Thousand Oaks Blvd Overhead Utility Undergrounding

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Location

Thousand Oaks Boulevard

City or County Responsible for Project

City of Thousand Oaks

Category

Roads: Efficient and Sustainable Road Maintenance, Construction and Reconstruction Projects.

Author

Nader Heydari

Organization

City of Thousand Oaks

Address

2100 TO Blvd

Phone

8054492392

Project Description

The City of Thousand Oaks partnered with Southern California Edison, Spectrum, Crown Castle, and numerous property owners to greatly improve the City’s main thoroughfare by removing 1.5 miles of overhead electrical and communication wires, along with 53 electrical poles from Thousand Oaks Blvd. This included undergrounding all of SCE’s existing overhead 16kV distribution and 66kV transmission electrical lines, along with all communication lines from Spectrum and Crown Castle across the entire 1.5 mile project limits, with the 2 separate trenches placed on both sides of the street. The project limits extended across several important landmarks such as the Post Office, Auto Mall, Westlake High School, several of the City’s key retail districts, in addition to crossing the City’s busiest intersection with 30,000 ADT. Key points of Project that merit recognition as project of the year: 1) Project was completed $1 Million Under Budget, as well as on Schedule 2) Project featured the use of several emerging technologies 3) Significant utility engineering and front end design was leveraged 4) Project featured substantial collaboration and community outreach 5) Project Utilized Innovative contracting strategies Key Project Personnel: Jay Spurgin, PE – Public Works Director Nader Heydari, PE, CCM, LEED AP, QSD – Division Manager Jorge Munoz, PE, QSD – Project Manager Jeff Berry, QSP – Project Inspector Please see the attached detailed project of the year PDF submittal for additional details on key points of the project that merit recognition. To learn more about the project, feel free to visit the following web pages: Project Highlights Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz2PD9xLzEE Project Website: http://www.toaks.org/departments/public-works/construction/undergrounding Additional Project Photos: http://www.toaks.org/home/showdocument?id=8812 http://www.toaks.org/home/showdocument?id=8810

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