DeeAnn Sandberg interviews Zach Reilly, superintendent at Kiewit Infrastructure West, which is constructing the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Bridge. – portlandmilwaukie on YouTube
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Portland, OR: Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Bridge
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011Chuck Marohn – The Important Difference between a Road and a Street
Friday, September 30th, 2011Chuck Marohn, the executive director of Strong Towns, explains the difference between a road, which is a connection to two place and a street, which is a network of activity. He stresses the importance of returning roads to towns for community and economic development. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program […]
View this complete post...Roads and Bridges: Who Pays for Them and How?
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011September 27, 2011 — Everyone talks about it, but not everyone knows exactly where it comes from: funding for roads and bridges in Michigan. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has put together this video to explain the main sources of funding for roads and bridges, how funding doesn’t go as far as it used […]
View this complete post...New York City: Second Avenue Subway Update
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011On September 22, 2011, a tunnel boring machine (TBM) broke through rock just east of the Lexington Ave-63rd St. station, making the completion of tunneling for Phase 1 of the Second Avenue Subway. – mtainfo on YouTube
View this complete post...Sutter County, California: Levee Repairs Underway
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011Repairs to damage on a section of the northern levee of the Natomas Cross Canal in Sutter County began in the week following Labor Day, and should be completed by October 1, 2011. The Reclamation District 1001 levee, which protects the Nicolaus basin, was damaged during a high water episode during the March 2011 storms. […]
View this complete post...Washington: SR 520 — Bellevue Way Demolition
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011Crews demolished the western half of the Bellevue Way overpass Sept. 16-19, 2011, to make room for a wider bridge with a shared use bicycle/pedestrian path and landscaping. The work is part of the SR 520 Eastside Transit and HOV Project, which widens SR 520 from four to six lanes from Medina to Bellevue and […]
View this complete post...What is the Smart Grid?
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011Whether we want it or not, the “smart grid” is on its way. In this animated guide we show you the essential features. – SciAmerican on YouTube
View this complete post...Pennsylvania: Boston Bridge Construction
Monday, August 22nd, 2011A ton of people have been asking me to post pictures or videos on the boston bridge construction project. So I have now done that. There are 8 total parts to this and each part is anywhere from 2 minutes up to about 5 minutes. Part 1 here is the area of the bridge that […]
View this complete post...Kansas City: Electric Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles Announced!
Thursday, June 30th, 2011Black & Veatch is one of eight Kansas City metropolitan companies chosen by KCP&L to house the sites. The station at Black & Veatch should be operational by late July and will be able to serve two vehicles at once. As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Cities program, KCP&L will not charge users for the service through the end of 2013.
View this complete post...Bridge Builders – Al Zampa Bridge, CA
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011In 2003, the longest suspension bridge in the U.S. since the Verrazano Narrows Bridge spanned the Hudson River nearly 40 years before, was completed. History was made when the bridge was named for a construction worker—Al Zampa—who, as an iron worker, had helped construct the original Carquinez Bridge, and had worked on the Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Bridge and every other bridge spanning the San Francisco Bay. Meet Al Zampa’s son and grandsons, all iron workers, as well as numerous other workers who helped build the Al Zampa bridge.
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