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Subcommittee backs authorization for $38 million Calaveras Dam construction management contract
Summary
The Budget & Finance Subcommittee heard SFPUC staff describe seismic risks at Calaveras Dam and forwarded a resolution authorizing a construction‑management services agreement with Black & Veatch not to exceed $38 million to the full Board with a recommendation to approve.
Chair John Avalos convened the Budget and Finance Subcommittee on July 20, 2010, to consider a San Francisco Public Utilities Commission request to hire a construction management consultant for the Calaveras Dam replacement project.
Dan Wade, senior project manager for the Calaveras replacement, said the existing dam is “seismically vulnerable” and described Calaveras as the city’s largest local reservoir, storing roughly 100,000 acre‑feet. He said the replacement would be roughly the same dimensions as the current structure — about 210…
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