MBC wins Folsom Dam Project (Sacramento Bee)
Sacramento contractor Martin Brothers Construction has been awarded a $62.6 million contract by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to continue flood-control improvements at Folsom Dam.
The project is a joint effort between Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It involves building a new 3,000-foot-long concrete spillway adjacent to the existing main dam so that American River flood waters can be evacuated faster from the reservoir.
Expected to be completed by 2015 at a cost of $1.5 billion, it is Sacramento's largest and most important flood-control project.
The contract with Martin Brothers Construction is the second in a series of major construction phases for the project. It includes additional spillway excavation, construction of a stilling basin coffer dam, relocation of a 42-inch water supply pipeline, and access roads. The work will be completed in fall 2010, to be followed by additional building phases.
For more information, visit http://www.usbr.gov/mp/jfp/index.html.
By Matt Weiser
mweiser@sacbee.com
Published: Tuesday, Apr. 28, 2009 - 11:50 am
Last Modified: Tuesday, Apr. 28, 2009 - 12:24 pm
