In this edition of TDOT Topics, we offer a sneak peek at the Department's Strike Force team, a group of employees trained to respond to emergency conditions in Tennessee and surrounding states. We also provide an update on a major sinkhole along Interstate…
Video: 3D Printed Cement‐Based Materials with Bioinspired Design
Purdue University researchers have 3D-printed cement paste, a key ingredient of the concrete and mortar used to build various elements of infrastructure,…
NCDOT Video of I-40 Flooded After Hurricane Florence
The North Carolina Division of Aviation shot drone footage of a flooded I-40 near Mile Marker 387 on Monday. (North Carolina Division of Aviation via…
Video: Hard Hatted Woman Trailer
Hard Hatted Woman is the first feature documentary film about women breaking down gender barriers in blue-collar construction trades.
Video: The Infrastructure Gap
John Authers reports from discussions at the World Bank annual meetings in Peru about problems raising finance for infrastructure. Why is the private sector reluctant to invest? Filmed by John Authers for the Financial Times. Edited by Paolo Pascual. Still…
Video: Large-Scale 3D Printing by a Team of Mobile Robots
Roboticists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have, for the first time (as far as they know), performed “the actual printing of a single-piece concrete structure by two mobile robots operating concurrently.” Using a fleet of mobile robots…
Video: Michigan DOT Oversees Railroad Crossing Replacement Project
Starting the night of August 14 through August 15, crews from Amtrak and CSX Transportation rebuilt four railroad diamond crossings at Wayne Junction near Wayne, Michigan. Jointly owned by the Michigan Department of Transportation and CSX, this important crossing…
Video: Is America Ready for Driverless Cars?
For the second year in a row, AAA has conducted a national survey to determine if Americans are ready to ride in self-driving vehicles. In this video, we take a look at Autonomous Vehicle Acceptance—by the numbers---sharing with you AAA’s 2018 findings.…
Video: MIT Mass Timber Design — Longhouse
With increasing demands placed on the planet through population growth and urbanization, energy remains one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. Buildings are one of the largest consumers of global resources and all energy produced, and are primary…
Video: Vintage Empire State Building Footage Highlights Importance of Construction Safety
About Todd DanielsonTodd Danielson has been in trade technology media for more than 20 years, now the editorial director for V1 Media and all of its publications: Informed Infrastructure, Earth Imaging Journal, Sensors & Systems and Asian Surveying &…
