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Sequoia Elementary School

Continuing our effort in improving communities, especially for youth, we are providing design services for the Sequoia Elementary School in Manteca, CA. Using our expertise in irrigation retrofit design and systems, we kept the design simple and anticipated future improvements in our plans. Our innate understanding of the review process by the Division of the […]

UC Berkeley Campus Strawberry Creek Restoration

When damage from new construction activity necessitated a planting restoration at this site, O’Dell Engineering, a Westwood company was approached to provide landscape design services to replant a riparian area west of the Women’s Faculty Club on the UC Berkeley campus. We navigated the challenges of an existing steep slope to a creek and a […]

UC Merced Native Plant Trail

O’Dell Engineering, a Westwood company provided a comprehensive native trail design development report and a conceptual site plan of nature trails through approximately 12.8 acres of landscape area on the northeast side of the UC Merced campus. An arborist assessment and topographic survey was also performed to understand existing conditions and elements to guide the […]

Assistant Civil Engineer Veronica dela Fuente Speaks at UC Davis Diversity Summit

O’Dell Engineering Assistant Civil Engineer Veronica dela Fuente was invited to speak at the first-ever State of Diversity in Engineering Summit at UC Davis. The Diversity Summit aimed to stimulate incisive discussions on the significance and impact of diversity and inclusivity from the classroom to the engineering industry. As a part of the esteemed panel, […]

UC Merced

From 2002 to 2009 our team directed most of the surveying activities for the development of the new campus. Work included construction surveying for infrastructure including a bridge and tunnel, residence buildings, multi-level library and classroom buildings, and all other associated civil improvements. Other services included the construction of 3D Models for machine control, directing […]

Columbia College Child Development Center

O’Dell Engineering, a Westwood company provided on-site arborist consultation during the construction of this 5 building facility. The buildings were located within and designed to fit into an existing oak and pine forest. Our arborist was on-site to observe construction activities for conformance to the tree protection plan and specification requirements.