Matthew Etchepare
Principal
email:
Telephone:
415 989 4551 x204
Registration:
Professional Engineer in California (C82395) Structural Engineer in California (S6542)
Education:
B.S. - Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 2006
Employment History:
2006-presentOPAC Consulting Engineers, Design Engineer to Principal Engineer.
Professional Experience
Matthew Etchepare has 16 years of experience in the analysis, design, project management, and construction support engineering of complex bridges and transportation and utility structures.
Mr. Etchepare has designed a variety of bridge types that include concrete box girders, steel arches, composite steel girder and cable-supported bridges. He has also provided erection engineering and construction support on various complex bridge projects.
Key Qualifications
- Management of bridge and infrastructure projects.
- Production of contract documents for bridge and utility projects.
- Development of complex stage-by-stage bridge erection procedure
- Design of bridge and transportation structures to accommodate strict aesthetic and site constraints.
- Nonlinear time history seismic analysis of bridge structures.
- Design of pedestrian bridges.
- Design of long span bridges.
- Structural modeling and analysis.
- Technical support during construction.
Relevant Project Experience
Selected projects by Matthew Etchepare are listed below:
BART Substations Replacement - Structural Design and Construction Support
Structural design and construction support for BART traction power facilities replacement projects.
San Francisco Bay Area, California. Scheduled construction completion 2024
Chalk Hill Road Bridge Replacement - Design and Construction Support
Design of a girder bridge or an arch bridge to replace an existing arch bridge in rural Sonoma County.
Sonoma County, California. Scheduled design completion 2021
Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement - Independent Check of the Cable-Stayed Bridge
Independent design check of a cable-stayed bridge, with span lengths of 500 ft., 1000 ft. and 500 ft.
Long Beach, California. Scheduled construction completion 2019
Transbay Bus Ramps Cable-Stayed Bridge - Erection Engineering
Erection engineering for a cable-stayed bridge in downtown San Francisco.
San Francisco, California. Construction completed 2018
PG&E L-400 Bridge - Evaluation and Retrofit Design
Structural evaluation and retrofit design of a cable-supported pipeline bridge.
Tehama-Colusa Canal near Tyler Road, Red Bluff, California. Evaluation and retrofit design completion 2018
Smith River Bridge (George Tryon Bridge) Replacement - Erection Engineering
Construction engineering for a concrete arch bridge across Smith River near Del Norte, California.
Smith River near Douglas Park, Del Norte, California. Construction completed 2017
Hoover Dam Bypass: Colorado River Bridge - Construction Engineering
Construction engineering for a 1,090 ft concrete arch bridge downstream of the Hoover Dam.
Nevada-Arizona. Construction completion 2010
Iron Horse Trail Pedestrian Overcrossing - Construction Engineering
Construction engineering for a pedestrian overcrossing in Walnut Creek, CA
Contra Costa County, CA. Construction completion (estimated) 2010
South Bayfront Pedestrian Bicycle Bridge - Peer Review
Peer review and 100% plan check of an arch pedestrian/bicycle bridge
Emeryville, California. Peer review completion 2010