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THE TOP 25 NEWSMAKERS OF 2006
W. Denney Pate  
Michael Goodman
Successor emerges alongside the aging and fragile Waldo-Hancock bridge.
Experience on 30 cable-stayed bridge designs helped FIGG principal bridge engineer W. Denney Pate to create a cradle system that significantly improves bridge maintainability and service life, while creating landmarks through slender, elegant profiles that are efficient to construct. The cradle consists of individual sleeves carrying the strands through the pylon, allowing each strand to act independently. It permits engineers to test new materials, monitor individual strands and swap out individual strands without closing the bridge, which independent testing engineers say will greatly improve ease of inspection and long-term maintenance of cable-stayed bridges. The cradle system has been installed in Maine's Penobscot Narrows Bridge & Observatory and Toledo's Glass City Skyway.

Related: Unique Methods and Techniques Fuel A New Maine Attraction

The Newsmakers, by name:
(click on a name to go directly to that person's profile)
  1. Bill Baker
    Partner at Chicago-based architect-engineer Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
  2. Anna Mann
    Internal Communications Manager at London-based Halcrow Group
  3. Timothy P. Seel
    Engineering manager at Radiant Aviation Services, Inc., Niagara Falls, NY
  4. David L. Kelly
    Vice president, Meadow Burke Products, Sacramento, Calif.
  5. Rosemarie S. Andolino
    Executive director of Chicago's O'Hare Modernization Program
  6. Mike Crawford
    CEO of Santa Ana-based Sukut Construction Inc.
  7. Jeff York
    President of Signal-Rite LLC, San Leandro, Calif.
  8. Ronald O. Hamburger
    Principal in the San Francisco office of Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
  9. Derek Cunz
    Director of project development, M.A. Mortenson Co.
  10. Matt Griffin
    Managing director of Pine Street Group LLC
  11. Jon Peterka
    Vice president of Cermak Peterka Petersen Inc., Fort Collins, Colo.
  12. Steven Tipping
    President of Tipping + Marr Associates, Berkeley, Calif.
  13. Bill Hammack
    5R Constructors
  14. W. Denney Pate
    Principal engineer, Figg Engineering
  15. Peter Gipps
    Transportation consultant
  16. Bill Murphy
    Project manager, Peter Kiewit's Sons
  17. John Rothnie
    Port of Seattle project manager for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
  18. Jane Williams
    Safety Consultant
  19. Ed Link
    Civil engineering professor, University of Maryland
  20. Robert S. Boh
    President, Boh Bros. Construction
  21. Mike Spruill
    President and CEO, Gulf Coast Pre-Stress, Pass Christian, Miss.,
  22. Stuart Bowen
    Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
  23. James A. Williams
    General President, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
  24. Don Holmstrom
    Investigator, U.S. Chemical Safety Board
  25. William Hochul
    Assistant U.S. Attorney

 


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