CONSTRUCTOR AWARDS


Accepting the award for Royal Electric Company are, left to right, Randy Sondreal, Dina Kimble, Don Hartman, Keri Adams and Nick Adams.


Folsom Dam Auxiliary Spillway Control Structure


was: BrightView Landscape Development for “Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center” – San Diego


Meeting the Challenge of the Difficult Job – Specialty Contractor $10 Million or Below Constructor Winner: Royal


Electric Company for “Folsom Dam Auxiliary Spillway Control Structure” – Folsom It isn’t every day that you get to


help build an engineering marvel in your own backyard. But that was the opportunity Royal Electric Company had when it won a $4.3 million subcontract with longtime customer, Granite Construction Co., to provide the electrical, low voltage and life safety systems for the Folsom Dam Auxiliary Spillway project in Folsom, CA. As part of a $900


million effort between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Royal’s subcontract required extensive coordi- nation, preplanning


and attention to detail. Deliverables included power, lighting and control wiring for the structure and Tainter Gates, plus fire alarm, voice evacu- ation and DAS System for cell service throughout the structure. Te project represented a


partnership between Granite Construction and Royal Electric Company from the start. Extensive coordination for detailing of systems, sequencing of work, adherence to safety protocols, and maintenance of temporary power and lighting for construction required constant communi- cation.


Te project’s sequencing challenge


was enhanced by a change to the design, which had originally called for five monoliths of concrete, each about 150-ft. tall. Due to unforeseen loose granite, a sixth monolith of 30 feet was added.


Access to electrical gear posed


another issue for the team, due to the fact that the main electrical equipment for the spillway was housed in the mechanical gallery about 100 feet up from the bottom of the spillway. Supplying temporary power


Accepting the Constructor Award for Flatiron West, Inc. are, left to right: Jeff Turner, Jeff Wells and Allen Carnesecca.


16 November/December 2017


Willits Bypass California Constructor


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