Photo Courtesy of California DOT Caltrans crew, pictured in 2013, penetrates cap beam in preparation for an earlier bolt fix. Related Links: Bay Bridge Errors Put Caltrans Under Fire Plan Enlists Custom Steel Saddles to Repair Broken Bay Bridge Bolts Seismic anchor rods used for the $6.4-billion San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge are once again under scrutiny. Inspectors' discovery last month of stripped threads, loss of protective coatings and micro-indicators in three galvanized-steel units—installed in 2007 at the base of the bridge's 525-ft-tall east self-anchored suspension span (SAS) tower—have triggered a new probe.Although the investigation is ongoing, Caltrans believes the presence
Nine months into its transformation from abandoned steel mill to modern industrial business park, the 3,100-acre Sparrows Point property in Baltimore, Md., has shed enough of its blighted recent history to begin courting prospective manufacturing and logistics tenants.
Related Links: Press release from Gov. Hogan's office Purple Line project web page Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has given his tentative approval to a 16.2-mile, 21-station light-rail Purple Line project across Washington, D.C.'s northern suburbs, but the go-ahead hinges on increased contributions from counties on the route and a revised funding strategy for a P3 project originally estimated to cost $2.4 billion.In announcing his favorable decision on the Purple Line project on June 25, Hogan also delivered disappointing news to advocates of a second light-rail project, saying he isn't endorsing a proposed 14-mi. line in Baltimore.Hogan has insisted since
Related Links: Duke Energy Fights $25.1 million Coal Ash Fine Duke Energy Starts Ash Cleanup as N.C. Considers Tighter Regs Duke Energy Fined $102 million for Clean Water Act Violations Duke Energy has been ordered to take immediate steps to halt the spread of groundwater contamination originating from coal-ash storage basins at its L.V. Sutton Power Plant in Wilmington, N.C.The North Carolina Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) issued a notice of regulatory requirement to the Charlotte, N.C.-based utility after high levels of boron were found during routine tests at monitoring wells located at or beyond the facility's compliance
Photo courtesy ALL Family of Companies Mounted on a barge in the Chicago River, Manitowoc 888 RINGER can lift 660 tons. Related Links: 150 N. Riverside Site Inspires Riverside Operations Custom Launching Gantry Builds Over Busy NYC Railway A bright red Manitowoc 888 ring-type crane sitting on a barge in the Chicago River is playing a critical role in the construction of 150 North Riverside tower, whose site is sandwiched on a narrow, 380-ft-long spit of land between the river and a rail corridor.For general contractor Clark Construction Group, Chicago, and subcontractor Chicago Steel Construction LLC, Merrillville, Ind., the challenge
NCDOT Dispute has delayed a $215.8-million design-build contract to replace the bridge, awarded to PCL Civil Constructors and HDR Engineering in 2011. Related Links: Engineering News-Record Architectural Record New Bridge to Outer Banks A settlement between the North Carolina Dept. of Transportation and environmental groups has cleared the way for replacing the 2.7-mile Herbert C. Bonner Bridge. Part of the sole highway connecting the Outer Banks barrier islands with the mainland, the 52-year-old structure has been beset by scour problems and vessel impacts over the past two decades. A $215.8-million design-build contract to replace the bridge, awarded to PCL Civil
All politics is local, or so the saying goes. The same could be said of the complex, potentially contentious nature of transportation construction, which may involve any number of unique, location-specific issues and interests. It is because of transportation's inherent intricacies that agencies in Texas and Louisiana are casting a wider net to develop viable alternatives for getting projects and programs up and running as efficiently as possible while also meeting the demands of a mobile marketplace. Related Links: Owner of the Year http://texas.construction.com/texas_construction_firms/2014/0609-robust-development-at-burns-mac.asp Design Firm of the Year 2014 The ability to meet those requirements is a key reason
Courtesy Trinity Industries Court agreed with plaintiff's contention that in a collision, the altered guardrail could become a lethal projectile. Related Links: FHWA Says Controversial Highway Guardrail Passes Crash Tests FHWA Will Re-Test Highway Guardrail System Suspected In Deaths Trinity Industries of Dallas, manufacturer of the controversial ET-Plus highway guardrail system, has been ordered to pay a $663 million judgment for defrauding the Federal Highway Administration. The ruling, issued on June 9 in U.S. District Court in Texas, is based on an October 2014 verdict of a False Claims Act whistleblower lawsuit that found Trinity modified components of the ET-Plus