(Below) Bradshaw Interceptor; Sacramento, CA.
(Bottom) City of San Jose; Rincon Pump Station.
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Mountain Cascade, Inc. has recently completed work on the largest project in the company’s history. The Lower North West Interceptor West Sacramento Force Main Project as it is known is a $60 million dollar project for the Sacramento County Regional Sanitation District. The project called for Mountain Cascade to install 40,600 lineal ft. of 60” steel pipe. A transitional structure was built with 120’ of 120” RCP [Reinforced Concrete Pipe] that transitions into twin 60” piping. The project also included five micro-tunnels for a total of 8,265 ft. as well as 1,640 ft. of HDD [Horizontal Directional Drill]. Mountain Cascade manufactured 50,000 yards of soil cement on site. The cement was used for bedding around the pipe being installed. A crew of approximately 40 workers was used at the peak of construction. The project began in August of 2004 with Mountain Cascade completing work in January of this year. |
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Mountain Cascade has been building to this point ever since CEO Mike Fuller founded the company back in 1982. At its onset the fledgling company only had five employees. Today Mountain Cascade has grown to now employ 400 people and regularly handles multi-million dollar projects. Many of the employees have been with the company for years. “We are a family owned company that fosters family values in the workplace,” said Roger Williamson, company vice-president of public works. Williamson has been with the company for 18 years.
Another project Mountain Cascade completed last year for the Sacramento Country Regulation Sanitation District, was the Natomas Force Main Project. |
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(Above and Below) Bradshaw Interceptor; Sacramento, CA. |
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This was a $35 million dollar project where
Mountain Cascade installed over 32,000 lineal feet of 60”
CCP [Concrete Cylinder Pipe]. Work also included a micro-tunnel and the on-site manufacture of 30,000 yards of soil cement.
The company has a number of other major public works projects they are currently involved with. Among these is the Downtown Sewer Improvement Project Phase II. This project is for the City of Livermore and will see Mountain Cascade replace 8,000 ft. of sewer line. The line runs between 27” down to 8”. The Bay Street Reservoir Transmission Improvements is a $15 million dollar project Mountain Cascade is handling
for the City of Santa Cruz. The project includes installing a new 25,000 ft. water line.
The line ranges in size from 30” pipe down to 6” and includes one bore and one
micro-tunnel. Work began on the project in May of last year and is due to be completed
this coming May.
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(Below) City of San Jose; Rincon Pump Station. |
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A major project Mountain Cascade will begin work on this March is the Coastal Distribution System for the Pajaro Valley Water Agency in Watsonville, CA. The reclaimed water project will include Mountain Cascade installing 50,000 lineal feet of CCP. The line will range from 36” to 6”. The project includes a horizontal directional drill underneath the Pajaro River as well as two bores extending across Hwy 1. The company will also manufacture some 20,000 yards of soil cement by the time the project is completed. The water that will travel through the pipes will primarily be used to irrigate strawberry fields. Mountain Cascade will begin work on the project in March with a completion date of November 2007.
Mountain Cascade specializes in sewer, water and storm drain installation and construction. They do their own paving work and manufacture their own soil cement and concrete structures. Such as junction structures, manholes and pump stations. The company services seven western states that include Oregon, Hawaii, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Washington and California. Two thirds of the company’s projects consist of public works projects with the remaining 1/3 being in the private sector. Mountain Cascade has worked for a number of major home developers on the many home development projects the company has been involved with over the years. The company has a full inventory of large equipment that includes dozers, loaders, and excavators and acquire much of their equipment from Tri-West Tractor. They also have their own maintenance department to ensure that all of the equipment is kept in top running condition.
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While Mountain Cascade has grown tremendously over the past decade, the company still faces the same challenges many other businesses face in the construction industry. “Finding skilled operators and laborers is our biggest challenge,” said Williamson. “the economy is good, people are working and finding those skilled people is getting to be a tougher and tougher job.” Mountain Cascade has met this challenge by working with the unions to set up training programs and by developing the talent and promoting from within the company. “There are a great bunch of people that work here at Mountain Cascade,” said Williamson. “Each job is sort of unique with its own set of challenges. Getting to work on solving those challenges with the other people here is what I really enjoy about my job.”
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(Left Top and Bottom) Mountain Cascade headquarters, and yard.
(Right) Bradshaw Interceptor; Sacramento, CA. |
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