Meadows Field Airport

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Meadows Field Airport

From 2016 to current BSK has provide geotechnical investigation and construction material testing to support Meadows Field Airport on their major design and construction projects. The work on Runway 12L-30R has been completed in three phases over four years. The runway opening means the airport can more effectively keep the takeoff and landing of heavier commercial aircraft separate from smaller, lighter planes. Having both runways open and operating also helps keep Meadows flexible as demand grows and circumstances change.

The cost of this third and final phase of the runway project including construction, administration, inspection, and material testing was $14.5 million. In total, the cost of rehabilitating Meadows Field’s main runway is nearing $50 million.

 

County of Kern, Meadows Field Airport Runway 12L-30R Rehabilitation, Bakersfield, CA

BSK provided geotechnical engineering during the design phase and QA construction material testing services during the construction phase of the project. The existing runway is approximately 150 feet wide and is approximately 13,000 feet in length. Nineteen taxiways are included within the limits of the project. BSK’s responsibilities included providing geotechnical data compatible with FAA AC 150/5320-6 Airport Design and Evaluation Requirements. BSK’s geotechnical investigation included a total of sixty-one (61) geotechnical borings at the existing runaway and an additional sixteen (16) core-only locations. Special challenges include coring the existing pavement section with thicknesses up to 24 inches and work within an active runway. BSK’s geotechnical investigation was performed at night between the hours of approximately 12am (midnight) and 5:30am. Site preparation recommendations included subgrade re-compaction recommendations and recommendations for aggregate base placement and compaction. The geotechnical laboratory testing included California Bearing Ratio, particle size, soil corrosivity, in-place moisture content and dry density, Atterberg Limits, and moisture-density relationship testing. During the construction phase of work, BSK provided QA oversight during paving operations including aggregate base course sampling, concrete sampling, laboratory compaction of Marshall briquettes at the production plant, HMA core sample pick up, laboratory testing and preparation of daily field and laboratory test reports.

County of Kern, Meadows Field Airport Taxiway ‘A’ Reconstruction and Rehabilitation, Bakersfield, CA

BSK provided geotechnical engineering investigation, geotechnical laboratory testing during the initial design stage and quality assurance testing services during the construction phases of the project that includes the following facility improvements: Demolishing eight (8) existing taxiways which connect Taxiway ‘A’ to the main facility (approximately 200-feet long and 75’ wide), Constructing two (2) new taxiways between Taxiway A and the main facility (approximately 200-feet long and 75’ wide), Constructing one (1) taxiway parallel to Taxiway ‘A’ in front of the main facility at the apron (approximately 3,800 feet long and 75 feet wide), Reconstruction of the asphalt pavement section will extend for the entire length of Taxiway ‘A’ (approximately 11,400 feet long and 100 feet wide), and Reconstruction of seven (7) taxiways connecting to Taxiway ‘A’ (variable dimensions). BSK’s responsibilities included providing geotechnical data compatible with FAA AC 150/5320-6 Airport Design and Evaluation Requirements. BSK’s geotechnical investigation included a total of seventy-four (74) geotechnical borings at the existing taxiway and an additional eleven (11) core-only locations. Due to work performed at an active runway. BSK’s geotechnical investigation was performed at night between the hours of approximately 12am (midnight) and 5:30am. The geotechnical laboratory testing included California Bearing Ratio, particle size, soil corrosivity, in-place moisture content and dry density, Atterberg Limits, and moisture-density relationship testing.

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Brentwood Municipal Services Center Building

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Municipal Services Center Building, Brentwood, CA

The Brentwood Municipal Services Center Building project consisted of the construction of an approximately 14,000 square-foot, 1-story, L-shaped building with a slab-on-grade floor. The new building extends over an area formerly occupied by a 1-story, approximately 2,000 square foot building, paved paving and driveways, concrete flatwork, and concrete walls. As part of our On-Call contract with the City of Brentwood, BSK provided geotechnical investigation and recommendations during design and geotechnical observation and testing services during construction of the new building.

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Veteran’s Center and ABC Building

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Veteran’s Center and ABC Building

BSK Associates is proud to have provided the geotechnical investigation and geologic seismic hazards report for the Veterans Center and ABC Building. The Veteran’s Center, a 5,000-square foot facility, blends renovation and new construction, adding conference rooms, computer labs and a student lounge. The construction project was recently completed.

The Administration, Bookstore and Conference Center Building, or ABC Building, will span 67,000 square feet and cost $30 million, pulling funds from both Measure J and remaining funds from the 2002 voter-approved Measure G.  The construction project was recently completed. BSK associates provided the geotechnical investigation and geologic seismic hazards report.

 

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Hayward USD Solar Project

Bernal Park Project

Oakley Recreation Center

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Bernal Park Project

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Bernal Park, Pleasanton, CA 

The Oak Woodland trail Bernal Park project is part of a new 60-acre park in Pleasanton. The asphalt concrete trails were built on up to 10 feet of engineered fill and included underlying drainage culverts and riprap slope protection adjacent to the trails. BSK provided Geotechnical Engineering and Materials Testing Services to the project, which is a task order to an On-Call contract that BSK has held for numerous contracting periods with the City of Pleasanton, California. BSK also provided geotechnical recommendations for suitability of proposed import soil as engineered fill and performed interpretation of analytical testing for proposed import soils from over 15 different import sites. Services also included special inspection and materials testing services for various structures throughout the park.

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Oakley Recreation Center Project

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Oakley Recreation Center, Oakley, CA

The Oakley Recreation Center Project consisted of the construction of an approximately 10,000 square feet single-story building and the relocation of an existing approximately 3,000 square foot, single story modular building. Other improvements include an amphitheater, an athletic field with natural turf, new asphalt concrete paved parking and driveways, concrete flatwork, bleachers and a baseball backstop for the athletic field, fences, underground utilities, landscaping, bio-swales/infiltration basins, and a new traffic signal at O’Hara Avenue near the entrance to the site. BSK performed the geotechnical investigation for this project and provided compaction and materials testing and special inspection services during construction.

Oakley Recreation Center Project

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BSK Provided Construction Services for the Livermorium Plaza Project

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Delano Earlimart Irrigation District

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Delano Earlimart Irrigtion District Water Recharge Projects 

BSK has been working with the Delano Earlimart Irrigation District to develop their groundwater recharge projects totaling more than 300 acres of recharge facilities.  The groundwater recharge project is known as the Turnipseed Recharge Basin, which could receive water from either the District’s distribution system of from direct diversions from the White River.  This project will significant benefit the District in balancing their groundwater.  The recharge basins are located northwest of the intersection of Avenue 24 and Road 176 near Delano, California.  BSK has worked with the District Engineer, Provost and Pritchard, on this project for the last four years and we are continuing to work on this project.

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Manteca Digester Improvements

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Manteca Digester Improvements

Manteca Water Quality Control Facility Digester Improvements, Manteca, CA

As part of the City of Manteca’s overall expansion of the wastewater plant capacity from 7 million gallons per day to 20 million gallons per day and other improvements, the Manteca Water Quality Control Facility Digester improvements included construction of two new 65-foot diameter by 12-foot-deep digesters, a 6,500-square foot digester control building, underground pipelines, new paved driveways, and demolition and filling of existing drying beds. Other improvements included a flare tower and FOG (fats, oil, and grease), hydrogen sulfide, siloxane, and food processing facilities. The City has become one of the first municipalities in California to capture biogas generated at the facility, which generally is flared into the atmosphere, to fuel the City’s growing fleet of compressed natural gas vehicles, including garbage trucks.

BSK conducted the geotechnical investigation during the design process and provided materials testing services throughout construction of the project.

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BSK Award Winning Projects

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BSK Award Winning Projects

BSK Associates is proud to announce that we acted as consultants on two projects that received awards from American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC).

Award Winning Project:

Delano Earlimart Irrigation District, Water Recharge Projects, Tulare and Kern Counties, CA 

Delano Earlimart Irrigation District has been working to develop their groundwater recharge projects totaling more than 300 acres of recharge facilities. A 2022 ACEC Merit project, the groundwater recharge project is known as the Turnipseed Recharge Basin, which could receive water from the District’s distribution system from direct diversions from the White River.  This project will significantly benefit the District in balancing their groundwater.  The recharge basins are located northwest of the intersection of Avenue 24 and Road 176 near Delano, California.  BSK has worked with the District Engineer, Provost and Pritchard, on this project for the last four years with geotechnical investigations, and construction observation, and testing services.

Award Winning Project:

1,2,3-Trichloropropane (TCP) Comprehensive Remediation Design/Build Project, Atwater, CA

Design included mat foundations for GAC vessels and other equipment, retaining walls and ringwall foundation systems for backwash tanks. BSK served as the geotechnical engineer and construction materials testing consultant for this design-build project.

 

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Recharge Fresno Project 

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Recharge Fresno Project 

This is one of the largest public work projects City of Fresno has ever constructed with construction cost over $400 million dollars. BSK was involved in these projects for over 7 years, from design to construction.

Recharge Fresno Project Phases

The projects consisted of the Friant-Kern Canal Pipeline, a 4.5 mile long, 60-inch diameter water pipeline, which conveys surface water from the Friant-Kern Canal to the existing Northeast Surface Water Treatment Facility.

The second phase was the Kings River Pipeline where the pipeline is a 13-mile long, 72-inch diameter water pipeline. This section conveys surface water from the Kings River to the new Southeast Surface Water Treatment Facility.

The third phase was the Southeast Surface Water Treatment Facility. This facility treats over 54 million gallons per day of drinking water.

The fourth project was the Regional Transmissions Mains where the pipeline is a 13 miles 20-inch to 66-inch diameter pipe that conveys treated drinking water from the new Southeast Surface Water Treatment Facility to the existing smaller diameter mains.

The last project is the Recycled Water Transmissions Mains where the pipeline is a 20 miles pipeline that conveys recycled water from the Fresno-Clovis Regional Water Reclamation Facility into the City of Fresno for irrigation use and groundwater recharge.

 

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