TME Conducts Training for Caltrans Engineers

TME partners with URS Corp to conduct a series of statewide training courses for Caltrans.

Solar Array Anchoring System, Hobbs NM

TME was called on to develop a specialized solution for unstable Solar Arrays in Hobbs New Mexico. TME technical managers borrowed technology from their unique slope stabilization capabilities to run trials for stabilizing solar panels …

Camille Creek Bank Stabilization

Erosion below the end of a box culvert led to unstable bank conditions and had drastically degraded a creek bed in Napa County. Thunder Mountain’s skilled artisans constructed an engineered solution designed to mitigate scour, restore vegetated banks …

Trinity County Landslide Repair

A landslide in Trinity County completely covered the county road. The failure was linked to massive groundwater seeping out of the hill, creating an unstable mud mass. Thunder Mountain solved the problem and repaired the slide by installing …

Polymer Stabilized Road Surface, Rosa Residence

A homeowner in Citrus Heights was looking for a decorative driveway surface that was less expensive than concrete, but wouldn’t ravel or erode like gravel or decomposed granite. He found what he was looking for …

Peterson Ranch Advanced Storm Water Treatment System

Peterson Ranch in Suisun, CA is a housing development recently built out by K Hovnanian Homes. The site discharges to a wetland to the south that eventually runs into Suisun Bay. Fairfield Suisun has stricter …

Georgetown Divide Slide Repair

A shallow landslide in El Dorado County threatened an EID water line in steep terrain. Georgetown Divide Utilities District had to repair in the wet season to avoid catastrophic failure. Access was limited to a …

Sacramento Residence Rainwater Harvesting System

A residential rain water harvesting system was placed under a large patio in back yard. Thunder Mountain designed the retention tank, which can be used for irrigation and emergency water source in case of fire. The retention …

Calpine Slope Stabilization

Thunder Mountain installed drilled soil nails with reinforced wire and shotcrete surface to stabilize an oversteepened bank, protecting a permanent road section and providing access to an existing geothermal energy well.

Caltrans Emergency Slide Repair, Hwy 70

Caltrans called on Thunder Mountain to perform emergency slide repair on Highway 70, using conventional slope repair methods including slope excavation and hydroseeding.

Sun Meadows Pond Construction and Liner

Thunder Mountain installed a storm water retention pond with 40 mil HDPE liner.  The pond was designed to capture storm water before leaving the site so sediment could settle out.  The upper portions of the …

Installing Earth Anchors

Caltrans Turf Reinforcement Mat Installation, Hwy 26

Work was completed to stabilize a roadside slope located 5 miles south of Westpoint, CA on State Highway 26. The slope sheds directly into the Mokelumne River via a drain inlet approximately 25 yards…

View of the road after polymer application

Polymer Stabilized Road Surface, Bear River Estates

Bear River Estates is a new rural subdivision near Auburn, CA. The developer chose natural looking aggregate roads, but Nevada County DOT required the main road to be paved in order to comply with fire…

Lined Evaporation Pond, Foster Farm Fertilizer Plant

Environmental laws require that industrial applications protect water quality including runoff and what can infiltrate into the water table…

Highway 126 Drainage Improvements (Caltrans)

Thunder Mountain removed and replaced two 18” culverts, added down drains and installed under drain system to prevent further road deterioration from undermining…

Folsom Bridge

As an integral component of The Central Valley project, the Folsom Dam was built in 1955 by the U.S. Corps of Army Engineers roughly twenty-three miles northeast of the City of Sacramento.  It is currently …

12 Bridges, Village 9

Twelve Bridges, Village 9, owned by Placer Holding, Inc. infrastructure was constructed the winter of 2006 in the rolling hills of Lincoln, CA. The soils are very fine and tricky when constructing during wet season. …