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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.

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