WHB has a long history of successfully executing projects for local power utility company, San Diego Gas and Electric. For close to ten years, WHB has completed a wide variety of SDG&E projects related to critical infrastructure such as electric substations transmission structures and distribution structures. Services that WHB typically provides includes but is not limited to the following:

Construction management, civil engineering design, structural engineering design, and site development design.

Services: Environmental & Permitting

WHB’s operating company to support Verizon’s general permit compliance. 

WHB supported Verizon in getting City of San Diego and State of California environmental permitting for 14 miles of customer-owned fiber conduit undergrounding in San Diego.

Permit Required Documents (PRDs) were prepared by a WHB Qualified SWPPP Developer and uploaded to the SMARTS database in collaboration with site owners.

The project has since obtained a State of California CGP for the LUP Type-1 project.

Each construction crew was trained by a WHB QSP to implement stormwater BMPs on their sites.

To date, WHB personnel have performed over 40 inspections and prepared and submitted two permit amendments. 

All PRDs are reviewed by the local municipality and the regional water quality control board for approval and permitting. 

WHB also provides ongoing SMARTS database management and quality control to support to Verizon Communication Inc. for this program.

The City of The ESA secondary connection project was the largest capital improvement investment in Padre Dam history, increasing water supply, ensuring water reliability in
cases of natural disaster, and reducing reliance on imported water for 30,0000 residents living in the District’s ESA.

WHB Engineers provided construction management and inspection services for this complex potable water infrastructure project.

This project included a potable water pump station capable of supplying 9 million gallons of potable water to the District’s Eastern Service Area and assisted the District in achieving its strategic goals by increasing water supply and ensuring greater water reliability. The project scope included the construction of the following primary facilities:

The City of San Diego has initiated a Pure Water project that will use proven water purification technology to clean recycled water to produce safe, high-quality drinking water. The Program offers a cost-effective investment for San Diego’s water needs and will provide a reliable, sustainable water supply.

WHB Engineers was tasked with creating the electrical design for the new 34 MGD Pure Water Plant in San Diego, CA.

The plant utilizes Ozone, BAC filtration, Ultra filtration, Reverse Osmosis, UV and CO2 systems. The power requirements were 12kV 15MVA Main Electrical Building, medium voltage 1000HP pumps at the pump station, and multiple process systems. The DCS system is networked to the North City plant that also feeds the raw water to the new plant. Smart MCCs and ARC resistant switchgear were incorporated into the design. Multiple valve networks and analyzer networks were part of the design along with a fully
integrated security system.

Provisions for a future renewable energy generation feeders to the plant from the existing wastewater plant was critical. CAISO metering, SDGE metering, and redundant multi-function relays were incorporated.