Orange County Branch Newsletter

October 2013

OC Firm Spotlight

OC Firm Spotlight - C.C. Myers, Inc.


Emerging from one man’s fascination with highway and bridge work originating in Southern California, C.C. Myers, Inc., established in 1977, developed into an experienced and well-respected heavy highway engineering firm headquartered in Northern California.  Bridge construction, rehabilitation of existing bridges, grade separations, interchanges, roadway construction and resurfacing, retaining walls, and HOV lanes are just a portion of the infrastructure work performed by CCMI.  CCMI successfully partners with numerous Southern California public works entities including Caltrans, OCTA, SANBAG, RCTC, numerous city and county agencies, as well as with private companies. 

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge Temporary Bypass

Numerous high impact projects completed by CCMI across California include the El Toro Y Interchange replacement, two new bridges and the widening of two others on Route 405/55 in Costa Mesa, and the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge Temporary Bypass Structure at Treasure Island.  Another bridge project, the Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge, is a 3,465 foot suspension bridge constructed as part of seismic retrofitting of numerous bridges in the Bay Area.  Positioned parallel to the Carquinez Bridge, it carries westbound traffic over the Carquinez Strait.  CCMI has completed projects in Utah, Idaho, and, most recently, work on nine bridges the I-580 Freeway Extension project in Nevada including the longest cathedral arch bridge in North America.

The company is currently working along a 3.8 mile stretch of Route 91 in Fullerton and Anaheim, widening six bridges and realigning ramps; the new westbound lane will increase capacity, improve driving operations and relieve traffic congestion.  Work is also in progress on a grade separation for OCTA at Sand Canyon Avenue in Irvine, expansion of the I-5 in Santa Fe Springs, including a new overcrossing at Alondra Boulevard, and the widening of SR 57 and area bridges in Anaheim.

One of the most recognized Southern California projects performed by CCMI was the emergency repair of the Santa Monica Freeway damaged during the 1994 Northridge earthquake.

YouTube video "Repairing the Santa Monica Freeway after the 1994 Earthquake" 

Commencing work three weeks before final construction plans were available, a 24-7 schedule was established with approximately 400 workers on-site.  The contract required a maximum completion time of 140 calendar days but work was completed within 66 days, 74 days ahead of schedule, thus saving the public over one million dollars for each day the freeway was shut down as well as returning normalcy to local residents, businesses, and the traveling public.  This is one of eighteen emergency projects the company has worked on throughout California over the past two decades.  Another project of note is the AGC America AON Build America Grand Award winner in 2008, an emergency rebuild on a portion of the I-580/880 in Alameda County known as the MacArthur Maze following a tanker truck fire that caused the collapse of a portion of I-580 onto the roadway below – the rebuild was completed in 17 days.

Santa Monica Freeway

Emergency rebuild on a portion of the I-580/880

In the early 1990s, the Harbor Freeway Transit Project involved constructing an elevated high-occupancy-vehicle facility down the center of an existing eight-lane freeway.  An innovative concept and effective solution to right-of-way problems and environmental concerns, the project was designed by Caltrans to alleviate traffic congestion on one of the areas most traveled corridors.  CCMI proposed a major redesign of the 70-foot wide, 50-foot high, 1.5 mile long concrete viaduct, constructing a more economical yet stronger bridge, on time and under budget.  A truss falsework system incorporating a unique method suspending falsework above the existing freeway with no supports to the ground was used by CCMI.

Completed in 2006, CCMI, in a joint venture with Granite Construction and Rados Construction, expanded State Route 22, a design-build project in Orange County for OCTA, encompassing 35 bridges, including new bridges and an HOV lane, shoulder widening in both directions along twelve miles, and a center median stretching from Route 405 to Route 55.

State Route 22

Contact: Rich Hebert, P.E., Southern California Chief Engineer, C.C. Myers, Inc.
E-mail: rhebert@ccmyersinc.com
Phone: 714-231-0530

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