Over the course of the past 7 years, J.R. Conkey & Associates, Inc. has been actively involved providing civil and architectural cost estimating services for new construction, historical structure renovations and other renovation projects within the State of California’s Department of Parks and Recreation.  California Department of Parks and Recreation manages more than 270 park units including underwater preserves, reserves, and parks; redwood, rhododendron, and wildlife reserves; state beaches, recreation areas, wilderness areas, and reservoirs; state historic parks, historic homes, Spanish era adobe buildings, including museums, visitor centers, cultural reserves, and preserves; as well as lighthouses, ghost towns, waterslides, conference centers, and off-highway vehicle parks.

California Department of Parks and Recreation Cost Estimating Projects (unless otherwise noted, the Prime was Psomas & Associates)

• Donner Memorial Park, Museum & Visitor’s Center
• La Purisima  State Historical Park, monastery building, shops and quarters, church building, Monjerio Building, infirmary gift shop and visitor’s center (as teamed with Page & Turnbull)
• Mt. Diablo Overly Projects (Buckeye, Junction, Toyon/Roundtop and Juniper campgrounds)
• Calaveras Big Trees Entrance Station and earthwork analysis
• Marconi Conference Center
• Will Rogers State Park
• Folsom State Park water system
• San Luis Creek Road, San Luis Reservoir paved and tank sites
• Castle Crags overlook
• Carmel River Lagoon Enhancement
• Granite Bay Recreational Trail
• Basalt Road
• Thornehill-Broom Water System
• Point Mogo tank repair
• McKenzie Point trail stabilization at Millerton Lake State Recreational Area
• New Water System, Mill Creek Campground
• Mt. Diablo fire road
• Deer Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Modifications
• Furnace Creek Water System, Death Valley
• Hungry Valley Water System
• Hollister Hills Project
• Bird Creek Water Line Improvement

Dept. of Forestry and Fire:

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s firefighters, fire engines, and aircraft respond to an average of more than 5,600 wild land fires each year. Those fires burn more than 172,000 acres annually. The prevention of large, devastating fires remains a very real priority for this Department.

During the fall of 2006, J.R. Conkey provided and prepared conceptual cost estimates of probable cost for the California Department of Forestry/DGS budget packages for the modernization and new construction of seven different forest fire station and conservation camps throughout the state:  Ishi Conservation Camp, Bieber Forest Fire Station & Helitack Base, Fawn Lodge Fire Station, Growlersburg Conservation Camp, Red Bluff/Tehama Glen Forest Fire Station, Westwood Forest Fire Station and Las Posadas Forest Fire Station. Similarly, in mid-summer 2007, the firm provided estimating services for the Higgins Corner Fire Station site at the 50% and 100% design phase. (Glass Architects and HMR Architects respectively as Prime).