Yosemite National Park road earns Engineering Award - Public Information and Information Exchange

Public Roads, May-June, 2002

The Consulting Engineers Council of California recently selected the reconstructed El Portal Road in Yosemite National Park to receive an Honor Award for Engineering Excellence.

The project to reconstruct the park's main entrance road was completed using the design-build delivery method, the approach of contracting with a single entity for performing both design and construction on a project. The method accelerated completion, minimized socio-economic impacts, and employed industry innovations. The project was Federal Lands Highway's first design-build project and was managed by the Central Federal Lands Highway Division in partnership with the National Park Service.