Video: What Is Infrastructure?
An infrastructure summary video was created by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Video: Performance-Based Specifications to Improve Water Infrastructure
Josh Herchl, national infrastructure market manager with Advanced Drainage Solutions Inc., talks about strategies to improve the nation's water infrastructure.
Video: Belt and Road Forum 2019: Infrastructure or Influence Peddling?
In China's capital Beijing, the 2019 Belt and Road forum is kicking off. Political leaders and business representatives from some 40 countries, including Russia and Germany, are expected to join to learn more about China's new Silk Road. One of the routes will run through Central Asia and Moscow to Rotterdam. There'll be roads and railways, as well as power stations, telecommunications networks and pipelines. The Maritime Silk Road will connect China with Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia, with...
Video: Goethals Bridge Construction Time-Lapse
Watch the entire construction process for the Goethals Bridge replacement project from 2014 to 2018 with EarthCam's 4K time-lapse movie. See progress for the bridge, which connects Elizabeth, N.J., to Staten Island, N.Y., with high-quality webcam imagery.
Video: Restoring Paris’ Oldest Church
Built nearly 15 centuries ago, the church of Saint Germain des Prés features medieval architecture and strikingly beautiful artwork from the 19th century. Thanks to the work of non-profit organization American Friends for the Preservation of Saint Germain des Prés and their Parisian counterparts, funding for this remarkable project continues.
Video: Official Hudson Yards Construction Time-Lapse
Watch EarthCam's 4K time-lapse movie to see construction progress for Hudson Yards in New York City. From December 2012 to March 2019, EarthCam’s cinema-quality gigapixel cameras documented each stage of Hudson Yards, the largest private real estate development in the history of the United States. More than 3 million megapixel photographs and 500,000 hours of imagery were archived, including ultra-widescreen panoramic views of Manhattan cityscape. “It’s been a rewarding experience working wit...
Video: The New York City Evolution Animation
Learn more about this project: http://www.myleszhang.org/here-grows-... This animation illustrates the development of NYC’s street grid and infrastructure systems from 1609 to the present-day, using geo-referenced road network data and historic maps. The resulting short film presents a series of “cartographic snapshots” of NYC’s built-up urban area at intervals of every 20-30 years history.
Video: Microsoft's Nancy Li Talks about Mixed Reality in Construction
At the Bentley Systems' 2018 Year In Infrastructure event held Oct. 15-18, 2018, in London, Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure, interviewed Nancy Li, Microsoft's global head of partnerships and industry solutions for its Mixed Reality and AI Perception Group.
Video: Crews Clear Massive Avalanche Slides from Highway
Idaho Transportation Department crews continue to excavate, blow, and plow snow off Idaho Highway 21 between Lowman and Stanley following historic avalanches. The 11-mile stretch of road, known as Canyon Creek, is prone to avalanches, with nearly 60 typical slide locations. A storm that began on Feb. 24 dumped more than five feet of snow on the road and triggered avalanches that laid more than 50 feet of snow on the highway. Crews started to clear the snow Friday, March 1 beginning on the...
Video: SR 400 Express Lanes Visualization
The Georgia Department of Transportation has released an illustrated video showing the Ga. 400 toll lane design, which includes three rebuilt bridges and a high flyover atop the Northridge Road overpass in Sandy Springs.