Alder Creek Slide Repair, Highway 1 south of Big Sur

AIS is fixing a large landslide south of Big Sur.  Caltrans called us in late April to help them fix the slide and get the road open again. This photo (courtesy of Caltrans) shows the slide, the highway and the ocean.  If you look carefully, you can see two of our spyder excavators and two bulldozers near the top of the slide.  You can also see a few brave souls on the toe of the slide next to the water.  Wonder how the equipment got up on that slope?  We flew 'em there with a helicopter.  This heli-repair concept should be more commonly used than it is - you can avoid the need to cut in an access road, also saving the effort needed to restore the access road at the end of the job.