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West Creek Park Inclusive Playground: Santa Clarita, CA

O’Dell Engineering supported the design of this amazing new inclusive play area located at West Creek Park in Santa Clarita, CA with landscape architecture, civil engineering, and land surveying services. Community members can explore the variety of inclusive elements in the new play area that help users of all ages and abilities further develop cognitive, […]

River Islands Police Station

O’Dell Engineering provided civil engineering, land surveying, and landscape architecture to support the design of the River Islands Police Station. The newest Lathrop Police Station celebrated its grand opening in June of 2022. The station serves as the Lathrop Police Administration Headquarters. The 13,889 square foot building features a sleek contemporary design overlooking the San […]

State Route 132 West Highway

O’Dell supported this new highway project with landscape architecture, civil engineering, and land surveying services. The landscape design was carefully curated to be visually appealing and respect water resources. It features cobble rock, boulders, low-water use trees and shrubs, and durable ground cover. We also had the opportunity to support the art installations on the […]

An Awesome Day in Modesto: The Awesome Spot Playground Groundbreaking!

Construction has officially begun on The Awesome Spot Playground at Beyer Community Park. We are so excited to be one step closer to realizing this amazing recreational asset in the Modesto community! The Awesome Spot is a socially inclusive and sensory-integrated playground designed to eliminate social, physical, and cognitive barriers from play. From a phone […]

Lake McClure Raw Water Intake

O’Dell Engineering deployed a boat-mounted, dual-frequency sonar unit to collect bathymetric survey data as part of this project so that mapping could extend to the bottom of Lake McClure without having to wait for the lake level to drop. At the same time, traditional ground-based topographic surveying was also performed to develop comprehensive base mapping […]

Sunnyvale Preschool Play Area Grand Opening

The Sunnyvale Preschool Play Area in Sunnyvale, CA is complete and open for play! Visitors can now enjoy the new non-slip rubberized surfaces for outdoor play, a dramatic tunnel, low fencing with a variety of learning panels, and an outdoor classroom. O’Dell believes in the amazing impact of play. We loved being able to enhance […]

Sunnyvale Preschool Outdoor Play Area

The existing space was enhanced with a myriad of educational opportunities, loosely based on a transportation theme to honor Sunnyvale’s rich railroad history. The project includes new non-slip rubberized surfaces for outdoor play, a dramatic tunnel element, low fencing with a variety of learning panels, and an outdoor classroom. O’Dell provided professional services for this […]

Parlin Oaks

O’Dell Engineering is providing design services for Parlin Oaks, a new residential community being developed by Blue Mountain Communities in Galt, CA. The 16-acre development will cater to the growing need for new housing in the area and includes two- and three-story single-family homes, apartments, and supporting amenities. Landscape design services are being provided for […]

Modesto Rotary Centennial Music Garden Celebrates Grand Opening

The Modesto Rotary Club Celebrates 100th Anniversary In 2020 the Modesto Rotary Club celebrated 100 years of being committed to improving the world, on a local and global level. Some notable projects the Club has been involved with over the years include, painting the interior of a YMCA building, planting 20 Valley Oak trees in […]

The Bennie and Joyce Gatto Historic Trail – The Value of Trails and Volunteerism

The Value of Trails The creation of trails within neighborhoods provides both health and transportation benefits to the residents and community overall. Trails provide people of all ages safe, accessible places to take part in recreational activities such as jogging, cycling, or skating. A well-planned network of trails can also make it easy for residents […]