The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the collapse of steel framework on a university project site in Smithfield, R.I. that injured six ironworkers in early September.
Courtesy Fukushima FORWARD Submersible foundation for 7-MW offshore turbine was towed to site earlier this year. Related Links: Offshore Wind-Power Prototype Advancing at Fukushima Japan's Government Takes Over the Fukushima Cleanup Weeks before Japan restarted the first nuclear reactor of the 48 that were shut down following the 2011 Fukushima disaster, a Marubeni Corp.-led consortium installed what it touts as, to date, the world’s largest offshore wind turbine. The 7-MW component is for a 14-MW wind farm under construction in the Onahama Port test area of Fukushima.The turbine stands 105 meters from sea level to the rotor center and 188.5
Photo Courtesy of Deepwater Wind Officials observe the July 27 installation of the first of five jacket foundations for turbines on the Deepwater Wind offshore Rhode Island project. Related Links: Utilities Pull Out of Cape Wind In Major Blow to Offshore Wind Project Offshore N.J. Wind-Farm Developer Will Challenge State Rejection The 30-MW Deepwater Wind offshore wind farm—for which the first of five 400-ton turbine jacket foundations was installed three miles off the coast of Rhode Island on July 27—has now progressed beyond similar ventures in Northeast U.S. waters that remain mired in court battles or regulatory red tape.A joint
Third-generation union ironworker Lawrence O’Leary, 54, died on July 25, following injuries from a fall at a Logan International Airport construction site two weeks earlier, officials reported.
Enlarge Related Links: LeedCo, Facing Headwinds, Looks for Help From Feds LeedCo Vision and Timeline An economic development corporation based in Cleveland has selected a Danish mono-bucket foundation design that will resist extreme ice loads and require no pile-driving for an 18-MW Icebreaker offshore wind turbine demo project in Lake Erie.Developed by Denmark-based Universal Foundation, the foundation support is an all-in-one steel structure consisting of a monopile shaft attached to a 52-ft-dia bucket, according to Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LeedCo)."Universal Foundation's mono bucket recently emerged as one of the most promising technology developments in the European offshore wind industry,"
Related Links: High in the Sky, Tower Rescues Require Skill Ironworker Crushed by Steel at Brooklyn's Barclays Center An ironworker and an elevator constructor were seriously injured and one later died after an external hoist cab fell three stories at the Partners Healthcare administrative building under construction in Somerville, Mass. on June 11.The accident occurred when a hoist cab unexpectedly pulled away during the assembly of the hoists on the building, said Boston-based contractor Suffolk Construction in a statement. The two workers were given first aid by Somerville police on the scene and transported by ambulance to Massachusetts General Hospital,
Photo by David J. Odeh Odeh engineers work in early June with project collaborators from TRC Cos. to coordinate the design for an electrical substation. Related Links: Odeh Engineers Scalable Display Technologies Fully appreciating the implications of design alternatives for a major structure can take a great deal of analysis and an even greater ability to visualize changes. One Rhode Island structural engineering firm finds the stakes high enough that it has developed its conference space into a 10-projector BIM immersion room for collaboration with as many as 40 people."We realized BIM could be supercharged by creating a room where
Related Links: In New York City, Alexander Hamilton Bridge Gets Complicated Rehabilitation As Pulaski Deck Replacement Begins, Officials Push Hard to Manage Both Traffic And Public Trust Northern Construction is nearing completion of the $19.3-million Willimansett Bridge Rehabilitation ahead of schedule despite the challenges of a hard winter and taking over after Canton, Mass., contractor Pihl Inc. went broke.The 125-year-old, 800-ft x 50-ft bridge carries Massachusetts Route 116 over the Connecticut River and Pioneer Valley Railroad between Holyoke and Chicopee in western Massachusetts."MassDOT [Massachusetts Dept. of Transportation] was helpful," says Shawn Clark, project manager for Northern Construction, Palmer, Mass. "But
Related Links: Contractor Placing World's Largest FRP Deck, After Settling Dispute With Owner Dozens of Test Projects Later, Advocates Still Have Durable Dreams In the bucolic town of Brookfield, Vt., crews are finishing work on the world's first composite floating bridge. It is the eighth iteration of the original log bridge built in 1820, after a town resident fell through ice and drowned in what is now called Sunset Lake.The 318-ft x 20-ft, single-lane Brookfield Bridge, which carries Vermont Route 65 across the lake, employs a fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) flotation system with a 100-year design life. Construction of the $2.4-million
Courtesy of AIM Electrical specialist Brad Diehl (seated) is joined by COO Donn Rosen (right) and President Troy Perez on project task. With a close-knit workforce and low-key workplace, Houston-based AIM Electrical Consultants seems to have a formula that has kept sparks flying at the firm for 18 years, even through down times.The consultant’s 13 employees are treated like family with a relaxed dress code and flexible schedules but also profit sharing and 401Ks and robust health insurance at the financially-savvy firm. “Three percent of profits were rolled into employee 401Ks last year,” says Donn Rosen, a disabled Vietnam veteran