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Buena Vista Bridge

This project included the construction of a new urban street bridge across the Fahrens Creek Bypass Flood Channel in the City of Merced. Interesting aspects of the project included FEMA compliance, a new bikeway undercrossing, flood channel constraints, utility resolutions, concrete pilings, concrete deck roadway, and pedestrian corridors.

Cultural Arts District Park

O’Dell Engineering, a Westwood company provided design services for a .77 acre pocket park in Fresno, CA. This park project was made possible by a statewide park program. The park design is currently in the construction documentation phase. Park highlights include an interactive lighting display, large multi-purpose lawn area, 2-5 year play equipment, workout stations, […]

White Rock Park

This project is a retrofit of an approximately 12 acre existing park adjacent to Highway 50 in Rancho Cordova. The park design included a new 3,000 s.f. community center, an approximately 4,000 sqft interactive water spray park and spray structure, a new playground, a children’s discovery zone, two pre-fabricated shade structures (30’x30’ and 15’x20’), an […]

River Islands Trail & Bikeway

O’Dell Engineering, a Westwood company’s landscape architecture department is currently designing a one mile recreation trail along the River Islands Development levee.

Earlimart Park

O’Dell Engineering, a Westwood company’s Landscape Architecture Department is currently designing the first and only neighborhood park in Earlimart, CA. The park is approximately four acres and is a joint use facility between the county and the neighboring elementary school. The park is funded by a Proposition 84 grant and contains a grass open space, […]

Ryno Park

This neighborhood park renovation of an old storm water retention basin included the addition of a large playground area with multiple play structures, picnic facilities, a basketball court, trap fencing, additional grass open space, and site lighting. The playground and additional amenities were thoughtfully prepared with socially inclusive principals as a core design strategy. Sensory […]

Sunridge Park

This approximately 6.5 acre park in Rancho Cordova is located adjacent to a preserved area of natural landscape and along a stretch of utility easements creating unique challenges to site and recreational planning. The park is designed to fit into its innate California foothill landscape through the use of native shrub mixes, no-mow grasses, unique […]

River Bluff Lower Terrace Restoration

O’Dell Engineering, a Westwood company provided conceptual master planning services for the restoration of wetlands and recreational trails along the lower bluff of River Bluff Park.

River Bluff Regional Park Playground & Expansion

The River Bluff Regional Park Playground was a grant funded project that was constrained by a tight budget and construction completion deadline. Due to O’Dell Engineering, a Westwood company’s in-house resources, the concept and improvement plan preparation phases were completed very quickly resulting in a bid opening within four months of the notice to proceed. […]

Patterson Skate Park

O’Dell Engineering, a Westwood company provided design services for 5,800 sqft of landscape surrounding the Patterson Skate Park. The project included areas of decomposed granite, conceptual art walls, a finger park, and landscape. Responsibilities included preparation of layout plans, planting plans, irrigation plans, construction details, specifications, and cost estimates.