Renewable Energy
THREE CEDAR SOLAR PROJECTS M.A. MORTENSON-CEDAR CITY, UT
Three Cedar Projects consisted of 2,200 acres of solar finish grading. Gilbert Development’s fleet of equipment maintained a aggressive schedule based on 20,000 cubic yards of material moved per day. Approximately 1.5 million cubic yards where moved. Also consisted of 350,000 tons of road aggregate crushed and transported to the locations. Over a million gallons of water used per day.
RED HILLS SWINERTON-PAROWAN, UT
Red Hills Swinerton project was a 600 Acre, 80 mega watt solar field consist of all solar field grading, road access, off site improvements, electrical trenching, installation, backfill, finish grading pile driving. Due to the remote site we crushed all aggregates and placed aggregate for roads, buildings, substations, pads, etc.
MILFORD FLAT-MILFORD, UT
Milford Flat project included but was not limited to construction, dust control, earthwork, and on/off site road maintenance.
LAHO SOLAR-MILFORD, UT
Laho Solar project included but was not limited to construction, dust control, earthwork, and on/off site road maintenance.
GREENVILLE SOLAR-GREENVILLE, UT
Greenville Solar project included but was not limited to construction, dust control, earthwork, and on/off site road maintenance.
GRANITE PEAK SOLAR-MILFORD, UT
Granite Peak Solar project included but was not limited to construction, dust control, earthwork, and on/off site road maintenance.
CEDAR VALLEY SOLAR-CEDAR CITY, UT
Cedar Valley Solar project included but was not limited to construction, dust control, earthwork, and on/off site road maintenance.
BUCKHORN SOLAR-IRON CO, UT
Buckhorn Solar project included but was not limited to construction, dust control, earthwork, and on/off site road maintenance.
Dewatering
TWENTY-NINE PALMS: 100 YEAR FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT
Required the dewatering of existing ponds and wetlands to expand capacity of retention ponds to utilize the area for dual purposes: 80 acres of parks/retention ponds along with five (5) miles of Trapezoid Drainage Channels. Diverted channels and excavated bottoms with Excavators and six-wheel drive articulated trucks. Excavated approximately 500,000 cy.
For: Army Corps of Engineers Contact: Gil Salinas, Valley Grading San Diego, CA
Contract: $4.5 million CO: Channel redesign
ALAMO DAM WEIR
While building a weir dam across the Bill Williams River, the entire river was diverted around the building-site, coffer dams were put into place to help keep water out, while 24 hours of continual pumping was maintained using (3) 8” Godwyn diesel pumps and miles of culvert.
For: Army Corps of Engineers Contact: Gil Salinas, Valley Grading San Diego, CA
Contract: $1 million CO: None
MT. LION ORE PIT
Dewatering of Iron Ore Pit was maintained 24 hours to keep pit dry for the purpose of extracting Iron Ore from the pit. Water was pumped through 5 miles of HDPE pipe to a retention pond outside of the extracting zone.
LINCOLN LIFT STATION
Dewatering system was set up around the perimeter of the project to remove the ground water in order for the lift station to be constructed. De-watering extended 40 ft. deep and utilized over (30) 3″ pumps.
For: Clark County Sewer District Contact: Blanchard Construction
Contract: $2 million CO: None
Buildings
CR&S / KOMATSU EQUIPMENT SHOP AND OFFICE
Erected 50,000 SF Steel Building and 10,000 SF Office, complete with earthwork, utilities, concrete and ancillary buildings.
DESERT CORRECTIONAL FACILITY (PRISON)
General Engineering and General Contractor for a complete Prison compound with excavation, paving, utilities, buildings, guard towers. ($36 Million)
MANUFACTURING & SHOP FACILITY WITH MAINTENANCE & STORAGE BUILDINGS
Complete Manufacturing and support facility spread over 10 acres, with Steel Fab buildings, pavement.
BAPTIST CHURCH
($1 Million)
MERVYN’S DEPARTMENT STORE
($6 Million)
SUTTER HILL SHOPPING CENTER
General Contractor ($40 Million)
Mining
I-70 INTERSTATE
UDOT Project under Ball Ball Brosamer. Crushed, washed and produced one million (1,000,000) tons of concrete rock products for Ball Ball Brosamer to maintain a rate of twelve thousand (12,000) cubic yards of concrete a day on the interstate.
Contract: $32 Million
Screening and washing process required use of:
2 – 600 ton/hour crushing/screening plants
8 x 20 Three (3) Deck with Twin 48” screws and
3 x 16 Three (3) Deck with a 36” screw
COMSTOCK IRON MINES
Extracted iron ore from pit, transported it to crusher and crushed iron ore from 3′ minus down to 3/8” minus, at a rate of 8,000 to 9,000 tons a day. Designed pilot plants and took lead in engineering oversight for design of concentrate plant for Geneva Steel. Maintained this rate for approximately 10 years while under contract with USX Corporation and Geneva Steel, and then currently for the past year for CML Metals Corporation.
For: Geneva Steel, US Steel, Palladon Ventures, CML Metals Corporation
Contract: $20 million per year, long term contract
Screening and washing process required use of:
1200 ton/hour crushing plant
2 – 6 x16 Three (3) Deck screen
Magnet Separators
6 x 16 Two (2) Deck with 36” screw
THE LEDGES
An on-site crushing project to produce UDOT Specifications Road Base Material from oversized natural material on the project. Oversized Material crushed to ¾” UDOT Spec Road Base at a rate of 450 tons per hour.
Private Sub-Division Project RA McKell Construction.
Screening process consisted in the use of:
6356 Crush Boss Primary Plant
Material Processing
ENTRADA
An on-site crushing project to produce 6” minus material from oversized HARD lava rock, at the rate of 400 tons per hour for the use of structural fill on the project.
Private Sub-Division Project.
For: Split Rock St. George, UT
Screening process consisted in the use of:
4142 Closed Circuit Crush Boss™ Plant
BELLA VISTA
An on-site crushing project to produce 6” minus material from oversized HARD Basalt lava rock, at the rate of 400 tons per hour for the use of structural fill on the project.
For: Ence Construction St. George, UT (150,000 Tons)
Private Sub-Division Project
Screening process consisted in the use of:
6356 Crush Boss Primary Plant (200,000 Tons)
CORAL CANYON-AREA 3
An on-site crushing project to produce 6” minus material from oversized HARD lava rock, at the rate of 400 tons per hour for the use of structural fill on the project (over 700,000 Tons).
Private Sub-Division Project
$28 Million General Engineering Contract
Screening process consisted in the use of:
6356 Crush Boss Primary Plant
AGGREGATE PIT / WASH PLANTS
Each gravel pit produced spec materials of different sizes. Production rates where determined on supply and demand of our clients, which ranged from 250,000 tons per year to 750,000 tons.
Operated several commercial gravel pits in the following cities:
Cedar City, Utah Bulldog Road Pit
Hurricane, Utah SR9 Gravel Pit
Las Vegas, Nevada Lone Mountain Pit
Sunrise Mountain Pit
Earth Embankments
TWENTY-NINE PALMS
100 Year Flood Control Project
For: Army Corps of Engineers Contact: Gil Salinas, Valley Grading San Diego, CA
Contract: $4.5 million CO: Channel redesign
ALAMO DAM WEIR
The weir dam consisted of building a dam with excavation to revile bedrock, placing zone specific aggregates, and placement of concrete.
For: Army Corps of Engineers Contact: Gil Salinas, Valley Grading San Diego, CA
Contract: $1 million CO: None
DETENTION PONDS-STORM WATER STORAGE
Many of our projects required the construction of storm water detention ponds to hold storm water collection on-site with the ability to control release the water when needed.
Valley View Medical Center, Dixie Regional Medical Center, Coral Canyon Area 3, Elim Valley, O’Sullivan’s and Orgill have all had similar structures to accommodate 100 year floods in a desert landscape.
LINCOLN LIFT STATION
Excavate with 5 cy dragline on Einsley crane, stabilize floor with cobble and install floating concrete slab.
For: Clark County Sewer District Contact: Blanchard Construction
Contract: $2 million CO: None
HDPE Pipelines
COMSTOCK IRON MINES
Five miles of 6” diameter HDPE pipeline was installed to transfer water from the excavation site of pit to a storage pond located out of the construction zone.
For: Geneva Steel, US Steel, Palladon Ventures Contact: John Cutler, CEO 801-521-5252, CML Metals Corporation
Contract: $20 million per year, long term contract CO: None
ELIM VALLEY
Miles of HDPE pipe of all sizes along with valves and fittings were installed for the whole sub-division located in the Hurricane City limits. Sizes ranged from 6” to 24”.
Private Sub-Division
Hurricane, UT
We currently have 5 certified HDPE installers and a number of trained installers.
Concrete Work
CERRO COPPER
Extensive footings and finish slab for furnaces and complete 300,000 sq. ft. copper finishing plant.
Private Manufacturing Facility
Cedar City, UT
I-70
Provided spec materials to on-site batch plant, 12-13,000 cy per shift for freeway expansion. (2000 million tons in six months).
CEDAR CITY MANUFACTURING FACILITY
Structural Concrete, building slabs, footings for manufacturing facility.
CR&S / KOMATSU EQUIPMENT SHOP FACILITY
Structural Concrete, building slabs, footings for manufacturing facility.
DESERT CORRECTIONAL CENTER
Complete Concrete Lining for all sewer detention reservoirs.
ALAMO DAM
Concrete for Corp of Engineers for weir across Bill Williams River.
Wetlands Mitigation
TWENTY-NINE PALMS
Existing wetlands on this project were extended to provide water retention area to be used as park. 100 Year Flood Control Project.
For: Army Corps of Engineers Contact: Gil Salinas, Valley Grading San Diego, CA
Contract: $4.5 million CO: Channel redesign
CORAL CANYON-AREA 2,3,4,6 and 14
Parks were developed with contouring property with rolling hills, placement of topsoil and planted for grass. Mitigation of Do Not Disturb protected areas with reclamation of areas that had to be disturbed and put back to original conditions.
Private Sub-division (Approximately $35 Million)
Engineering
GDC has contracted and overseen engineering for a number of projects. With in house design and surveying services available. GDC has also worked under the direction of Owners Engineers to assist them in completing projects on time and in budget.