Barnard Construction
Spring 2016
OnSite
P e o p le b u ild in g f o r P e o p le .
Outage Success at Barren Ridge Project
Valued
Subcontractors:
• Abercrombie Pipeline Services, LLC
• Summit Helicopters
•HiTE
• Surfire Consulting, Inc.
• Brent Woodward, Inc./
Longfellow Drilling
• Wasatch Electric
•PowerGrade
• Alpha Explosives
• SAE Towers
• Black & Veatch
•ZTT
• GIS Surveyors, Inc.
New triple circuit towers take shape and wire is strung through Southern California’s Green
Valley as the Barren Ridge Renewable Transmission Team nears completion of Outage #2.
O
n Transmission projects, many stakeholders are affected by an outage,
but the stakes run especially high for the power provider and the
contractor. We’re happy to report the recent successful completion of
Outage #2 on the Barren Ridge Renewable Transmission Project for the Los
Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). This was no mean feat, given that the 61-mile alignment of double and
triple circuit 230kV conductor had to cross roughly 20 miles of mountainous terrain, each tower (up to 190 feet tall) designed
and constructed to its own pitch on small, carefully tended foundations built primarily off a network of narrow dirt roads
serving existing lines in the area. Where the EPC project required new roads, a single rain event (rare yet powerful these
days) could result in a full day’s reconstruction before the string of pickups, stringing equipment, cranes and water trucks
could again snake up the mountains from Santa Clarita, California. The environmental care taken to bring an anticipated
1,100 MW of renewable energy to the Los Angeles market from solar and wind farms now fanning across the Mojave Desert
is significant. Tens of thousands of feet of straw wattles and vast quantities of silt fence have been placed as crews work
their way from foundation, to tower erection to stringing along the alignment. Project completion is slated for October 2016.
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Barnard Wins Top AGC Award
HDD at PG&E Project
Gavin Tasker BD Rep
Notables
Meet Our New Employees
Lake Mead L3PS Update
Wedding Bells
Barnard’s “Next Generation”
Barnard Thrilled to Receive Best Project Award
notables
In February, Barnard
received the National
Utility Contractors
Association’s (NUCA’s)
William H. Feather
Safety Award.
On March 17, 2016,
the Greater Los
Angeles African
American Chamber
of Commerce
(GLAAACC)
recognized Barnard
as its 2016 Public
Works Contractor of
the Year. Barnard has
now been recognized
for this award eight
times since 2001,
most recently in 2015.
O
ur Blue Lake Expansion Project Team was honored on March 10 to have
Blue Lake named the Associated General Contractors of America’s “most
impressive construction project of 2015,” earning the nation’s Grand Award at
the AGC’s annual awards ceremony held this year in San Antonio, Texas. Selected by a
jury of peers, the Blue Lake Project also received the AGC’s Alliant Build America best
project in the Federal and Heavy Renovation category and a Merit Award for Partnering
Excellence. In addition, Barnard, in a joint venture with D.A. Collins Construction Co.,
Inc., won the AGC Alliant Best Project in the Utility Infrastructure Renovation category for
the Gilboa Dam and Associated Facilities Reconstruction Project. We’d like to thank
all stakeholders on both projects for the support, cooperation, insistence on quality, and
attention to safety they offered throughout the course of these challenging projects.
Replacing Pipe – Working with Neighborhoods
T
here are times when a town’s
network of more recently
constructed underground utilities
presents such a challenging web to
safely work around that horizontal
directional drilling (HDD) becomes
the method of choice in placing new
gas pipeline segments. Such has
been the case recently for Barnard’s
project in the small Northern California
community of Live Oak. For several
months, one of our Pacific Gas and Crews working in the Live Oak community in Northern California.
Electric Company (PG&E) Gas Transmission Construction Alliance crews has been working
through Live Oak’s residential neighborhoods, scheduling around school hours and rush hours
on busy California Hwy 99, which cuts through the middle of town. The longest HDD segment
of 8-inch ID pipe placed was 1,000 LF. Pictured above, the 460 LF welded and coated pipe
segment is being jeeped prior to pull-back that will cross under Hwy 99. Brotherton Pipeline,
Inc. performed the HDD drilling, G&C/APS Joint Venture provided the local skilled labor and
Traffic Management Inc. (TMI) was instrumental in working with traffic control and fostering
good neighbor relations. This is one of 11 projects Barnard has underway with PG&E at present.
Gavin Tasker Joins Business Development Team
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arnard is pleased to announce that Gavin Tasker has joined
our Business Development Team. Gavin joined Barnard
shortly after earning a B.S. in Construction Management from
Oregon State University. During his 14-plus years in the field
with Barnard, he has worked in a variety of disciplines and led
teams that have received national recognition in construction
excellence and Partnering. Based out of our Home Office in
Bozeman, Montana, he will be seeking opportunities for new
work in heavy-civil, dams and reservoirs, and hydropower.
Gavin can be reached at (406) 586-1995 or gavin.tasker@
barnard-inc.com.
Gavin Tasker
ins ide Bar n a r d
Meet Our New Employees
Andrew Baldwin,
Project Engineer
Louisiana State University
B.S., Construction Management
Currently, Andy is estimating at the Home
Office in Bozeman.
Forrest “Dean” German,
Project Superintendent
Dean brings to Barnard more than 30 years’
experience in concrete and RCC, working from
Operator to Batch Plant Superintendent. He
joins our Muskrat Falls Team in Muskrat Falls,
Labrador.
Joshua Baratta,
Project Engineer
Colorado State University
B.S., Construction Management
A former Barnard intern, Joshua recently
joined our PG&E Team in Northern
California.
Philip Goffena,
Project Engineer
Montana Tech of the University of Montana
B.S., Petroleum Engineering
Phil recently joined the PG&E Team in
Northern California.
Nicholas Bowerman,
Sr. Project Engineer
Northeastern University
B.A., Environmental Geology
Nick recently joined our Lake Mead Team
in Southern Nevada.
Jesse Jacob,
Project Engineer
State University of New York at Delhi
B.T., Construction Management/Design Build
Jesse recently joined the Barren Ridge Team
in Southern California.
Bill Briggs,
Project Engineer
State University of New York at Delhi
B.S., Construction Management /
Design Build
Currently, Bill is estimating at the
Home Office in Bozeman.
Matt Mabrey,
Project Engineer
Louisiana State University
B.S., Construction Management
Matt recently joined our Boone Dam Team
in Tennessee.
Kerry Byrnes,
Writer / Editor
Montana State University
B.A., English Writing
Kerry joined the Marketing Team at the
Home Office in Bozeman.
Clark Nelson,
Substation Manager
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
B.S., Industrial Engineering
Clark is currently estimating at the Home
Office in Bozeman.
Jordan Dickson,
Safety Educator
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
B.S., Occupational Safety & Health
Jordan recently joined the PG&E Team in
Northern California.
Taylor Shillingburg,
Project Engineer
Montana State University
B.S., Business Management
A former Barnard intern, Taylor joined the
PG&E Team in Northern California.
Ryan Englert,
Project Engineer
Montana Tech of the University of Montana
B.S., Petroleum Engineering
Ryan is currently estimating at our Home
Office in Bozeman.
Earl Whitehurst,
Safety Manager
Elizabeth City State University
B.A., Industrial Arts and Technology
Earl brings 29 years of Safety expertise to our
Smithland Hydro Team in Kentucky.
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Lake Mead L3PS Access Shaft and Well Sinking Underway
A recent dawn at the Lake Mead Intake
No. 3 Low Lake Level Pumping Station
(L3PS) Project shows progress in drilling and
placing 35-ft. well casings for the first 10 of
the 34-each, 500-ft.-deep wells that will house
submersible pumps. On the left, the location
of the 26-ft.-finished-diameter access shaft
is evidenced by the shaft headframe and the
shaft cover it stands over. Currently, our shaft
excavation has reached 130 ft. deep, nearly all
of which has been concrete lined. The 525-ft.deep shaft will provide access for construction
of a forebay beneath the wells. This Southern
Nevada Water Authority project, designed by
MW/Hill A Joint Venture, also includes an
above-ground pumping station, still in the
design phase. Barnard is also participating in
this phase through a CMAR Pre-construction
Services contract.
Barnard’s “Next Generation”
Wedding Bells
Baby girl born to Shon and Desiree McDougall. Berlin Estella McDougall
was born on Jan. 6, 2016, weighing 6 lbs. 13 oz.
Jevin Wallander and Katie Peterson
were married on Feb. 29, 2016, in
Bozeman, Montana.
Baby girl born to John and Jennifer Doerr. Amelia Carmela Doerr was born
on Jan. 29, 2016, weighing 6 lbs. 13 oz.