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Climate Pledge Arena DB Tunnel

Seattle Center Arena has long been an icon of the City of Seattle
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Transportation

I-5 Exit 99 Interchange Improvements/Bridge Replacement

JWF undertook this project to provide the replacement of two freeway overpasses and improvements to the roadway under crossing and surrounding streets in southern Oregon. The Company removed the existing overpass and constructed the new overpasses and the associated retaining walls.
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Transportation

OR 19/OR 402: North Fork John Day (Kimberly & Monument) Bridges

The Monument and Kimberly Bridges, located in remote eastern Oregon, each span the North Fork John Day River. Both bridges were built in the 1930s and this contract replaces the Monument Bridge and improves/modernizes the Kimberly Bridge.
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Transportation

Link River Bridge

The JWF team worked to replace an over-water bridge deck and bridge rail in Klamath Falls, OR. The bridge spans a length of 1,800 linear feet over the Link River, a live fish-bearing stream.
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Transportation

US 101 – Newport

This project focused on the modernization and rehabilitation of a section of US 101 in Newport, Oregon. The 9 month long project included major displacement and replacement of all major local utilities, a completely new storm drainage system and water quality facilities, as well as, water line replacement.
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Alternative Delivery, Utilities

WWSP Reservoir 1.0 and PLM 5.3

Hoffman-Fowler LLC was selected to work with the Willamette Water Supply System Commission to help with the design phase, development of guaranteed maximum price, and construction phase services for Reservoir 1.0 (RES_1.0) and PLM_5.3 of the project as CM/GC.
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Tunneling, Utilities

Woods Street Project

This group of three emergency contracts negotiated with the City of Portland were to replace severely deteriorated gravity sewer lines that serve the Ross Island Bridge and Naito Parkway interchange and the Lair Hill residential neighborhood of Portland.
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Additional Capabiities

South Satellite Infrastructure Upgrade

The Sea-Tac International Airport attributes growth to economic health within the region. As the gatekeeper to visitors, primarily international visitors, Sea-Tac believes that in order to increase the region’s economic growth, people should be able to travel in and out of the area with ease.
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Industrial

MVRWRF Air Line Rehabilitation

The Moreno Valley Regional Water Reclamation project was awarded to J.W. Fowler in June 2021 by the Eastern Municipal Water District in Riverside County, California.
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Additional Capabiities

Leach Botanical Garden

The Leach Botanical Garden was home to John and Lilla Leach who purchased the former 4.5-acre pig farm in the early 1930s in southeast Portland. John became a successful drugstore owner and Lilla continued her career as a teacher while pursuing her interest in botany. The couple had two burros and enjoyed going on botanizing trips to SW Oregon.
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Tunneling, Utilities

Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station – Conveyance

James W. Fowler Co. (JWF) is proud to be a part of the award-winning Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station Project. According to the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure, “The $250 million Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station (GWWTS) in King County, Washington, has received the Envision® Platinum designation for sustainable infrastructure, awarded by the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI).
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Additional Capabiities

Carolina Sewer Repair

The Carolina Sewer Repair Project involved the rehabilitation of over 750 feet of 51” cast-in-place monolithic concrete sewer located along S Macadam Avenue between S Mitchell Street and S Sweeny Street in the City of Portland, Oregon. SEKISUI SPR Americas worked with the City of Portland and their consultant Brown and Caldwell during the design phase to review the project scope, project challenges, and the key objectives of the rehabilitation method to be specified. This involved the review of CCTV and other condition assessment reports, understanding the various constructability challenges including flow conditions and radius bends within the host pipe. The key drivers for the project were to verify that hydraulic capacity would be maintained post-rehabilitation and that the liner would provide a fully structural repair solution.
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Transportation

OR99W: Hoffman Rd

The State of Oregon’s Department of Transportation (ODOT), along with various stakeholders, generated a Monmouth Transportation System Plan Update, prepared by Kittelson and Associates, Inc., in 2009. The plan provided analysis and recommended planning strategies to improve transportation within the City of Monmouth. James W. Fowler was selected as the general contractor to assist in improving Pacific Highway West (OR-99W) between Hoffman Road and the City of Monmouth.
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Utilities

Village 8 West Otay Pipeline 2nd & 3rd Relocation

Otay Land Company is developing residential and commercial properties in Chula Vista, CA. There are various water pipelines that traverse the property Otay Land Company is developing and thus need to be moved. The pipelines include the City of San Diego Otay 2nd Pipeline, Otay 3rd Pipeline, and 2 South San Diego Pipeline. All three pipelines deliver potable water to the southern San Diego region. The project showcased over 11,000 LF of large diameter steel pipe installation and involved tunnel abandonment.
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Utilities

Moreno Valley Regional WRF Tertiary Effluent Equalization

The project is located in Moreno Valley, CA at the Eastern Municipal Water District’s (EMWD) facility. J.W. Fowler’s scope as the General Contractor consists of upgrades to the existing facility which includes the installation of approximately 550 LF of 54” HDPE storm drain, 1300 LF 36” HDPE, 100 LF of 48” welded steel pipe, supply and installation of two 48” slide gates in the existing chlorination basin, and some grading improvements to a drying bed pond.
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Additional Capabiities, Alternative Delivery, Utilities

Wilder Project Group

This major mixed-use development in Newport, Oregon on the central Oregon coast is a 200-acre sustainable community bordering the campus of the Oregon Coast Community College. Eventually, the project will include specialty shops, parks, apartments, cottages and single-family homes.
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Industrial

Wells No. 1 & No. 2 Rehabilitation

The rehabilitation of Wells 1 and 2 were part of the Water Source Improvement Project that included the renovation of four of the City of Redmond’s five wells. The main focus of the project was to upgrade the wells to bring them into conformance with the current Uniform Building Code, to eliminate the use of hazardous chemicals for the treatment of raw water and to make the facilities safer for maintenance workers.
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Alternative Delivery, Industrial

UV Treatment Facility

In the summer of 2013, the City of Baker City had a cryptosporidium outbreak in their water supply. Baker City residents drink unfiltered surface water and a new water treatment facility was required to meet Environmental Protection Agency Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment rules requiring removal or disinfection of cryptosporidium by October 1, 2016. The new facility was constructed at the site of the existing Water Treatment Plant.
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Industrial

Tri-City Water Resource Recovery Facility and Solids Handling Improvements

Clackamas County’s Water Environment Services (WES) serves over 165,000 residents in Boring, Happy Valley, Milwaukie, Oregon City, and other unincorporated communities. Clackamas County experienced rapid growth over the last 30 years, doubling its population size. Residents are served by multiple facilities which include the crucial Kellogg Waste Water Recovery Facility (WRRF) in Milwaukie and the Tri-City WRRF in Oregon City. Population growth and increased utility demand has caused both WRRFs to operate over capacity causing wastewater to be dumped into the Willamette River without proper treatment.
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Utilities

Tolt Pipeline Number 1 Rehab Phase 3B

The Tolt Pipeline runs from Tolt Reservoir in the Cascade Range to the City of Seattle, supplying the city with about 30% of its water supply. It passes through Seattle’s northern eastside suburbs and also supplies several suburban cities and water districts. After a major pipeline failure, premature corrosion was found to be reducing the strength and reliability of the pipeline. The pipelines were scheduled to be replaced in several phases to allow the pipelines to remain in service during construction.
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Utilities

Structural Rehab of Taggart Outfall

While Portland’s wastewater history starts in 1864 with a simple wooden trough that collected sewage and carried it directly to the river, the Taggart Outfall was constructed in 1906. It is one of the longest-serving large diameter sewer pipes in the City. Spanning 7,600 linear feet, the 64 to 120-inch brick sewer was in need of rehabilitation. James W. Fowler Co. (JWF) worked with the City of Portland’s Bureau of Environmental Services to rehabilitate portions of the Taggart Outfall.
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Tunneling

Southwest Pipeline Project – Raw Water Intake Caisson Intake Pipe & Screen

The Southwest Pipeline Project (SWPP) is a regional rural water distribution system which provides potable water service for both domestic and livestock use to the residents of southwest North Dakota. Located adjacent to Renner Bay in Lake Sakakawea in North Dakota, the project site is approximately 300 feet from the banks of the bay.
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Additional Capabiities, Alternative Delivery

South Waterfront Greenway – Central District Improvements

JWF partnered with the City of Portland Bureau of Parks and Recreation and a host of other stakeholders including the City’s Bureau of Environmental Services, Bureau of Development Services, Department of Transportation and Water Bureau; TriMet; Oregon Department of Transportation; Portland Development Commission and the South Waterfront neighborhood to construct the first of several improvements proposed for the area.
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Additional Capabiities

Service Tunnel Renewal/Replacement

The Airport Service Tunnel was designed, constructed, and commissioned in phases between 1968 and 1974. The 2,500-foot-long tunnel found below the airport’s arrivals drive, runs the full length of the main terminal and is home to the service road that provides the only access to the airport’s central loading dock and central heating plant. These facilities are crucial to the 24-hour operation of the airport. Two employee parking bus stops are also located within the tunnel.
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Industrial

Santa Fe Irrigation District Mechanical Dewatering and San Dieguito Dam Improvements

James W. Fowler Co. (JWF) is building the Mechanical Dewatering Improvements and San Dieguito Dam Improvements project for the Santa Fe Irrigation District in Rancho Santa Fe, California
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Tunneling

Santa Ana River Interceptor (SARI) Relocation – SARI Mainline Project

The Santa Ana River Interceptor (SARI) Line is a 23-mile-long wastewater pipeline that extends from the boundary of Orange and San Bernardino counties in southern California to the Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) sewage treatment plant. Several segments run adjacent to and under the Santa Ana River and nearly 4 miles of the pipeline are in jeopardy of failure during heavy rainstorms. To ensure the long-term integrity of the pipeline, protect public health and safeguard the environment, the Orange County Flood Control District, in cooperation with other stakeholders, embarked on the Santa Ana River Interceptor Relocation Project to relocate and replace the SARI Mainline with a new 54-inch diameter pipeline.
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Tunneling

San Marcos Interceptor Replacement – Phase 1

The San Marcos Interceptor Sewer is a major sanitary sewer transport line which combines with other lines to convey flows to the Encina Water Pollution Control Facility in Carlsbad for treatment. The replacement of the San Marcos Interceptor provides additional capacity for development projections expected in the areas. The project was initially designed in 1999, but was put on hold over environmental impact concerns. More recently, improvements along San Marcos Creek and the economic downturn caused additional delays. The project was designed in two phases - Phase 1 consisted of replacement of the existing 21-inch diameter sewer tunnel with two tunnel portions and cut and cover installation of new pipelines. Phase 2 will extend the work of Phase 1.
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Industrial

Rock Creek AWWTF Gravity Thickeners

The Rock Creek Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility provides wastewater treatment for an area west of Portland incorporating portion of the cities of Hillsboro. Beaverton, Aloha and other nearby areas. Originally constructed in 1977, the plant has continually expanded to keep pace with growth in the community. Today the facility processes 35 mgd of wastewater daily (with capacity of 39 mgd) and produces commercial grade fertilizer and biosolids from the by-products of the treatment process.
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Tunneling, Utilities

Raw Water Facilities 1.0 – Wilsonville Pipe Ram

The Willamette Water Supply System Commission’s goal is to provide a stable and seismically resilient water supply for ratepayers in Washington County. The cities of Hillsboro and Beaverton, along with the Tualatin Valley Water District, have come together to build more than 30 miles of large-diameter pipelines, expand the existing raw water facility, and modify an intake on the Willamette River near Wilsonville, a new raw water filtration facility near Sherwood and water reservoirs on Cooper Mountain.
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Industrial, Utilities

Price Agreement for Urgent Rehabilitation of Sanitary and Storm Sewers (PAURSS)

The City of Portland was dealing with an aging sanitary and storm sewer pipelines, which requires immediate rehabilitation. Due to the nature of the project, The City of Portland needed a contract that would move faster than typical contracts, thus shortening the time to move from Project Identification to Issuance of Notice to Proceed. The urgent issue pressed The City of Portland, who then developed The Price Agreement for Urgent Rehabilitation of Sanitary and Storm Sewers (PAURSS). James W. Fowler Co. was awarded an “on-call” construction contract as well as design phase services.
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Industrial

Pony Creek Water Treatment Plant Expansion

The public water system for the Bay Area was established in 1897 under the name of Marshfield Water Company and later became Coos Bay Water Corporation. In 1947, the Cities of Coos Bay and North Bend jointly purchased the water system from the privately held Coos Bay Water Corporation and, through City Charter provisions, established Coos Bay-North Bend Water Board to operate as a non-profit municipal water utility.
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Utilities

Pipeline 4 Relining – Paint Mountain to Del Dios Highway

The San Diego County Water Authority’s pipeline relining project rehabilitated and extended the life of two of its aging water delivery pipelines to ensure a safe and reliable water supply for the region’s future. Pipelines 3 and 4 were relined in segments based on the age of the pipelines and the need for improvement with the goal of preventing water leaks and pipeline breaks. The steel liners installed within the existing 96-inch PCCP pipelines provided an extended life and increased reliability of the water supply system.
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Utilities

Pine Street Sanitary Sewer

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Utilities

OR99E Division Street – Ross Island Bridge

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Alternative Delivery, Tunneling

OHSU Center for Health & Healing South D/B Tunnel

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) educates health professionals and scientists and provides leading-edge patient care, community service and biomedical research. The expansion of the Center for Health & Healing (CHH) South project includes a new ambulatory care tower, parking garage, and central utility plant, OHSU Guest House, and Skybridges. The central utility plant is connected via an underground utility tunnel of an existing garage that allows the passage of utilities, services, and materials.
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Industrial

North Terminal Utilities Upgrade Project

The Port of Seattle and local airline, Alaska Airlines, partnered to improve passenger experience through the creation of a new North Terminal. The North Terminal Utilities Upgrade Phase I (NTUUP) is the first phase of the North Satellite Modernization Project.
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Tunneling, Utilities

North Creek Interceptor Sewer Completion

King County’s initiative for improving infrastructure to increase system reliability from combined sewer overflows and to accommodate population growth continued with replacement of the North Creek Interceptor Sewer, a 2-mile pipeline serving the Bothell area since 1970.
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Industrial

North City Pump Station

North City Water District serves approximately 25,000 people within the cities of Shoreline and Lake Forest Park, covering an area roughly five square miles. The district relies mainly on gravity to move water throughout the district. The new pump station will help move water through the system while maintaining adequate pressure. Not only will the new pump station meet fire flow and water pressure needs throughout the District, it will also ensure the District can meet anticipated future development needs from new light rail stations to be built in the area.
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Additional Capabiities, Tunneling

Nacimiento Intake Unit A

The Nacimiento Intake Unit A project consisted of three main components – the microtunnel boring machine launch shaft, microtunnel and intake pipe – for a raw water conveyance system for San Luis Obispo County and various other stakeholders in the surrounding area.
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Tunneling

Murrieta Rd Transmission Pipeline

The Murrieta Rd Transmission Pipeline project involved the installation of a 36-inch diameter pipe down the highly trafficked Murrieta Road, between Salt Creek and La Piedra Road.
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Additional Capabiities, Industrial

Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Fish Hatchery & Pipelines

To help meet the goals of the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act, a new fish hatchery and rearing facility was constructed to help maintain existing stocks of coho, pink and chum salmon, and steelhead in the Elwha River. The new Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Fish Hatchery allows for the handling and segregation of multiple stocks of adult fish and aids in the restoration of the natural river ecosystem.
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Additional Capabiities

Lake Oswego Interceptor Sewer – Lake Down Contract

Lake Oswego is one of the most affluent suburbs of Portland, Oregon and encircles the banks of the 415-acre Oswego Lake. The city of Lake Oswego’s existing interceptor sewer pipeline, located beneath the surface of the lake, began deteriorating from corrosion and was seismically vulnerable, making water quality concern. An award-winning design of the new Lake Oswego Interceptor Sewer (“LOIS”) replaced the existing sewer line with an innovative buoyant gravity sewer, the first known pipeline of this type in the world. The City of Lake Oswego (“City”) awarded the LOIS project in two phases – Lake Full and Lake Down.
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Tunneling

Kanoehe-Kailua Sewer Pipeline

The Kaneohe/Kailua Sewer Tunnel increased the reliability of the aging Windward Oahu sewerage system by conveying flows by gravity from the Kaneohe Wastewater Pre-Treatment Facility to the Kailua Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant, replacing an existing pump station and force main system. Additionally, the tunnel stores wet weather flows during heavy rain storms.
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Alternative Delivery, Tunneling

Jefferson Hood

The project will construct a large diameter interceptor stormwater pipeline and build a new outfall into the Thea Foss Waterway. This project will improve existing storm sewer and system capacity, help reduce flooding events, and support future growth in the downtown area.
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Industrial, Utilities

Fulton Pump Station Replacement

The Fulton Pump Station, originally built in 1912 as a one room pump house, had been expanded several times over the years to its maximum capacity of 12 MGD, which did not meet Portland’s future water needs. In 2010 and 2011, the Portland Water Bureau explored several options for upgrading or replacing the pump station and found that replacing the outdated facility with a new 18 MGD pump station located in Willamette Park was the best solution.
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Additional Capabiities, Industrial

Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery Remodel

When the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery began operation in 1968, it was the largest salmon hatchery in the world. Located on the Cowlitz River, the hatchery produces approximately 13 million salmon per year. Adjacent to the salmon hatchery is the barrier dam, which diverts spawning and upriver migrating fish to a separating station where fish are sorted by species. Tacoma Power built and maintains both the salmon and nearby Cowlitz Trout Hatchery and provides funds to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) for staffing and operation.
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Industrial

Columbia Blvd. Wastewater Treatment Plant Cogeneration Facility

The City of Portland (City) is known nationwide for it’s commitment to sustainability and energy efficiency and the Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant (CBWTP) Co-Generation Plant is just the latest in the City’s efforts to promote energy efficient operations.
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Tunneling

Cle Elum Dam Fish Passage Facility, Juvenile Facility Tunnel

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Additional Capabiities

CalTrans Culvert Rehab

The Caltrans Culvert Rehabilitation project scope was to rehabilitate 13 culverts along I-8 in Alpine, California, as some of these culverts are more than 50 years old. Some culverts were lined with a Cured-in-Place (CIPP) liner while others were rehabilitated with concrete invert paving.
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Industrial

Brightwater Conveyance System – North Creek Facilities

In response to growth in the region, King County built a new wastewater treatment system, the Brightwater Conveyance System, to serve north King and south Snohomish counties
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Additional Capabiities

Bonneville Lock & Dam Washington Shore Ladder Entrance Modifications

The 1,189 MW concrete gravity Bonneville Lock and Dam is located approximately 145 river miles from the mouth of the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington.
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Additional Capabiities

Bonneville Bradford Island Branch B Fish Ladder Repair

The 1,189 MW concrete gravity Bonneville Lock and Dam is located approximately 145 river miles from the mouth of the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington.
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Tunneling

Ballard Siphon Replacement Rebid

To protect public health and the environment while ensuring the system continues operating safely and reliably, dual 36-inch diameter wooden sewer pipes installed in 1935 in the deep sediment of Salmon Bay in downtown Seattle required replacement.
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Alternative Delivery, Tunneling

Balch Consolidation Conduit Shafts & Pipelines

In 1991, the City of Portland (“City”) entered into an Amended Stipulation and Final Order (“ASFO”) administered by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality which mandated completion of the Combined Sewer Overflow (“CSO”) program by December 1, 2011.
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Additional Capabiities, Utilities

Albany Regional Multimodal Center & US 20 / OR 99E Interchange

The Albany Regional Multimodal Center & US 20 / OR 99E Interchange projects restored a local cultural treasure, the historic Albany Train Depot Building, and provided the region with an attractive park setting for the new multimodal transportation center that serves as a critical transportation hub for the City.
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Additional Capabiities, Industrial

75MGD Transmission Conduits – Geren Island Phase 1

In the late 1990’s the city of Salem experienced flooding and resulting water shortages that made the improvements to the existing water system a priority.
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Alternative Delivery

Bull Run Filtration Pipeline

Portland is planning a new filtration facility to keep water safe and abundant for generations to come.
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Industrial

10.0 MG Reservoir Improvements and Transfer Pump Station

The City of Tigard purchases water from the City of Portland and stores it in the 10 MG reservoir and transfer pump station which serves as the central hub for the water system.
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Tunneling

Upper Narrows Pipeline Replacement

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