A PAIR OF KIEWIT/PND COLLABORATIONS CRACK ENR BEST OF 2021 LIST
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by: aaron unterreiner
pnd marketing manager
Glenn Highway, Anchorage, Alaska
A PAIR OF KIEWIT/PND
COLLABORATIONS CRACK
ENR BEST OF 2021 LIST
Kiewit projects along the Glenn Highway in Alaska and I-5/SR548
in Washington win Engineering News-Record regional awards
PND Engineers, Inc., through its association with client Kiewit Infrastructure West, was
recently recognized through a pair of Kiewit awards issued by the Engineering News-
Record (ENR) in its annual ENR Northwest 2021 Regional Best Projects awards competition.
Kiewit won top prize in the Best Highway/Bridge and Award of Merit Water/Environment categories.
The respective projects are the Glenn Highway Phase 1 and 2 and the I-5 and State Route (SR) 548
California Creek Fish Passage efforts. PND was a subconsultant to Kiewit for both the Glenn Highway
Phase 2 effort in Eagle River, Alaska, and the fish passage project near Bellingham, Washington.
GLENN HIGHWAY PHASE 2
PND performed a post-earthquake inspection, Engineering News-Record assembles a panel
repair design, and cost estimating services of judges each year to award its 15 best projects
for Kiewit and the Alaska Department of in the region, which includes Alaska, Oregon,
Transportation & Public Facilities on Phase 2 and Washington. The winners were announced
of the Glenn Highway project. PND provided in early September. From the following 15 best-
civil and structural inspection of the Eagle River of projects, the judges will choose the ENR
Bridge after the magnitude 7.1 earthquake on Northwest Project of the Year in late November.
November 30, 2018, in Southcentral Alaska. PND
personnel – led by Project Manager Doug Kenley, BEST AIRPORT/TRANSIT
PE, and Contract Manager Charles Kenley, Mukilteo Ferry Terminal, IMCO General
Construction
PE, SE – visited the site to inspect the bridge
Award of Merit: Sound Transit, Operations
structure and surrounding area for damage.
and Maintenance Facility East, Hensel Phelps
Visual inspection was performed on the bridge, Construction Co.
abutments, and approach fills.
Damage BEST GOVERNMENT/PUBLIC BUILDING
at the south Willamette National Cemetery, Gravesite Expansion &
abutment Cemetery Improvements, Kiewit Infrastructure West
included Co.
settlement Awards of Merit: City of Salem Police Station,
of the JE Dunn Construction; Hidden Creek Community
embankment Center, Swinerton
fill. Fill
around the *BEST HIGHWAY/BRIDGE
Glenn Highway Phase 1 & 2, Kiewit Infrastructure
wingwalls
West Co.
had settled,
and the south approach slab had settled 6 to 8
BEST OFFICE/RETAIL
inches. Cracking at the concrete wingwalls and Alaska Airlines Copper River Phase 1, Howard S.
slope failure cracks in the approach fills on both Wright, a Balfour Beatty Company
the east and west side of the south abutment Award of Merit: Watershed, DCI Engineers
were noted. There was significant cracking of the
highway asphalt surface at the south abutment. BEST RENOVATION/RESTORATION
A transverse crack in the pavement was Webster Elementary School, BNBuilders
noted at the north abutment. Slope failure was Awards of Merit: The Lodge at St. Edward Park,
also noted in the approach fill at the north Lydig Construction; T-Mobile Headquarters, Gensler
abutment. No failure was observed at any of the
bridge foundation piles or concrete girders. The BEST SMALL PROJECT (
“Working with the
PND team was a
fantastic experience
on the California
Creek Fish Passage
Project,” Kiewit
Project Manager
Mike Neal said.
“Their deliverables
were on or ahead of
schedule. As issues
arose, they pursued the
solution aggressively
until a solution was
determined. From start
to finish they were
committed, responsive,
and timely.”
I-5 AND SR548 CALIFORNIA CREEK FISH PASSAGE
PND, a subconsultant to Kiewit for this Washington Department of Transportation (DOT) project,
completed the design for replacing multiple fish barriers under Interstate 5, a frontage road, and SR548 on
unnamed tributaries to California Creek near Bellingham, Washington. The existing I-5 and frontage road
crossing structure was replaced with three box culverts and daylighted channels between lanes. The SR548
crossing was replaced with a shortened box culvert with limited cover. PND worked around many physical
constraints such as utilities, adjacent roads, intersections, and the BNSF Railway to develop designs with
minimal impacts to the environment and public. PND – led by Project Manager Doug Kenley, PE, and
lead hydraulic engineer Alex Jefferies, PE – was responsible for fish passage design and stream restoration
design, maintenance of traffic, geotechnical engineering, permitting, and other elements such as utility
relocation, grading, paving, storm drainage, guardrail, signing, erosion control, and restoration planting.
In order to replace an existing culvert with a simulated natural stream, the project required relocating
an existing pressurized sewer line. The line was lowered to provide cover between the top of the line and
the stream channel, as well as to protect it from potential exposure resulting from scour during a flood
event. As part of the project, the adjusted section was upsized from a 2-inch PVC to a 3-inch high-density
polyethylene line to accommodate the future upgrades of the remaining portions of the line. To ensure that
future efforts would not require work within the stream, the portion directly below the stream was installed
within a ductile iron pipe sleeve. An access vault containing an air release valve and cleanout were also
added as part of the project.
This fast-paced project required a solid understanding of stream simulation design; preparing plans,
specifications, and estimates; and clear communication and coordination with stakeholders such as the
Washington DOT, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, as well as multiple tribes local to the area.
Design for this project began in late 2019, and construction was completed in 2020, far ahead of schedule.
Fish have been observed in the newly constructed channel upstream of the new crossing structures.
“Working with the PND team was a fantastic experience on the California Creek Fish Passage Project,”
Kiewit Project Manager Mike Neal said. “Their deliverables were on or ahead of schedule. As issues arose,
they pursued the solution aggressively until a solution was determined. From start to finish they were
committed, responsive, and timely. The PND team made it a point to attend all meetings or respond to all
inquiries. From the start of the project to the final design documentation deliverable, they were engaged in
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