The Washington Monument will soon be swaddled in scaffolding as part of the expected $15 million effort to repair damage from last summer’s 5.8 magnitude earthquake.
The center span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland towers 186 feet above the nation’s largest estuary. And nearly every inch of that clearance was needed Wednesday for a freighter to deliver four Super-Post-Panamax cranes to the Port of Baltimore.
Virtually forgotten amid the machinations of the upcoming presidential election is the 40th anniversary of the Watergate break-in, the “third-rate burglary attempt” that ultimately led to the downfall of President Richard Nixon, and engrained a certain degree of cynicism about the political process in the U.S.
New Mexico’s fastest growing city will boast the latest green energy infrastructure, advanced intelligent transportation systems (ITS) to speed traffic, and technology to speed first responders where they need to be. What it won’t have, is people.
For many alumni, a visit to their alma mater is often a heartening stroll down an ivy-covered Memory Lane, the opportunity to relive cherished memories and experiences that, figuratively and literally, changed their lives.
Virginia, considered among the leaders in promoting P3 projects, demonstrated that there are always lessons to be learned about this still-evolving procurement method.
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Maybe not the public transit riders, but the...
Thanks for sharing, Jim.
The Silver Line (and the whole WMATA system, for that matter) is not light rail. I'd call it heavy rail.
The pipes that are failing were manufactured under a standard that was increasingly lax from around 1950 until 1984. For example later revisions to the specifications effectively remove...