Finding Aid to the Tudor Engineering Company Records 1933-2006
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Finding Aid to the Tudor Engineering Company Records 1933-2006
Collection number: BANC MSS 2007/134
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
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Collection Summary
Collection Title: Tudor Engineering Company records
Date (inclusive): 1933-2006
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2007/134
Creator:
Tudor Engineering Company
Extent:
29 digital objects (newsletters); 6 cartons
7.5 linear feet
Repository:
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Abstract: Contains records of the major engineering projects of the Tudor Engineering Company, including work on the Golden Gate Bridge,
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system, Tagus River Bridge and others.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in
English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Access Information
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Tudor Engineering Company Records, BANC MSS 2007/134, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Related Collections
Tudor Engineering Company photograph archive, circa 1950-1993 (BANC PIC 2007.029--PIC).
Separated Material
Photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library, BANC PIC 2007.029--PIC.
Printed materials have been transferred to the book collection of The Bancroft Library.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Tudor Engineering Company--Archives
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)
Merced Irrigation District (Calif.)
Bridges--California--San Francisco Bay--Design and construction
Bridges--Portugal--Tagus River--Design and construction
Dams--California--Merced River--Design and construction
Engineering firms--California
Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, Calif.)
New Exchequer Dam (Calif.)
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Oakland and San Francisco, Calif.)
Promotional materials
Newsletters
Pamphlets
Administrative Information
Acquistion Information
The Tudor Engineering Company Records were given to The Bancroft Library by Robert Janopaul on March 12, 2007.
Biography/Organization History
The Tudor Engineering Company was founded in San Francisco in 1950 by the late Ralph A. Tudor, a West Point graduate and retired
Colonel in the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. Tudor established a nationwide reputation for excellence following his involvement
in the design and construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and other bridges in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The firm's early assignments were the design and construction management of several long span bridges across the Colombia
River between Washington and Oregon and across other major waterways in the Pacific Northwest. In addition to highway and
bridge work, the firm developed expertise in the water resources field, including a major hydroelectric project in the Sierra
Nevada mountains of California during the mid 1950s.
In the early 1960s, Tudor Engineering played a major role in the design and construction of the Tagus River Bridge project
in Lisbon, Portugal. The firm also undertook a major hydroelectric project for the Merced Irrigation District in California.
It designed and supervised construction of the Exchequer Dam. Located on the Merced River, it was the highest concrete-faced
rock-filled dam in the United States at the time.
The early 1960s also saw the formation of the joint venture of Parsons-Brinkerhoff-Tudor-Bechtel (PBTB), which undertook the
management of design and construction and activities for the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system. Tudor Engineering's
role in the joint venture involved civil engineering design and construction activities, including aerial structures, several
underground and above-ground transit stations, tunnels, bridges, and several train maintenance yards. The PBTB joint venture
also undertook the design of the Caracas Metro system in Caracas, Venezuela, the first phase of which was completed in the
1970s.
By the completion of the BART and the Caracas systems, Tudor Engineering had developed special expertise in the design of
modern rapid transit systems. Its next major transit assignment, conducted as a joint venture with Parsons Brinkerhoff (PBT),
involved serving as the general engineering consultant for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) in Georgia.
The PBT team began work on this project in the early 1970s.
In the mid 1970s, Tudor Engineering was one of the first consulting engineering firms to respond to the national energy shortage
with innovative technology for retrofitting existing water resource facilities with small hydroelectric power plants. It pioneered
this technology with methodology manuals for the Corps of Engineers, the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, and the Electric Power
Research Institute. Besides developing new innovative technology, the firm has had the lead role in the planning, design,
and construction management of more than 30 of these hydroelectric installations through the western United States.
In 1989 the Los Angeles office moved to Oakland, CA and Tudor Engineering Company merged with Kaiser Engineering in Oakland.
Scope and Content Note
Contains records of the major engineering projects of the Tudor Engineering Company, including work on the Golden Gate Bridge,
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system, Tagus River Bridge and others. The Tudor Engineering Company records also include reports
and statements documenting the history of the company's evolution through financial records, personnel records, and various
promotional brochures. The papers are arranged as received.
carton 1, folder 1
San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge - West Bay Pier construction
1933-1935 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 1, folder 2
Designing and Building the Bay Bridge
1934-1937 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 1, folder 3
Golden Gate Bridge Rapid Transit Investigation, report #1
1960 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 4
Golden Gate Bridge Supplementary Report on Engineering Feasibility of Proposed Rapid Transit Facilities
1961 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 5-8
Seismic analysis of the main piers for the Tagus River Bridge
1961 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 9-10
Tagus River Bridge Piers
1965 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 11-14
Seismic Analysis of Suspension Bridge Piers
1963 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 15
Outline of talk on the planning, design, & construction, main piers of the Tagus River Bridge Dec. 2
1963 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 16
Tagus River Bridge Piers 3 and 4
1963 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 17
Messina Strait
1963-1965 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 18
Three Rivers Bridge - Yves Lacroix
1965 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 19
Preliminary study of engineering and economic phases of bridging Puget Sound
1948-1952 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 20
Computer program for pile driving analysis by wave equation
1960 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 21
Earthquake data, Viaduct Piers, Tagus River Bridge
1961 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 22-26
Merger of Tudor Engineering into American Capital and Research Corporation (ACR), Tudor Engineering Inc.
1989 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 27
Tudor Engineering stock/retirement plans
1964-1978 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 28
Tudor Engineering Co. by-laws
1977 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 29
Louis W. Riggs agreements
1986-1988 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 30
Personnel information
1965-1989 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 31
Personnel, administration
1986-1989 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 32
Resumes, key personnel BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 33
Tudor Engineering - Bendix Computer
1958-1959 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 34
Cancelled stock certificates
1967-1985 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 35
Statements of energy operations
1984-1986 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 1, folder 36
Letter to Board of Directors - Intergraph purchase
1984 BANC MSS 2007/134
Merced Irrigation District BANC MSS 2007/134
container 2, folder 1
Recreation facility
1964-1966 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 2, folder 2-3
Board of Consultants meetings
1963-1967 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 2, folder 4
Bid data
1964 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 2, folder 5
Construction issues
1967 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 2, folder 6
California Dam Safety - meeting notes
1965-1967 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 2, folder 7
Schedule of drawings
1964 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 2, folder 8
Bond closing
1964 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 2, folder 9-10
Construction
1964 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 2, folder 11-12
New Exchequer Dam, publicity
1965-1967 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 2, folder 13-14
American Society of Engineers, New York meeting
1967 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 2, folder 15
New Exchequer Dam, papers for publication
1968 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 2, folder 16-17
Thomas Leps papers
1985-1987 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 2, folder 18
New Exchequer Dam, photographs BANC MSS 2007/134
container 2, folder 19-20
Miscellaneous
1965-1993 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 2, folder 21-22
Christmas Party
1986 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 2, folder 23
ICF International, Inc., brochures BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 2, folder 24-29
Financial statements
1963-1987 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 2, folder 30-33
Stockholder's reports
1968-1993 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 3, folder 1-29
Tudor Newsletters
1952
1954
1955
1962-1972
1974-1987
1989 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 3, folder 3:01
Tudor Newsletters 1952
1952 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:01
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163844a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:02
Tudor Newsletters 1954
1954 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:02
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163845a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:03
Tudor Newsletters 1955
1955 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:03
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163846a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:04
Tudor Newsletters 1962
1962 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:04
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163847a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:05
Tudor Newsletters 1963
1963 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:05
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163848a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:06
Tudor Newsletters 1964
1964 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:06
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163849a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:07
Tudor Newsletters 1965
1965 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:07
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163850a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:08
Tudor Newsletters 1966
1966 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:08
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163851a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:09
Tudor Newsletters 1967
1967 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:09
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163852a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:10
Tudor Newsletters 1968
1968 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:10
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163853a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:11
Tudor Newsletters 1969
1969 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:11
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163854a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:12
Tudor Newsletters 1970
1970 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:12
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163855a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:13
Tudor Newsletters 1971
1971 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:13
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163856a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:14
Tudor Newsletters 1972
1972 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:14
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163857a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:15
Tudor Newsletters 1974
1974 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:15
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163858a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:16
Tudor Newsletters 1975
1975 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:16
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163859a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:17
Tudor Newsletters 1976
1976 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:17
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163860a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:18
Tudor Newsletters 1977
1977 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:18
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163861a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:19
Tudor Newsletters 1978
1978 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:19
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163862a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:20
Tudor Newsletters 1979
1979 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:20
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163863a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:21
Tudor Newsletters 1980
1980 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:21
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163864a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:22
Tudor Newsletters 1981
1981 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:22
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163865a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:23
Tudor Newsletters 1982
1982 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:23
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163866a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:24
Tudor Newsletters 1983
1983 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:24
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163867a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:25
Tudor Newsletters 1984
1984 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:25
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163868a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:26
Tudor Newsletters 1985
1985 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:26
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163869a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:27
Tudor Newsletters 1986
1986 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:27
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163870a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:28
Tudor Newsletters 1987
1987 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:28
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163871a.pdf
container 3, folder 3:29
Tudor Newsletters 1989
1989 BANC MSS 2007/134:3:29
Additional Note
Filename: cubanc_16_1_01163872a.pdf
carton 3, folder 30-34
Project profiles by discipline BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 3, folder 35
Don Pedro Reservoir
1963 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 3, folder 36
Calaveras County Water Development, meetings
1965-1966 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 3, folder 37
Calaveras County Water District - Ebbets Pass
1963-1964 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 3, folder 38
RTK Joint Venture Super Collider, TX
1963-1964 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 3, folder 39
Water Resources - Time sheet job numbers
1967 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 3, folder 40-41
Water resources progress schedule
1964 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 3, folder 42
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), Mechanical Engineering
1965 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 3, folder 43
Parsons - Brinckerhoff - Tudor - Bechtel
1963-1965 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 3, folder 44
Proposal - San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
1959 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 3, folder 45-47
Calaveras County Water District fish and game agreement
1964-1964 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 3, folder 48
Earthquake criteria, Mount San Jacinto Tramway
1961 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 3, folder 49
Thermal interaction studies
1982-1991 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 3, foldre 50
MARTA brochures BANC MSS 2007/134
carto 3, folder 51
BART brochures BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 3, folder 52-53
Financial feasibility of Southern Crossing of San Francisco Bay
1956
1958 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 3, folder 54
Tudor project profiles BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 3, folder 55
International projects BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 3, folder 56-59
Contracts and agreements
1959-1973 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 3, folder 60-63
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
1961-1973 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 4, folder 1-2
Financial statements
1963-1972 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 4, folder 3-4
Personnel listings
1955-1972 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 4, folder 5-10
Promotional brochures BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 4, folder 11-12
Tagus River Bridge brochures
1960
1965
1966
1967
1972 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 4, folder 13-23
Tudor Engineering Brochures
1958
1972
1976 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 4, folder 25-29
Miscellaneous
1956
1966
1967
1974
1975
1987
1990
1992 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 5, folder 1
Tudor Engineering, listing of jobs
1947-1989 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 5, folder 2-4
Job information sheets (for 255-8 master list)
1986-1991 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 5, folder 5-7
Job descriptions - job numbers to 999
1971-1982 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 5, folder 8-9
Job information 900-1149
1981-1986 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 5, folder 10-12
Job descriptions - job numbers from 1000
1982-1989 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 5, folder 13
Job lists
1985 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 5, folder 14-15
Job information 100-899
1973-1981 BANC MSS 2007/134
container 5, folder 16-20
Job descriptions and assignments
1971-1985 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 6, folder 1
Staff resumes - officers and supervising Jun.
1975 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 6, folder 2-3
Project log - Boise, Idaho office
1956-1983 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 6, folder 4
Scholarship fund - correspondence
1979
1996
1997
2006 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 6, folder 5
Corporate administration guide
1978 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 6, folder 6-9
Western states - inventory of low-head hydroelectric sites
1980 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 6, folder 10
Promotional brochures BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 6, folder 11-12
Manuals
1981 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 6, folder 13
Qualifications for small hydroelectric power project BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 6, folder 14
Alaska transportation corridor study Apr.
1972 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 6, folder 15
Report and development plan for Crystal Springs Irrigation Project Jan.
1958 BANC MSS 2007/134
carton 6, folder 16
Miscellaneous
1962, 1982, undated BANC MSS 2007/134