Putting nature first

Article Abstract:

The Los Vaqueros reservoir and dam project near Brentwood, CA, is the recipient of the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement award for 1999. Los Vaqueros is the first major water project to be built in California since the late 1980s after the Contra Costa Water District (CCWD) was able to obtain the 100 permits required for its construction. Built at a cost of $450 million, the dam supplies fresh drinking water to more than 400,000 residents and 28 industrial customers in Contra Costa County. Los Vaqueros has also improved CCWD's emergency water supply from three days to three to six months.

Public works, California, Dams, Reservoirs, Reservoirs (Water), Northern California

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Rehab helps Columbus celebrate anniversary

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AmeriFlora 1992 is a world exposition marking the centennial of Columbus's journey to America. It features a newly renovated and expanded Franklin Park Conservatory, a 100-year-old structure designed after the Glass House at the 1893 World's Fair. The new structure, renovated for $15 million, consists of a stacked-stone rubble wall with a glass roofing. The project team met several construction difficulties. For instance, it had to rebuild the west entry from old photographs since the original plans had been lost.

Buildings and facilities, AmeriFlora

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Preserving an American treasure

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This article recounts the historic and outstanding civil engineering feat of relocating the 130-year-old Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in North Carolina. This project deployed an array of expertise from construction, engineering, and preservation areas and consisted of 22 types of technical experts to restore the national treasure.

United States, Engineering, Achievements and awards, Natural monuments, Cape Hatteras

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