Honoring An Industry Giant


C.C. Myers Left a Lasting Legacy on the California Construction Industry.


BY CAROL EATON C


alifornia construction industry icon Clinton “C.C.” Myers never did anything by half measures. Whether it was delivering critical in-


frastructure projects faster than anyone thought possible following the Loma Prieta and Northridge earthquakes, or the larger-than-life reputation he built for thinking and solving problems outside the box and embracing risk, Myers always operated at full throttle. He loved helping his company “deliver the impossible,” leveraging the talents of great people and partnering with clients to meet their needs. Myers passed away at his home in


Meadow Vista, CA on February 14, 2024 at the age of 85, but his legacy in the California construction industry will live on for years to come.


Incentivized to Succeed Tat legacy includes a litany of projects that earned Myers not only widespread acclaim, but also multi-million-dollar incentive bonuses over the years. One of the most notable projects involved rebuilding four bridges that had been demolished on the busy Santa Monica Freeway in Southern California following the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. Myers completed the emergency Santa


Monica Freeway bridge work contract in just 66 days – a full 74 days ahead of schedule. Te company’s efforts earned a $14.8-million bonus, the largest that Caltrans had ever awarded at that time. Te Santa Monica Freeway project was


the recipient of multiple industry awards and recognition. Among them were two prestigious Constructor Awards from AGC of California in 1995 (for “Contribution to the Community” and “Meeting the


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Challenge of the Difficult Job — Heavy Engineering”) as well as a national AGC of America Build America award.


Lightning-Fast Work C.C. Myers’s reputation for delivering lightning-fast emergency repair work started several years earlier in the wake of another devastating earthquake that occurred in the San Francisco Bay Area. Te 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake caused a double-decker section of Highway 880 in Oakland to collapse and damaged numer- ous other buildings and infrastructure. Te company won the emergency con-


tract to rebuild two bridges on Highway 1 near Watsonville that had been damaged from the quake and completed the job in a mere 55 days – some 45 days ahead of schedule. Myers earned an extra $30,000 per day for early completion of an orig- inal 100-day schedule, an arrangement


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