Awards & Recognition

• Cal/OSHA
  • Overaa is a member of Cal/OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) 2009-2018
  • Construction Employers Association (CEA) Safety Award 2011, 2009, 2007
  • Excellence in Safety Award 2006-2013
  • President’s Safety Award 2013, 2012, 2010. To qualify, recipients must have a total incidence rate at least 50% below industry average; a lost workday incident rate at least 50% below industry average; an X-Mod no higher than .70; and qualified for Cal/OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program-Construction.

• Engineering News Record (ENR) Magazine
  • Top 400 Contractors #277, 2019
  • Top 400 Contactors #267, 2018
  • Top 400 Contractors #284, 2017
  • Top 200 Environmental Firm #70, 2019
  • Top 200 Environmental Firm #88, 2018
  • Top Contracting Firm #32 California, 2019
  • Top Contracting Firm #37 California, 2018
  • Top Contracting Firm #42 California, 2017
  • Top Water Supply Contractor #6 ENR California, 2018
  • Top Sewerage/Solid Waste Contractor #5 ENR California, 2018
  • Top Government/Public Buildings #13 ENR California, 2018
  • Top Hard Bid Work Contractor #14 ENR California, 2018

• San Francisco Business Times 
  • Best Places to Work #12, 2020
  • Healthiest Employers #2, 2018
  • Private Companies in the East Bay #8, 2019
  • Largest Bay Area Family-Owned Businesses #14, 2018
  • Largest Greater Bay Area Contractors #29, 2018
  • Largest Privately Held Companies in Bay Area #44, 2018

• Silicon Valley Business Journal
  • Best Places to Work Top 20, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
  • Family-Owned Business #3, 2020
  • Healthiest Employers Midsize #2, 2017
  • Greater Bay Area Contractors #22, 2018

PROJECT AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Engineering News Record (ENR) 

• The California Trail, Oakland Zoo, ENR California Best Project Award - Cultural/Worship Category, Northern California, 2018
• Pacifc Grove Water Recycling Project, ENR California Best Project Award of Merit - Water/Environment Category, Northern California, 2018
• Sufism Reoriented ENR California Top Projects - Award of Merit Cultural/Worship Category, 2016
• UC Berkeley’s Hearst Greek Theatre Renovation Project - Award of Merit Renovation/Restoration Category, 2012

American Institute of Architects (AIA) Design Awards

• Los Positas College Barbara F. Mertes Center for the Arts AIA Design Excellence Award, AIA San Fernando Valley Chapter, 2012
• Richmond Civic Center Revitalization Project received the Award of Honor for Historic Preservation and Innovation in Rehabilitation, AIA San Francisco Chapter, 2010
• Mission Bay Block 27 Parking Structure received Excellence in Architecture at the AIA San Francisco Chapter, 2010
• UCSF Mission Bay Building 23B Parking Structure won the AIA San Francisco Chapter Excellence in Architecture Award, 2009
• Beth Sholom Congregation received the Unbuilt Design Honor Award at the AIA San Francisco Chapter, 2005

International Partnering Institute (IPI)

• SFO Firehouse #3 Partnered Project of the Year 2017

American Public Works Association (APWA)

• Atwater Wastewater Treatment Plant Project – Project of the Year for a Regional Waste Water Treatment Plant, APWA Sacramento Section, 2012
• Lodi Surface Water Treatment Facility Environment Category, Project of the Year in the Environment category, APWA Sacramento Section, 2012
• Schellville Tertiary Treatment Plant in Sonoma, CA received the APWA Project of the Year Award, 2009
• Healdsburg Wastewater Treatment Plant in Healdsburg, CA received the APWA Project of the Year Award in 2009
• Woodland Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) received the American Public Works Association (APWA) Northern California Chapter Project of the Year award in 2007

Insitute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI)

• Dixon Wastewater Treatment Facility Envision Silver Award 2017

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

• Davis Woodland Water Supply Project, Sacramento Section, "Outstanding Water Project of the Year," 2016.
• Sacramento Section, for the Regional Treatment Plant for the City of Atwater, “Wastewater Project of the Year,” 2012

Design Build Institute of America (DBIA)

• Davis-Woodland Water Supply Project, Design Build Project of the Year 2016
• Willie Brown Middle School, Distinction Award 2017
• Richmond Civic Center Project was awarded the top honor in the Design Build Rehabilitation/ Renovation/ Restoration category, DBIA Western Region, 2010

California Preservation Foundation

• Category Hearst Greek Theater Rehabilitation, Preservation Design Award in the Craftsmanship/Preservation Technology category, 2013
• Richmond Civic Center, Preservation Design Awards in the Large Rehabilitation category, 2010

California Redevelopment Association

• Alameda Theatre/Cineplex/Parking Structure Project - Award of Excellence in the Special Citation Category, 2009

East Bay Business Times 

• Largest Construction Projects in the East Bay 2008 BART West Dublin/West Pleasanton Station, UC Berkeley Underhill Design Build Parking Facility and Athletic Turf, Berkeley, CA.
• Largest East Bay Construction Projects 2007 #22 for Cal State East Bay Pioneer Heights Student Housing
• Outstanding Retail Project – Grand Award for Layette Mercantile, 2009
   

International Parking Awards

• 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.
   

Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) Northern California

• Center Street Garage Project Achievement Award, New Buildings $20-50M CategoryPCBC Gold Nugget Award, 2019

The Chicago Athenaeum & The European Centre for Architecture

• Center Street Garage The American Architecture Award 2019

Precast/Prestressed Concrete Manufacturers Association of California (PCMAC- affiliate of PCI)

• Projects featured:
  • Kaiser South Sacramento Parking Structure
  • UCSF Mission Bay Building 23B Parking Structure

Metal Architecture Design Awards

• Center Street Garage, Judges Award 2019

Project Management Institute (PMI)

• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory National Ignition Facility (NIF)  “Project of the Year” (worldwide) 2010

Illuminating Engineering Society

• Center Street Garage Illuminating Award of Merit, 2019

Real Estate & Construction Review Magazine

• Cal State East Bay Pioneer Heights Student Housing Phase II recognized as one of the “Top Projects in California”, 2008

Recipients of the “Building of America” Awards, 2009

• Saint Mary’s College Filippi Hall
• Alameda Historic Theatre
• UC Berkeley Underhill Parking Facility and Athletic Turf
• Beth Sholom Temple
• Richmond City Hall

Structural Engineers Association of Northern California

• Beth Sholom Temple, San Francisco, CA Excellence in engineering design of a “Landmark Structure”, 2009

San Francisco Business Times Newspaper

• Largest Projects on the Pennisula 2012: Hillview Middle School, Menlo Park, CA; Stanford Linear Accelerator Research Building 52; Menlo Park, CA; Aragon High School Theater, San Mateo, CA; VA Palo Alto Mental Health Training Facility, Palo Alto, CA.
• Largest Construction Projects in the Bay Area 2009: Jamieson Canyon Water Treatment Plant Napa, CA; Mission Bay Block 27 Parking Structure San Francisco, CA; Pleasant Hill BART Garage Expansion in Walnut Creek, Lafayette Public Library, Lafayette, CA
• Largest Construction Projects in the Bay Area 2008: BART West Dublin/West Pleasanton Station, Pleasanton, CA; Pleasant Hill BART Garage Expansion, Pleasant Hill, CA; UC Berkeley Underhill Design Build Parking Structure, Berkeley, CA.
• Largest Construction Projects in the North Bay 2008: Healdsburg Wastewater Treatment Plant; 2009 Jamieson Canyon Water Treatment Plant, Healdsburg Wastewater Treatment Plant

California Construction Magazine

• Richmond City Hall,  “Overall Top Project,” and “Best of Government/Public,” 2009
• Hollister Wastewater Treatment Plant, Top Projects in California, 2007
• Genentech CCP-2 Manufacturing Expansion, Vacaville, CA, Best of California Industrial/Manufacturing, 2007
• Beth Sholom Temple, Religious Facilities Award, 2008
   

OTHER AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

• Community Service Award for the New Construction & Renovation of Livermore Civic Center Library, 2009
• UC Berkeley Underhill Parking Facility & Athletic Turf was featured in the Contra Costa Times newspaper, December 28, 2007, “New Parking Structure Alters UC Berkeley’s South Side”
• Beth Sholom was one of nine finalists under consideration in the religion and contemplation category of the new World Architecture Festival honors that were presented in Barcelona in October 2008. 
• Beth Sholom was featured in Architectural Record and the San Francisco Chronicle.
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Certificate of Appreciation for providing quality service - 2010 Key Supplier Management Program
• ConocoPhillips Safety Awards
• Outstanding Safety Achievement Award (2005-2009)
• Certificate of Appreciation (2006) awarded for support of RAPP Barbecue
• Certificate of Appreciation (2006) awarded for support of CAST Safety Forum

Community Outreach & Charity Work

• Bay Area Rescue Mission 2011 Ray of Hope Award for Corporate Sponsorship
• “#1 Fundraiser in Northern California” for National Multiple Sclerosis Society, raising over $50,000 in 2007 #6 nationally
• “#2 Fundraiser in Northern California” for National Multiple Sclerosis Society, raising $33,693 in 2008