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The Northern California District specializes in construction projects as diverse as the geographical area it covers. Pursuing heavy civil and highway construction work, the district prides itself on delivering quality projects on-time or ahead of schedule.
To provide flood protection to the Sacramento area, the United States Bureau of Reclamation is awarding five contracts to build Folsom Dam’s new $1.3 billion spillway. Kiewit Pacific Co. was awarded the $16 million contract to complete the first phase excavation for the spillway. Once complete, the auxiliary spillway will include a 1,000-foot-long approach channel; a concrete control structure.
When completed in the summer of 2007, the Benicia-Martinez Bridge will include a new five-lane, 8,790-ft.-long toll bridge between the City of Benicia in Solano County and the City of Martinez in Contra Costa County. The bridge consists of 130 piles, 1,700-ton footings, 17 piers, 11 pier tables and 335 cast-in-place segments.
The City of Bakersfield awarded Kiewit Pacific Co., a subsidiary of Kiewit Corporation, a $211 million project to upgrade the existing Bakersfield Wastewater Treatment Plant. To date, this project is the largest contract the City of Bakersfield has ever awarded.
In May 2000, Kiewit Pacific Co. was selected to construct this $98 million, 12 MGD water treatment plant. The project consists of 31 structures, including an administration building, three oxidation ditches, four secondary clarifiers, two waste-activated sludge tanks, a solids handling basin, a chlorine contact basin, filter building, chemical feed building and influent pump station.
The $80 million Sacramento River Water Treatment Plant expansion involves increasing the current facility's capacity by 60% to 160 million gallons per day. One of two plants that supply all of the drinking water for the City of Sacramento, the project will be finished in early 2005.
As the primary water source for the Contra Costa Water District, the Los Vaqueros Dam measures 1,000 feet across and 192 feet high. During construction, project personnel suggested a value engineering concept that considered the creation of rip rap from on-site oversized rock from the excavation. This resulted in more than 50,000 cubic yards of rip rap generated on-site.