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Nearby base design and anticipated construction packages call for careful contract identification.

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Vandenberg airfield design and federal payroll

Nearby base design and anticipated construction packages call for careful contract identification. A design task order does not establish a construction award for another business. For federal work you actually perform, retain the payroll submission instructions with worker classifications and project hours, then connect that reporting file to the job-cost ledger.

  • Nearby project context: USACE awarded an A-E design task order (Aug 2025) to replace the Vandenberg air traffic control tower and consolidate the airfield fire station and air operations facility.
  • Nearby project context: USACE notice: five Vandenberg construction projects (telecom, roads, entry-control facility, consolidated tower/fire station/base ops, Sentinel re-entry vehicle facility) totaling roughly $375 million in FY27-28; industry day Oct 22, 2026 in San Luis Obispo.

Sources: army.mil: vandenberg airfield design and federal payroll; sam.gov: vandenberg airfield design and federal payroll

Curb ramps and water-main contract values

The curb-ramp total and construction contract value are distinct figures in the city record. Your books should likewise distinguish the agreed scope from overhead, contingencies and later changes. Keep water-main charges under their own job number so cash planning reflects the payment schedule of each contract rather than a combined pipeline estimate.

  • FY-25-S-2, 2025 Curb Ramp Upgrade Project (Measure A sales tax funded). Amount recorded: $1,525,760 contract ($1,735,760 total). Source status (2026): Awarded Jan 6, 2026. Agency: City of Lompoc.
  • FY-24-W-1 water distribution main replacement. Amount recorded: $2,020,308.00 contract. Source status (2024): Awarded July 2024. Agency: City of Lompoc.

Sources: cityoflompoc.com: curb ramps and water-main contract values; cityoflompoc.com: curb ramps and water-main contract values

A school approval after earlier failed measures

Read each district measure with its election year and outcome intact. Earlier failed proposals should not be added to an approved bond as if all of them financed construction. A trade firm's workload forecast should reflect its awarded packages and signed changes rather than the combined value of past campaigns.

  • Lompoc Unified School District: Measure M (2024) passed. Bond amount: $160 million.
  • Lompoc Unified School District: Measure A (2022) failed. Bond amount: $125 million.
  • Lompoc Unified School District: Measure Q (2018) failed. Bond amount: $79 million.

Sources: kclu.org: a school approval after earlier failed measures; santamariasun.com: a school approval after earlier failed measures; ksby.com: a school approval after earlier failed measures

Local population and how we meet

Lompoc's population is 43,646 (ACS 2024). Census PEP records population change of -2.4% from 2020 to 2025; this uses a different Census series from the ACS count.

Lompoc is about 58.2 miles from our Atascadero office, measured in a straight line. We work remotely, with meetings at our Atascadero office by arrangement.

Sources: Census ACS 2024: population; Census Gazetteer 2025: straight-line distance; Census PEP 2025: change since 2020

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