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FIRESTONE BLVD BRIDGE over SAN GABRIEL RIVER
NORWALK, CA

The Firestone Boulevard Bridge Replacement Project recently received a prestigious ACEC 2016 Honor Award for Engineering Excellence. The project is located on Firestone Boulevard over the San Gabriel River at the adjoining city boundaries between Norwalk and Downey in the southeast portion of Los Angeles County. Biggs Cardosa Associates, Inc. was the prime consultant and structural engineer during the design phase of this HBP-funded project, and provided the Assistant Resident Engineer/Structural Representative during the construction phase.

As structural engineer and prime design consultant, Biggs Cardosa Associates was responsible for the bridge design, coordinating with the stakeholders, completing the PS&E documents, gaining approval from regulatory agencies, LA County Flood Control District and the United States Army Corps of Engineers, coordinating the relocation or protect-in-place of multiple utilities, and acquiring 27 roadway slope and temporary construction easements.

As a result of the exceptional efforts of the design team and stakeholders the project was a success. This was achieved through:

  • Designing innovative staging and under-bridge construction that reduced traffic impacts
  • Overcoming funding challenges that could have cancelled the project
  • Meeting and delivering the aggressive design and right-of-way schedule in less than 3 years

Project success is found not only in the finished product but the path that it took to get there. The management process and the true inclusion of stakeholders in the design process were unique, vesting everyone in the project’s success.  

“Biggs Cardosa’s expertise and knowledge and their immediate responsiveness exceeded our expectations. As a team, their communication was very good. When you need something they immediately responded. Without them this job wouldn’t have gone anywhere.” – Mazen Dabboussi, California Department of Transportation

Contact Richard Sanquinetti for further information about this project.

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Biggs Cardosa Associates, Inc. (BCA) is a California corporation that was established in 1986.  We provide structural engineering, project management and construction management services for multi-disciplinary projects from our five California offices in San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco, Fresno and Orange. We specialize in the design, seismic retrofit, modification and rehabilitation of bridges, buildings and other structures for local agencies and Caltrans. BCA is staffed with 85 professional and technical personnel, including 14 registered Structural Engineers and 39 registered Civil Engineers.
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