American River Constructors, a joint venture of Granite Construction and Pleasanton-based California Engineering Contractors, has played it safe at the $131 million American River Bridge project in Sacramento, California.
As the job has progressed over the last three years, workers have taken a 20/20/20 approach, pausing their work every 20 minutes to perform a 20-second scan of the area 20 feet around them. That has resulted in just one recordable injury — a broken right ring finger — over more than 100,000 hours worked.
In light of Safety Week, the team is holding an event today at the project, where in addition to 3D BIM models and de-watered coffer dams, crews have used a STCKY (Stuff That Can Kill You) hazard recognition program to help achieve the low injury rate. The job for Caltrans started in 2022, with completion slated for next spring…