Overaa Construction Featured in Construction Today Magazine
6/24/2009

Overaa Construction specializes in self performing its own work, including infrastructure projects throughout Northern California. Overaa builds diverse projects for the both public and private sectors, including parking structures, transportation, education, community, recreational, non-profit, religious, water treatment, industrial and refinery, laboratory, biotech, and healthcare. To read more about how Overaa is constructing projects in the current economy using different delivery systems, click on the link below.

U.C. Berkeley Parking Structure Receives Highest Honor
6/2/2009

A unique parking structure built by U.C. Berkeley was recently recognized as the top project in North America. Located two blocks south of the main campus, Underhill is a 1,000 space, 380,000sf, 4-level parking facility with 2 floors below ground. A spacious 77,400sf multisport recreational field and running track serves as the facility's rooftop. The garage and field, which fit unobtrusively into the Berkeley cityscape, received the 2009 Award of Excellence from the International Parking Institute, the organization’s highest honor. In addition, Underhill received Honorary Mention for Architecture in the competition.

The structure was completed in 2007 and is located on College Avenue between Channing Way and Haste Street, a site which formerly hosted a parking structure damaged by the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989. Initially the site was an open parking lot whose grade level was 30+ feet below the sidewalk. The design-build team included Overaa Construction (Richmond), Walker Parking Consultants (San Francisco) and Stantec Architecture (San Francisco).

The recreation field integrates generous open green space with a surrounding environment of densely-populated dormitories and apartment buildings. Spacious public walkways with ample seating help the facility function as a social hub. The project team worked closely with the University to ensure Underhill would be environmentally-friendly. Underhill was designed to meet all possible LEED guidelines for an open parking structure, earning 18 points from the U.S. Green Building Council. 

Overaa Moves Up ENR's Top Contractors List
5/14/2009

Engineering News Record (ENR) released their annual Top 400 Contractors survey.  Overaa Construction has moved up to #238 in the nation.  This marks a 35 point jump from last year's ratings for the 102-year-old general contractor.

For 50 years, ENR has conducted surveys of the construction industry to determine the 400 largest general contractors in the United States.  The Top 400 Contractors list ranks the 400 general contractors, both publicly and privately held, based on construction contracting-specific revenue.

Overaa Construction, founded in 1907, by Norwegian immigrant Carl Overaa, continues today as a family-owned and operated general contractor.  Headquarted in Richmond, Overaa conducts operations throughout the Bay Area.  Overaa performs technically challenging projects for public and private clients.  Their diverse portfolio includes parking structures, educational facilities, all types of concrete work, religious and non-profit, industrial, bio-tech and laboratory, municipal, recreational and community facilities.

Overaa Shares in Local Community Projects
7/18/2008

Overaa's projects dot the Bay Area landscape, including their local community.  The Daily Pacific Builder reports...

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Overaa Receives Coveted Health and Safety Award
8/30/2007

"Overaa Construction announced today that California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) has invited the company to become a member in the highly-regarded California Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) for Construction."  (Click on the link below for the full press release)

Overaa Makes Front Page News!
5/16/2007