Chocolate Factory LLC is planning to convert an 1860s-era, six-story, 240,000-sq-ft former mill complex, located in Mansfield, into 130 residential units and about 35,000 sq ft of commercial and industrial space.
Alabama Power Co. is planning to carry out the Warrior River hydroelectric project, which involves the construction of a raw-water intake facility to withdraw up to 3.8 million gallons a day.
Visitacion Development LLC is planning to build a mixed-use development on a site at the intersection of Bayshore Boulevard and Leland Avenue in San Francisco.
Related Links: Record-Size Swimming Pools Come to the U.S. for the First Time A Closer Look at Record-Sized Pools That Resemble Oases The aquarium business "is dependent on the engineering challenges of containing water and resisting corrosion of materials; longevity; and low maintenance,” says Peter Chermayeff, an architect who has been designing major aquariums around the world for over 50 years.Aquariums—for which ENR has compiled a list at left of the world's largest—are typically built by general contractors with experience in the water and wastewater sectors. One example is Brasfield & Gorrie. The contractor's first fish habitat was Atlanta's Georgia
Allen Soast, 78, whose coverage of building and infrastructure construction took him to many global locations in a 35-year editorial career, died on March 18 of cancer in Hillsborough, N.J., says his family.
Roller-compacted concrete dams have steadily taken their place in the menu of possible dam types over the past four decades, with over 650 of them completed or under construction, according to HydroWorld magazine. China is far and away the leading RCC dam builder, with 165 as of 2012; of those, 40 are higher than 100 meters. Japan, the United States, Brazil and Spain are the other most prolific RCC dambuilders.Roller-compacted concrete dams evolved in the 1970s to satisfy a particular need by dambuilders and owners. The percentage of dams built with concrete dropped steadily between 1950 and the late 1970s,
Related Links: Precast Concrete Network Arch Bridge Is A First Unusually Slender Arch Marks Prague Bridge Arch bridges are one of the oldest types of bridges. The oldest known bridge in the world known to still be in use is the Caravan Bridge, a stone arch bridge across the Meles River in Izmir, Turkey. It was built in 850 B.C.Roman engineers built many arch bridges, quite a few of which are still standing. Probably the most famous is the Pont du Gard, an aqueduct bridge in southern France. Built in the first century A.D., it features three tiers of limestone
