Staff from Kleinfelder Construction Services accept the 2025 Project Achievement Award in the Public Works category for projects under $25 million for the City of Encinitas Moonlight Beach Barrels and Storm Water Repairs Project

Kleinfelder Construction Services Wins CMAA Project Achievement Award

June 2, 20250

The Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) has honored Kleinfelder Construction Services with the 2025 Project Achievement Award in the Public Works category for projects under $25 million. The award recognizes the team’s outstanding work on the City of Encinitas (City) Moonlight Beach Barrels and Storm Water Repairs Project.

Kleinfelder delivered construction management, inspection, and materials testing services, led by Resident Engineer Greg Gomez. This complex project, situated in a dense, urban environment with a high volume of vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic is busy year-round, especially in the summer months.

The City identified three 72-inch stormwater culverts in a state of significant deterioration, requiring emergency repair. Key elements of the project included ultraviolet light cured-in-place pipe liner rehabilitation and retaining wall reconstruction.

Upstream, emergency repairs were also needed at Cottonwood Creek, where work included demolishing and reconstructing a retaining wall, along with landscaping and irrigation replacements. During project execution, the team encountered an additional challenge: the need to rehabilitate a deteriorated 18-inch pipe. This was successfully addressed using steam-cured-in-place pipe inversion methods.

Kleinfelder is proud to have provided a long-lasting solution that enhances public safety and supports the well-being of the community—delivered just in time to safeguard residents ahead of the season’s first heavy winter rain.

Leia Cabrera, Principal Engineer, City of Encinitas noted, “By maintaining exceptional quality control, emphasizing safety and aesthetics, and acting vigilantly throughout construction to mitigate unforeseen effects to the cost and schedule, the KCS team helped to deliver a high-quality product for the City and its residents. The result of their efforts contributed to a total of 41% ($106k) in cost savings to the City on this project.”

Congratulations to the team members who contributed to this project, including Greg Gomez, Harry Herman, and Carl De La Torre!