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Comanche Road Expansion

Tackling Complex Shoring Challenges on the I-25 Over Comanche Road Expansion

How do you widen a highway, add new bridges, and keep traffic moving—all while working in tight spaces and around existing infrastructure? That was the challenge our team faced on the I-25 Over Comanche Road expansion project. At DHC, we pride ourselves on helping customers find cost-effective, practical solutions to complex construction problems. Every project…

Willamette Water Supply Project

The Willamette Water Supply Project is a $1.6 billion water conveyance pipeline project in Oregon. Pipeline construction began in 2016, and when substantially complete in 2026, will provide fresh drinking water, capable of meeting current and future needs, while ensuring resiliency, protection of public health,…

California High-Speed Train – Tule River Viaduct

DHC does not shy away from high profile projects, and in the state of California, High-Speed Rail is among the biggest and most anticipated projects the state has seen in decades. With the introduction of a high-speed rail system, the state could finally feel a…

1850 Alice – Overcoming Challenges

Washing windows. It sounds straight forward – grab a squeegee, a bucket of soapy water, and start washing. Now how about washing windows on the outside face of a 12-story building? Things tend to get a little more complicated.   The best time to implement…

Engineering the Pan American Games

The Pan American Games is a multi-sport competitive event preceding the Summer Olympic Games by 1 year, every 4th year. Each event hosts thousands of the top athletes from the nations of the North and South American continents. Spectators flock to see the various events…

The EPIC Phase II

DHC had worked with MDM on a 20’ cantilever design through Covid. There was a little back and forth, but we came up with a clean design that worked structurally and was feasible for that particular job. Fast forward a few weeks and we get…

Tunneling Engineering 101

At DHC, we try our best to be the construction engineers that you can come to for any design on a construction site. So, when a contractor comes to us to design a jack and bore shoring system, we can help you make sure your…

Bay Bridge Demolition – Pier E2

Dominating the Bay Area landscape since 1933, the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge has stood as a monument to depression-era construction and as an iconic gateway to the port of Oakland for over a quarter of a century. But even icons can need some refurbishment, and…

Historic Bridgeport Covered Bridge

D.H. Charles Engineering brought home two SAIA awards this year for our work completed on the historic Bridgeport Covered Bridge – the Structural Shoring Project of the Year and the Industrial Collaborative Project of the Year. It was a challenging, yet rewarding project to be…

Bay Bridge Rebar Cage

Such is the evolving world of construction that each time we pick up the phone at DHC, we expect there’s a chance we’ll be asked to do something we’ve never done before, or to support a construction practice or method that is pushing the boundaries…