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Project brings 1960s-era Oroville Dam spillway back into safe operational status in record time

High-profile project requires many innovations for crews to work safely within the boundaries of an operational theme park

This six-story, 1.2-million-sq-ft parking garage at San Francisco International Airport houses 3,600 parking spaces that have doubled the airport’s long-term parking capacity. 

The redevelopment of Los Angeles International Airport’s Terminals 7 and 8 entailed revitalizing virtually all systems and public spaces and constructing a 20,000-sq-ft lounge, all while maintaining full airport operations.

While working within the busy Los Angeles International Airport, contractors delivered this $398-million project under a construction manager-at-risk method, completing it ahead of schedule and on budget.

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.