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News & Recognition

Latest News:

» Willie L. Brown, Jr. Middle School awarded to Overaa

» Overaa Team lights up the Evans Diamond Field at UC Berkeley

» Atwater Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant wins Project of the Year!

» Berkeley Greek Theatre wins ENR Award of Merit

» Overaa breaks ground on Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's FLEXLAB.

» Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Parking Structure opens.

» Overaa projects: some of the largest on the Peninsula.

» Meet Jerry Overaa: SF Business Time's CEO Profile.

» A biogas-fueled solar turbine cogen facility, a User Support Building for Lawrence Berkeley Lab, and a 10-story parking structure make the SF Times Book of Lists.

» Overaa wins the design-build Army Reserve Training Center, Concord.

» Bay Area Rescue Mission Honors Overaa with the 2011 Ray of Hope Award.

» Overaa Breaks Ground on SLAC

» Overaa Utilizes Textura Payment Management

» Overaa Achieves 15 Months of Safe Work Hours

» Jerry Overaa receives a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the construction industry.

» Overaa makes the cover of Construction Today Magazine!

» Overaa Announces Promotions.

» National Nuclear Security Administration Names National Ignition Facility Project of the Year

Awards & Recognition:

Structural Engineers Association of Northern
California

Excellence in engineering design of a “Landmark Structure” for Beth Sholom Temple in San Francisco, CA, 2009 | View Project

UC Berkeley Underhill Parking Facility & Athletic Turf received the Award of Excellence in Category II & V for the 2009 International Parking Awards – the highest honors a parking structure can receive. | View Project

ENR (Engineering News Record)

  • “Top 400 Contractors”, #228 nationally, 2010
  • Ranked #21 “Top 25 in Refineries and Petrochemical Plants” in the nation (2010), Engineering News Record
  • “Top Design Build Firm”, #90 nationally, 2009
  • “The Top 25 in Wastewater Treatment”, #14, The Top 400 Contractors Sourcebook 2006
  • “The Top 200 Environmental Firms”, #74, July 3, 2008
  • “The Top 20 in Religious and Cultural”, #20, The Top 400 Contractors Sourcebook 2006

SF Business Times and East Bay Business Times Newspaper

  • "Largest Construction Projects on the Peninsula", #11 New Hillview Middle School, #12 Stanford Linear Accelator Research Building 52, #20 Aragon High School Theater, #22 VA Palo Alto Mental Health Training Facility, 2012
  • “Largest East Bay Commercial Contractors”, #2, 2008
  • “Largest East Bay Construction Projects”, #11 for UC Berkeley Underhill Design Build Parking Facility and Athletic Turf, 2008 Book of Lists
  • “Largest East Bay Construction Projects”, #22 for Cal State East Bay Pioneer Heights Student Housing, 2007

Safety News


Overaa is re-approved for our second three-year term as a member of Cal/OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). VPP contractors are distinguished by their proven committment to the health and safety of their workforce.

California Construction Magazine

  • Richmond City Hall for “Best of 2009” awards in two categories: “Overall Top Project”, “Best of Government/Public”
  • “Top Private Contractors”, #28, 2010
  • “Top Public Contractors”, #21, 2010
  • “Top Green Contractors”, #31, 2010
  • “Top California Contractors”, #26, 2010
  • “Top Design Builder Contractors”, #13, 2010
  • “Top Projects in California”, for Hollister Wastewater Treatment Plant, 2007
  • “Best of California 2007 – Industrial/Manufacturing” for Genentech CCP-2 Manufacturing Expansion, Vacaville, CA, December 2007
  • Beth Sholom Temple received Best of 2008 "Religious Facilities" award

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Certificate of Appreciation for providing quality service - 2010 Key Supplier Management Program