Close
Enter your
text here

AB Connections Magazine

AB Connections Fall 2012

In this edition of Connections:

  • SAN FRANCISCO/OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE SELF-ANCHORED SUSPENSION SPAN - Six years into the project, the self-anchored suspension span of the new San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge is being put to the test
  • AB EQUIPMENT - AB innovations and "in it for the long run" investments
  • ANNUAL MEETING - The 2012 annual meeting welcomed new board members and congratulated an AB employee for her 25 years of service
  • HR/WELLNESS - Wellness program updates for the coming months and information on your open enrollment
  • FLASHBACKS - The completion of an AB-built bridge prompts the retirement of a 220-year-old historic ferry
  • AB PUBLISHED - AB's role on the iconic Golden Gate Bridge
  • PROJECT CEREMONY - FL governor boasts AB's Berth 12 project is expected to create over 775 jobs

View Link

AB Connections Summer 2012

In this edition of Connections:

  • CURRENT CONTRACTS - Comments from the CEO on performance thus far in 2012
  • GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE
  • HR/WELLNESS - Take advantage of health care provider changes and plan for healthy improvements with upcoming wellness activities
  • PROJECT UPDATE - Kansas City District Vice President explains how this project was won through AB innovation
  • AB PUBLISHED - The author describes AB's construction on the original Verrazano-Narrows to be the most complex, dangerous and romantic
  • FLASHBACKS - Pittsburgher's bid farewell to their Civic Arena; the first and largest structure with a retractable roof in the world when completed
  • SAFETY - With high employee participation and management support AB is even closer to the zero incident workplace goal

View Link

AB Connections Spring 2012

In this edition of Connections:

  • AWARDS AND CURRENT CONTRACTS - Chincoteague Bridge Grand Award for Engineering Excellence
  • SAS - The main cable on this signature project has many firsts
  • HUMAN RESOURCES/WELLNESS - What to expect in coming months
  • TAMPA DISTRICT - 2012 targets already exceeded
  • PIER 31 RIBBON CUTTING - U.S. Navy pier opens
  • BULKHEAD AT NOAA MARINE OPERATIONS CENTER - $6.3M design/build marine project completes
  • KENTUCKY LAKES BRIDGES - Seven-year roadway and rail bridge project completes
  • SUNSHINE SKYWAY - AB's sixth anniversary stamp
  • TRAINING - Field engineer graduates/supervisor training
  • AB PUBLISHED - Commemoration of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, 1964
  • FLASHBACKS - Historic bridges built by AB in Washington and Oregon
  • FORTH REPLACEMENT CROSSING - Update on the new £790M ($1.3B) cable stay bridge, Scotland
  • LVHR UPDATE - World's largest observation wheel

View Link

AB Connections Fall 2011

In this edition of Connections:

  • COMPANY INFO - Current Contracts/New Hires/Grand Prize Winner
  • HIGHLIGHT - Three Nations Bridge
  • KENTUCKY LAKES - Final update of six year project
  • PLATT STREET - Historical bascule bridge major refurbishment
  • TRAINING - First graduating class since the start of the program
  • WELLNESS PROGRAM - Activities to finish 2011
  • AB PUBLISHED - Tagus River Bridge, Portugal
  • HUMAN RESOURCES - Notifications
  • UPDATES - ABM benefits students/SAS cable works
  • FLASHBACKS - 10, 26, 51, 81, 89 years ago...
  • ANNUAL MEETING - Standing ovation for service to the military and AB

View Link

AB Connections Summer 2011

In this edition of Connections:

  • GROW - New Hires
  • UPDATE - Human Resources
  • PRODUCE - Current Contracts
  • HIGHLIGHT - Pier 31 Replacement
  • PREVENT - Reduce 30% of work-related injuries
  • RESTORE - More than just bridges
  • SUSPEND - World's largest cable saddle placed and catwalks erected
  • CELEBRATE - SFOBB final sections delivered
  • REFRESH - Wellness Program
  • ACKNOWLEDGE - American Hero monument
  • TRAINING - New Operations
  • PARTICIPATE - AB Community Contributions
  • FLASHBACKS - 92 years of Navy projects, and counting
  • OPINION - Counterstatement in response to NY Times article
  • SPECIALIZE - SIP district wins contract for new special structure

View Link

AB Connections Spring 2011

In this edition of Connections:

  • CURRENT CONTRACTS
  • NEW HIRES
  • UPDATES FROM HUMAN RESOURCES
  • HIGHLIGHT - San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
  • COMMUNITY - Walt Whitman project team participates in local charity race
  • WELLNESS PROGRAM UPDATE
  • NYC BRIDGE PROJECTS UPDATE - Structural improvements in live traffic to the busiest bridge in the world
  • NEW S1 DERRICK AT HEADQUARTERS - AB increases its operative advantage by erecting this high capacity crane
  • AB PUBLISHED - What bridges did AB build in its hometown?
  • FLASHBACKS - A 102 year old railroad high bridge and two vertical lifts
  • FORTH REPLACEMENT CROSSING, SCOTLAND - FCBC joint venture including American Bridge International awarded main contract for the new bridge spanning the Firth of Forth

View Link

AB Connections Fall 2010

In this edition of Connections:

  • CURRENT CONTRACTS AND NEW HIRES
  • HIGHLIGHT - Succession and Evolution at American Bridge
  • AWARDS
  • PROJECT UPDATES - Arawak Cay Port Development, Pier R3 and Pier 31
  • A TRIBUTE TO BOB LUFFY - Chairman, Robert Yahng, expresses appreciation for retiring CEO Bob Luffy at the company's annual meeting
  • BAY BRIDGE STEEL FABRICATION - Get the story behind AB's decision to choose ZPMC for the SAS fabrication, which is not without controversy
  • ANNOUNCEMENTS
  • TRAINING - Session 5: this class is well on its way, having completed five of the eight sessions of their training program
  • FLASHBACKS
  • AB PUBLISHED - The engineers who shaped our industry are prominent in the lineage of present day AB
  • ABM CONNECT OREGON - $7.8 million grant enables ABM to expand sales from the Pacific to the Mississippi

View Link