Our Projects
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
East & West Tie-In, Temporary Bypass Structure & YBI Transition Structure Construction
Location: San Francisco, CA
Company: CC Myers, Inc.
Position: Project Engineer
Date: April 2007 – October 2009
New San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge construction. This project consisted of several different types of scope, which contributed to the construction of the new Bay Bridge.
In 2007, the Yerba Buena Island (West-Tie In) approach structure was replaced through accelerated bridge construction means by pre-constructing a bridge off-set of final alignment.
During a 96-hour bridge closure, the original structure was removed, and the new bridge was transported to its final location and opened to traffic.
During the period between 2007-2009, the new Yerba Buena Island Transition Structure (YBITS) was constructed. In addition, the Temporary Bypass Structure (TBS) was constructed to realign the bay bridge traffic, which allowed for the construction of the new Bay Bridge superstructure. This portion of the project included high elevation bridge construction, steel truss bridge construction and mass concrete foundations/column construction.
In 2009, during another 96-hour bridge closure, a span of the existing bay bridge was transported north of original alignment and a new pre-constructed East Tie-In span was transported to establish a new alignment, which allowed for the opening of the new Temporary Bypass Structure.
Throughout this period Troy Wright contributed as a Project Engineer, and was responsible for structure layout, bridge material procurement, subcontractor logistic planning, maintaining, and reporting schedule updates to all project partners, RFIs/change order management, construction QA-QC, and demolition plan development.
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
504 & 288 Spans Demolition
Location: San Francisco / Oakland, CA
Company: Silverado Contractor’s, Inc.
Position: Project Manager
Date: April 2015 – December 2017
Second phase of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge demolition. Via heavy lift-lowering means, the 504’ truss’, 288’ causeway spans, and supporting piers were removed and lowered to supporting barges. Once stabilized, the spans were transported to a nearby pier for off-site dismantling.
As Project Manager, Troy Wright contributed to the project scheduling, engineering development, client relations, cost/revenue forecasts, and safety protocol implementation. In addition, he was responsible for the Bridge Element Salvage Program, which persevered the legacy of the original bridge throughout the Bay Area community.
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Foundation Demolition
Location: San Francisco / Oakland, CA
Company: Silverado Contractor’s, Inc.
Position: Project Manager
Date: June 2016 – December 2017
Deep foundation demolition in the San Francisco Bay. As Project Manager, Troy Wright managed the handling and disposal of the implosion demo debris of the SFOBB Piers. He was responsible for client relations, employee safety, project scheduling, cost controls, and disposal protocols. The project won the World Demolition award for Collaboration, the Federal Highway Administration award for Environmental Excellence, and the Caltrans Gold Standard award for Partnering Success in Motion.
Caldecott 4th Bore Tunnel
4th Bore Construction and Systems Design
Location: Orinda, CA and Oakland, CA
Company: Parsons Corporation
Position: Manager of Engineering Services During Construction
Date: April 2011 – August 2014
To relieve traffic, a 4th bore was added to the Caldecott Tunnel Infrastructure. As a prime consultant representing the owner, Contra Costa County Transportation Authority and Caltrans-District 4, Troy Wright provided engineering services during construction of the 4th Bore and its Operations and Maintenance Center. In addition, he managed the tunnel systems design-build phase, the development of the Emergency Response Plan and contributed to tunnel commissioning and obtaining the Certificate of Occupancy from the State Fire Marshal’s Office. The tunneling project was awarded CTF Project of the Year in 2014.
120 Stockton
Building Retrofit
Location: San Francisco, CA
Company: Silverado Contractor’s, Inc.
Position: Project Manager
Date: November 2018 – July 2021
A major structural retrofit project of the existing 7-story post-tensioned, concrete Macy’s Department store located near Union Square in SF, CA. The project consisted of replacing the exterior shear wall system with a new interior core shear wall system. Through a value engineering initiative, vertical and lateral shoring systems were designed and installed simultaneously, which resulted in an accelerated demolition schedule. As project manager, Troy Wright led all project partners to provide access, install/load vertical and lateral shoring, de-tension girder tendons, demo girders, re-construct, and re-tension modified girders. In addition, he was responsible for the abatement, vertical and lateral shoring design, the engineered demolition plans for the exterior shear wall system & interior columns, all demo operations, basement shoring design/installation, and basement excavation.
Doyle Drive
Presidio Viaduct & HWY 1/101 Interchange
Location: San Francisco, CA
Company: CC Myers, Inc.
Position: Project Manager
Date: October 2009 – March 2011
An accelerated bridge construction project with a focus of decommissioning the existing aging Presidio Viaduct and Highway 1/101 interchange at the south Golden Gate Bridge approach. As Project Manager, Troy Wright managed all project controls, owner relations & partnering, project scheduling, cost & revenue forecasting, subcontractor logistics, material procurement, value engineering proposals, and change order requests.
Pier 70
Building 15 Preservation
Location: San Francisco, CA
Company: Silverado Contractor’s, Inc.
Position: Project Manager
Date: July 2018 – July 2021
A historic building preservation project. By non-destructive means, the 188-ton building was transported and stored 120ft from its original location. Two and half years later, the building was lifted to its new elevation and transported back to its new 16 foundations. As Project Manager, Troy Wright was responsible for the value engineering concept, structural engineering, and field operations to preserve the historic building during grading activities.
West Mission Bay Bridge
Demolition
Location: San Diego, CA
Company: Silverado Contractor’s, Inc.
Position: Project Manager
Date: October 2020 – June 2021
A Bridge Demolition Project, which included the demolition of 11 each of 120-foot spans of concrete deck and steel girders, concrete piers, and abutments. The entire structure was removed over the protected tidal waters of the San Diego River outlet to the Pacific Ocean. As Project Manager, Troy Wright was responsible for the demolition and rigging engineering, employee safety and all field operations. In addition, he was responsible for the protection of the San Diego River tidal water ESA during demo operations.
HWY 101 at Alemany
Deck Replacement
Location: San Francisco, CA
Company: Silverado Contractor’s, Inc.
Position: Project Manager
Date: April 2020
A COVID accelerated bridge replacement project on Highway 101. As traffic counts reduced during the COVID pandemic, Caltrans accelerated the bridge deck replacement project and compressed the project duration to five and a half total days. Working with the other bridge construction trades the bridge deck was successfully removed in two 24 hour shifts within a 96-hour period. As Project Manager, Troy Wright was responsible for employee safety, client partnering, contingency planning and all field operations.
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
Trans Bay Tube Retrofit
Location: Oakland, CA
Company: Silverado Contractors, Inc.
Position: Project Manager
Date: September 2020
A structural retrofit project of BART’s most critical asset, the Transbay Tube. As Project Manager, Troy Wright was responsible for the selective demolition operations of the Transbay Tube invert and third rail concrete.
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
Oakland Airport Connector Construction
Location: Oakland, CA
Company: Parsons – Flatiron, JV
Position: Senior Engineer
Date: July 2014 – December 2014
Construction of an elevated truss supporting an automated guideway transit system, which connects BART Coliseum Station and Oakland International Airport. As a Senior Engineer, Troy Wright managed all design aspects of the close-out phase of the design-build project.
Kaiser Legacy Oakland Hospital
Building Demolition
Location: Oakland, CA
Company: Silverado Contractor’s, Inc.
Position: Project Manager
Date: June 2017 – November 2018
A full building removal project within the active Kaiser Hospital campus in Oakland, CA. This dynamic building structure was abated and removed in a floor-by-floor sequence within a highly sensitive environment. As Project Manager, Troy Wright managed the abatement and safe dismantling of the twelve-story SMF structure. He was responsible for employee safety, project scheduling, client relations, demo engineering, cost control and profit forecasting.
Port of Richmond Cargo Cranes
Demolition
Location: Richmond, CA
Company: Silverado Contractor’s, Inc.
Position: Project Manager
Date: June 2019 – January 2020
Removal of the two decommissioned cranes at the Port of Richmond, CA. Towering at 250 feet high with the crane boom in a permanent stowed condition the cranes were segmentally removed from the concrete pier. As Project Manager, Troy Wright was responsible for the demolition engineering planning, employee safety, environmental compliance, and all demolition operations.
SFSU Science Building
Building Demolition
Location: San Francisco, CA
Company: Silverado Contractor’s, Inc.
Position: Project Manager
Date: June 2021 – September 2021
An accelerated San Francisco State University Building Demolition Project. Through an accelerated timeline, the three-story 65,000 SF concrete building and foundations were removed prior to students returning to campus. As Project Manager, Troy Wright was responsible for all demolition engineering, client relations, project controls and employee safety.