as a true team effort. “Our team only had 10 days to bid the job, one month to mobilize and then 165 days to rebuild and repair a 3,000-foot spillway,” he said. “More than 600 people put their lives on hold, working long hours, six to seven days a week in 100-degree weather to ensure there was a functional spillway in place for the winter season.” Petersen agrees. “A lot of people


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extra challenges from Mother Nature, Kiewit met the Phase 1 deadline. Te team finished placing the final one-foot layer of enriched RCC at noon on Nov. 1, leaving plenty of time for the concrete to properly cure before the spillway might possibly be needed. “It was


down to the wire,” Petersen said. “Phase 1 was fast, it was about teamwork and it only occurred because the contractors, the owner, the designers and the regulatory


Photo by The California


Department of Water Resources


18 July/August 2018 California Constructor Photo by The California Department of Water Resources


agencies all worked together with the same common goal.” Kiewit Executive Vice President


David Miles provided executive oversight to the project team. He describes the Phase 1 accomplishments


didn’t think we were going to have a functional spillway in place in 165 days,


but we did it,” he said. “We have a magnitude of work ahead of us and only had a few months to plan the work as DWR obtains approval of the final design. When you bring an


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