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Bridge Design and Regulatory Permits

July 30, 2020

Can you have a regulatory plan for bridge construction that doesn’t include the bridge? Too often we are pulled into a project with a predetermined regulatory plan, and the bridge design has been left out of the discussion. The requirement… Read More

SPECS Delivers 3 Golf Cart Tunnels in 4 Months

July 15, 2020

SPECS is happy to play a part in the Argent Management Fairways master-planned community. The beautiful development is bordered by the Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon. SPECS provided the design and brought the plans through approval with the City… Read More

SPECS Donates a Ton to Local Food Banks

March 14, 2020

So far SPECS has been able to continue with business as usual during the shutdown due to Covid 19 and is grateful for the opportunity to give back in a small way to farmers and food banks that have been… Read More

Karen Doll Leads Caltrans Spec Training for ACEC

February 3, 2020

On February 3, 2020, SPECS Vice President of Engineering Karen Doll presented a Caltrans Specifications training class to a group of American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) attendees held at LA County Department of Public Works. Karen worked with long-time… Read More

SPECS Welcomes Eileen Egan, PE

January 1, 2020

SPECS is excited to welcome Eileen Egan, PE. She comes to us with a wide variety of experience ranging from Geotechnical Engineering, construction estimating, and design. Eileen has a BS in Civil Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an… Read More

Astor Blvd Wildlife Corridor Improvements A Small Connection in a Larger Plan

November 20, 2019

As part of an ongoing effort to improve the Wildlife corridor connecting the Santa Ana Mountains to the Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, a wildlife undercrossing beneath Astor Blvd. was recently completed. As described in the link below, this culvert is… Read More

‘Trailblazer Tunnel’ opens, providing new east-west connection for Dixie State students, residents

August 27, 2019

SPECS was proud to partner with Geneva Pipe to supply this pedestrian tunnel under Interstate 15 in St. George, Utah, that connects students with their campus at Dixie State University. The team at UDOT and ACC made this part-width construction… Read More

Project Spotlight: Crown Valley Community Park Entrance Improvements

July 26, 2019

SPECS is proud to share the following article written by Joel Hahm, published by NCSPA at https://ncspa.org/news/project-spotlight-crown-valley-community-park-entrance-improvements. NCSPA » News » Project Spotlight: Crown Valley Community Park Entrance Improvements The Crown Valley Community Park Entrance Improvement project is part of… Read More

2018 PCA Concrete Bridge Awards Competition

October 2, 2018

SPECS is honored to receive the 2018 Precast Concrete Association (PCA) Bridge Design Award of Excellence for the Temescal Hills Drive Bridge in Riverside County, CA. According to the PCA jury, the program attracted a large number of exceptional entries… Read More

Mountain Lion Uses New Soft-Bottomed Arch Culverts near Griffith Park

May 31, 2016

After several years of planning, construction of the extension to the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in Hollywood Hills is underway. Habitat conveyance was central to the project design, and two soft-bottomed arch culverts were built using precast concrete arch structures… Read More