Urban Engineers (Urban) joined Delaware Governor Jack Markell, Transportation Secretary Shailen Bhatt, and members of the project team and local community to celebrate the completion of the Carter Road – Sunnyside Road to Wheatleys Pond Road Reconstruction. Learn more about this project here: http://bit.ly/1dg3Xqt
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Smyrna, DE: Welcome Back, Carter!
Posted by Infra on Friday, January 17th, 2014Washington, DC: Freezing the Ground for the First Street Tunnel
Posted by Infra on Wednesday, January 15th, 2014DC Water’s Contractor (SKJD) will utilize an innovative ground freezing technology to improve ground condition in advance of shaft, adit and near surface construction of the First Street Tunnel Project. By creating a natural gas generated closed loop brine system, the ground will be stabilized in advance of excavation. Ground Freezing ensures that the required excavation in the four construction staging areas for this important project will be fully stabilized.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...NYC Streets Metamorphosis: 2002-2014
Posted by Content Coordinator on Tuesday, January 14th, 2014There’s nothing more dramatic than looking back five or ten years at Streetfilms footage to see how much the streets of New York City have changed. In this wonderful montage, check out the incredible changes at Times Square, Herald Square, the Brooklyn waterfront, and many other places that outgoing NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and her staff have intrepidly transformed.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Auburn, Maine: Hotel Road Bridge Construction
Posted by Infra on Monday, January 13th, 2014Auburn Hotel Road bridge construction including construction of cofferdams, floating girders, gfrp reinforcement and lateral slide.
-Eric Calderwood on YouTube
NYC: Riders Waiting for Subway in Super Slow Motion
Posted by Infra on Friday, January 10th, 2014Excerpt of “Stainless,” 42nd Street
High speed video recording in NYC at Grand Central station.
original footage: 10min. 49sec. 720p 50fps
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Los Angeles: Refurbishing a Light Rail Car
Posted by Infra on Thursday, January 9th, 2014Time lapse video of Metro Blue Line train refurbishing.
For more information visit http://www.metro.net/bluelineupgrades
-Metro Los Angeles on YouTube
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Let’s Take A Ride: 5 Largest US Public Transit Systems
Posted by ccooper1 on Thursday, January 9th, 2014Chicago, Boston, New York City, San Francisco and Washington, DC are home to America’s largest, most extensive public transportation systems. MPA@UNC has created a visualization of the history and development of each city’s system to show how millions of Americans travel daily via mass transit.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Raleigh County, WV: Blasting Boulders on WV 3
Posted by Infra on Tuesday, January 7th, 2014Three large boulders and debris fell onto WV 3 near Sundial in Raleigh County on Friday, December 27, 2013. This cellphone video of explosives being used to break up the rocks was taken by a WVDOH Engineer.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Big Kids, Little City – Episode 3: Complete Streets
Posted by Infra on Monday, January 6th, 2014What would a street feel like if it had room for all modes of transportation? In our first animated short in the Big Kids, Little City series, you’ll find out what Complete Streets is and how it can improve on the quality of life in your community.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Bike Share in Manhattan
Posted by Infra on Friday, January 3rd, 2014Bike Share has taken Manhattan by Storm. The bike share system with over 6000 bikes on Manhattan, and 10,000 system wide gets over 33,000 trips per day. On a chilly…not cold (25 degrees) December morning I wanted to try out the system to see how well it worked, and what riding in Manhattan was about. Check the short video to see what I found.
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