Related Links: Mayor McGinn Finally Gives In A $2-billion deep-bore tunnel along Seattle’s downtown waterfront appears to have overcome what may be its final obstacle to construction, garnering the approval of nearly 60% of voters in a referendum on whether the city should give the notice to proceed with the project.The tunnel, scheduled for completion in 2015, is the centerpiece of a $3.1-billion Washington State Dept. of Transportation program to replace the seismically suspect double-decked Alaskan Way Viaduct. That thoroughfare carries approximately 110,000 vehicles each day along one of Seattle’s primary north-south arteries. Damage from the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake sparked
Related Links: Gov. Scott OKs Construction of Central Florida's $1.3B SunRail Commuter Rail Project Fla. Legislators Raid $150M From State Road Fund Top Start: I-4/Selmon Expressway Connector Despite uncertainty over future funding, the Florida Dept. of Transportation is banking on low bids and private-sector financing as it accelerates an estimated $1.2 billion in projects in an effort to boost the state's stagnant jobs situation. At the same time, the agency is rolling out a plan to aggressively expand the use of tolls to add capacity throughout the state’s network of interstate highways and major bridges.Calling the stream of revenue derived
Courtesy FERC FERC Order 1000 requires providers in neighboring transmission planning regions to coordinate on finding cost-effective solutions to mutual transmission needs. Related Links: Power Producers Validate One Bright Spot in Midyear Outlook FERC Floats Rule Changes To Promote Transmission A July 21 ruling by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that reforms electric-transmission planning and allocation requirements is expected to support new solar- and wind-power development, according to two construction industry sources.“FERC Order 1000 is a huge development that will open up the transmission cost allocation process and spur development of transmission projects,” says Gerald Schulz, vice president of electrical
Photo Courtesy of Chesapeake Energy Critics have said the entire natural gas production cycle poses environmental risks; industry sources say they are working to improve the process. Related Links: View the Fraking/Drinking Water Infograph DOE Advisory Panel Releases Shale Gas Recommendations Industry sources say they are generally supportive of the recommendations of the Dept. of Energy’s Subcommittee on Shale Gas Production released on August 11. But environmental groups say the report lacks substance, and some are calling for a moratorium until safety and environmental concerns can be addressed.The DOE advisory panel, established at the request of President Obama this spring,
The team selected materials based on availability and delivery time. One of the replacement schools was a supermarket that had been empty for 10 years. Another structural conversion reconfigured a warehouse. It took just minutes for a tornado packing 200-mph winds to level a third of Joplin, Mo.'s public schools last spring. In a remarkable turnaround, it took less than three months to bring the schools back on line in time for the new school year.On Aug. 17, classroom sessions resumed on schedule in Joplin, even as construction crews continued cleaning up from the May 22 tornado, an EF5 event
Photo courtesy of USACE Instrument packages at 28 points along the 7.5-mile levee include spider magnetometers, which slide down a tube as the soil below the levee compresses. Clusters also include two inclinometers that bow out of plumb in response to horizontal soil movement and settlement plates buried in the new lifts to measure placement and consolidation in the new work zone. A benchmark, anchored in a stable sand layer, completes the package. + Image Infographic courtesy of USACE Inclinometers bow out of plumb in response to horizontal soil movement and settlement plates buried in the new lifts. Related Links:
Related Links: 9/11 Memorial Is Centerpiece of World Trade Center Redevelopment Tower Crews Get Royal Treatment A Slide Show History of the World Trade Center Slide Show: ENRs World Trade Center Saga Continues At New York's New World Trade Center, Uncommon Cooperation Key Links Help Reshape Manhattan Port Authority World Trade Center Site Editorial: In Close Quarters, Spirit of Cooperation Reigns Readying part of the World Trade Center memorial in time for its Sept. 11 debut is driving much of the project's construction sequencing. At the same time, the WTC Transportation Hub interconnects with every facet of the entire project.
PHOTO COURTESY OF Associated General Contractors CEO Stephen Sandherr, Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood, who was active in the negotations, and FAA Administrator Randy Babbit (from left) held a media event at LaGuardia Airport. PHOTO Courtesy OF Swinerton Builders A control-tower project at Palm Springs, Calif., International Airport, idled by a congressional stalemate, is set to resume. Passage of a stopgap Federal Aviation Administration extension bill through Sept. 16 has ended a congressional stalemate—at least temporarily—that had forced the agency to issue stop-work orders on more than 200 airport modernization contracts, including construction and engineering projects, estimated at more than $10.5
Related Links: See All Of ENR's Rebuilding Ground Zero Stories, Videos and Photos A Slide Show History of the World Trade Center Video: Progress in Rebuilding Ground Zero Video: An Overview of Ground Zero At New York's New World Trade Center, Uncommon Cooperation WTC Tower Crews Get Royal Treatment Slide Show: ENRs World Trade Center Saga Continues Below Grade at WTC Hub, a Transit Tango 9/11 Memorial Is Centerpiece of World Trade Center Redevelopment The opening of a new subway entrance in lower Manhattan would, nine times out of 10, be no big deal. But in terms of 10th anniversary
In an Aug. 5 consent decree signed with regulators and environmentalists, the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District has agreed to set a schedule for $4.7 billion of upgrades to its sewers and treatment plants over the next 23 years.Under the pact, the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) will be required to install a variety of pollution controls, including construction of three large storage tunnels from about two miles to nine miles in length, and expansion of capacity at two treatment plants. The settlement was signed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the state of Missouri and the Missouri Coalition
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