GBI News

Ghilotti Bros., Inc. Featured in California Asphalt Magazine

Tue, 15 May 2012 16:24:00 GMT

Ghilotti Bros., Inc. was recently featured in the 2012 Pavement Rehabilitation issue of California Asphalt Magazine. This is the official publication of the CalAPA. To view the article please go to: http://calapa.net/index.html

Soundwall Work Welcomed as part of Novato Narrows Widening Work

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:23:00 GMT

Please see the link below for a recent article regarding the Novato Narrows Highway 101 HOV/Bridge Widening project.

http://www.marinij.com/novato/ci_20209540/soundwall-work-welcomed-part-novato-narrows-widening-work

GBI Recent Recipient of two Caltrans Excellence in Partnering Awards

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:25:00 GMT

Ghilotti Bros., Inc. is the recent recipient of two California Department of Transportation District 4, Caltrans Excellence in Partnering awards.

- Partnering in Motion Gold Award for GAP Closure Marin 101

- Partnering in Motion Silver Award for Wilfred Interchange

Partnering is a way of life at GBI. Our teams approach to all projects in the spirit of cooperation with open and honest communication. We utilize formal partnering with internal and external stakeholders to establish mutual project specific goals to create high performing teams. Partnering provides a collaborative approach to identify, mitigate and address potential issues, as well as establish and maintain communication among the parties through the completion of a project. Recognized as an industry leader in partnering, GBI is fully committed to the process and has set an internal requirement to partner all projects greater than $1 Million to ensure their success.

Mike Ghilotti Interviewed for SMART Train Project on KPIX CBS 5 Evening News

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:20:00 GMT

Ghilotti Bros., Inc. was recently selected as one of the local companies to take part in the construction of the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit SMART commuter rail system to perform infrastructure work in partnership with Stacy and Witbeck. Inc. of Alameda, CA.

On Thursday, February 9, 2012, Mike Ghilotti was interviewed by KPIX CBS 5 in San Francisco on construction of the North Bay SMART train. The segment featured the importance of construction jobs to the local economy.

Please reference the link below at CBS News Homepage:

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/6727645-construction-set-to-begin-on-north-bay-smart-train/

To learn more about this project please visit: http://main.sonomamarintrain.org/

The Circle of Success Show with Dr. Jim White

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:32:00 GMT

Mike Ghilotti was recently featured on The Circle of Success Show with Dr. Jim White.

Please reference the link below to see the show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCiHyNzpZyc&feature=BFa&list=ULtCiHyNzpZyc&lf=mfu_in_order

GBI Recently Featured in Portable Plants & Equipment Magazine

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:57:00 GMT

Ghilotti Bros., Inc. was recently featured in the December 2011 issue of Portable Plants & Equipment Magazine. Please reference the link below to review the California Crushin’ article.

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/questex/ppe_201112/#/18

GBI Named One of the Best Places to Work by the North Bay Business Journal

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:49:00 GMT

Ghilotti Bros., Inc. was presented with an award as being one of the Best Places to Work in the North Bay from the North Bay Business Journal. This is the second year GBI has received this award. To be considered a finalist for this award GBI needed to have a 40% or greater employee survey response rate. Finalist rankings were based on scoring from employee’s responses to 20-multiple choice questions that measured employee satisfaction in the following categories: credibility, respect, fairness, pride, and camaraderie. One of our employees said it best "Old school work ethics combined with the latest technology is a great combination. The reason I wanted to work here was that I was impressed with the great pride and work ethic of all involved." With GBI’s well-built balance of committed employees and our 97^th year of family-owned heritage, now in our third generation, GBI is excited about our future outlook in the Bay Area and honored to be recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in the North Bay.

Recent Bid Winner Highway 101 HOV/Bridge Widening, Novato, CA

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:02:00 GMT

The long awaited Novato Narrows Highway 101 HOV/Bridge Widening project has recently been awarded to Ghilotti Bros., Inc. /RM Harris JV. The $25.18 million dollar contract is just another of many projects Ghilotti Bros., Inc. (GBI) will have worked in collaboration with Caltrans. This is the 41^st contract to be awarded to GBI by Caltrans since 2006. The project consists of adding and constructing two HOV Lanes, one along the northbound and one along the southbound lanes of 101 from Hwy 37 to Atherton Ave. in Novato, CA., the widening of three bridges; the Novato Creek Bridge, Franklin Avenue Overhead Bridge and Olive Avenue Bridge, placement of 55,000 tons of base rock, 18,000 cy of lean concrete base and 52,000 tons of asphalt concrete pavement, construction of sound walls and retaining walls, misc. drainage and drainage structures, structural section repairs to on-ramps and off-ramps from Hwy 37 to Atherton Ave., asphalt concrete overlay of existing freeway on both north and southbound lanes from Hwy 37 to Atherton Ave., traffic meters at ramps, signage and striping. It is estimated that once the work is completed, drivers will see 1,200 fewer hours of delay daily on the freeways including relief for delayed drivers, several whom live in Novato and surrounding areas.

While GBI is recognized as an industry leader in partnering, this will be another project partnered by GBI and Caltrans to ensure the project success. At GBI Partnering is a way of life. Our teams approach to all projects in the spirit of cooperation with open and honest communication. We utilize formal partnering with internal and external stakeholders to establish mutual project specific goals to create high performing teams. Partnering provides a collaborative approach to identify, mitigate and address potential issues, as well as establish and maintain communication among the parties through the completion of a project.

Ghilotti Bros., Inc. as been the recipient of the following project related awards for our excellence in partnering.

2011 International Partnering Institute Partnering Champion Award

2010 Caltrans – Excellence in Partnering – Bronze Award and Excellence in Partnering – Gold – Route 101/580 Connector

2009 Caltrans – Excellence in Transportation and Excellence in Partnering

2008 California Department of Transportation Certificate of Recognition

2006 Caltrans – District 4 - Tranny Award – Central Freeway Replacement

1997 Caltrans- Excellence in Transportation – Powell Street, Emeryville

1990 American Public Works Association – Contractor of the Year