Number of Licensed Engineers and Land Surveyors in California
92,008
www.dca.ca.gov
Number of These Who Are Structural Engineers
3,500
www.dca.ca.gov
Three Recent Books on Prolific Engineering Thinkers
Pier Luigi Nervi, by Claudio Greco (Luzern, 2008)
Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe, by K. Michael Hays, Dana A. Miller, et al. (New Haven, 2008)
Cecil Balmond: Frontiers of Architecture 1, edited by Michael Holm (Esbjerg, 2007)
www.stoutbooks.com
Three Recent Books about Big Engineering Feats
Water-Works: The Architecture & Engineering of the NYC Water Supply, by Kevin Bone and Gina Pollara (New York, 2006)
The Tennessee Valley Authority: Design and Persuasion, edited by Tim Culvahouse (New York, 2007)
Power, Speed and Form: Engineers and the Making of the 20th Century, by David P. Billington and David P. Billington, Jr. (Princeton, 2006)
library.cca.edu
The Five Largest California Infrastructure Projects Currently Underway
Bay Bridge Replacement (Oakland)
Devils Slide Tunnels & Roadway (Pacifica)
Wastewater Treatment Plant #3 (Bakersfield)
New Freeway (San Diego)
Dam Seismic Retrofit (Tujunga)
www.construction.com
Structural Engineering Equivalent of the AIACC
SEAOC: Structural Engineers Association of California
www.seaoc.org
Top Ten California Engineering Firms by Valuation
Parsons $10.3 billion
DMJM 10.0
Bechtel 5.7
ARUP 3.4
Capital Engineering 2.6
Psomas 1.8
John A. Martin 1.8
TMAD Taylor & Gaines 1.7
Flack + Kurtz 1.7
KPFF 1.5
www.enr.com
Last Major California Bridge Built
Benecia Bridge, 2007
1.6 mile span, 7 years to complete
Original estimate $286 million
Final cost $1.3 billion
www.construction.com
Last Major California Tunnel Built
Caldecott Tunnel, Bore 3, 1964
Berkeley
www.construction.com
Seven Wonders of the Modern World, According to the American Society of Civil Engineers
Channel Tunnel
CN Tower
Empire State Building
Golden Gate Bridge
Itaipu Dam
Netherlands North Sea Protection Works
Panama Canal
www.asce.org
Originally published 3rd quarter 2008, in arcCA 08.3, “Engineering + Architecture.”
