Former ENR Newsmaker was a "go-to" contractor on several major infrastructure emergencies in California, with a celebration of life set for Feb. 29 in Sacramento.
Leaders from special districts in California, Illinois and New Jersey, with widely varied responsibilities, talk about maintaining operations, as well as functioning remotely, during the pandemic.
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December 15, 2009: The huge, dogbone-shaped steel eyebars dwarf workers in the above images, taken the week of Dec. 14, 2009, as crews work overnight to replace the damaged portion of a cracked eyebar on the East Span of the Bay Bridge.
Caltrans crews have completed both the replacement of the damaged portion of the eyebar on the East Span of the Bay Bridge, and the removal of the temporary fix installed in October.
Caltrans began its long-term repair of the failed eyebar on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Dec. 11. The damaged eyebar was discovered during the Labor Day weekend bridge closure.
CCTA Executive Director Randy Iwasaki Retirement Announced
The Contra Costa County Transportation Authority announced that Iwasaki will retire at the end of the month. He will be replaced by Timothy Haile, who has served as executive director for projects since 2017. Randy Iwasaki, executive director, Contra Costa County, Calif., Transportation Authority David Kidd
Randell Iwasaki, a leader and advocate for transportation innovation in the San Francisco Bay Area, is stepping down.
Iwasaki, the executive director of the Contra Costa County Transportation Authority (CCTA) for the last 10 years, will enter retirement beginning Dec. 26, CCTA announced. Iwasaki will be replaced by Timothy Haile, who has served as deputy executive director for projects at the agency since 2017.