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Evaluates the Argos for Windows software from Sepialine in San Francisco, California.

The article deals with a probe conducted by Caltrans concerning the structural soundness of the self-anchored suspension-span foundation of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in 2011. The California Department of Transportation claims that one of its technical engineers may have falsified data regarding the infrastructure. Caltrans director Malcolm Dougherty Tony Anziano says that it has launched an investigation and found that the bridge's safety is not an issue.

This article reports on the failure of Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) to satisfy the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in providing data on its pipeline system in March 2011. The company did not provide all its records for pressure tests of natural gas pipelines in high-consequence areas (HCA). Other federal entities and elected representatives are also involved in the controversy. Paul Clanon, executive director of the CPUC, sent a letter to the company about the inadequate data.

Reports on the dropping of the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) proposed escrowing of bid documents of highway contractors. Inability to assure absolute confidentiality of the bid documents; Compromise proposal with Associated General Contractors of California; Reasons for Caltrans to deny construction claims on contractors.

The article discusses the donation of the archives of architect Frank Gehry to the organization Getty Research Institute. Topics include Gehry's relation to the Los Angeles, California art scene, Gehry's role in the influence of Los Angeles architecture, and plans for the storage of Gehry's architectural models.

In this article, the author presents the responses of the readers of "Engineering News Record" (ENR) journal regarding the proposal of reinventing the Division of the State Architect in California which was written in the American Institute of Architects (AIA) California Council white paper.

Reports that three companies in a highly industrial corner of the northeast San Fernando Valley in California have committed to landscape their properties and enclose their trash-sorting operations to control odors and dust. Efforts of local residents to have the odors that drifted from the recycling and refuse companies reduced. Sun Valley Paper Stock's plan of constructing a building, complete with demisters for dust and equipment to control odors as it handles material. American Waste's plan to enclose its operations and install solar panels on the roof.