Road design wins top honors


6/5/2002
By Christine Bitter [Signal Staff Writer]


The Santa Clarita Valley Facilities Foundation received top honors for its role in designing the first phase of Golden Valley Road and the future Golden Valley High School.
    R.T. Frankian & Associates, a member of the California Geotechnical Engineers Association, performed the geotechnical work on the site and received the association’s 2001 Outstanding Project of the Year, and in turn presented it to the foundation.
    Foundation board member Teresa Todd said the foundation is proud of the part it played in the construction project.
    “It was an incredible coming together of various agencies,” she said.
    Accepting the award on behalf of the foundation was board president Rick Patterson.
    “I’m sure we have all stood on the Golden Valley site and felt the power of what has been accomplished there,” he said.
    The award is given annually members of the engineering association for development projects that exhibit excellence in overall quality, innovation, design and geotechnical complexity of the project, as well social impacts and design team interaction.
    The Santa Clarita Valley Facilities Foundation is a non-profit public benefit corporation formed to facilitate land acquisition for the Hart School District.
    R.T. Frankian & Associates has been in business since 1963 and said it has worked on the vast majority of Newhall Land & Farming Co. projects.