USA they are working , they have to ensure the runoff water is filtered before it discharges into the storm drain .
By far the biggest challenge , though , is dealing with the unknown utlities . “ Davis used to be a farm town ,” explains Hanak . “ It ’ s very hard to find any type of history of what ’ s actually in the ground , so we tend to encounter many unknown utilities . It ’ s one of the largest things that hinders us during an excavation .”
The solution is forward planning , says Hanak . “ We have to overcome that by locating [ the unknown utilities ] before we start our actual pipelines operation . We transfer that information to the engineer and the engineer then goes to check his records . If there are any differences , he makes changes in advance well before we get there so that we ’ re not delayed .”
The project has just reached its first milestone – connecting to the system transporting water from the river to the regional water treatment plant in Woodland – and is on track to complete at least 30 days earlier than expected , all within budget .
Hanak is delighted not only by the progress of the project , but by the agency ’ s response . “ Many agencies take it for granted when you have a good contractor on the project . It ’ s really nice when they step out of the cloud and say these guys are doing a terrific job , and let the public know that . The city has done that for us . They ’ ve become more of a team member . Everybody ’ s become one to reach a certain goal , and that ’ s what we ’ ve done .”
Company Information
NAME
Ghilotti Construction Company Inc .
INDUSTRY
Construction
HEADQUARTERS
246 Ghilotti Avenue , Santa Rosa , California , USA , 95407
FOUNDED
1914
WEBSITE www . ghilotti . com 119