Photo Courtesy of San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Two ancient landslides were discovered during excavation for the new Calaveras Dam, requiring an additional 3.5 million cu yd of excavation and adding significantly to the project's budget. Related Links: Water Pipeline Designed to Surf Seismic Waves Seismic Upgrade of San Francisco's Water System a Race Against Time Huge Gates Take 600-mile Trek to California Dam Site With a budget of $718 million, the Calaveras Dam Replacement dwarfs other projects in SFPUC's Water System Improvement Program. Located in the Sunol Valley southeast of Fremont, the project replaces the original dam, built in
By any measure, San Francisco's effort to seismically upgrade its water supply is big. The $4.765-billion Water System Improvement Program (WSIP) includes 83 separate projects spread throughout the Bay Area and beyond.
In earthquake-prone San Francisco, crews are digging the city's deepest foundation piles for an 802-ft-tall office-residential tower that is on course to be the city's second-tallest structure, if only temporarily. The 55-story 181 Fremont tower, sited on land reclaimed from the San Francisco Bay after the 1906 earthquake, will be founded on 42 piers that plunge an average of 255 ft—with the deepest down 264 ft—to bedrock. Related Links: Megaproject Starts Propel $16.7B of Work in Calif., Hawaii Wolffkran Plans Towering U.S. Comeback, Including at 181 Fremont Because of the tight site, which is less than 140 ft square and bordered by
Related Links: Megaproject Starts Propel $16.7B of Work in Calif., Hawaii Wolffkran Plans Towering U.S. Comeback, Including at 181 Fremont In earthquake-prone San Francisco, crews are digging the city's deepest foundation piles for an 802-ft-tall office-residential tower that is on course to be the city's second-tallest structure, if only temporarily. The 55-story 181 Fremont tower, sited on land reclaimed from the San Francisco Bay after the 1906 earthquake, will be founded on 42 piers that plunge an average of 255 ft—with the deepest down 264 ft—to bedrock.Because of the tight site, which is less than 140 ft square and bordered
The Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (Regional San) is proceeding with a $1.5-billion to $2.1-billion plan to upgrade its wastewater treatment plant that serves about 1.4 million customers.
Fox snapped this photograph as part of a series he shot at the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) while workers installed the roof of the building. "I saw these riggers working against the framing of the structure and immediately saw an opportunity for a very graphic photo," says Fox, who is a principal and director of media services for SWA Group, the project's landscape architect. Photographer: Tom Fox, SWA Group Submitted By Ann Kovara, ARTIC Deputy Project Manager, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Los Angeles Related Links: Post Your Own Project Photos to ENR California's Project Photo Gallery ENR California Home Page
Revenue from design work continues its modest upswing, according to an annual survey of top design firms conducted by ENR California and McGraw Hill Construction. The 109 participating firms collectively produced $3.66 billion of design work on projects located in California during 2013, an increase of 5% over the previous year. But design firms will face an increasing level of difficulty in finding the staff needed to meet the demands of California's infrastructure and water needs, say respondents. Related Links: View Other ENR California Top Firms Rankings ENR California Top 100 Design Firms "The state's aging infrastructure, current drought conditions
