EBJ Business Achiever of the Week: Sullivan International Group

This week we salute Sullivan International Group (San Diego, CA), winner of a Business Achievement Award in the remediation project category for completion of the Lava Cap Waterline Infrastructure Installation at the Lava Cap Mine Superfund Site in California’s Nevada County under the company’s Security, Disaster, Infrastructure, and Construction (SDIC) contract with the Army Corps of Engineers’ Omaha District. The $3.4 million project, funded by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9, involved installation of a new water line to provide a reliable municipal drinking water supply from the Nevada Irrigation District to residences that had their water wells impacted by contaminants associated with materials removed during mining activities at the former Lava Cap Mine. The water line consists of approximately 8,000 linear feet of 8-inch ductile iron water main and 3,000 linear feet of service lines. Sullivan’s pre-mobilization planning work quickly expanded to include participation in the finalization of property easements and access agreements, and well as conducting one-on-one visits with property owners, participating in an EPA-sponsored open house, and supporting EPA in gaining approval of the project with the State Historic Preservation Office. Sullivan maintained flexibility to support the Corps during an unexpected one-month demobilization that occurred following the initial mobilization to the project site. Personnel remobilized to the site just after the Labor Day holiday, and despite the unexpected delay, Sullivan completed the project on schedule.

For a full list of EBJ’s 2013 Business Achievement Award winners, please visit https://ebionline.org/business-achievement-awards. EBJ will begin accepting nominations for 2013 Business Achievement Awards in October.