Many predicted in the days leading up to the release of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decision in West Virginia v. EPA that something “big” was about to happen. In any other decade, I think the decision would’ve been characterized…
Aligning the Lines: Surveying and Scanning Combine to Build New Zealand’s First Underground Railway
The survey team was instrumental to building the initial 50-m-long tunnel portal for the TBM and then ensuring it stayed on the right path during boring.…
Future Proof: Geofoam Pre-Games Construction Challenges as Airports Expand
For Salt Lake City and Denver airports, general contractors Ralph L. Wadsworth and GH Phipps (left and right, respectively) worked with Atlas Molded Products…
Better Gardiner: Two Deteriorating Bridges Rapidly Replaced
(Image Credit - MaineImaging.com) Gardiner, Maine, is a small city (population less than 6,000) in Kennebec County. Founded in 1754 on the banks of the Kennebec River near the furthest point upriver that deep-draft vessels can reach, it’s a nationally…
The Proper Tools Help Ohio Contractor Prevent Ditch Bank Erosion
Werk-Brau buckets and attachments are used all over the world, but when the project is in your own hometown … well that hits a little differently. So when The Weber Company of Archbold, Ohio, recently embarked on a project to control erosion along a drainage…
Collaborating for Success: Q&A with the Moynihan Phase 2 Quality Team for New York’s New Moynihan Station
Having opened last year, the historic James A. Farley Post Office Building’s redevelopment into the Moynihan Train Hall has created a new 255,000-square-foot station for Long Island Rail Road and Amtrak passengers, representing the busiest rail station…
Artificial Intelligence Can Transform the AEC Industry
Todd Danielson, Informed Infrastructure's editorial director, interviewed Mehdi Nourbakhsh, Ph.D., the CEO of YegaTech, a technology consulting company in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, via webcam.
Extensive Planning Leads to More Grants, Better Research
Todd Danielson, Informed Infrastructure's editorial director, interviewed Dr. Sarah Orton, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Missouri College of Engineering, via webcam.
