Sacramento Sewer Expansion Deals with High Water Table
The $61-million West Sacramento Force Main, a pair of 3.9-mile, 54-inch diameter pipes stretching from the Northern Sacramento River Crossing across the northern portion of the West Sacramento to the proposed West Sacramento Transition Structure, was designed by Englewood, Colo.-based CH2M Hill. San Diego-based Berryman & Henigar teamed up with Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Covello Group as construction managers and Livermore, Calif.-based Mountain Cascade is the contractor. The firm will tunnel-bore the first 8,000 ft and open-cut the final 32,000 ft.
Brown and Caldwell, Walnut Creek, Calif., designed the $37-million, 120-in.-dia Southport Gravity Sewer. Concord, Ca.-based Harris & Associates is the construction manager for the 3.3-mile stretch of PVC-lined, reinforced concrete pipe that runs through southern West Sacramento and ends at the South River Pump Station. Steve P. Rados, Inc., of Santa Ana, Calif. is the contractor.