The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission last week gave final approval for replacing the 85-year-old Calaveras Dam near Fremont and Sunol in the East Bay. According to SFPUC spokeswoman Maureen Barry, the new $434-million dam project started bid advertising Jan. 31 with a pre-bid scheduled for Feb. 15 and contract award at the end of March. Construction is scheduled to start in the summer. Barry says pre-qualified prime contractors eligible to bid on the project include Dragados USA of New York; Barnard Construction Co. of Bozeman, Mont.; Kiewit Infrastructure Group, Fairfield, Calif.; Sukut Construction Inc., Santa Ana, Calif.; and Impregilo
BERGSTROM Scott E. Bergstrom has joined Blach Construction Co. in Santa Clara as a project executive leading its growing health-care team. A seasoned construction professional with nearly 20 years of experience in the industry, Bergstrom has served in project leadership roles with some of the region’s most notable construction firms, including Turner, Hathaway Dinwiddie and Rudolph & Sletten. Chief among his many construction achievements are the $300-million Valley Medical Center replacement hospital, an $80-million renovation of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, and the $7-million Britannia Oyster Point office park. He has worked on numerous other projects for clients such as El
Regular readers of Engineering News-Record are familiar with the big names in the construction industry that lead off our annual “Top” lists of firms ranked by revenue.
On The Scene February 7, 2011 Vornado Realty Trust’s The new cogeneration facility at Vornado’s One Penn Plaza, one of the ten largest commercial office buildings in New York City, was recently unveiled to the public as part of an ongoing program of sustainable upgrades across Vornado Realty Trust’s 22 million-sq-ft portfolio in the city. The 6.2-megawatt cogeneration plant at One Penn Plaza is the largest cogeneration facility in a commercial office building in New York City, supplying 50% of electricity usage for the building as well as reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprint by 40%. Photo Courtesy
Article toolbar Delicate operations are the rule, not the exception, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. However, one of the procedures carried out recently didn’t involve any skillful surgeons or celebrity patients. The S. Mark Taper Foundation Imaging Center Renovation, which is replacing the unit’s magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine and its 18,000-lb magnet, required a delicate transplant of heavy equipment to ensure that the patient could live on and serve the community for years to come. The machine “is in the center of the hospital, directly adjacent to the emergency department, with X-ray rooms on both sides and
With the premier issue of the new ENR New York, we are excited to introduce our “Top 20 Under 40.” It showcases exceptional players in the region’s A/E/C industry and takes its place alongside our traditional rankings of contractors, designers and projects.
Three prominent California engineering industry veterans received 2011 Golden Beaver Awards at last week�s 56th annual awards dinner held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. The guest speaker for the event was former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. R. M. �Mike� Phelps, president of the Beavers, presented Bill T. Dutra, president and CEO of The Dutra Group in San Rafael, with the Management Award. A graduate of Oregon Institute of Technology, Dutra joined his family dredging and marine construction business, becoming the third generation involved in the operations. Dutra pioneered the use of hydraulic excavation equipment in North
DPR Construction jumped 35 slots to rank 22nd on Fortune�s �100 Best Companies to Work For� list for 2011. Last year the company came in at #57 in its first appearance on the list. Two other construction firms with a major presence in California also made the list this year: PCL Construction, #38, with offices in San Diego and Los Angeles; and Balfour Beatty Construction, #40, whose subsidiary, Barnhart Balfour Beatty is based in San Diego. �It is truly the people of DPR who make this company great,� says Doug Woods, president of DPR Construction. �Our ranking is a testament
Caltrans last week finished excavating the new Devil�s Slide Tunnel in coastal San Mateo County. Construction crews from general contractor Kiewit removed the last of the soil from the northbound tunnel, while the last of the excavation for the southbound tunnel was completed a week earlier. �Tunneling is never easy,� says Bijan Sartipi, Caltrans District 4 director. �It requires intelligent planning, brilliant engineering and a lot of old-fashioned hard work. Reaching this milestone required plenty of all three.� The digging began when Caltrans broke ground at the south portal on Sept. 17, 2007. Since then, roughly 314,000 cu yds of
The Engineering & Utility Contractors Association recently held its 41st annual installation of the board of directors and officers at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco with more than 250 people and 25 contractor companies in attendance. From left, Mike Ghilotti, Rob Layne, Mark Breslin and Mike McElroy. The evening began with an inspiring invocation by Mike McElroy of FMG, Inc., followed by the installation of new President Rob Layne of O.C. Jones & Sons, Inc., along with the 2011 board of directors and officers. Layne is a graduate of Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, with a major in civil
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