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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 […]

Prop 68 – Improving One California Community at a Time

What is Prop 68? The Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Program (Prop 68) is a competitive grant program that creates new parks and recreation opportunities in underserved communities across the state of California. Each of these parks and playgrounds will positively impact families, children, and adults alike by providing increased access to recreation. O’Dell […]

O’Dell Engineering Named One of the “2020 Best Places to Work: Central Valley”

What makes a great place to work? It’s definitely not four walls, office furniture, and free coffee. Is it the latest technology? That certainly helps. Is it awesome benefits? Those are nice too. But when you really boil down a terrific job, a wonderful office, and a great professional experience, the heart of the matter […]

25 Years, 25 Acts – Check! Now What?

Last year, we celebrated our 25th anniversary! To commemorate this occasion and give back to the communities that make our profession possible, we decided to complete 25 acts of service. Throughout the year, O’Dell team members championed causes near and dear to their hearts. The entire team came together to complete 25 acts, a few […]

“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 […]

Chad Kennedy Speaks at TEDx Modesto

Chad Kennedy, Principal Landscape Architect at O’Dell Engineering, recently spoke at the TEDx Modesto event. TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading”, usually through the vehicle of brief, passionate, and moving talks from industry leaders. To further ignite discussion on these important ideas, TED created the TEDx program to support local, independently […]

Mancini Park & All-Accessible Playground Master Plan

We provided public outreach services, coordination and collaboration with the Disability Resource Agency for Independent Living (DRAIL), conceptual planning, master planning, and a preliminary design report for the Mancini Park & All-Accessible Playground Master Plan. The park, a part of the Tuolumne River Regional Park, was originally designed in the 1980’s and is in a […]

North Valley Regional Recycled Water Pipeline

O’Dell Engineering, a Westwood company provided Owner Advisor surveying services for the North Valley Regional Recycled Water Project in Modesto, CA. This project included project research, field surveys, and other survey work to support the design of a recycled water pipeline in Modesto.  The pipeline will ultimately convey recycled water produced from the Modesto Jennings […]

Yushin Imura Named in The Modesto Bee’s 20 Under 40 Class of 2017

We are excited to announce that O’Dell Engineering Civil Engineer Yushin Imura was named one of The Modesto Bee’s 20 Under 40 Class of 2017! Out of many submissions, Mr. Imura was selected to be a member of this class of local rising stars. In April, the Modesto Bee solicited nominations for outstanding emerging leaders […]