Engineering Project Updates

May Nissen Park Awarded CPRS District 3 Outstanding Park

We are so excited for our client Livermore Area Recreation and Park District – LARPD who received the CPRS District 3 Outstanding Park award for May Nissen Park. We loved creating this magical (literally, it is fairy-tale themed) park with LARPD! May Nissen Playground is a 1.88-acre playground in Livermore, CA adjacent to a local […]

EmPOWERment Park Awarded $6.28 Million in Prop 68 Funding

In amazing news this week, our client, the Sacramento Parks Foundation, was awarded $6,280,000 in Prop 68 funds for EmPOWERment Park! This amazing park in Sacramento County will include a parking lot with 11 ADA spaces, a round-a-bout, a drop-off zone, welcome signage and a tactile park map, a community garden, a storage shed, an […]

Earlimart Neighborhood Park Awarded the California Park & Recreation Society Award of Excellence

Earlimart Neighborhood Park received the California Park & Recreation Society Award of Excellence for Neighborhood Class 1 in the Excellence in Park Planning & Development category. This four-acre park is a progressive joint-use facility (between the County and the Earlimart Unified School District) in a very small country town. It is the town’s first and […]

“MoRo” Music Garden Project Featured in the Modesto Bee

The Modesto Bee recently featured an article on the “MoRo” Music Garden. As a part of our “25 Years, 25 Acts” program, O’Dell is currently donating design services for this project which includes a conceptual master plan and improvement plans for a music garden adjacent to the Foster Family Theater in the Gallo Center for […]

Cultural Arts District Park Awarded ASLA CA Sierra Chapter 2018 Merit Award

Cultural Arts District Park received the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) California Sierra Chapter 2018 Merit Award. Cultural Arts District Park is a unique and technologically advanced ode to the diverse artistic & cultural community of Fresno. Designed to foster creativity, support healthy living, and provide a gathering place that residents can cherish, this space is […]

Earlimart Neighborhood Park Awarded ASLA CA Sierra Chapter 2018 Honor Award & APWA Central CA Chapter 2018 Public Works Project of the Year Award

Earlimart Neighborhood Park received the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) California Sierra Chapter 2018 Honor Award and the American Public Works Association (APWA) Central California Chapter 2018 Public Works Project of the Year Award. This four-acre park is a progressive joint-use facility (between the County and the Earlimart Unified School District) in a very small country town. […]

O’Dell to Begin Work on Clovis Dog Park Master Plan

O’Dell Engineering was recently awarded the City of Clovis Dog Park Master Plan project. As described in this news video, the City of Clovis is impassioned about the future of dog parks in the City.  Clovis is a pedestrian friendly City with gorgeous recreational trails and many park features. With over 100,000 citizens in the […]

O’Dell Engineering Providing Survey Technology Services for Facebook’s Silicon Valley Campus

Facebook is growing, and we’re not just talking about the social networking website. After moving into their new Frank Gehry designed headquarters MPK 20 in 2015, Facebook is expanding westward across a very complex and congested site. O’Dell Engineering has been contracted to survey and map existing utilities using a “technology-first” approach involving a combination […]

Stanislaus County West Modesto Sewer Infrastructure Project Featured in the Modesto Bee

The Modesto Bee recently featured an article on the Stanislaus County West Modesto Infrastructure Project. The goal of this project is to design and install sanitary sewer mains to provide wastewater service to individual homes in three neighborhoods in West Modesto (shown in graphic below). It is estimated that the project will include the installation of […]