The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge suffered major damage from the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake that demanded the massive bridge to undergo a series of retrofits and improvements.

Smith-Emery provided the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge project with numerous inspections and testing services including precast concrete testing which consist of site and shop inspections; concrete and aggregate testing on-site; structural steel testing, reinforcing steel testing, rebar coupler testing, welding inspections, full service NDT testing including magnetic particle, ultrasonic testing and radiographic examinations. We also monitored welds and high strength bolts and can confidently claim to have monitored every single weld and high strength bold that was used for the Self-Anchored Suspension Span.

Orange County Great Park is an estimated $1.2 billion dollar project and consists of over 1,300 acres and is projected to be completed by 2020. The OCGP objective is to set a new standard as The Great Metropolitan Park of the 21st Century.

Smith-Emery Laboratories has worked on the following projects of the Orange County Great Park: Children's Playground, North Lawn, Carousel, Metrolink and Picnic Area.

The City of Fullerton and Smith-Emery Laboratories have worked together on numerous public works projects providing inspection services for over 10 years.

Smith Emery has worked on the following projects for the City of Fullerton: Lemon Street Reconditioning 4574, Water Line Various Locations 5361, Brea Boulevard Slope Repair 4551, Brookhurst Improvements at 91 Freeway, Highland Grade Separation, Richman Street Reconstruction 2005-07, Longview Drive East of Brea Boulevard, and countless geotechnical and pavement investigation on roadways, walkways and slopes.

The Annenberg Pavilion at Eisenhower Medical Center is a $214 million dollar state of the art care facility that stands four stories tall and opened for patient care on November 2, 2010. We provided over 5 years of testing and inspection services.

Testing Performed: Concrete Field Inspections (ACI), Concrete Batch Plant Inspections, Density/moisture determination for soils, aggregate base and asphalt concrete, Structural Steel Inspections, Masonry Inspections.

CSUF and Smith-Emery have and continue to work together on various projects for the university to help improve the learning experience and campus life for students and faculty.

We have provided our services on the following projects: Eastside Parking Structure, Nursing Skills Laboratory, Student Housing and the Steven G. Mihaylo Hall. The project cost to date is estimated at a quarter billion dollars. Smith-Emery has performed various field and laboratory testing that includes concrete inspections, density/moisture determinations on soils, aggregate base and asphaltic concrete, structural steel and masonry inspections.