Related Links: Low and Slow Across America's Infrastructure Fits and starts, bumper to bumper. ENR Transportation Editor Aileen Cho and I headed to Washington, D.C. along the dreaded, traffic-clogged I-95 corridor. And we're riding in a 1949 Hudson Commodore. Why? To send the message that "America’s infrastructure is as old, rusty and as energy defunct" as the car.If we’re successful, we’ll travel 5,000 miles to the West Coast in Mrs. Martin, the nickname I've given my Detroit lead sled. Aileen and I will be journaling the lack of investment in vital infrastructure and how that is putting the U.S. in
Photo by Dan McNichol The Bayonne Bridge in New Jersey, one of the first stops on the Low and Slow Across America's Infrastructure tour. Related Links: Low and Slow Across America's Infrastructure Disgusted with gridlock and the politics of Washington, DC when it comes to the infrastructure spend, I headed into it and towards it. On a hot and humid Wednesday morning in May I began the shlep through Boston’s morning rush. As I rolled onto the Mass Pike I felt the glare of workers starting their daily driving grind. Peering out of hermetically sealed cockpits, where music was streaming
China Railway Tunnel Group, with an Israeli partner, has won an $800-million contract to build the tunnels and underground stations in the western section of the first line of the Tel Aviv light rail system.It is the largest tender for the project’s Red Line, awarded by NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System Ltd.The joint venture of Shikun U’Binui subsidiary Solel Boneh and the Chinese firm will manage digging of two parallel 5-kilometer long tunnels that constitute the main part of the underground section of the first line. Completion of the 22-km long line that runs from Petah Tikva northeast of the
India Army photos India Army troops assist in cleanup operations in Basantpur, Nepal following April 25 quake that had magnitude of 7.8 on Richter scale; second quake of 7.3 hit on May 12. India Army Engineering task force uses donated equipment to clear debris in areas hit. UK-based JCB provided more than $1.2 million worth of machines to date. Related Links: Latham, N.Y. civil engineer, born in Nepal, tracks devastation far from homeland Stanford earthquake hazards researcher at center of Nepal quake Qatar refuses to let Nepalese workers return to attend funerals after quake Intl. Red Cross and Nepal Probe
Climate change is expected to impact Bangladesh severely. River flooding currently affects 9.5 million people annually in South Asia and is projected to increase to 15 million people by 2030, according to the World Resources Institute. Those living in the coastal areas of Bangladesh are hit especially hard by disasters, such as cyclones, flash floods, erratic rainfall and salinity intrusion. Sea levels near Dhaka could rise 30 centimeters by 2040 and exceed 100 cm by 2100.Bangladesh has about 100 islands in the Bay of Bengal and a cluster of big rivers. Every three years or so, cyclones increase water levels,
By Nadine M. Post/ENR Wood proponents have proposed code changes that would allow residential buildings with heavy-timber structures to be nine stories and 100 ft tall. The American Wood Council, on a roll after it succeeded in getting new provisions into the 2015 International Building Code that allow heavy-timber structure within exterior walls, is proposing even bigger changes for the 2018 IBC, currently under development. The proposal would allow two- or three-hour-rated heavy timber to “safely serve in diverse structures” as tall as 100 ft, said Paul D. Coats, Southeast regional manager for the American Wood Council (AWC), at the
Photo courtesy of EarthCam Stadium-bowl concrete work, two-thirds complete, is expected to be done by the fall. Related Links: New Atlanta Falcons Stadium Design More Than a Box With a Lid Concrete work on the New Atlanta Stadium for football’s Atlanta Falcons is two-thirds complete and expected to be done this fall, says Wayne E. Wadsworth, principal in charge for the stadium’s general contractor, the Holder-Hunt-Russell-Moody Joint Venture, which holds a $1.078-billion guaranteed maximum price contract.For the structural concrete bowl, the work is all about the megacolumns that will support the structural steel for the signature kinetic roof, says Wadsworth.
By Nadine M. Post/ENR Crews and a crane coax an 11th-floor module into place for the delayed 32-story B2 BKLYN residential building. Work got underway again on April 24, after an eight-month hiatus. Related Links: Skanska, Forest City Ratner Sue Each Other Over World's Future Tallest Modular Building After an eight-month construction hiatus triggered by delivery and fit-up difficulties at the modular plant, crews once again are installing modules on the future 322-ft-tall B2 BKLYN in New York City, which, if completed next year as now planned, will rank as the world’s tallest volumetric modular building. The record holder for
PM Office India Indian Prime Minister Narender Modi (left) and French President Francois Hollande signed agreements to develop the world's largest nuclear reactor park. AREVA signed two agreements with its Indian partners for the preparation of the 9,900-MW Jaitapur European Pressurized Reactors (EPR) project and outlined the importance of the project. Jaitapur is in the western state of Maharashtra. The nuclear-reactor park, which will comprise six 1,650-MW nuclear reactors, is expected to be the world’s largest. AREVA signed the agreements in the presence of Indian Prime Minister Narender Modi, during his visit to France, and French President François Hollande.AREVA designed
Transportation bottlenecks often occur in Bangladesh, where numerous rivers flow through its cities. The Karnaphuli River, for instance, separates the Chittagong district into two parts, dividing the city and the port from the heavy-industry area. With the district's three existing bridges congested and unable to meet their current traffic loads, the state-owned Bangladesh Bridge Authority has invited expressions of interest from international consultants for a 3.4-kilometer-long, multi-lane road tunnel under the Karnaphuli River, approximately 2 km downstream from Chittagong’s airport. The project cost is estimated at $800 million; the project is expected to take four years to build. Respondents to the
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