AGC 2021 AWARDS


Constructor Awards Continued from page 15


Te West Colton Yard Transfer


Table project is located at Union Pacific Railroad’s Mechanical Diesel Maintenance Facility in Colton, CA. Operating around the clock, the facility was experiencing impacts from down time due to failing infrastructure. Granite Construction was awarded


a contract to remove and replace the existing mechanisms that enable the transfer table to be used as a moveable bridge. Te table transfers locomotives from track to track into maintenance bays for service and repair. Te project required multiple long


lead elements from around the world, such as special wheels, motors, and a state-of-the-art control system. Granite worked collaboratively with the owner and design team to devise a host of innovative solutions to streamline the project throughout construction. Tey overcame extremely challenging sched- uling and site logistics to maintain


Granite Construction received a Constructor Award for the Union Pacific Railroad W. Colton Transfer Table project.


Union Pacific Railroad’s 24/7 opera- tions with no interruptions to train traffic.


Te project team coordinated with


the owner daily, sometimes hour by hour, to plan work around unpre- dictable train schedules. Granite completed the project on-time, with zero OSHA violations, zero environ- mental citations and zero claims. Also selected as finalists in this


category were: Giroux Glass for “UCLA Marion Anderson Center” and Monterey Mechanical Company for “EBMUD – MWWTP.”


ACCO Engineered Systems received a Constructor Award for the Great Park Ice and Sports Complex.


16 March/April 2021 California Constructor


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