No Small Plans for 62-acre South Loop Site Along Chicago River
A developer has taken the wraps off one of the most ambitious real estate projects ever conceived in Chicago, laying out plans to construct 13 million square feet of buildings — including skyscrapers up to 950 feet tall — on a riverfront site connecting the South Loop and Chinatown. Related Midwest presented the long-awaited design, which includes a 100-foot-wide walkway lined by restaurants overlooking the Chicago River, at the first public meeting on the project Thursday night. The projec...
SEAOI 2018 Special Award Winners Announced
The Structural Engineers Association of Illinois (SEAOI) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 SEAOI Special Awards, which will be given at the Annual Awards Banquet, held on June 9, 2018 at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, IL. This annual event honors several individuals for their contributions to, and efforts on behalf of, the structural engineering community. John F. Parmer Award recipient – Kenneth D. Price, PE, SE, PEng. Vice President – Manager Complex...
Autodesk News: Eiffel Tower Grand Site Unveiled in 3D for the First Time Thanks to BIM
Today, we saw the unveiling of the 3D model created by Autodesk that will be used during the restoration of the Eiffel Tower grand site – all 2.4 square kilometers of it. The model will be used by the Paris Council to engage with the public during the design and construction process; allowing both Parisians and tourists alike to experience the Eiffel Tower like they never have before – in virtual 3D. Autodesk is the sole technology provider collaborating with the City of Paris on this pr...
Sound Transit Breaks Ground on New Light Rail Base in Seattle Area
Bellevue, WA - Sound Transit recently broke ground on its new Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF) East, which will service and house light rail vehicles for the growing fleet in the Puget Sound area. Beginning in 2019, and continuing through 2023, Sound Transit’s light rail vehicle fleet will expand from its current 62 vehicles to 214. The new OMF East will service extensions to Northgate, Lynnwood, Federal Way and Redmond. The design-build team of Hensel Phelps Construction Co, St...
California Military Department’s Consolidated Headquarters Complex Breaks Ground in Rancho Cordova
Sacramento, CA, NYSE, TSX:STN : The California Military Department (CMD) hosted its ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Consolidated Headquarters Complex (CHQC) in Rancho Cordova, Calif., on April 30, 2018. The CMD is a diverse, community-based organization comprised of four pillars: the California Army National Guard, the California Air National Guard, the California State Military Reserve, and the California Youth and Community Programs. The new CHQC will be responsible for command and manag...
Medical Hub Creates Healthy Business for Australian Convention Centre
The fourth major building in the Adelaide BioMed City precinct – The University of South Australia’s Centre for Cancer Biology – is set to open this month while the $240 million SAHMRI 2 building, featuring the Southern Hemisphere’s first Proton Therapy Unit, is expected to open in 2020. Their presence in the northwest corner of the Adelaide CBD follows the opening of the eye-catching South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), pictured below, in late 2013 and the complet...
Foundation Poured for L.A.’s Perla on Broadway
The Los Angeles Historic Core neighborhood was buzzing with activity last Saturday, as 690 truckloads of concrete was placed for the foundation of the Perla on Broadway residential project. Thornton Tomasetti is providing structural engineering and performance-based design services to developer SCG America for the 35-story, 740,000-square-foot tower and 10-story podium. Designed by architect CallisonRTKL, it is the first new residential high rise to be constructed in the historic neighborhood in...
Wausau Riverfront Redevelopment Earns National Public Works Project of the Year Award
Stantec and the City of Wausau were recognized nationally by the American Public Works Association (APWA) for their work on the Wausau Riverfront Development. The project earned the Public Works Project of the Year – Small Cities/Rural Communities Award. Stantec’s team of environmental scientists, urban planners, landscape architects, and civil, structural, and electrical engineers worked with the City of Wausau to create more than 2,200 feet of “RiverLife” public trail along their Wisconsin...
Cozy Lake Road Bridge Receives New Jersey Concrete Award
Dewberry has announced that the Cozy Lake Road bridge replacement project in Morris County, New Jersey, has been awarded a New Jersey Concrete Award by the New Jersey Concrete and Aggregate Association and the New Jersey Chapter of the American Concrete Institute. The project, designed by Cherry, Weber & Associates, PC and constructed by Ron-Jon Construction Corp., was a replacement of Morris County Bridge No. 1400-323 at Cozy Lake Road over the Pequannock River at a cost of $1.4 million. Dew...
Newest Bristol-Myers Squibb Redwood City Research Center, Designed by Stantec, to Open its Doors
Redwood City, CA (April 25, 2018): On Friday, April 27, Bristol-Myers Squibb is officially welcoming the newest building to its Redwood City, Calif., research and development campus in Woodside Technology Park, celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The newly-opened site serves as Bristol-Myers Squibb’s biologics discovery center, focusing primarily on cancer immunotherapies—drugs that manipulate the immune system so that the body’s own defensive network recognizes and attacks tumors. Global...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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