Owen Group, Inc.

Owen Group is providing electrical, structural, and civil 3rd party design review services of plans, specifications and engineer’s estimates of probable construction cost (PS&E) to the Port of Long Beach. The projects vary from the Pier T Berths T134-138 Shore Power Outlets 16 and 10 Modification Project to the Terminal Island Wye Track Realignment Project. Reviews are being performed for the 30%, 50%, 100%, and final design submittals. Owen Group is also using the e-PlanSoft cloud based review software. e-PlanSoft is used by the City of Long Beach among others cities and public agencies across the country as their review software. The software is similar to Bluebeam, but more easily allows reviewers to markup, identify, and track changes made from version to version of the PDF design plans with document overlay and side-by-side views.

Henrikson Owen, the MEP and Energy division of Owen Group, Inc. is teaming with ENGIE Services U.S., Schneider Electric, and Johnson Controls to continue our growth in the Prop 39 arena. "Our Prop 39 work is big and getting much bigger! said Richard Henrikson, PE, LEED AP, and managing partner of Henrikson Owen. https://www.owengroup.com/henrikson-owen-prop39/

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Owen Group was selected as #1 out of 5 firms by the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (METRO) ) to develop an inspection program and provide the inspection services for more than 200 structures, including 100 miles of subway tunnels, light rail, roadway, bikeway, and busway bridges, elevated stations, and retaining walls compliant with FTA and FHWA guidelines. On October 26, 2017 the METRO Board authorized the Chief Executive Officer to execute a seven-year, firm fixed price Contract No. AE39820000, with Owen Group, Inc. This inspection will be consistence with Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and AASHTO Inspection Guidelines for Bridges and Tunnels.

As part of the Riverside County Transportation Commission’s (RCTC) $455 million plan to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion on a portion of the 1-15 between the 1-15/Cajalco Road interchange to the south and the I-15/State Route 60 interchange to the north, a distance of approximately fifteen (15) miles, Owen Group was selected to design and construction management of the Storage and Maintenance Facility Build-outs. Owen Group will provide RCTC with Architectural-Engin...eering and Construction Management Services for the newly acquired commercial building in Corona, CA which will serve as the Regional Operations Center (ROC) and Storage and Maintenance (SAM). These facilities will be needed to house all of the services required to operate and maintain the toll collection system for the 1-15 Express Lanes. The main purpose of the ROC will be to serve as the centralized facility where all 1-15 Express Lanes operations and maintenance work will take place. These functions include customer service, express lanes monitoring, incident management, equipment maintenance, and other back office activities such as equipment and transponder inventory management, account management and license plate image review. The ROC will include a single walk-in center and a call center where customers can obtain transponders, make payments, resolve violations, and manage their accounts in person or by phone. A Traffic Operations Center will also be located in the ROC where express lane operators can monitor traffic conditions. The purpose of the SAM facility will be to provide storage space for 1-15 Express Lanes operations and maintenance vehicles, equipment and materials. The facility will also house TSP maintenance staff and be used for general equipment maintenance and other miscellaneous maintenance activities. Owen Group a multi-disciplined engineering firm with a long successful history working with RTC, will provide RCTC basic services including initial conceptual design and layout/interior space planning, preparation of final plans and specification and cost estimates, construction bidding and securing all permits as well as construction management services.

Owen Group once again cracked the top engineering companies ranked by the Orange County Business Journal for List for Engineering Firms Billing revenue. For the 12 months ending June 30th 2017, the Los Angeles based Owen Group showed an increase in billings in Orange County. Anchored by strong backlog of projects in Orange County, including projects such as: Titan Student Union CSU Fullerton, County of Orange Sheriff Department Facilities, and Caltrans Statewide Assessment, Owen Group continues to build a strong future. Keeping step with their continued growth the company increased staff by 18 percent. http://www.ocbj.com/

As one of the Festival of Arts primary attractions, and the City of Laguna Beach’s crowning jewel, the Pageant of the Master’s is world-renowned in the artistry and theatrical illusion of living pictures. In additional to the pageant, the City’s Festival of Arts supports various art shows, exhibits and collections, and a wide variety of artists. Bauer Architects, contracted by the City of Laguna Beach to provide the architectural design for upgrades to the Festival of Arts Fa...çade and Grounds, retained Henrikson Owen to provide mechanical, electrical, and plumbing upgrades for this high profile project. The project will be completed in two phases with the first phase involving the Façade where Henrikson Owen provided electrical engineering design services, including concepts and design through the identification of how the existing electrical infrastructure can be improved to accommodate the new lighting and power anticipated for the Façade and Entry Upgrades. The new Façade was completed and opened to the public on July 3, 2015. The second phase involved upgrading the grounds, including building upgrades of the Gift Shop and 650 building expansion, restroom building, and stage and associates storage building. Henrikson Owen provided the design for step lighting and pathway lighting, area lighting for the art exhibit booths, area lighting for the park, new electrical services for the site, electrical feeds, controls, and panels, and some power locations throughout including for housekeeping and exhibit and food services use, and art exhibit booths. For these buildings, Henrikson Owen provided mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design for extending an existing HVAC system, new heating and ventilation, lighting and convenience power, roof damage, and associated plumbing.

Owen was selected to be part of the City of Irvine’s (City) Consultant Team to provide civil engineering services. The scope of work is comprised of design engineering services for streets, bike trails, storm drains, storm drain channels, land survey, and all related services. Owen also provides design and specifications for traffic signals, signing, striping, signal modifications, detour plans, and traffic control where required by the scope of work. Owen is responsible for ...preparing and providing construction documents, including, but not limited to ground and/ or aerial surveys, as necessary; cross sections; right-of way engineering research/calculations, legal descriptions and mapping; geotechnical and material investigations and reports; processing design approval with other regulatory agencies; storm water design; potable water and sewer design; grading design; roadway design; traffic signal, signing, striping, stage construction, detour and traffic control design; research and map existing utilities and coordinate utility relocations with affected utilities; prepare appropriate environmental documents obtaining project approvals; storm water pollution prevention plans and reports; technical specifications; and Engineer’s Cost Estimates and quantity take-offs. See more

The Port of Long Beach (POLB) is actively engaged in maintaining, upgrading, and replacing its infrastructure and assets. Owen was selected by POLB to provide On-Call Professional Design Review services to assist POLB in achieving this goal. Owen is providing design review services associated with accuracy checks, interdisciplinary reviews, independent reviews, independent analysis, value engineering studies, constructability reviews, and bidability reviews. Owen professional...s review InRoads files, such as digital Terrain Models (DTMs), Geometry Projects (ALGs), Storm and Sanitary Databases (SDBs), and other associated applications. All design review services must be performed to ensure conformity to the POLB Design Criteria Manual and Quality Management System (QMS). Owen also prepared documentation of our findings, participates in design review meetings, and performs back checks of revised documents.

Under Owen’s As-Needed Architectural and Engineering Master Contract, Owen is currently providing designs for upgrades to meet the new USP 800 USP 797, and California Board of Pharmacy (BOP) regulations. The USP 800 is a new standard relating to hazardous drugs (HD) and the safety of personnel. The U.S. Pharmacopeia has implemented USP 797 to control the compounding and administration of pharmaceutical products. The regulations comprising USP 797 are intended to protect patie...Continue reading

Owen was selected by the City of Long Beach (City) to provide As-Needed Plan Review and Inspection Services. With respect to the Plan Review services, Owen is providing the review of the following plans: building for architectural, structural, and civil; mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP); fire-building (sprinkler and fire alarm systems, smoke control, etc.); grading and civil; stormwater/standards urban stormwater mitigation plans (SUSMP); technical reports (structur...al calculations, geotechnical/soils, hydrology, Title 24 energy, etc.); and green code and energy codes. This scope includes all phases of design through final construction documents and through to construction and project close-out. Inspection services include building, MEP, combination residential, fire, grading, and erosion/stormwater best management practices (BMP). Owen is also responsible for providing qualified staff for permit counter services, which involves processing plan submittals, verifying approvals for permit issuance, calculating fees, maintaining records, reviewing and approving non-structural plans, processing applications, and customer services. Another service area includes plan reviews and inspections of medical marijuana businesses.

Under Owen’s As-Needed Architectural and Engineering Master Contract, Owen is currently providing full service architectural and multidisciplinary engineering design services for the New Urgent Care Clinic at the El Monte Community Health Center. This project entails the design of an approximately 6,000 sq. ft. Urgent Care Clinic on the first floor level of the existing El Monte Community Health Center (CHC). This area once served as operating rooms and is now being converted.... The new clinic will be on the south east corner of the existing facility. Owen is designing this Urgent Care Clinic, using the space programs provided as a guideline on the first floor level. The new clinic will be on the south east corner of the existing facility. The existing facility was built in 1979. The existing area will be gutted out and rebuilt for this project. The project will be plan checked by LADPW Building and Safety (LADPW B+S) that will include OSHPD 3 components required for the project scope or licensing. The existing space planned for this new urgent care center is formerly included, but not limited to the Post-Operative / Recovery Rooms, south of the existing Pharmacy. The existing infrastructure and services for this area will be upgraded to support the new layout.