B.L. Engineering, Inc. archive, 1969-1998

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Summary

Creators:
B.L. Engineering, Inc
Abstract:
The B.L. Engineering Inc. archive contains the papers of the civil engineering firm B.L. Engineering, Inc., including contracts, project files, financial records, plans and drawings. The firm, founded in 1969 and owned by the Cuban American Carlos Sebastian Lorente, worked on projects throughout Los Angeles and the region.
Extent:
39.25 Linear Feet 42 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], B.L. Engineering Inc. collection, Collection no. 0504, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains the archives of the civil engineering firm B.L. Engineering, Inc. These files include project files, project specifications and standards, financial records, correspondence, bills, and contracts. Also included in this collection are 32 boxes with oversized technical drawings and plans of many of the firm's projects.

Biographical / historical:

B.L. Engineering, Inc., was founded in 1969 by Carlos Sebastian Lorente (owner), and partners Thomas Buenafe and Walter Gregory. The firm was a civil engineering consulting firm that did work for a number of architectural firms, engineers and government agencies. In the 1970s, the firm did a significant amount of work for the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) of the City of Los Angeles. Many of their projects were for educational institutions, but they also consulted on the construction of churches, bus maintenance facilities, and civic centers. The firm was dissolved after the death of Lorente in 1993.

Acquisition information:
Donated to the Boeckmann Center by USC alumna Yolanda Lorente between 1995 and 2011.
Processing information:

The files in this collection retain their original titles but have been rehoused and rearranged.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], B.L. Engineering Inc. collection, Collection no. 0504, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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