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In this newsletter and throughout the civil engineering industry, the superlatives of the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge’s East Span replacement project and especially the signature Self Anchored Suspension (SAS) bridge mainspan currently “What makes American Bridge unique is our ability master the logistics undertoconstruction byrequired the to work in remote environments, our ability to manage a largeBridge equipment fleet inJoint harsh American Fluor “...would by far constitute saltwater environments, our self-developed and highly skilled local workforce, and Venture (ABFJV) have beenour the largest project ability toexecuted develop and evolve innovative methods that keep the work moving efficiently well documented. However, we the resource-thin of the out islands.” by American inBridge in marine construction environment have seen little of the massive recent history.” Dick Kermode temporary works that are Senior Vice President Michael Flowers enabling this project. These American Bridge Tampa District ABFJV Project Director works, now well underway, are the subject of this article.
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