Our Projects

Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension

Pasadena to Azusa, Calif.

This $503 million design-build project was awarded to Foothill Transit Constructors, a joint venture between Kiewit and Parsons. The project includes final design and construction of 11.5-miles of double light rail main track, 14 new bridges, eight modifications to existing bridges, six stations, three center platforms, three side platforms and a maintenance and operations facility.

Merle Catherine Chambers Center

Denver, Colo.

The Merle Catherine Chambers Center for the Advancement of Women is a 32,000-square-foot, three-story building, viewed as a signature on the University of Denver campus. It is inspired by Santo Spiritio in Florence and is adorned with a large, round stained glass window set in limestone, detailed with a spiral derived from the mathematical pattern known as the golden mean.

McCarran Airport Runway Reconstruction

Las Vegas, Nev.

Completed in August 2003, the North Runway project was built in 66 different phases and routed through a series of existing warehouse taxiways to maintain access to active businesses. This $115 million project included constructing an 8,600-foot-long runway, two taxiways, drainage, demolition, utilities, electrical and communications work, and concrete and asphalt paving.

I-95 Rehabilitation

Miami, Fla.

Completed over 10 months ahead of schedule, the $22 million, 14-mile Interstate 95 Miami Rehabilitation involved removing and replacing 30-year-old concrete pavement and widening seven bridges. The 10-lane interstate handles over 200,000 vehicles a day.

Middle Fork Surge Shaft Phase 1 and 2

Forrest Hill, Calif.

Kiewit Pacific Co. is constructing the existing surge shaft in two phases to install 550 vertical feet steel pipe 96 inches in diameter. The team engineered and performed the water treatment, collection system and road improvements.

Kaiser Moanalua Medical Center

Honolulu, Hawaii

The Kaiser Moanalua Medical Center includes a five-story, 135,000-square-foot tower. The project included new construction totaling 165,000 square feet and renovations and upgrades totaling 80,000 square feet. The scope of work included construction and renovations to the emergency department; interventional imaging and radiology areas, sterile processing, clinical laboratory, operating rooms, surgical intensive care, patient rooms, pediatric department, and the labor and delivery department.

BRAC III

Kaneohe, Hawaii

The $56 million Base Realignment and Closer Phase III (BRAC III) project for was comprised of six separate projects for the U.S. Navy and involved renovating and constructing 440,000 square feet of base structures. New construction included a tactical support facility housing a training center and flight simulator; helicopter pads; and training and hazardous waste facilities. All work was performed while minimizing impacts to the Navy's existing adjacent operations.

Henry Doorly Zoo Hubbard Gorilla Valley Complex

Omaha, Neb.

The Hubbard Gorilla Valley Complex is a world-class, state-of-the-art primate breeding and exhibit facility completed in April 2004. The existing facility, built in 1966, was too small to meet the needs of animals and curators. The new facility enhances the zoo's reputation in gorilla conservation by expanding the gorilla population and providing areas for reproductive research and health programs.

Anchorage Sport Fish Hatchery

Anchorage, Alaska

Built for the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, the 134,000-square-foot Anchorage Sport Fish Hatchery is the largest enclosed sport fish hatchery in North America. The hatchery raises more species of cold water fish in recirculating aquaculture systems than any other sport fish production facility in the U.S. King and and silver salmon, rainbow trout, arctic char, lake trout and arctic grayling are raised in the hatchery and are then stocked into rivers and lakes throughout the south central region of Alaska.

Willamette River Transit Bridge

Portland, Ore.

TriMet awarded the Willamette River Transit Bridge design-build contract to a Kiewit joint venture as a part of the Portland to Milwaukee TriMet Light Rail Program. The scope of work includes constructing a 1,720-foot-long, cast-in-place segmental cable-stayed bridge across the Willamette River. The bridge is designed to carry light rail trains, buses, pedestrians, and cyclists, and accommodate the expanding Portland Streetcar System if added in the future.