Award-winning Projects
Monterrey Metro Linea 2
For the Monterrey Metro Line 2 (Mexico), we redesigned a segmental viaduct for the Monterrey Metro (Light Rail) system that had been awarded to the contractor, Garza-Ponce. The total length of the project was 6.6 Km. with approximately 200 spans and 6 stations. Typical spans are 121 feet long and 30 feet wide. The was erected by span-by-span method using an overhead, self-launching gantry. The substructure foundations are supported by drilled shafts.
Co-winner of PCI’s Best Non-Highway Bridge Award, 2009.
ACEC New York, Diamond Award for Engineering Excellence, March 2010.PCI’s Robert J. Lyman Award, September 2010.
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Metrorrey Light Rail Viaduct (Line) Monterry, Nuevo León, Mexico
Awarded the Diamond Award for Engineering Excellence by the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York in March 2010.
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Metrorrey's Linea 2 Extension Viaduct: A Revolution for Light-Rail Precast Concrete Segmental Bridges" Publication
Awarded the Robert J. Lyman Award for the co-authored paper in the Fall 2009 issue of PCI Journal.
Link to Publication Here
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Segmental Viaduct for the Ampliacion De La Lines 2 of Monterry Mexico
Awarded the Best Non-Highway Bridges (Co-Winner) Design Award by PCI
Capitol Cascades Park Revitalization: Segment Two of Cascades Trail Project
Capitol Cascades Park follows along the St. Augustine Branch stream bed in Tallahassee, Florida. Segment Two of the Capitol Cascades Trail greenway project is located on the southeast end of downtown and is about 0.66 miles in length. This park will serve dual purposes; to increase storm water storage capacity and provide green space for downtown residents. Segment Two has been recognized as the centerpiece of the Capitol Cascades Trail greenway project and is bordered by the Franklin Boulevard and Pensacola Street intersection on the north, and South Monroe Street on the southwest.
Garcia Bridge Engineers, as part of the design team, was tasked with the design of all the project's structural components. These include the Boca Chuba channel shown in the photo with the steel sheet piling, numerous reinforced concrete cantilevered walls, two signature pedestrian bridges, and the amphitheater area between the two bridges.
Featured in American Society of Civil Engineers in June 2014.
Gaines Street
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Downtown Sector for Gaines Street
Awarded the Awards for Excellence by the North Florida Urban Land Institute in 2013.
Doctor’s Inlet Project
For the Doctor's Inlet project, near Jacksonville, FL, Garcia Bridge Engineers provided the FDOT with the necessary calculations showing that the existing AASHTO girder bridge, with a 7 1/2" reinforced concrete deck, was capable of resisting Archer Western's extremely large crane, weighing 200 tons, used to drive piles and set beams for the widening of the existing bridge to the inside.
Widening of I-95 Project
For the widening of I-95 in the Lake Worth area, Astaldi Construction Corporation desired using a Mi-Jack gantry to deliver beams for the widening of I-95 to the interior. The total weight of the gantry, including an erection girder, placed a load of 77,600 lbs. under each tire. The thickness of the existing bridge deck is 7 inches and the distance between the supporting AASHTO IV girders ranged from 7 to 11 feet. Garcia Bridge Engineers provided all the analysis to the FDOT showing that the loads could be handled adequately by the existing deck. GBE also designed the erection girder shown in the photo. The project was successfully completed in the summer of 2007.
