Engineered Solutions: How to Maximize Usefulness of Joist Girder Panels
The right plan can mean the most cost-efficient use of steel in construction Sponsored by: Joist Girders are so common as to be almost invisible. They are the primary structural framing members of myriad projects big and small, public and private, and just about any other building category conceivable. Schools, museums, churches, libraries, big-box retail, industrial facilities, manufacturing plants, sports complexes, hospitals, gymnasiums, warehouses, and more...
Engineered Solutions: Transcending Time - Hot-Dip Galvanized Steel Provides Solution to Combat Corrosion on Bridges Old and New
Sponsored by: The world is a very different place today than it was in 1966—a time of space exploration, computers the size of an entire room, and color TVs being a new phenomenon. In addition to these scientific and technological advancements, there was an important infrastructure innovation in the United States: the first hot-dip galvanized bridge was built. The 420-foot Stearns Bayou Bridge in Grand Haven, Mich., opened on Aug. 31, 1966, replacing the old, one-lane wooden structur...
Engineered Solutions: Modernizing Infrastructure to Keep Costs Low and Profit Margins High
Sponsored By: Founded in 2007, Egnyte delivers a content platform designed for business. Egnyte’s cloud-based platform serves as the foundation for collaboration, enabling secure file sharing and compliant data protection, while also helping to modernize infrastructure. Thousands of businesses worldwide use Egnyte products, and AEC companies are among those reaping the greatest rewards. The following are some examples: Balfour Beatty: Cutting Costs Balfour Beatty US is an...
Engineered Solutions: Accelerated Vegetation Establishment on Caltrans Fire Reclamation Site
Sponsored By: By Adam Dibble, CPESC-IT, CESSWI, and Matt Welch, CPESC, CESSWI In December 2017, the Freeway Fire ignited the brush along the Interstate 210/Interstate 15 interchange near Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Due to high winds, the blaze quickly spread and burned more than 20 acres of land before firefighters were able to get it under control. With acres of precious vegetation burned on the side of a well-traveled interstate, the California Department o...
Sponsored Content: Mott MacDonald Optimized Complex Designs with Digital Workflows
Sponsored by: Project The Thames Tideway Tunnel is a GBP 4 billion design-build project initiated to address the overflow from London’s Victorian-era sewers as well as meet environmental standards. It is the largest infrastructure project ever undertaken by the UK water industry. The design must include 10 kilometers of tunnel works running 70 meters below central London and six shafts in public view. Mott MacDonald needed to implement an effective communication, collabora...
Sponsored Content: Reality modeling is everywhere!
Sponsored By: At Bentley Systems’ annual Be Inspired Awards ceremony, held on October 12 during The Year in Infrastructure Conference in Singapore, nominees were recognized for their BIM advancements in infrastructure. Ten independent jury panels of industry experts selected the 51 finalists from more than 400 nominations in more than 50 countries. In the BIM Advancements in Reality Modeling category, CEDD-AECOM-The Earth Solutions won for its Development of the Anderso...
Engineered Solutions: Building a Legacy
High atop Hidden Peak, EPS Geofoam Solves Unique Construction Challenges By Terry Meier, ACH Foam Technologies All projects have challenges, purpose and meaning, yet some projects mean a lot more to owners than others. It takes a visionary to leave a legacy, and Richard “Dick” Bass, founder of Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort in Utah, was such a man. For starters, Dick Bass is acknowledged as the first person in the world to climb to the highest point on each of the seven continents, whi...
Engineered Solutions: Staying on Track
CSX Leads a Reline for Timber-Beam Bridges in Georgia CSX Corp., together with its subsidiaries based in Jacksonville, Fla., is one of the nation’s leading transportation suppliers. For nearly 190 years, CSX has played a critical role in economic expansion and industrial development across the eastern United States and into parts of Canada. With more than 2,700 miles of rail track and more than 2 million carloads handled in the state of Georgia alone, CSX maintains a busy schedule transporti...
From the Field: M-8.1 Earthquake Strikes Mexico
Preliminary Structural Damage Assessed On Sept. 7, 2017, approximately 87 kilometers southwest of Pijijiapan, Mexico, an 8.1-magnitude offshore earthquake struck at a depth of 70 kilometers. At time of this writing, more than 90 deaths have been confirmed, but many people still are unaccounted and the number of fatalities may rise significantly. Shortly after the earthquake, an engineering team from Miyamoto International was in contact with local authorities and people on the ground to as...
Specification Section: Retaining Walls and Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE)
Retaining walls, MSE and soil-retention products continue to evolve, as does the software that designs these systems and simulates their performance. The following resource aims to serve those who design and model such structures as well as specify the materials and products for projects. Creative Pultrusions Inc. Creative Pultrusions is a manufacturer of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite sheet pile and piling products. SuperLoc® sheet pile is an alternative to aluminum,...
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