Archive for the ‘Bridges’ Category

American Fork, UT: Sam White Bridge – Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC)

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

The video provides a time lapse of the 1.725 billion Utah County I-15 Corridor Expansion (I-15 CORE) design-build project, UDOT, with contractor Provo River Constructors, used Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) techniques to move the Sam White Bridge in American Fork, Utah. Baker provided design of the bridge, the SPMT move path, temporary supports and provided [...]

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Talking Infrastructure with the New Faces of Engineering College Edition Winners

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

Steven CF Anderson, Managing Director of InfrastructureUSA, recently spoke with several winners of ASHRAE, NCEES, and the National Engineers Week Foundation’s New Faces of Engineering College Recognition Program.

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Great American Infrastructure: Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis Skyway System

Monday, April 16th, 2012

This is the sixteenth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States.

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San Francisco, CA: Waterfront and Bay Bridge 1936

Monday, April 9th, 2012

San Francisco Waterfront and Bay Bridge, 1930s. Various shots.High-angle shot of San Francisco waterfront, daytime, from approximately Pier 6 to 17.San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge seen from Yerba Buena Island with ferries sailing underneath.Overexposed shot of Golden Gate Bridge with bright sky in background.Eastern span of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge with Key System Ferry terminal on [...]

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Jonathan Nettler, AICP, Managing Editor, Planetizen

Monday, April 9th, 2012

Jonathan Nettler, AICP is Managing Editor of Planetizen. He has lived and practiced in Boston, Washington D.C., San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles on a range of project types for major public, institutional, and private developer clients including: large scale planning and urban design, waterfront and brownfield redevelopment, transit-oriented development, urban infill, campus planning, [...]

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Oregon City, OR: OR213 (Jughandle Project) – Time-Lapse

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Construction crews successfully completed an unconventional bridge construction technique known as Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) on the OR213: I-205 to Redland Road Overcrossing project, also known as the Jughandle Project, in Oregon City. The ABC method of construction involved initially constructing the new bridge next to the existing highway on a temporary foundation. As demonstrated [...]

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Christian Steinbrecher, President, Ukiah Engineering Inc., ASCE Oregon 2011-2012 Civil Engineer of the Year

Friday, March 30th, 2012

Christian F. Steinbrecher, president of Ukiah Engineering Inc., was awarded the “2011 – 2012 Engineer of the Year Award” by the Oregon Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers for his work on Oregon’s Infrastructure Report Card issued by the Oregon Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers. His experience has spanned almost [...]

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Rock Falls, IL: IL40 Bridge Project

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

This short video takes a look at the reconstruction of the IL 40 bridge that connects the communities of Sterling and Rock Falls. 22,000 vehicles per day use the bridge. The bridge is 1,030 feet long, has one million pounds of rebar, and 6,000 cubic yards of concrete. Demolition on the old bridge started in [...]

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American Fork, UT: Sam White Bridge Move

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

The following video shows the I-15 CORE design-build project which used Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) techniques to move the Sam White Bridge in American Fork, Utah. – MichaelBakerCorp on YouTube

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Atlanta, GA: The New Ralph McGill Bridge

Friday, March 16th, 2012

Raw footage of a crane lifting the first 35,000 lbs steel beam into place alongside the old Ralph McGill Bridge. This new bridge is being constructed for the Atlanta BeltLine’s Eastside Trail. – beltlineatl on YouTube

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