C.A. Rasmussen, Inc. 50th Anniversary

Building The Rasmussen Way Through Opportunity and Sustainability for 50 Years

Photos by: Thomas James

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hen Adam Rasmussen thinks about the projects C. A. Rasmussen, Inc. has completed in the last 50 years, he sees more than just a company history; it’s his family history.

This concept is unique among Southern California’s biggest general engineering contractors, as C. A. Rasmussen, Inc. is a company with a history as rich as its capabilities are complex.

The third generation in his family to work for the company his grandfather Carl A. Rasmussen founded in 1964, Adam -- just as his father, Charlie, and his uncles

Dean and Larry before him -- has been immersed in the construction industry his entire life. They’ve helped the company evolve from a man with a tractor to a corporation able to build bridges, pave highways and move masses of earth, all in a single day.

“What truly sets us apart is the complexity of jobs we are able to self-perform,” Adam said.

“Our estimators bid more than $500 million of work in a year.

One day, we’ll be bidding against international corporations, and the next day we’re up against smaller non-union companies that specialize in just one trade. We have

the ability to build a variety of jobs, and to do it successfully.”

Much of this success can be attributed to the legacy of safety, quality and service that was established by Carl, Dean, Larry and Charlie, and has become the company’s motto. Charlie Rasmussen, who has served as president of C. A. Rasmussen, Inc. since 2002, said the company’s most valuable assets are its reputation and employees, who are encouraged to carry on the tradition of hard work and dedication, and in kind are rewarded and made to feel that they are part of the family.

1960s 1964 – Carl Rasmussen leaves the L.M. Wilson Company, purchases an International TD-24 dozer and establishes C. A. Rasmussen, Co.

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1966 – Purchase assets of Marian W. Wright Company in Littlerock.

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“We have a long list of employees who have been with C. A. Rasmussen for 10 years, 15 years, or more,” Charlie said. “You can simply write a check for a piece of heavy equipment, but the true key to success can only be achieved through the hard work of good, quality individuals.”

Charlie takes pride in the company’s abilities and business ethics, and feels it is this reputation that allows vendors and subcontractors to have such confidence in C. A. Rasmussen, Inc. “We have built trust and long-term relationships with many companies that can only be formed through one’s actions and deeds,” he said.

Adam agrees, adding that there is a long list of subcontractors that “like working with us, and not just in the field, but with our estimators, contract administrators, accounting and all office staff,” he said.

The company invests deeply in employee education, safety and development. Teamwork, Charlie said, is a highly valued aspect. “From our estimating and accounting departments to our project management teams, field operations crews, and maintenance and equipment departments, it is our ability to work together as one cohesive unit that makes us so unique and successful,” he said.

The Company’s Foundation: 1964 - 1970 Carl Rasmussen and his wife, Hazel, left his family farm in Colorado and moved to California, after serving in World War II with the United States Navy Construction Battalion, also known as the Seabees. They settled in the Antelope Valley in a town called Willow Springs, and he purchased a used International TD-18 crawler tractor and carryall.

1967 – Company incorporates and acquires general engineering license.

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Charlie, left, and Adam Rasmussen stand in front of a portrait of Carl A. Rasmussen, the company’s founder and family patriarch.

He began working for the Soil Conservation District, converting desert land into alfalfa fields throughout the Antelope Valley.

Carl soon sold his tractor to L.M. Wilson Construction Company, a local general engineering contractor in Lancaster, with the caveat that Carl would become an employee of the company. He worked for L.M. Wilson for 13 years as an operator, foreman and eventually a superintendent, until he ventured out on his own once again.

In 1964, Carl decided to operate under the name C. A. Rasmussen Co., officially, yet unknowingly setting into motion a family legacy.

He bought a TD-24 dozer and rented it out for $16.50 an hour bare, and a whopping $19 an hour operated.

Two years later, he purchased the paving and grading assets of

1968 – Charlie Rasmussen joins the company.

Marion Wright Construction, in Little Rock, Calif., and took over the company’s operations.

With the business growing, Carl found himself in need of help, and brought on his sons Larry and Dean to work full time.

The company incorporated on November 30, 1967, and acquired grading and paving contractors licenses, then its general engineering “A” license in 1968.

Carl and his sons bought out and took over L.M. Wilson after its owner, Les Wilson, decided to retire. Work in the area had shifted and started to pick up in Simi Valley. Sons Larry and Dean remained working in the Antelope Valley, while Carl took his son Charlie, fresh out of high school, to work with him in Simi Valley.

1969 – Purchase assets of L.M. Wilson Company.

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1969 – Office is opened in Simi Valley.

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Charlie Rasmussen President The management team of C. A. Rasmussen, Inc., from left: Doug Misley, Lisa Punches, Tim MacDonald, Charlie Rasmussen, Adam Rasmussen and Skip Sorenson.

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After a year of working, Charlie received his draft notice and was called upon for service. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy Seabees and did two tours overseas, including one in Vietnam and the other in Guam.

“In Guam, we worked around the clock hauling coral and other fill material for the construction of asphalt parking areas for B-52 bombers,” Charlie said.

“I remember running a motor grader from 6 at night until 6 in the morning, seven days a week. It was a great learning experience for me.”

After his service, Charlie attended a construction management program at Orange Coast College and then transferred to Arizona State University, before returning to the family business.

Business Takes Off: The 1970s and 1980s In 1970, when the Santa Clarita Valley was still a small rural community north of Los Angeles, C. A. Rasmussen, Inc. was contracted to build Magic Mountain

Parkway, leading from Interstate 5 up to the newly constructed amusement park in Valencia. This landmark project was the start of decades of work with The Newhall Land and Farming Co., the developer responsible for the masterplanned community of Valencia.

Big changes came for the company in 1977, when Carl announced his retirement. He sold his shares to his three sons, Dean, Larry and Charlie.

Dean became president, overseeing the administrative responsibilities of the business, including bonding, banking, accounting and legal issues.

Larry became vice president, and ran the company’s rough grade projects.

Charlie, also a vice president, was in charge of the fine grade and concrete projects.

In 1979, C. A. Rasmussen, Inc. made history by purchasing the first Caterpillar D-10 west of the Rocky Mountains. The D-10 had only been introduced two years earlier, and was the biggest crawler tractor in the world. Built with 700 horsepower,

Adam Rasmussen Vice President

Tim MacDonald Vice President

1970s 1970 – Magic Mountain Parkway contract is awarded to C. A. Rasmussen, Inc.

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1977 – Carl Rasmussen announces his retirement.

1978 – Delivery of Caterpillar D-10 crawler tractor, the first delivered to a California contractor.

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Skip Sorenson Chief Financial Officer The accounting and contract administration departments of C. A. Rasmussen, Inc., from left: Skip Sorenson, Christy Vaccaro, Laura Gianficaro, Jill Hurst, Lisa Punches, Melissa Mottes, Danielle Tellez, Tegwyn Neilson, Jolene Blazey and Charlie Rasmussen.

the D-10 carried a 19-foot blade and weighed 180,000 pounds. True to company form, hundreds of employees, friends and family of C. A. Rasmussen were gathered to celebrate the occasion. The D-10 was parked, hidden behind a massive mountain of dirt as the employees stood by for it to be unveiled. They all cheered when it finally rolled out into view with “Eye of the Tiger” playing on loud speakers, and the D-10 was christened with a bottle of champagne broken on its dozer blade.

The company purchased land in the early 1980s in Simi Valley, with plans to build a new industrial park.

The grounds housed five buildings, totalling 400,000 square feet, of which C. A. Rasmussen occupied 25,000 square feet to set up its new corporate headquarters.

As the Santa Clarita Valley expanded, C. A. Rasmussen was responsible for building some of its biggest subdivisions. In 1986, the company went to work on the Northbridge

community in Valencia, for The Newhall Land and Farming Co., moving 25 million cubic yards of dirt.

In 1989, C. A. Rasmussen crews set what was then a company record, by placing 600 cubic yards of concrete curb and gutter in just one work day.

In 1988, Carl Rasmussen was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerois, or Lou Gherig’s Disease.

The following year became bittersweet as the company celebrated its 25th anniversary, and also mourned the passing of its founder.

Lisa Punches Controller

New Endeavours: The 1990s The housing market was booming in the ’90s, and so was C. A. Rasmussen, Inc. As work began to explode in the Inland Valley, the company opened a branch office in Corona. Work also expanded to the north, as C. A. Rasmussen acquired Santa Rosa-based Piombo Construction in 1992. [ Continued on page 10 ]

Doug Misley Executive Vice President

1980s 1986 – Corporate offices move to Simi Valley.

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1987 – 25 million cubic yards of dirt moved on the Northbridge project in Valencia.

1989 – C. A. Rasmussen celebrates its 25th Anniversary.

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(Above) Employees, friends and family attend a ceremony unveiling the company’s brand new Caterpillar D-10 -– the first purchased west of the Rocky Mountains.

(Right) C. A. Rasmussen grading crews make way for the new Magic Mountain Parkway in Valencia, in 1970.

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Piombo, a general engineering contractor with operations similar to C. A. Rasmussen, held many divisions and smaller companies under its umbrella, including six asphalt plants, rock quarries, concrete batch plants, permits to mine sand bars and rivers, which all became consolidated under the corporate name, Parnum Paving.

Business also was continuing to grow in Southern California.

Soon, C. A. Rasmussen’s network of employees grew to 1,500, and stretched from Crescent City to San Diego, as more branch offices were opened in Carlsbad and Lancaster.

In 1991, C. A. Rasmussen was awarded a Caltrans contract to construct the interchange of the 118 and 23 highways in Moorpark.

The project included a 90-foot-tall bridge and was then valued at just $33 million; the same project would cost hundreds of millions to complete today. The interchange project marked the beginning of the company’s public works division, which would prove to become as profitable as its rough grade division.

C. A. Rasmussen was named “Contractor of the Year” in 1995 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for its work on the Sonoma Baylands Wetlands Demonstration

Project, a massive dredging project that helped restore and protect a 320 acre tidal salt marsh in Sonoma County.

Always looking for new opportunities, C. A. Rasmussen -under Larry’s direction -- broke into the landfill industry, performing grading and excavating projects in Sun Valley for BFI Waste Management.

“We were one of the first grading contractors to get involved in the landfill business,” Charlie said. The landfill division went on to work for BFI throughout California and stretched as far as Texas to create new cells and close landfills.

Another opportunity for growth struck on January 17, 1994, the day

1990s 1991 – Awarded the Simi Valley/Thousand Oaks freeway interchange project as a joint venture with C. C. Myers.

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1991 – Company opens office in Carlsbad for San Diego operations.

1992 – Purchase of Piombo Construction – includes Redwood Empire Aggregates and Parnum Paving.

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(Left) Carl Rasmussen is pictured at the Lost Hills Irrigation Canal project in 1972.

(Below) Carl purchased his first piece of equipment, an International TD-18 crawler tractor, in 1947.

of the Northridge earthquake.

C. A. Rasmussen was one of the first contractors to begin cleanup after the quake, going to work demolishing a collapsed portion of state Route 118.

The company responded to a request for bids to perform rail work in Soledad Canyon to enable the Metrolink trains to begin taking commuters from Lancaster to Los Angeles. “The 14 and 5 freeways were on the ground,” Charlie explained, “and this was the only way these folks could get to work.”

Under the terms of its contract with Southern California Regional Rail Authority, C. A. Rasmussen had 100 days to complete the work.

They did it in just 90 days.

“Building a railroad is a lot like building a road, up to the point of putting down the ties and rails,” Charlie said.

“We did a million yards of grading, crushed and placed 80,000 tons of sub-ballast and ballast, and built a bridge. We put in 6 miles of new track and took out the curves in the existing track to Los Angeles, creating a more direct route and saving energy, time and money in the process,” he said. “By the time

this job was finished, we were a bona fide railroad contractor.”

Crews were kept busy rebuilding all of the leads and track at Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles.

The company went on to do rail work throughout California, and as far away as Texas and Kansas.

“There was minimal competition in this business segment,” Charlie said. “It was very good while it lasted, but the work soon dissipated and we went on to uncover other areas of the construction business to get involved in.”

In 1996, Larry decided he was ready to move on from the contracting business into other ventures, such as real estate

1994 – Demolition and cleanup of the 118 overpass collapse following the Northridge Earthquake.

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1995 – Rail Division is established.

development. Dean and Charlie bought out his shares and continued running the company.

Leadership wasn’t the only change facing the company. As the housing market changed and real estate prices spiked, it became apparent that C. A. Rasmussen needed to consolidate its many branch operations throughout the state.

“We had all these offices and divisions, and the prices were just horrible,” Charlie recalled.

“Additionally, we had this massive equipment fleet that was not being utilized because there were just no big grading jobs left to be had.” [ Continued on page 14 ]

1996 – Larry Rasmussen leaves the company.

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(Left) C. A. Rasmussen crews pour the bridge deck on the Springville Drive Interchange project over Highway 101 in Camarillo, in 2011.

(Right) A loader feeding the jaw crusher at one of the company’s crushing operations.

(Left) A Caterpillar D-10 moves import borrow for bridge approaches at Springville.

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The company sold much of its earthmoving fleet, and methodically closed down its Carsbad, Corona and Lancaster offices, returning to operating solely from its Simi Valley headquarters. The Rasmussen operations in Santa Rosa were consolidated into the Parnum Paving headquarters in Ukiah.

Additionally, the landfill and rail divisions were suspended, allowing the company to focus on nearby public works and private development projects.

“One of the best things and one of the hardest things we ever had to do was to close down all the divisions and branches,” Charlie said. “But it was necessary. We were not doing well in areas like San Diego. Times had changed and we had to let it go. Sometimes an exit strategy is just as important as an entrance strategy.”

C. A. Rasmussen was prepared to do whatever it took to remain sustainable and keep its employees employed. “We eventually made the decision to sell off most of the plants and most all of the Parnum Paving assets to Granite Construction,” Charlie said. “We would now focus most of our effort toward public works and private development in Greater Los Angeles and the Tri-County marketplaces.”

By 2002, Dean became chairman of the board of C. A. Rasmussen, Inc., and Charlie was named president. Just two years later, Dean was ready to divest and move into other opportunities.

Charlie became the sole owner of the company, and was determined as ever to lead C. A. Rasmussen into safe harbor with prosperous times ahead.

Boom, Bust and Booming Again: 2000 - Today Another housing boom in the early 2000s was just the remedy for keeping the company steady. From 2000 to 2007, C. A. Rasmussen completed more than 50 projects for Centex Homes alone, not to mention dozens more each for the likes of Shea Homes, Pardee Homes, Capitol Pacific Homes, Greystone Homes, Lennar Communities, The Newhall Land and Farming Co., D.R. Horton, and many others.

In 2004, C. A. Rasmussen began work on one of its most complex projects for D.R. Horton.

Covering 135 acres of coastline in Oxnard, the Seabridge residential development called for the construction of two residential islands on the same plot of land

2000s 2000 – C. A. Rasmussen, Inc. restructures its operations.

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2000 – C. A. Rasmussen, Inc. reduces earthmoving fleet – concentrates on public works and private development in greater Los Angeles & Tri-County Marketplace.

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(Below) C. A. Rasmussen’s rail division at work in Bakersfield.

(Above) Paving crews ready equipment to pave a portion of Highway 118 in Moorpark with rubberized bonded wearing course asphalt, the first project of its kind in Ventura County.

where strawberry fields had once grown.

“Seabridge is one of my favorite projects because it incorporated so many of the different types of work that we do,” Charlie said. In addition to single-family homes and townhouses, the project also included a private recreation area, harbor-side commercial village, and a marina with private boat slips. Construction on the islands called for 3 million cubic yards of earthwork removal and replacement, which involved excavation as deep as 13 feet below sea level. Access to the two residential islands is provided only by one pedestrian and one transit bridge, the architectural design of each became a focal point for the Seabridge development.

Adam Rasmussen joined the company full-time in 2004, just in time to become immersed in the

Seabridge project. He graduated from Arizona State University in May 2004 with a degree in construction management, and immediately returned to help manage Seabridge for three years, seeing the project through to completion in 2007.

Meanwhile, construction was coming to a close for the company’s new state-of-the-art headquarters in Valencia. Built from the ground up, Charlie personally designed every inch of the new office facility, with Vice President Tim MacDonald overseeing construction of the project from start to finish. The property includes a four-bay maintenance building, used for work on some of the company’s smaller equipment such as backhoes, reach lifts and trucks.

When the housing bubble burst in 2007, C. A. Rasmussen lost 70

2002 – Dean Rasmussen is named Chairman of the Board, and Charlie Rasmussen is named President of C. A. Rasmussen, Inc.

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percent of its customer base, Charlie said, and he knew there would be trouble ahead. “We needed a well-thought out plan for how to weather the storm,” he said. “That’s when we created ‘The Rasmussen Way.’” The Rasmussen Way was a five-year strategic plan developed to see the company through the recession. The cornerstones of the plan included an emphasis on safety, encouragement of quality employees, the development of strong customer relations, and securing a promising future for the whole of the company. The plan was rolled out in 2009, and helped the company trudge ahead, keeping busy with many public work projects funded through the federal stimulus package and the American Recovery Act. [ Continued on page 18 ]

2004 – Dean Rasmussen shares are bought out by C. A. Rasmussen, Inc., making Charlie Rasmussen single shareholder.

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(Top left) A D-8 dozer sits atop a ledge at the BFI Sunshine Canyon landfill. (Above left) An aerial view of the islands created in the Seabridge residential development in Oxnard. (Above right) The completed Cross Valley Connector project in Santa Clarita gave thousands of residents direct access to Interstate 5. [ Continued from page 15 ]

In fact, these public works projects would prove to be key to keeping the company afloat during the recession.

From 2006 to 2008, C. A. Rasmussen constructed a vital segment of roadway for the city of Santa Clarita.

The 1.6 mile stretch of Newhall Ranch Road connected the so-called Cross Valley Connector, giving the city’s northern residents more direct access to Interstate 5. The new $19 million, eight-lane road included a million yards of excavation, about 39,000 feet of curb and gutter, double reinforced concrete box, 12,000 square feet of retaining wall, a new storm drain system, detention basins and 26,000 tons of asphalt paving.

In January 2007, C. A. Rasmussen won a $46 million freeway widening for Caltrans along Highway 118 in Simi Valley. The project added a lane

of traffic along a 6 mile stretch of the freeway and widened four bridges. It also included construction of about 3 miles of soundwalls.

Two years later, the company began working on widening two bridges concurrently over the Los Angeles River in the San Fernando Valley. The Tampa Avenue and the Winnetka Avenue bridges were widened by about 10 feet on either side, and were updated to the latest seismic standards. Additionally, C. A. Rasmussen built a retaining wall and placed concrete for a 12-foot bike path that runs beneath the bridges along the river.

In 2009, C. A. Rasmussen added a new asphalt paving division through the acquisition of one of its subcontractors. “The addition of our new paving division was a

natural progression for our new company profile,” Charlie said.

The paving division has been behind some of C. A. Rasmussen’s most innovative projects, including a Caltrans resurfacing project along Highway 118 in Moorpark that was the first to utilize rubberized bonded wearing course asphalt in Ventura County. The groundbreaking technology allows the contractor to use less material to pave the road and cools much faster, saving both time and money, but also requiring the contractor to move quickly and to master new techniques for compaction and rolling. On this project, C. A. Rasmussen crews were able to pave 5.5 miles of the rural highway in one night, while one lane of escorted traffic remained open around the moving work zone.

2000s 2004 – C. A. Rasmussen, Inc. celebrates its 40th Anniversary.

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2004 – Awarded landmark Seabridge development in Oxnard.

2005 – Adam Rasmussen becomes minority shareholder of C. A. Rasmussen, Inc.

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(Above) C. A. Rasmussen, Inc’s estimating department, from left: Charlie Rasmussen, Ines Guevara, Jaquie Ciraulo, Sarah Wilkinson, Andy Berry, Steve Hoffman, Eric Landegger, Kevin Thatcher, Stacey Klein and Kayla Smith. (Above right) Estimating Department Coordinator Stacey Klein.

(Right) Estimator Steve Hoffman.

The company’s ability to work closely and successfully with Caltrans has been proven time and time again in the last decade. C. A. Rasmussen received a state partnering award for its work with Caltrans to modify the on- and off-ramps from Western Avenue to Interstate 5 in Glendale.

This trusted relationship with the agency has lead to C. A. Rasmussen being the first contractor called upon by Caltrans for multiple emergency work contracts in the area, including a recent tunnel repair after a big rig crashed and exploded in the Interstate 5 and Highway 2 interchange. The crash and subsequent closure, along one of Los Angeles’s busiest commutes, received national media coverage.

The Rasmussen Way plan paid off for the company in 2011, when it

achieved the milestone of reaching two years of work without a single lost-time accident. Since that time, the company continues its focus on safety as its first priority. The Southern California Contractors Association and the American Subcontractor Association each named C. A. Rasmussen its Contractor of the Year. The company’s $25 million project to build a new interchange over Highway 101 at Springville Drive in Camarillo was recognized at the Ventura County APWA Project of the Year in 2012.

C. A. Rasmussen continues to highlight the variety of trades it performs on complex projects. In 2012, the company completed a new $15 million, four-lane entrance road to California State University at Channel Islands. The road is

2007 – Awarded contract for Caltrans 118 Freeway widening in Moorpark, the company’s largest public works project since its corporate restructuring.

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elevated on an earthen embankment and provides surface drainage beneath. Work included reinforced concrete boxes, a vehicular bridge and a steel truss style 100-foot pedestrian bridge that crosses a creek and leads into the campus.

C. A. Rasmussen crews also constructed 4,800 linear feet of new levee, processed 300,000 cubic yards of dirt, and graded more than 2 million square feet of pads and streets.

The company just completed work on a $19 million soundwall and bridge widening project for Los Angeles County METRO. The job called for work in two separate places – Interstate 405 in Granada Hills and state Route 134 in Burbank – to be performed at once.

2007 – Company moves into new headquarters in Valencia.

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2009 – Addition of new paving division.

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(Above left) Executive Vice President Doug Misley sits at the head of the table with project managers and engineers for a weekly operations meeting.

(Above right) From left, Estimator Andy Berry, Take-off Technician Sarah Wilkinson, Chief Estimator Eric Landegger, and Estimator Kevin Thatcher review a set of plans.

2010s 2010 – Contractor of the Year awarded to C. A. Rasmussen

by Southern California Contractors Association.

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2011 – C. A. Rasmussen hits two-year milestone with no lost time incidents.

2011 – General Contractor of the Year awarded to C. A. Rasmussen by American Subcontractor Association.

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Employees of C. A. Rasmussen celebrate the roll-out of The Rasmussen Way strategic plan in 2009.

(Above) The corporate headquarters for C. A. Rasmussen, Inc. in Valencia. [ Continued from page 19 ]

C. A. Rasmussen is in the midst of a $35 million project for the county of Los Angeles down the street from the company’s office in Valencia. The job will construct a bridge and on-and off-ramps at Commerce Center Drive and state Route 126, west of Interstate 5, and has been faced with many environmental complications, as parts of the project include soil-cement bank stabilization for the nearby Santa Clara River. The job calls for a million yards of grading – a nod to the company’s roots.

“Grading and earth moving are our heritage, and still our strongest suit,” Charlie said.

Now, Charlie and Adam are looking forward to a grand celebration this September, marking the company’s 50th anniversary.

“To say that I am proud of what our company has accomplished over the past 50 years would be a true statement,” Charlie said. “However, I have to say that it is our people that I am the most proud of.

2012 – ATWA Project of the Year awarded to C. A. Rasmussen for Springville Interchange Project.

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Our employees could work anywhere they want, but they choose to work here, around other qualified individuals in a family atmosphere that offers them recognition and peace of mind.”

Adam, who will run the company after his father retires, said he is especially proud of his father, “whose love, vision and dedication has made all of this possible for our employees, including myself.”

Within the last few years, the company has continued to gain experience in a number of groundbreaking projects throughout Southern California, from windmill energy farms to rapid set concrete and superpave projects with Caltrans.

“I believe it is the diversity of our company that will continue to see us through the next 50 years,” Charlie said.

“We have acquired a wide range of capabilities over the last 50 years, and I believe this is and will continue to be the key to our longevity.”

C. A. Rasmussen CFO Emeritus Dick Greenberg retired in 2014 after more than 20 years of service with the company.

2014 – Awarded Commerce Center Drive/Highway 126 Interchange contract with Los Angeles County, with a million yards of grading just one mile away from the company’s corporate office.

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Safety Quality Service

VISION: Our vision is to be the recognized leader in providing safe, high quality, environmentally responsible infrastructure solutions while maintaining a strong focus on serving our customers, developing our employees, giving back to our community, and securing a promising future for our company.

VALUES: SAFETY – People who build a safe, substance-free work environment for all employees.

Commitment – Employees who are self-motivated to continuously improve Rasmussen,

themselves and their fellow employees.

PROFESSIONALISM – People whose conduct and integrity reflect well on the

Rasmussen reputation.

Innovation – Employees who have an entrepreneurial spirit, are open to change and

develop creative solutions.

QUALITY – Employees who build the Rasmussen reputation by taking pride in the quality

of their work.

MISSION: We will create a safe, rewarding environment with long-term employees and enduring customer relationships while performing at best-in-class levels.

GOALS:

1. Become the safest heavy engineering construction company in Southern California.

2. Build an organizational structure that defines our company, provides opportunity for good people and ensures our long-term success.

3. Define and implement the “Rasmussen Way.” 4. Create a business development function that allows us to aggressively target new customers and new work opportunities while maintaining established relationships.

28548 Livingston Ave. • Valencia, CA 91355

(661) 367-9040