Numerous industry groups have recently awarded some of their most prestigious honors to the Catwalk Trail Design/Build Project.
Awards received include:
Associated General Contractors Alliant Build America Awards
- 2017 Design-Build Civil Award
Associated General Contractors New Mexico Building Branch Best Buildings Awards
- 2017 Grand Prize of Show
- 2017 Federal & Heavy Award
- 2017 Design/Build Award
American Council of Engineering Companies – New Mexico
- 2017 Engineering Excellence Award
Project Information
Owner: Federal Highway Administration - Central Federal Lands Division/U.S. Forest Service Engineer: Bohannan Huston, Inc. Location of Project: Gila National Forest, near Glenwood, NM Final Contract Amount: $4,617,780 Completion Date: May 2016 Project Scope (included Design and Construction):
Owner: Federal Highway Administration - Central Federal Lands Division/U.S. Forest Service Engineer: Bohannan Huston, Inc. Location of Project: Gila National Forest, near Glenwood, NM Final Contract Amount: $4,617,780 Completion Date: May 2016 Project Scope (included Design and Construction):
- 700 feet of suspended catwalk
- Three steel pedestrian bridges
- Restoration of the primitive and accessible trails leading to the structures
- Removal and disposal of creek obstructions and existing flood-damaged structures
- Slope protection for erosion control and prevention of falling rocks
- Total rehabilitation and expansion of the parking lot that provides access to the trail
- Preservation of the existing historical and archeological elements
- Remote location in an environmentally sensitive area
- Only nine months to complete design and construction
- Irregular canyon walls required custom fabrication for every piece of steel and a different bearing for every support
- 1933: Original Catwalk Trail is built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- 1978: Catwalk Trail is designated a National Recreation Trail
- 2012: The lightning-sparked Whitewater/Baldy Fire burns over 290,000 acres in the Trail's proximity
- 2013: A catastrophic rain cascades down the burn scar, flooding Whitewater Canyon, and destroying the historic Catwalk
- 2015: Design and construction begin to restore the historic Trail on August 24th
- 2016: Catwalk Trail Recreation Area is re-opened to the public on May 28th