Posts Tagged ‘Construction’

Video: Construction of a Logging Road

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

This is where roads come from.
-skadill on YouTube

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Strategies for Improving the Project Agreement Process Between Highway Agencies and Railroads

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
North American railroads and public highway departments interact thousands of times annually as the highway agencies conduct projects that cross over, under, or parallel to the railways…The focus of this project is to provide recommended standard agreements, standard processes, and best practices that can help both sides reduce the time and cost of project reviews.

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Denise Richardson, Managing Director, General Contractors Association of New York

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

Denise M. Richardson is the Managing Director of the General Contractors Association of New York, a trade association that represents New York City’s unionized, heavy construction/public works contractors. Richardson has over 25 years of construction contract and financial management administration experience in both the public and private sectors.

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Video: Burying Water Infrastructure

Monday, August 30th, 2010

REMU WL 160 waterpipes Backfilling
From MichaelAnkarhorn on YouTube

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Video: A Tunnel Is Born

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

On July 15, 2010, the second of two tunnel boring machines broke through to the chamber adjacent to the existing 7 subway terminal in Manhattan.

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Video: Dominion’s Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

View of power plant contruction site from US Alt. 58 driving from Castlewood towards St. Paul -TennRJF on YouTube

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Hwy 14 Dog Mountain Rockfall Mitigation

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Road work @ Dog Mountain on Highway 14 in Washington. Expect Delays, Partial closures throughout the day.

-smokum0 on YouTube

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Janice Tuchman, Editor-In-Chief, Engineering News-Record (ENR)

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Janice L. Tuchman is editor-in-chief of Engineering News-Record, where she directs the editorial operations of the Engineering News-Record enterprise online, in print and at in-person events. In 2002, she became only the sixth woman to be elected to membership in “The Moles,” a prestigious heavy-construction industry leaders organization. She also serves on the Industry Advisory Committee of the Department of Civil Engineering at Columbia University. She co-authored a book on Exposed Structure in Building Design and won McGraw-Hill Corporate Achievement Awards for Information Technology and Editorial Excellence.

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Light Rail Construction: Downtown LA to Culver City

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Progress on the Expo Line The Metro Expo line (LACMTA) will run approximately 8.6 miles between the 7th St/ Metro Center station in downtown LA, and the Venice/ Robertson station in Culver City. More photos at the Expo Gallery

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Infrastructure a Topic at New York City Summit on April 7-8, 2010

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

McGraw-Hill Construction will host their Global Construction Summit on April 7-8, 2010 at The McGraw-Hill Companies’ headquarters in New York City. The event, focusing on “Winning Business in World Markets,” will bring together country delegations from the major construction markets of Europe, Asia, the Americas, the Middle East and Australia to explore solutions to global industry challenges and participate in discussions regarding business development opportunities, industry trends, innovations and best practices. For more information, or to register please visit http://construction.com/events/globalsummitny.

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