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O’Dell Engineering News: Chad Kennedy & John Zhang Promoted to Principal

O’Dell Engineering is pleased to announce that Mr. Chad Kennedy, P.L.A. and Mr. John Zhang, P.E. have been promoted to Principal. Mr. Kennedy will continue as Landscape Architecture Department Head. Mr. Zhang will serve as Pleasanton Division Manager and will continue his role as River Islands Senior Project Manager. Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Zhang have […]

O’Dell Engineering Project Updates: The Awesome Spot Design Unveiling Approaching!

The Awesome Spot, a socially inclusive playground planned for Beyer Community Park in Modesto, will reveal its conceptual design on Wednesday, November 16th at 6:00PM at The Century in downtown Modesto. The Century has generously donated the venue space for the past two community meetings and this design unveiling. The Awesome Spot and O’Dell Engineering […]

O’Dell Engineering Project Updates: Sunridge Park Celebrated on YouTube

Sunridge Park in Rancho Cordova, CA, designed by O’Dell Engineering, was featured by the California Special Districts Association on their YouTube channel. The association produced a short 4 minute film about the park’s socially inclusive features, the design approach, and its value to the local community. Interviews with Cordova Recreation & Park District board members, […]

O’Dell Engineering Project Updates: O’Dell Awarded ROW Engineering & Survey Contract for Merced-San Jose Segment of the California High-Speed Rail

O’Dell Engineering is happy to announce that the firm was awarded a contract for Right-of-Way Engineering and Survey Support Services for the California High-Speed Rail Merced-San Jose Segment. O’Dell Engineering currently provides right-of-way engineering and survey support services for the California High-Speed Rail for the Bakersfield to Fresno and Fresno to Merced segments. We are […]

O’Dell Engineering Project Updates: Riverbank Rail Corridor Connects a Community

The City of Riverbank, CA faces an interesting challenge along a highly traveled corridor connecting residential communities and industrial facilities with the rest of town. Thoughtful planners and staff, however, have devised a plan to transform this seemingly useless space along the trail corridor into a vibrant trail system that will safely connect school children […]

In The News: Ceres Secures Grants for Park Projects

As reported in The Ceres Courier, the City of Ceres was recently awarded a $489,000 California River Parkways (RP) grant for the lower terrace of the Ceres River Bluff Regional Park. O’Dell Engineering has been involved with the River Bluff Regional Park since 2011, providing professional services to the City for a park playground, soccer […]

O’Dell Engineering News: O’Dell Makes Donation to the ASLA Center for Landscape Architecture

O’Dell Engineering is now a proud sponsor of the future state-of-the-art American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Center for Landscape Architecture. The Sierra Chapter of ASLA California graciously made a $15,000 donation to the center, and sought out additional funding from member firms to further bolster support for the project. O’Dell happily supported the endeavor […]

In The News: California High-Speed Rail

The Fresno Bee recently published an article titled, “High-speed rail agency adds money, time to right-of-way contracts.” The article chronicles the High-Speed Rail Authority’s decision to extend four of its existing contracts from February 2018 to April 2020, and to add $10 million. In 2011, O’Dell Engineering began managing the right of way surveying of […]

California High-Speed Rail

In 2011, O’Dell Engineering began managing the right of way surveying of the Merced to Fresno section of the California High-Speed Rail. Success on the Merced to Fresno segment led to the award of an additional right of way surveying and engineering contract in 2014 for the remaining sections. The work includes land net maps, […]

O’Dell Engineering Project Update: Feature Extraction from Point Clouds Begins on Fuller Neighbordhood Improvement Project

O’Dell Engineering has completed registration of over 40 terrestrial laser scans for field surveys performed on the Fuller Neighborhood Improvements Project in Chowchilla, California. Surveyors and engineers are now in the process of extracting topographic feature data from the point clouds. Once feature extraction is complete, civil engineers at O’Dell Engineering will begin design of sidewalk […]