Photo Courtesy of Boston Living with Water Boston's design competition focuses on three sites: a waterfront building, a waterfront district and a roadway that already floods. Photo Courtesy of Boston Living with Water Related Links: Greenovate Boston Boston Living with Water In kicking off an international design competition to attract ideas for saving vulnerable areas from the rising tides, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh (D) nailed home the importance of taking a regional approach to climate-change preparations by also announcing a multi-city living-with-water summit, set for next spring."When Hurricane Sandy hit, we weren't any more prepared than New York or
Related Links: Governor's Office of Storm Recovery HUD In June 2013, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) established the Governor's Office of Storm Recovery to aid communities—outside New York City—affected by 2012's Superstorm Sandy and 2011's Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. Since then, GOSR has guided the rebuilding of nearly 10,000 houses, provided $20.8 million in small-business grants and facilitated the proposal of 600 resilience projects through the New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program, according to a recent GOSR report, called "New York Rising: 2012-2014.""There is a pipeline of projects coming out of planning and going into design and
Photo by Iwan Baan Related Links: Progress is Slow but Steady at World Trade Center Development Manhattan's 1,776-ft-tall One World Trade Center Officially OpensThe $3.9-billion One World Trade Center—the Western Hemisphere's tallest building, thanks to a 441-ft-tall spire—officially opened on Nov. 3, more than 13 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that destroyed the original 110-story Twin Towers. The 104-story tower—designed by architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, with structural engineer WSP Cantor Seinuk and mechanical engineer Jaros Baum & Bolles after an early collaboration with Studio Daniel Libeskind—has redundant and beefed-up structural and mechanical systems, and the air-supply
Related Links: Feds Step Up Quest for Private Infrastructure Financing With the Obama administration weeks away from issuing recommendations for how to speed delivery of infrastructure projects and streamline private-sector financing, Vice President Joe Biden is advocating more private investment in infrastructure.Biden, speaking on Oct. 28 at the North American Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C., said improving and expanding infrastructure is a critical component in future U.S. job growth, highlighting a need for more public-private partnerships.“All the government can do is act as a catalyst,” he told the government and industry officials attending the conference. “You are creating
Related Links: Week-Long Safety Drive Bendix Collision-Mitigation Technology Orange cones and concrete barricades still may be the norm for keeping workers and drivers safe on road construction projects, but movable barriers are being used more often as owners and contractors look to improve safety and productivity.Such systems—whether they're called mobile barriers, movable barriers, protective beams or zipper walls—generally include a prime mover plus a metal blocking section that extends between the work zone and traffic.The barriers are used largely on congested road, highway and bridge projects, from paving to expansions, and can be driven to the construction site and moved
The city of Anaheim is home to big-ticket draws such as Angel Stadium, the Grove arena, the Honda Center sports venue and, of course, Disneyland. Now, it is home to an iconic structure that heralds the arrival of a new age of transit in traditionally auto-centric
Rendering Courtesy of Bend Park and Recreation District The project in Oregon will construct a safe-passage channel (top), white-water channel (center) and habitat channel (bottom). Related Links: Creative Dam Removal Based On Site's Unique Topography Elwha River Restoration Project Involves Largest Dam Removal Effort in U.S. History A dam upgrade in Bend, Ore., will provide three distinct river channels, all engineered to match differing—and often competing—needs.As part of an upgrade to the Deschutes River at the Colorado Dam, the Bend Park & Recreation District hired engineer Otak and contractor Hamilton Construction to turn some 500 ft of in-city river into
Photo by Joseph Rosta for ENR ENR Editor Tuchman waits to enter the newly opened Biomuseo in Panama. Related Links: ASCE Conference: Panama City Dancing to the Beat of Projects Panamania: Museum Becomes Instant Icon for Developing Nation In Panama, Global Engineers Tackle Gigaproject Transparency ENR Editor-in-Chief Janice Tuchman has visited signature buildings under construction around the world and sent three staff members to write about the Panama Canal.When she made her own visit to Panama earlier this month to cover an American Society of Civil Engineers' conference, Tuchman was finally able to experience first-hand some of the wonder of
Related Links: Transit Builders Buoyed By Ridership Figures Fear Of Bankruptcy Looms Over Bridge, Rail Conferences Buoyed by record-breaking public-transit ridership figures, American Public Transportation Association members are warning of the increasingly dire consequences ahead for U.S. infrastructure without action on long-term federal reauthorization funding.APTA hopes Congress will take note of the 10.7 billion transit trips taken in 2013—the highest ridership in 57 years, the group says—and of the insatiable demand for federal programs that provide funding for mass-transit projects. The Federal Transit Administration awarded a record $15.7 billion for over 2,000 grants in FY 2014, acting administrator Therese W.
Related Links: In Panama, Global Engineers Tackle Gigaproject Transparency Panama Canal Owner and Contractors Agree to Final Cost, Schedule Terms Backstories from a Visit to the Panama Canal Panamania: Museum Becomes Instant Icon for a Developing Nation Dramatic Digs Mark Panama Canal Expansion Progress Excavation Under Way on Panama City Metro In addition to the $3.2-billion project to construct locks for a third lane of the Panama Canal, Panama City construction includes a new metro system, high-end condos and restaurants in its historic district and a new museum on biodiversity designed by Frank Gehry. The fast-paced Latin city with a
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