Description
Ronald Goldgruber was born in Oakland, California in 1964, the son Austrian immigrants. After earning a degree in civil engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Goldgruber took a job with Caltrans. He eventually became a field inspector on the Bay Bridge, checking concrete during the retrofit following 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. In this interview, Goldgruber discusses his work as a field inspector in detail addressing a wide variety of issues related to the bridge retrofit as well as differences between the old and the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge. He also discusses his personal interest in Bay Bridge history, and his collection of memorabilia from the time that the bridge was constructed.