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May 22-24, San Francisco, CA: High Speed Rail Conference Update
Friday, May 18th, 2012San Francisco, CA: SFPUC Bay Tunnel Project – April 2012
Monday, April 30th, 2012The San Francisco Public Utilities, Water System Improvement Program’s BAY TUNNEL PROJECT: Catch up on what’s happening with the first tunnel under San Francisco Bay. – SFPUCcommunications on YouTube.
View this complete post...San Francisco, CA: Waterfront and Bay Bridge 1936
Monday, April 9th, 2012San Francisco Waterfront and Bay Bridge, 1930s. Various shots.High-angle shot of San Francisco waterfront, daytime, from approximately Pier 6 to 17.San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge seen from Yerba Buena Island with ferries sailing underneath.Overexposed shot of Golden Gate Bridge with bright sky in background.Eastern span of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge with Key System Ferry terminal on […]
View this complete post...May 22-23, San Francisco, CA: 2nd Annual Infrastructure and Energy Finance West Conference
Friday, April 6th, 2012
From Euromoney Seminars: Following from the success of last year’s event, Euromoney Seminars and Project Finance Magazine will again team up to host the 2nd Annual Infrastructure and Energy Finance West Conference. In response to market demand, we have expanded the event focus to include energy and power and will bring together key market players […]
View this complete post...San Francisco, CA: Bay Bridge Cable Animation
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011Animation of how the longest suspension cable in the world will be installed over the next few months on the new Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge. ZushaElinson1 on YouTube.
View this complete post...Impossible Bridges – The Golden Gate Bridge
Monday, August 22nd, 2011The Golden Gate Bridge was the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1937, and has become one of the most internationally recognized symbols of San Francisco, California, and of the United States. – HistoryDocs on YouTube
View this complete post...Report Card 2011: Bay Area Infrastructure
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
Since the last update of the American Society of Civil Engineer (ASCE)’s Bay Area Infrastructure Report Card in 2005, we have seen several major infrastructure failures: the gas line explosion in San Bruno, California with major loss of life in 2010; wastewater discharges from Marin County into the San Francisco Bay; and a collapse of the Interstate Route 35 Mississippi River Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota with significant loss of life in 2007. All of these are classic examples of aging infrastructure allowed to perform without sufficiently funded monitoring, rehabilitation, and replacement programs.
View this complete post...Walk Score: The 10 Most Walkable Cities
Monday, July 25th, 2011
Walk Score has released its 2011 list of the 10 Most Walkable Cities. Walk Score ranks the walkability of the 50 largest states in the United States. The Walk Score Algorithm Walk Score measures how easy it is to live a car-lite lifestyle—not how pretty the area is for walking. Walk Score uses a patent-pending […]
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