David Herd

Buro Happold

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Engineer and Partner in Buro Happold, a global engineering firm with offices in LA and San Francisco

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The state legislature has given Governor Brown and President Obama a victory by approving $4.7 billion in bonds to begin building a bullet train from Los Angeles to San Francisco.

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The state legislature has given Governor Brown and President Obama a victory by approving $4.7 billion in bonds to begin building a bullet train from Los Angeles to San Francisco.

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