Offering over fifty years of experience constructing many Arizona projects, The Ashton Company is very well positioned for the years beyond 2000. Their sophisticated computer systems will meet any client's requirements for managing the scheduling and costing aspects of a project. Public sector clients consider The Ashton Company a leading contractor. Private sector clients have learned that their projects are built in a seamless, productive environment by individuals accustomed to finding innovative solutions to challenges that confound other contractors. In the twenty-first century, unforeseen circumstances can lead to difficulties. An experienced team of professionals with an unblemished track record has never been more important. That team is The Ashton Company. Significant Projects Ina Road Water Pollution Control Facility - New Headworks Facilities Description: Construction of new junction structures, coarse screen facility, influent pump station, fine screens/grit basins, intermediate pump station, odor control systems, associated electrical and instrumentation, yard piping and site work Value: $19,500,000 Client: Pima County Wastewater Management Tucson/Benson Highway Description: PCCP rehabilitation, spall and joint repair and asphaltic rubber friction course overlay Value: $2,950,000 Client: Arizona Department of Transportation Arizona Portland Cement - Marana, AZ Description: Installation of water piping, installation of all mechanical equipment and piping for Rimod #3 project and installation of conveyors and transfer chutes Value: $1,600,000 Client: Arizona Portland Cement CAP Water Treatment Plant Description: Modifications of Snyder Hill Pump Station including roof repairs and basin bottom liners as well as new pumps Value: $1,900,000 Client: City of Tucson/Tucson Water Department Pantano Wash Description: Installation of bank protection, fencing, railings, sidewalks and driveways Value: $1,500,000 Client: City of Tucson Cholla Power Plant Coal Handling Modifications Description: Modification of existing coal handling conveyors at reclamation tunnel Value: $1,100,000 Client: Sundt Corp / APS Back to top of page Significant Projects 1991 Roger Road Wastewater Treatment Plant, Phase II Description: New clarifier, pump station, biofilters, maintenance building, storage facility and modified grit removal facilities Value: $7,300,000 Client: Pima County Wastewater Management 1992 Davis Dam - Kingman Highway Description: Roadway excavation, construction of drainage structures including six bridges and base and asphaltic concrete pavement Value: $13,850,000 Client: Arizona Department of Transportation 1993 Tucson Airport Groundwater Remediation Project Description: Piping, feed equipment, water mixing equipment and instrumentation, construction of fiber optic data highway, installation of radio communications system and all related electrical work Value: $5,000,000 Client: Tucson Airport Remediation Project Steering Committee 1994 Tank Farm Description: Consisted of concrete foundations for six one million gallon steel tanks used for water reclamation and containment walls, structural steel platform, mechanical piping and electrical work Value: $6,500,000 Client: Hughes Missile Systems Company 1995 Sun Tran Compressed Natural Gas Fueling Station Description: Installation of three natural gas compressors, electrical switch gear, high-flow refuelers, high pressure gas storage and compressor cooling system Value: $2,250,000 Client: City of Tucson 1996 Wetlands/Stage I, Roger Road Reclaimed Wastewater Recharge Description: Secondary effluent pump station, conveyance/recovery piping, back water pumping modifications, sitework and planting, gravity piping and hydraulic structures, public amenities, landscaping and irrigation Value: $4,700,000 Client: City of Tucson 1998 Linda Vista Booster Station and Reservoir Description: Five million gallon potable water storage, reinforced concrete reservoir, natural gas engineer driven pump, piping valves and flow metering Value: $2,900,000 Client: Metropolitan Domestic Water Improvement District Back to top of page Significant Projects After only a few years in business, the skills of the company were being acknowledged by clients with major projects to be undertaken. 1951 St. Mary's Road Bridge - Tucson 1952 Central Heating and Cooling System - University of Arizona 1952 Business and Administration Building - University of Arizona 1953 20 Megawatt Power Plant - Phelps Dodge 1953 Hydrant Fuelling Station - Davis-Monthan Air Force Base 1955 Radar Station for Early Warning System - Ajo, Arizona 1956 Inlet, Tunnel and Outlet Works - Painted Rock Dam 1958 Shops and Yards for Kennecott Copper Co. - Ray, Arizona In the 1960's the company moved more into the highway business, although many other major projects were completed. 1960 Sentinel - Aztec Portion of I-8 Interstate 1961 Benson - Willcox Portion of I-10 Interstate 1962 I-10 and I-19 Interchange 1964 Martin Reservoir - Tucson International Airport 1964 West Stadium Addition - University of Arizona 1966 Anaconda Power Plant 1968 Arizona Portland Cement Roll Crusher 1969 Primary Crusher, Anamax Copper Co. - Green Valley, Arizona As the company continued to grow in the 1970's, both existing and new clients awarded projects that reflected the outstanding reputation being earned. 1971 Wastewater Plant - Flagstaff 1972 Wastewater Plant - Havasu City 1974 East Stadium Addition - University of Arizona 1975 Arizona Portland Cement Roll Crusher 1976 Asarco Reduction Works - Mission Mine 1977 Kennecott Tailings Dam - Hayden, Arizona 1979 Power Line Substations - Tucson Electric Power 1983 Magee Road Bridge Description: Soil cement bank protection, new road and bridge across Canada Del Oro Wash Value: $1,900,000 Client: Pima County Department of Transportation and Flood Control 1984 Ina Road (S.P.R.R. to Thornydale Road & Thornydale Road to Mona Lisa) Description: Grading, drainage, concrete structures and new road and bridge over the Canada Del Oro Wash Value: $6,950,000 Client: Pima County Department of Transportation and Flood Control 1985 Swan Road (Ft. Lowell Road to River Road) Description: Bridge over the Rillito River, 1.2 miles of roadway on Swan including RCP, catch basins Value: $3,700,000 Client: Pima County Department of Transportation and Flood Control 1986 Swan Road (River Road to Sunrise Drive) Description: Constructing new asphaltic concrete pavement with concrete curbed medians, concrete curb and gutters, storm drains, pipe culverts, concrete lined channels, retaining walls and associated roadway and drainage improvements Value: $6,200,000 Client: Pima County Department of Transportation and Flood Control Back to top of page Electrical 1999 Cathodic Protection Systems, Tucson Phase II Project Description: Furnishing and installing cathodic protection systems, supplemental cables, electrodes and circuit board sets; installing ground rods, electrical conduit and insulated conductors Value: $2,000,000 Client: Central Arizona Water Conservation District 2000 Roden Crater, Phase 1A-1 Description: Construction of Light Observatory Value: $7,300,000 Client: Skystone Foundation/Roden Crater Project 2000 Asarco Tankhouse Renovation Description: Electrical and instrumentation for tankhouse Value: $1,100,000 Client: Asarco - Ray Complex Wastewater 1986 City of Peoria - Beardsley Road Wastewater Treatment Plant Description: Wastewater Treatment Plant Value: $1,600,000 Client: City of Peoria 1990 Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion Description: Expansion of the International Wastewater Treatment Plant between the U.S. and Mexico - all development, excavation, embankment, structural works; furnished, installed, and placed all equipment, mechanical and electrical Value: $13,500,000 Client: International Boundary & Water Commission 1992 Pima County Wastewater Facilities, Roger Road Plant Upgrade Phase II Description: Mass excavation, concrete, structural steel, process piping and mechanical equipment installation, new digester and heat exchangers Value: $8,000,000 Client: Pima County Wastewater Management 1995 Pima County Wastewater Facilities, Roger Road Plant Upgrade Phase III & Dechlorination Facilities Description: Work consisted of mass excavation, concrete, structural steel, process piping and mechanical equipment installation (new clarifiers, dechlorination facilities, digester gas reuse system) Value: $17,500,000 Client: Pima County Wastewater Management Mining 1996 BHP Copper Company- Various Projects Description: 42" Boring at railroad, refinery fuel station rebuild, matte concrete storage slab, fabricated and installed spin filters, modified matte chip conveyors, two major outages, belt line modifications, modified slime and bucket elevators and miscellaneous maintenance work Value: $4,000,000 Client: BHP Copper Company 1998 Asarco Incorporated Mission Complex Description: Miscellaneous maintenance projects, maintenance overland conveyor, crusher MCC room (civil, mechanical and electrical), truck shop expansion and excavation and placement of one million cubic yards for Tailings Dam #4 Value: $5,900,000 Client: Asarco Incorporated 1988-1999 Camp Grant Yearly Mining Contract Silica and Limestone Crushing Value: $11,000,000 Client: Magma Copper Company/BHP 1994 Rocky Gulch Excavation & Roadwork Description: Repaired and widened existing road; constructed new roads, excavated sump, drilling and blasting required, excavated dam keyway, stockpiled rip rap rock Value: $1,100,000 Client: Phelps Dodge Morenci, Inc. 1994 SX-EW Phase IV Description: Site work, concrete and underground utilities, mechanical piping and electrical instrumentation for dust leach project Value: $2,100,000 Client: Magma Copper Company/BHP Back to top of page