Condor and the Stanislaus County Department of Environmental Resources would like to thank APCCO, Ratto Bros., Donlee Pump Co., Hilmar Cheese, and Sconza Candy for their generous donations to this workshop. We would also like to thank all of you who were able to attend and for your valuable feedback. Attendee feedback on the Stanislaus CUPA Programs Workshop 2013 presented on March 21st indicates that it was a rousing success. We know your time is valuable and we hope you were able to take something back to your organization that will improve your safety and process efficiency.

Condor is proud to announce the opening of our newest office in Roseville, CA effective May 1st, 2012. Joining our staff at the Roseville office are Mr. Carter Redding and Mr. Stewart Workman. Our office is located at 210 Estates Drive, Suite 208 Roseville, CA 95678 near the Interstate 80 and Douglas Boulevard interchange. The Roseville number is (916) 783-2060. This exciting addition brings the environmental health, safety and chemical risk management business of the former Oscar Larson & Associates Roseville office to Condor. We will now have the opportunity to add our core services of environmental consulting and geotechnical engineering to the greater Sacramento region.

Condor is currently providing earthwork quality control and concrete testing services for the Eight Mile Road Grade Separation Project in North Stockton and the Sperry Road Extension near French Camp. The Eight Mile Road project consists of two overpasses and one underpass which will provide for continued traffic flow between Interstate 5 and Highway 99. The improvements provide three grade separations for two railroad lines that continue south through Stockton. Condor’s client is Psomas Construction Management and the project is funded by the City of Stockton and Measure K.

Authors of the recent technical article, “Movement of Water Infiltrated from a Recharge Basin to Wells”, in the journal Ground Water cited Condor’s work to measure induced recharge at the La Morada Detention Basin. The work was managed by Jeff Willett, PE; Gio Del Papa, PE; and Tony Mazzei, GE; in 2004 - 2009 for the City of Stockton. Condor installed transducers to measure the water elevations in a basin and calculated the rate of infiltration. This data was used by the authors David R. O’Leary, John A. Izbicki, Jean E. Moran, Tanya Meeth, Brandon Nakagawa, Loren Metzger, Chris Bonds, and Michael J. Singleton of the USGS and other organizations to measure pressure changes and transport of recharged water to a nearby municipal supply well. See the link below for the full article.

An innovative and environmentally friendly paving technique is being tried on one of San Jose's most pothole-infested roads -- and cities across the Bay Area are watching to see if the same method could save them millions of dollars and allow them to repave dozens of other roads.

Condor is a recognized industry leader in the application of full-depth reclamation using foam asphalt technology for reconstruction of existing rural and city roadways. Full-depth reclamation, more commonly called FDR, is the technique of pulverizing the existing pavement and underlying base materials with the addition of various additives including asphaltic oil, cement, and lime. This method builds a new stabilized base upon which new asphaltic concrete (AC) can be overlain. Condor has particular expertise in this process using hot asphalt, the technique commonly known as foam asphalt.

Many believe that summer is the busy construction season. Not for Oakdale Irrigation District and Condor. The Upper South Main Canal is among several capital improvement projects currently underway by OID. The improvements to the Upper South Main Canal will improve reliability and decrease seepage losses of the nearly 100-year-old canal that supplies a majority of OID water deliveries. The most recent phase of those improvements was performed over the 2009-2010 winter. The project included shotcrete lining of unlined canal and tunnels sections, improvement of existing linings in deteriorated areas, and new structural support of the canal in unstable canyon areas. Condor provided plans and specifications, resident engineering services, contract conformance review, and construction quality assurance inspections and testing.

Congratulations to the San Joaquin County Capital Projects Division for receiving the Project of the Year Award from the National American Public Works Association. The recognition was given for the successful completion of the design-build green construction project for the new six-story County Administration building located in downtown Stockton, California. The building received the coveted LEED Gold Accreditation for efficient energy use, use of recycled land, materials, and other green building features.