CURT Owners See Need To Accelerate Projects, Promote Training
Crews poured concrete for the northbound arch, and work on the overall 8.5 -mile project neared the 50% completion mark.
Julie Duewel
Concrete pours for the southbound arch were completed before massive storms hindered falsework and formwork removal.
Julie Duewel
Temporary fill and three columns are under construction for the Galena Creek Bridge, the biggest of the project�s nine bridge structures.
Julie Duewel
Some 450,000 cu yd of compacted soil temporarily elevated the canyon floor for falsework erection.
Julie Duewel
Galena Creek Bridge is the centerpiece of an 8.5-mile Interstate 580 extension being constructed between Reno and the state capitol, Carson City.
Julie Duewel
With the bridge approaching completion, the fill that enabled crews to erect falsework is now gone from the canyon.
Julie Duewel
Galena Creek Bridge is the longest cathedral arch bridge in the U.S.
Julie Duewel
Crews are now finishing up final bridge tasks, striving to complete the project before early 2012 and avoid $12,700 a day in liquidated damages.
Julie Duewel
Crews erect falsework to support the construction of the northbound arch as well as the southbound deck of the Galena Creek Bridge.
Julie Duewel
The Alabama program raised $1.75 million in its first year, funded by a fee levied by the legislature on labor wages and collected from contractors. Woods says the non-profit program is ready to provide its "playbook of best practices and lessons learned" to groups that want to launch similar efforts in other states.
Diane Greene, executive director of the "Build Your Future" campaign, said this grassroots effort has touched an estimated 35 million students since it started in 1997. As many as 40 states have proclaimed National Careers in Construction Week, and the campaign started a new "career days" pilot program this year.
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