Construction Contract Awarded for Los Vaqueros Dam.CONCORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Contra Costa Water District today awarded a $42,590,000 contract to Kiewit Pacific Co., Omaha, Nebraska “Omaha” redirects here. For other uses, see Omaha (disambiguation). Omaha is the largest city in the State of Nebraska, United States. It is the county seat of Douglas County.GR6 As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 390,007. , for construction of Northern California's first major dam in more than a decade. CCWD's Los Vaqueros Project is designed as a 100,000-acre-foot reservoir project, eight miles south of Brentwood, Calif. The reservoir, plus a new pipeline and intake, will improve water quality for CCWD's 400,000 residents by storing high-quality water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta during wet periods for blending with the District's on-going Delta supply in dry seasons. It will also help assure an adequate emergency water supply. "In my past experiences, I have found Kiewit Pacific Co. to be very professional," said CCWD CCWD Contra Costa Water District (California) CCWD Calaveras County Water District (California) Board President Joseph L. Campbell. "The District welcomes Kiewit to the partnership." "After ten years and a lot of pain and suffering, to actually approve the contract for the dam is, to me, one of the best moments," added CCWD Director Donald P. Freitas. "I'm very, very happy to actually have the construction of the dam take place." "And it's even better with the price," said CCWD Director Bette Boatmun, noting that the award for dam construction is well within the District's projected cost for the job. Los Vaqueros will be a zoned earth-fill dam with a crest approximately 1,000 feet long and rising 192 feet above Kellogg Creek. About 2.7 million cubic yards of materials will be used in its construction. Construction of the dam is scheduled to begin this winter, following the completion of a new 12-mile Vasco Road around the reservoir site. The present road, which extends from Brentwood to Livermore, will be inundated in·un·date tr.v. in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing, in·un·dates 1. To cover with water, especially floodwaters. 2. . The dam is the last of four major construction jobs on the $450-million Los Vaqueros Project. Contracts for three other segments of the project -- the intake and pumping stations, 20 miles of buried bur·y tr.v. bur·ied, bur·y·ing, bur·ies 1. To place in the ground: bury a bone. 2. a. To place (a corpse) in a grave, a tomb, or the sea; inter. b. pipeline, and the relocation RELOCATION, Scotch law, contracts. To let again to renew a lease, is called a relocation. 2. When a tenant holds over after the expiration of his lease, with the consent of his landlord, this will amount to a relocation. of Vasco Road -- were awarded last year. Bids for those jobs totaled $127 million. The Los Vaqueros Project is scheduled for completion by the end of 1997. The Contra Costa Contra Costa can refer to:
adj. Diable. [Alteration (influenced by Spanish diablo, devil) of diable.] Water District (Oakley), City of Antioch, City of Martinez, City of Pittsburg and California Cities Water Company (Bay Point), CCWD is a special district public agency. CONTACT: Contra Costa Water District Al Donner, 510/674-8194 |
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