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Feb. 3, 2010
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure to Receive Project of Year Honors
for Freeport Facility
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) - The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is honoring
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc. for its work on the Freeport
Regional Water Intake project in Sacramento, CA. The $121 million
project won honors as the Sacramento section's 2010 Outstanding
Engineering Project Award in the water/wastewater category.
Balfour
Beatty Infrastructure began construction of the intake and pumping
plant in December 2006. The intake has a capacity of 185 million
gallons per day and will use eight 2000-horsepower motors to move water
from the Sacramento River into an 84-inch raw water pipeline. The team
is the process of building the Vineyard Surface Water Treatment Plant,
which the Freeport facility will supply. Balfour Beatty Infrastructure
will receive the award during a banquet Feb. 17 at the Hyatt Regency in
Sacramento.
"This is just one in a series of huge water and
wastewater infrastructure jobs our Western region team has undertaken
in recent years," said Jim Moynihan, president and CEO of Balfour
Beatty Infrastructure. "These are highly complex projects, so getting
this kind of recognition means a lot to us. Our people can be very
proud of this accomplishment, which will have a meaningful impact on
the community for many years to come."
The project called for
four large-diameter surge tanks, a sedimentation collection system, a
new substation, state-of-the-art fish screens, and tunnels bored under
I-5 and Freeport Boulevard. The team also gave considerable attention
to the building's aesthetics, constructing glass walls, a structural
steel frame with decorated concrete and a wall for displaying art.
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc. delivers
industry-leading civil engineering and construction expertise for
transportation and water infrastructure projects throughout the United
States. With more than 1,000 employees in major operations in
California, the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia and Texas, Balfour Beatty
Infrastructure boasts annual revenues of more than $400 million. An
award-winning contractor, Balfour Beatty Infrastructure recently
received the AGC of America's 2008 Marvin M. Black Excellence in
Partnering Award and is recognized by Engineering News-Record as one of
the "Top 20 Transportation Contractors" and "Top 50 Domestic Heavy
Contractors" for 2009. Balfour Beatty Infrastructure is part of Balfour
Beatty plc, a global engineering, construction, services and investment
business organization specializing in large infrastructure and building
programs.
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