Marina Landscape recently performed a $6.5 million design-build contract working for Skanska- Rados JV on the Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority’s Expo line.


to disclose financial numbers as a privately held company, he sees a bright outlook for the year ahead. “2016 is looking to be our best


year yet,” he says. “We expect to grow our sales by about 20 percent and are actually looking to expand in the San Jose area.” Tat will double the company’s Northern California presence, which currently includes an office in Livermore. In Southern California, Marina maintains branch offices in Orange, Sun Valley, Santa Clarita, and Riverside, in addition to its original Anaheim headquarters. Marina Landscape has built deep


roots and long-lasting relationships with owners and general contractors during its nearly half a century in business, delivering many notable projects over the years. Among them are a 25-year maintenance partnership with the Anaheim Resorts Districts, the award-winning landscape construction of Petco Park in San Diego, Disney’s California Adventure, and a large scale design- build job with SKANSKA / Rados JV on the Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority’s Expo 2 line last year.


AGC Involvement Key Over the years, Marina has forged


strong business ties with the general contractor community, including such


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Marina completed the Rear Berths, Harry S. Bridges Blvd. project in Wilmington for the Port of L.A.


AGC member firms as SKANSKA, Kiewit, Te Washington Group, now part of URS, and Hensel Phelps, among many others. Cowan says that membership and participation in AGC of California has also been integral to their success. “We got involved with AGC


probably 15-20 years ago, realizing it was the premier construction industry association,” he comments. “We wanted to support our industry and to support the general contractors.” Currently four key Marina employees are particularly active in various AGC regions, including Cowan, who chaired the Orange County District in 2015 and is now active on the Construction Education Foundation (CEF) board; John Gutierrez, 2016 Chair of AGC’s Specialty Contractor Council; Hue


Ta, who is active in the Los Angeles District; and Bill Ayers, an active participant in AGC’s Bay Area


District. In addition to serving on CEF,


Bob Cowan is also Past President of Te California Landscape and Irrigation Council, Inc. (CLIC). As such, last year he was instrumental in securing a $50,000 grant from CLIC to establish a joint endowment account for annual scholarships to be awarded to worthy students pursuing construction-related careers.


Building a Brighter Future Helping secure the industry’s


future through workforce devel- opment and other efforts is just one way Marina Landscape works to give back and pave the way for future generations in the construction industry, Cowan says. As he reflects on where he started,


to the thriving company Marina has become and to the bright outlook it sees for 2016 and beyond, Cowan points out it is a degree of success he didn’t necessarily envision when he began mowing the neighbors’ lawns at the tender age of 12. “It’s just very humbling to see


what a great group of people we have at Marina and to know I am able to come to work with them every day and see the many things we’ve been able to accomplish,” he concludes. 


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