About AME

Alfred Martinez is a civil engineer with nearly four decades of experience in heavy construction and public infrastructure. Since 2018, AME has supported government agencies and their private-sector partners with design, construction management, and project controls, including work for Humboldt County, the Port of San Francisco, Caltrans, SFDPW, and MTC. As a small consultancy, AME combines Alfred’s engineering and field experience with access to a deep network of Caltrans-trained engineers.

Alfred Martinez on a recent project site
Alfred Martinez early in his career on a bridge project

Alfred Martinez

Alfred Martinez started his career as a building inspector and general contractor. In 1985, he joined Caltrans as a junior engineer and bridge inspector before being promoted to Senior Engineer. Over the course of his career, he oversaw the BASE (Bay Area Security Enhancements) 9/11 project, for which he won the California Transportation Award in 2005 for project management; designed and led the SFOBB cable-wrapping project to abate corrosion on the bridge’s main suspension cables; and served as resident engineer for the Cypress/Horseshoe steel bridge construction in 1997 (I-80/880 off-ramp).

Throughout his career, Alfred was an active member of Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG), serving as a Section President and Section Director from 1992 to 2017. He is also an active member of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE). In 2004, he and fellow SHPE San Francisco State alumni were recognized by the university for their efforts to help keep its engineering department open when it faced closure due to a budget shortfall.

Alfred has deep roots in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he has spent his career, raised two sons, and continues to live with his wife, Elaine, and their dog, Leni.