Overaa Wins 2025 CEA Safety Award
We’re proud to share that Overaa has been awarded the 2025 Construction Employers’ Association (CEA) Safety Award. This honor recognizes contractors who demonstrate an exceptional commitment to safety and consistently exceed industry standards. Award recipients must meet at least four rigorous criteria, including maintaining a Total Incident Rate (TIR) and Experience Modification Rate (EMR) well […]
Isaac R Montanez Elementary and Middle School Receives ENR Award
2025 West Best Projects Award of Merit, K-12 Education: Isaac R. Montanez Elementary & Middle School Brentwood Union School District’s 13th school provides 38 classrooms for approximately 700 students and includes outdoor recreation spaces and community infrastructure improvements, funded largely by a school bond. This $69-million school was named after Isaac “Ike” Montanez, a devoted […]
FedEx Distribution Center & Warehouse Receives Best Project & Sustainability Awards from Tilt-Up Concrete Association
Overaa is proud to announce that the FedEx Distribution Center in Richmond, California received two prestigious honors from the Tilt-Up Concrete Association — the Best Project Award and the inaugural Sustainability Award. This 220,000-square-foot facility processes up to half a million packages per day during the peak holiday season. Designed to achieve zero emissions within […]
New Fire Station #94 in Brentwood, CA Breaks Ground
Today marks an exciting milestone for Contra Costa Fire Protection District as we officially break ground on Fire Station 94 in Brentwood, CA. This state-of-the-art facility will provide firefighters with the resources they need to better serve and protect the growing Brentwood community and broader Contra Costa County. Overaa is proud to be delivering this important […]
Cancer Support Community Breaks Ground in Lafayette
Cancer Support Community San Francisco Bay Area breaks ground in Lafayette CA April 23, 2025. The-state-of-the-art campus located on 6 donated acres near the Lafayette Reservoir will be dedicated to providing support for individuals, families and communities affected by cancer through no-cost, comprehensive supportive care programs. The 13,209 SF facility will include counseling rooms, demonstration […]
New Alameda County Fire Training Center Breaks Ground
Alameda County Fire Training Center has broken ground in Dublin, CA! Our design-build team members celebrated the event alongside Alameda County General Services Agency, Alameda County Fire Department, 6D PMCM and Kitchell as construction begins on the new cutting-edge facility designed to elevate Alameda County firefighter and first responder training. Featuring an 8,000 SF classroom building […]
Topping Off Ceremony at LBNL
The final beam has landed at Collaboration Commons @Berkeleylab! The 46,500 SF facility will serve as LBNL’s welcome center with a cafeteria, health clinic, conference center and transit hub for staff and scientists. Built into a steep hillside, phase one of the project included demolition of existing buildings, site and utility modifications as well as […]
Regional Surface Water Supply Project Wins National Award
The Regional Surface Water Supply (RSWS) Project for the Stanislaus Regional Water Authority (SRWA) received the National Award of Merit 2024 from the Design Build Institute of America. The project, in Hughson, CA, provides water from the Tuolumne River via an existing infiltration gallery, a new intake structure and raw water pump station and pipeline, […]
San Jose Airport Opens New Facilities & Fleet Maintenance Buildings
Our project team was honored to join City of San Jose Mayor, Matt Mahan, and Director of Public Works, Matthew Loesch, as well as San Jose Airport Director of Aviation, Mookie Patel, and Deputy Director – Facilities & Engineering, Gene Frazier, in welcoming San Jose Airport’s new Facilities & Maintenance Buildings! In close partnership with […]
Las Positas College’s New Public Safety Complex & Advanced Manufacturing and Transportation Facility Receives ENR Award
Las Positas College’s New Public Safety Complex (PSC) & Advanced Manufacturing and Transportation (AMT) Facility has received an Award of Merit in the Higher Education/Research category by Engineering News Record (ENR). Overaa and Vanir led the delivery of this Lionakis-designed facility which provides Las Positas students with state-of-the-art learning environments and hands-on learning opportunities to […]
Unoccupied San Pablo office space converted into 54-unit housing complex
Over the weekend, Contra Costa County officials unveiled a new residential complex for homeless residents. It’s something that’s happening across the Bay Area, but in this case, it involved converting empty offices into places for people to live. For years, homeless advocates have talked about turning unused office space in San Francisco into housing. In […]
San Pablo supportive housing complex opens with 54 ‘micro’ apartments
Contra Costa County officials recently celebrated the transformation of a vacant office building in San Pablo into 54 micro-unit apartments for homeless adults with disabilities. When tenants arrive later this summer, El Portal Place at 2555 El Portal Drive will provide them with onsite services such as case management, community supports, and referrals to services […]
