In addition, Kiewit recently completed the Carlsbad Double Track project for Amtrak. The team expanded a 2-mile stretch of the coastal rail line to two tracks from one. The scope included a 213-ft-long, three-span girder bridge over the environmentally sensitive Aqua Hedionda Lagoon.

Community Action

Over the years, Kiewit has held numerous community events in California and contributed to charities and foundations. It has raised more than $120,000 for Oakland's Children's Hospital and Guide Dogs for the Blind and brought in more than $133,000 at its annual SoCal Charity Classic golf tournament for the Children's Miracle Network hospitals.

It has taken part in quarterly blood drives and supported the Contra Costa/Solano Food Bank, Toys for Tots, Wish Upon a Wreath & Cops for Kids Holiday Toy Donation. The company is a member of and volunteer for the Solano Land Trust. It also has participated in the Society of Women Engineers and career development workshops at the University of California, Davis.

In Southern California, Kiewit contributes to the Los Angeles and Orange County Food Banks, Midnight Mission, Walk-for-Wishes, American Cancer Society Relay for Life, Fred Jordan Mission and Habitat for Humanity, among other charities.

For several years at its Vallejo yard facility, Kiewit has hosted an outreach and training program for Bay Area youth to introduce high school students to potential opportunities in the construction industry.

In addition, Kiewit recently was nominated for the 2012 Associated General Contractors' Constructor Awards, in the Meeting the Challenge of the Difficult Job-Heavy Engineering classification, for its Lower Crystal Springs Dam Project. It won first place in AGC's Safety Excellence Awards in the Federal & Heavy Division, 700,001-1 million hours category. And the city of Los Angeles presented an award to the company in recognition of its service to its citizens.