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Wednesday, March 28th, 2012Rock Falls, IL: IL40 Bridge Project
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012This short video takes a look at the reconstruction of the IL 40 bridge that connects the communities of Sterling and Rock Falls. 22,000 vehicles per day use the bridge. The bridge is 1,030 feet long, has one million pounds of rebar, and 6,000 cubic yards of concrete. Demolition on the old bridge started in […]
View this complete post...Silicon Valley, CA: Advanced Water Purification Center Construction Time Lapse
Monday, March 26th, 2012Construction of the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center – Santa Clara Valley Water District.
View this complete post...April 27th, New York City: Regional Plan Association’s 22nd Annual Regional Assembly
Monday, March 26th, 2012
From Regional Plan Associtation: The Regional Plan Assembly Cities and regions that thrive in the 21st century will be those that embrace their future by planning for the changing needs of their citizens. As globalization and technological change accelerate, communities must transition from isolated to connected; disposable to sustainable; sprawling to compact; segregated to diverse. […]
View this complete post...American Fork, UT: Sam White Bridge Move
Friday, March 23rd, 2012The following video shows the I-15 CORE design-build project which used Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) techniques to move the Sam White Bridge in American Fork, Utah. – MichaelBakerCorp on YouTube
View this complete post...Ashland, OR: Hydro-blasting Work
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012This video shows how a contractor is using hydro-blasting to help demolish old infrastructure as part of a project on Interstate 5 in Ashland. While this technique is loud, it does the job quickly and efficiently. – OregonDOT on YouTube
View this complete post...The Life and Death of Urban Highways
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
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From the 1940s to the 1960s, U.S. cities lost population and economic investment to suburban locations. To compete, many cities built urban highways, hoping to offer motorists the same amenities they enjoyed in the suburbs. Whatever their benefits, these highways often had adverse impacts on urban communities.
Capitol Hill, WA: Tunnel Boring Breakthrough
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012March 21, 2012 “Togo” the tunnel boring machine finished its two-mile trip from UW to Cap Hill! This tunneling project is part of Sound Transit’s University Link light rail project. This project extends Link light rail service from downtown Seattle to Capitol Hill and the University of Washington. – SoundTransit on YouTube
View this complete post...Oakland, CA: 12th Street Reconstruction Project
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012(Best viewed in the HD setting and full screen) This time-lapse captures the construction work of The City of Oakland (California) Measure DD, 12th Street Reconstruction Project, between January 10, 2011 and March 9, 2012. (The final version of the time-lapse video will be complete in the Fall of 2012 when the work is scheduled […]
View this complete post...Atlanta, GA: The New Ralph McGill Bridge
Friday, March 16th, 2012Raw footage of a crane lifting the first 35,000 lbs steel beam into place alongside the old Ralph McGill Bridge. This new bridge is being constructed for the Atlanta BeltLine’s Eastside Trail. – beltlineatl on YouTube
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