Culver Studios
- Cumulus
- Curson Terrace
- Disney-Abc Television Building
- Epic
- Ferrante
- Fullerton Heights
- G-8
- Goodland
- Grand Avenue
- Greenstreet
- Guerin Valleyheart
- Hanover Hollywood
- Harvard
- Lucena On Court
- Melrose Triangle
- Monarch Coast
- Old Town Newhall
- Pacific & Pine
- Sarbonne
- Shoreline Gateway & The Current
- Ten50
- The Dairy
- The Depot
- The Rise Hollywood
- The Rise Koreatown
- The Roy
- The Village
- Verandas
- Vibiana
- Virginia Apartments
- Vista Monterey
- Waverly Terrace
- Whole Foods
Education
Open Education archive
Expanded project pages
Retained legacy records
- Colburn School Of Music
- Flintridge Sacred Heart Academeny - Multiple Projects
- Glendale Community College
- Grand View Elementary School
- Loma Linda University - Multiple Projects
- Los Angeles Trade - Technical College LATTC - Multiple Projects
- Saddleback Community College - Multiple Projects
- Santa Monica High School - Multiple Projects
- UCLA - Multiple Projects
- UCR Dundee Residence Hall
- University Of Utah - Multiple Projects
Healthcare
Open Healthcare archive
Retained legacy records
- Cedars-Sinai
- Children's Hospital Of Orange County
- Cottage Hospital
- Hoag Memorial Hospital
- St. Joseph Hospital Orange
Transportation and Infrastructure
Open Transportation and Infrastructure archive
Expanded project pages
Retained legacy records
- Anaheim Convention Center
- Colorado River Aqueduct Micropiles - Construction Services
- East County Detention Center
- El Morrow Reservoir
- Fort Moore
- Silverlake Phase Iii
- Toyon Tanks
- Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing
Hospitality
Open Hospitality archive
Expanded project pages
Retained legacy records
- Dream Hollywood
- Fig + Pico
- Godfrey Hotel
- Hilton Garden Inn Burbank
- Hyatt Place Hotel
- Intercontinental Los Angeles
- Thompson Hotel
- Tommie Hotel
- West Hollywood Edition
- Whiskey Hotel
Aviation
Open Aviation archive
Expanded project pages
Sports and Entertainment
Open Sports and Entertainment archive
Expanded project pages
Retained legacy records
- Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures
- Griffith Observatory
- Los Angeles Football Club
- Los Angeles Swim Stadium
- Lucas Museum Of Narrative Arts
- Samuel Oschin Air And Space Center
- Skirball Cultural Center
- USC Coliseum
- Westfield Century City
Specialty Foundations and Stabilization
Open Specialty Foundations and Stabilization archive
Expanded project pages
Retained legacy records
- Colorado River Aqueduct Micropiles - Construction Services
- Nimes Road Landslide Remediation
- Trestles Landslide Repair
Selected profiles
Featured projects with written descriptions
Wilshire Grand Center
Wilshire Grand Center is a priority proof point for deep excavation support, urban shoring coordination, and transit-adjacent constraints.
BLVD 6200 North and South
BLVD 6200 North and South supports proof around mixed-use excavation, Metro-adjacent shoring, and complex property-line constraints.
Century Plaza
Century Plaza preserves a current-site project example for deep excavation support around existing structures, utilities, and transit-adjacent review constraints.
Intuit Dome
Intuit Dome is a strong venue project proof point for temporary and permanent shoring, below-grade construction, and heavy construction access constraints.
LAX - Multiple Projects
LAX - Multiple Projects preserves a current-site aviation page covering support of excavation, underpinning, building shoring, micropiles, and related work at LAX.
Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing
Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing preserves a current-site infrastructure example involving temporary earth shoring at the base of a freeway wildlife crossing site.
Glendale Community College
Glendale Community College preserves a current-site education example involving permanent shoring, hillside terracing, DSA review, and drilled-pile foundation excavation.
USC Coliseum
USC Coliseum preserves a current-site sports and entertainment example involving historic stadium renovation, exposed tunnels, demolition limits, and shoring around field-level work.
Westfield Century City
Westfield Century City preserves a current-site example involving reuse of existing basement walls, tieback bracing, strongbacks, and utility coordination.
755 Fig
755 Fig preserves a current-site example of a deep, narrow excavation with heavy surcharges, internal bracing, pedestrian access constraints, underpinning, and contractor logistics shoring.
G-8
G-8 preserves a current-site private development example involving a four-level parking basement, existing historic buildings, raker braces, and a tied-back raker pad.
1201 S. Hope
1201 S. Hope is useful proof for shoring redesign, high-rise residential excavation support, and Metro-adjacent coordination.
6th & Bixel
6th & Bixel supports proof around adaptive excavation support, soldier pile and tieback shoring, and changed field conditions.
Columbia Square
Columbia Square preserves a current-site example of deep excavation support, steep anchors, corner bracing, and rakers around historic structures.
Thompson Hotel
Thompson Hotel preserves a current-site hospitality example involving tiebacks, corner bracing, rakers, and a retrofit for a deepened excavation.
West Hollywood Edition
West Hollywood Edition preserves a current-site example involving soldier piles, lagging, tiebacks, corner bracing, and a secant pile wall segment.
BUR
BUR preserves a current-site aviation example involving shored excavation, below-grade parking structure foundations, utilities, and 3D coordination.
Metro BLOC Tunnel
Metro BLOC Tunnel supports Cefali & Associates positioning around transit-adjacent work, constrained underground construction, and constructability.
Vista Monterey Soil Nails
Vista Monterey Soil Nails supports Cefali & Associates service content around soil nail walls and specialty stabilization.
Project context
Engineering services across sectors and site conditions.
Welcome to the project section showcasing a variety of sectors served with engineering design services, including private development, education, healthcare, transportation and infrastructure, hospitality, aviation, sports and entertainment, and specialty.
Cefali & Associates focuses on providing tailored solutions to meet the specific needs of each project, with a collaborative approach that allows insight into important design decisions. Our expertise ensures each project is designed with practical engineering judgment for the site conditions and project team.
The public portfolio includes projects of various scale from private developers, with residential, commercial, industrial, and mixed-use buildings represented alongside public facilities and specialty work.
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