Video: Change Your Life. Change the Lives of Others—Volunteer for Bridges to Prosperity
You’re in the bridge industry because you care about how engineering and steel fabrication can connect communities. Take that passion to a whole new level: help end rural isolation and poverty, one community at a time, by helping to build a bridge in rural Rwanda with the National Steel Bridge Alliance and Bridges to Prosperity. Want an inside look at the volunteer experience? In 2024, NSBA and steel bridge industry volunteers traveled to a rural community in Rwanda. In partnership with t...
Missouri S&T researcher’s robotic bridge inspection system wins ASCE’s 2025 Pankow Award
Dr. Genda Chen stands beside a Rolla, Missouri, bridge, while an unmanned aerial vehicle that is part of his BIRDS invention hovers in the sky behind him. Photo by Blaine Falkena/Missouri S&T. ROLLA, Mo. – A researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology has developed a robotic system to make bridge inspections faster, more comprehensive and safer. Dr. Genda Chen’s invention, called the Bridge Inspection Robot Deployment System, or BIRDS, has been selected for the American S...
Stantec selected to lead two Toronto bridge replacements to increase resilience to flooding
Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, has been retained by the City of Toronto, in cooperation with the Toronto and Regional Conservation Authority (TRCA), to lead the replacement of two bridges crossing Black Creek at Jane Street and Scarlett Road. Stantec’s scope will include preliminary design, detailed design, and tendering and construction, including slope stabilization, channel works, roadway modifications, bikeway improvements, utility relocations, restoration of...
Acrow 700XS Towers Provide Critical Support to Damaged Interstate Bridge in Ohio
Modular steel structures enable inspection, demolition and repair to proceed safely (Parsippany, New Jersey) – 6 February 2025 – Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, announced today 10 of its modular steel Acrow 700XS® Towers have been installed to support a damaged bridge that carries eight lanes of Interstate 471 traffic between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Newport, Kentucky. The support structures will remain in place throughout the partial demolition and reconst...
Temporary Acrow Bridge Installed to Maintain Access to Local Village of Craigo During Network Rail Work in Scotland
Modular steel structure will keep area communities connected throughout the six-month project (Lydney, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom) – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, has announced one of its modular steel bridges has been installed on Craigo Road in the village of Craigo, Montrose, Scotland, during a Network Rail project to replace the bridge over the railway line between Dundee and Aberdeen. Once the existing bridge was closed, the only r...
STV To Spearhead Design for VPRA’s Long Bridge South Package, Linking Virginia and Washington, D.C.
$2.3 Billion Project Will Double Rail Capacity Over the Potomac River WASHINGTON, DC – STV, a leading professional services firm that plans, designs and manages infrastructure projects across North America, today announced the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) has selected the firm to lead the design for the South Package of the Long Bridge Project. This project will double rail capacity over the Potomac River between Virginia and Washington, D.C., alleviating congestion caused by the ex...
Amtrak Selects STV Joint Venture with AECOM for Transformative Sawtooth Bridges Replacement Project
The joint venture will provide project management services for the transformative New Jersey project NEWARK, NJ – STV, a leading professional services firm that plans, designs and manages infrastructure projects across North America, today announced Amtrak selected Sawtooth Partners, its joint venture led by AECOM, to provide project management and construction management (PM/CM) services for the Sawtooth Bridges Replacement Project. The joint venture will modernize the most congested 10-mile...
Acrow Designs and Supplies Steel Beam Bridge for Langford Solar Farm in Devon
Cost-effective, permanent solution was rapidly installed to facilitate access during and after construction of the facility (Lydney, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom) – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, noted today one of its steel beam bridges has been installed at the Langford Solar Farm in Devon. The bridge will provide access during the construction of the new solar farm and will be used by maintenance vehicles after the facility is operational....
COWI completes key infrastructure upgrade for the Blue Ridge Parkway's I-26 crossing in North Carolina
Asheville, North Carolina: COWI, a leading international engineering consulting group, in partnership with Structural Technologies, has successfully completed its role as Construction Engineer for a crucial bridge replacement along North Carolina's iconic Blue Ridge Parkway. Owned by National Park Service, which also served as the Engineer of Record and designed by the Federal Highway Administration and the Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division, the new bridge replaces an existing structure to...
Mammoet begins major bridge replacement project at Amsterdam Centraal Station
The heavy-lift specialist will replace five bridges at Amsterdam’s main train station over a five-year period Mammoet, the global heavy lift and transport specialist, has begun work on a major bridge replacement project at Amsterdam Centraal Station. Four steel railway bridges, and one concrete bridge, will be replaced on the east side of the key rail hub – with minimal disruption to commuters. Working with Dutch engineering company Dura Vermeer, Mammoet is carrying out these renov...
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