Engineered Solutions: Campus Revitalization
Contra Costa College is revitalizing the central core of its campus to better meet the needs of today’s students. The new $52 million, 108,379-square-foot Contra Costa College Center consists of three new buildings that will define three outdoor campus spaces: an amphitheater, an eating area and a quad area for social activities. Project Summary Organization: Contra Costa Community College District Construction Manager: Critical Solutions Inc. Design Firm: tBP/Architecture Inc. Genera...
$46M Water Intake and Fish Screen Facility Begins Operation on the Sacramento River
SACRAMENTO, CA | NYSE, TSX:STN - Thanks to a recently completed Joint Intake and Fish Screen Facility on California’s Sacramento River, salmon and endangered native fish are better protected, about 15,000 acres of crops are getting irrigation, and the cities of Davis and Woodland have a more reliable water supply. Located near Sacramento, CA, this project is a collaboration between Reclamation District 2035 (RD 2035) and Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency (WDCWA), with support from state and fede...
Infrastructure Showcase: Autodesk AEC Excellence Awards Winners
At Autodesk University 2016 in Las Vegas, the company presented its AEC Excellence Awards. This year’s competition showcased projects embracing the future of making things for AEC and civil infrastructure through the use of innovative and connected BIM technologies, with 162 submissions and 29 countries represented. First Place, Construction Category U.S. Bank Stadium Mortenson The stadium, home to the Minnesota Vikings, features a massive transparent roof, zinc metal exterior pan...
Infrastructure Showcase: Co-Winners of the 2016 Sidney Freedman Craftsmanship Award
The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) announced co-winners of the fifth annual Sidney Freedman Craftsmanship Award, which recognizes PCI-certified plants for excellence in manufacturing and craftsmanship of architectural precast and glass fiber-reinforced concrete (GFRC) structures and individual components. The awards program was judged by the PCI Architectural Precast Concrete Services and Manual Committee based on the precasters’ success in overcoming obstacles to production, sol...
Collect Data Once, Use Whenever Needed: Mobile-Mapping Systems Create Quick and Detailed 3D Models of Infrastructure
European engineers have long been at the forefront of scanning and infrastructure technology, being much faster to adopt all-digital workflows than most of their American counterparts. One of these technologies is mobile mapping, which is typically a combined system that includes GNSS satellite positioning equipment, inertial measuring units, distance measuring, 3D laser scanning and some form of digital imaging. All of this is combined in a mobile platform such as a car or truck; rail car;...
Structural Engineering Finalists and Winner, Year in Infrastructure 2016
Read this Informed Infrastructure supplement showcasing the Finalists and Winner for the Bentley Systems 2016 Be Inspired Award for Innovation in Structural Engineering.
President Signs WIIN Act Containing Water Supply Cost Savings Act Provisions Championed by Water Systems Council Into Law
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2016 - President Obama has signed the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act into law, which includes provisions of the Water Supply Cost Savings Act championed by the Water Systems Council and other leading water well industry groups over the past three years. Originally introduced in the 113th Congress on September 18, 2014, the Water Supply Cost Savings Act ("Savings Act") was incorporated into the WIIN Act legislation earlier this year. Over the pa...
A Scenic, Secure Thriller: Elk Falls Park Suspension Bridge Provides Sensitive Access to Canadian Treasure
By Angus W. Stocking, L.S. Elk Falls, beautifully cascading for 89 feet (27 meters), is the centerpiece of Elk Falls Provincial Park on Vancouver Island. By all accounts, it’s one of Canada’s most-scenic waterfalls, but for most of the park’s existence, Elk Falls has been underappreciated simply because it’s difficult to see. The falls tumble down into a small, misty, heavily wooded and very steep canyon with no trails, and only the very agile and slightly reckless can scramble to vantage...
PDH: Recommendations for Bioretention Media Qualification
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Congress Approves Water Projects Bill
The Senate voted 78 to 21, early on Dec. 10, to approve a bill that authorizes navigation, flood control and drinking water projects. That sent the measure to President Obama to sign into law. The House had passed the bill 360-61 on Dec. 8 and sent it to the Senate. capitol0816.jpgWhat was previously called the Water Resources Development Act had been recast in the final House-Senate conference version as the Water Infrastructure Improvements Act for the Nation, or WIIN Act. It also includ...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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