Delivered $549,947 under budget and 30 days ahead of schedule

This project extended from the Federal Bureau of Prisons on Wilmot Road north to the Julian Wash, in Tucson. The project included sewer carrier pipe ranging in size from 8" to 30". To cross under Interstate 10 a 600+ foot-long, 60-inch diameter casing was installed to house the 30” sewer pipe. KE&G used two construction crews at once to build the sewer line out of sequence for maximum efficiency. This project allowed for the installation of two types of “test” manholes that provided analysis of corrosion-resistant manholes that do not require coatings. KE&G services evolved from pre-construction phase assistance & facilitation to assuming the responsibility for project completion on time, safely and within budget.

$161,054 below the Guaranteed Maximum Price and 16 days ahead of schedule

KE&G's Final Project Value: $644,788.

Arthur Pack Reclaimed Water Line was a Construction Manager at Risk project for Pima County Wastewater Management Department. The project consisted of installation of a 12” reclaimed main and a valve station in the vicinity of the intersection of Thornydale and Overton Roads, a major intersection in northwest Pima County. The line ran west along Overton Road to provide reclaimed water to the existing pond at the Arthur Pack Golf Course. The valve station was installed adjacent to the intersection of Overton and Thornydale to monitor and control the line's flow.

KE&G joined the team when the design was approximately 95% complete. During pre-construction, the team was able to analyze information and alter plans for substantial savings related to plant relocation and carrier pipe costs. Specifically, the team altered the project's planned alignment to avoid removal and replacement of existing desert vegetation. Since the project ran through a naturally vegetated area in a County park, there was great concern regarding potential landscape displacement and aesthetics. The final pipeline realignment resulted in both a cost savings for plant relocation as well as minimal disruption to natural vegetation within the project limits. The pre-construction phase also allowed the team to conduct a price comparison of carrier pipe composition. This key design change provided a savings of approximately 20-25%.

This project was started prior to 100% plan release as we were able to establish the location of approximately 3200 lineal feet of pipe. Teamwork, open communication and solid construction coordination were critical for the Arthur Pack project since it involved multiple jurisdictions and entities. Pima County administered/inspected the entire project; however, City of Tucson would inspect and retain possession of the first 117 lineal feet of pipe and the valve station. Pima County Wastewater Department would retain ownership of approximately 3200 lineal feet of pipe and the outfall. The entire project was being completed for Pima County Parks and Recreation which provided water to the pond at Arthur Pack Golf Course. During construction, coordination with Pima County Parks and Recreation as well as the manager of the golf course, Crooked Tree Golf Partners, was essential as approximately one-half of the project was adjacent to the course.

Through detailed planning and an open and collaborative environment, this signal was designed, constructed and operational in just 60 days.

The Camino Casa Verde intersection at La Cañada Drive in Green Valley required design and installation of a traffic signal in a very short timeframe. KE&G was advised that a signal was required at the intersection on March 13, 2006. A meeting was held the following day with the designer and Pima County to discuss the scope of work and design was started. Within two weeks and prior to completion of the design, work began on the project. The traffic signal was installed and functional for an opening ceremony on May 10, 2006.

Completed 25 percent ahead of schedule and in time for the Tucson Bicycle Classic – a major cycling event held on October 1 that traveled through Gates Pass. Recognized by Roads & Bridges magazine and the American Council of Engineering Companies.

Gates Pass Road is one of only two roadways that cross the Tucson Mountains, providing access to several residences and popular cultural/tourist attractions. Prior to the widening project completed by KE&G in 2005, the roadway width varied between 24 and 18 feet of pavement with little or no shoulder, no parallel drainage ditches, poor sight distances, and many sharp curves.

The project - performed for the Pima County Department of Transportation - included widening the narrow corridor, geotechnical and rock-blasting work, native plant salvage, environmental mitigation and storm water prevention. Visual sensitivity to the unique surroundings was also a top priority. The team stained the rock cuts to match the surrounding rock outcrops and the slopes were re-vegetated to make the finished rock slopes appear as natural as possible. Roads & Bridges magazine labeled Gates Pass “perhaps the most complex [project] on the Top 10 list ” because of the steep, narrow roadway and technical nature of the job.

The Gates Pass Road Safety Improvement Project was ranked third among the country’s Top 10 Roads by Roads & Bridges magazine in its October 2006 issue. The $524,000, half-mile project outranked three others valued at more than $140 million each, including a major reconstruction of 2.5 miles of Interstate 40 in Tennessee.

The Gates Pass project also won a 2006 Engineering Excellence Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Arizona.

KE&G Value: $900,000, funded by the Regional Transportation Authority plan. As each JOC project is negotiated to a lump sum prior to Notice to Proceed (NTP), cost savings were realized for Pima County due to the early completion date and asphalt cross section modification. To date, the KE&G project team has completed over 8 similar intersection improvement projects, all of which have been completed on or ahead of schedule.

Pima County and KE&G's Job Order Contract team began work on the La Cholla and Overton intersection on April 30, 2007. The project, originally slated to take 10 weeks to complete, was finished five weeks ahead of schedule on June 1st.

The La Cholla and Overton intersection is located in one of the fastest growing regions in northwest Pima County. Capacity and safety improvements were sorely needed, due to the burgeoning residential housing developments and roadway traffic of approximately 19,000 cars a day.

The intersection safety improvement project consisted of signalization of the intersection, curb and gutter installation, Right-of-Way fencing, drainage along roadways (rip rap and decomposed granite), and ADA compliant handicap ramps. In addition to raising the intersection a total of two feet to facilitate storm water run-off, crews also widened the road to accommodate dedicated right and left turn lanes and reconstructed sewer manholes.

The project enhanced the traveling public’s safety, improved the existing roadway and devised many cost-saving strategies in the process.

KE&G and the team used many innovative approaches on this complex project:
* Atypical traffic control: All traffic was routed around the outside boundaries of the intersection, allowing work in the center of the intersection to be completed with minimal disruption.

* Intersection grade design: In order to alleviate storm water pools within the intersection, KE&G proposed a change in the original design: rather than multiple lifts of asphaltic concrete to achieve a required elevation change, KE&G proposed a typical pavement cross-section of 5" of asphalt on 4" of aggregate base course. This design transformation would effectively save time and money on the intersection in the short and long term.

* Cast in place manhole process: Of the project's nine manholes requiring restructure, four were located in the center of the intersection. As the intersection was built up to the rough grade stage, cast-in-place manhole adjustments were being installed concurrently to achieve manhole heights meeting rough grade.

KE&G's swift emergency response and repair to the Speedway Boulevard sinkhole in absence of a contract is a reflection of the Company's core values of integrity, accountability, excellence and reliability.

Total KE&G Project Value: $775,000.

On Saturday, September 7, 2002 a large sinkhole formed near the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind on Speedway Boulevard. For a week, Pima County Wastewater Management Department (PC WMD) utilized an existing emergency services contract -- not with KE&G -- to attempt to halt the sewage discharge into the Santa Cruz River. On Saturday afternoon, September 14th, PC WMD personnel contacted KE&G and requested assistance in plugging the line and repairing /replacing damaged piping. At the time, PC WMD was not sure how KE&G would be contracted for the work. Despite the project uncertainty, KE&G mobilized personnel and equipment to the site on Sunday and were successful in the inserting a line plug, stopping the sewage flow within 48 hours. KE&G worked multiple crews 24/7 to determine the extent of damage and replace lines lost to the sinkhole, as well as downstream pipe that had deteriorated beyond salvage. KE&G was ultimately paid as a subcontractor to the emergency services contractor.

This Camino Del Sol project was a continuation of the Mission-Twin Buttes to Continental project, completed a year earlier.

KE&G Project Value: $386,225 – Within budget and ahead of schedule.

The scope of this project included full width overlay of approximately 1.5 miles of Camino Del Sol from Mission-Twin Buttes to Camino Encanto in Green Valley, Arizona. Initially KE&G was to provide traffic control to Pima County to allow for their crews to re-stripe the roadway to create bike lanes. Within minutes of removing the existing striping, Pima County observed the existing asphalt starting to fail, and the project was put on hold. One week later, KE&G was contacted by Pima County to prepare an estimate for a chip seal, micro seal and possibly a road overlay. Several subsequent scope discussions resulted in Pima County providing an aerial plan of the project showing the new striping and KE&G providing an estimate to the County. Within two weeks, KE&G started the project which now included three days of asphalt placement and two days of traffic control to allow Pima County to place the striping. KE&G crews were responsible for placing 5,000 tons of asphalt during three days of paving.