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The 25,500-sq-ft, four-story Bechtel Family Center for Ocean Education and Leadership is Monterey Bay Aquarium’s most significant expansion in more than 20 years.

Decommissioning the nation’s seventh commercially licensed nuclear plant, a 1960s structure known as Unit 3, required demolition and removal of all nuclear facilities, including above-grade structures, below-grade utilities and components associated with a pair of fossil plants, Units 1 and 2.

Offering Bay Area commuters a transit alternative to busy freeways and limited mass transit, the New Construction Ferry Terminal expansion includes a new fixed pier and passenger waiting area, ADA-compliant gangway and ramping system, passenger loading float and a new kayak launch facility.

Among other functions, the $23.74-million Water Quality Laboratory provides sampling and analytical support to five regional water-recycling plants, a groundwater recharge program for process operations as well as compliance monitoring.

A new Google campus was designed with a sweeping canopy roof, which set a Western Hemisphere record for the largest number of strand-jacks used at one time in hoisting the roof assembly.

Located at a prominent city intersection, this renovation consisted of two Art Deco period buildings that were in disrepair.

Webcor’s renovation combines elements that showcase the general and specialty trade contractor’s expertise in working with concrete, drywall and interiors.

El Cajon’s $9.46-million, state-of-the-art animal shelter includes administrative offices, animal housing and veterinary service spaces as well as grooming, play and pet adoption areas.

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District commissioned the Berkeley Hills Tunnels Lining Surface Treatment Project to address fractures in the tunnels’ reinforced concrete lining and to prevent loose concrete from falling onto trains crossing the Hayward Fault, which runs along the foothills of the East Bay.

The resort is located in Death Valley National Park, one of the hottest places on the planet. Jobsite temperatures regularly rose above 100 degrees, so all workers attended a special safety orientation for how to work in hot weather.