Photo By Marc A. Hermann/MTA New York City Transit Just Short of a Rebuild: Transit personnel inspect Montague tube damage that is so severe the tube requires a major overhaul. Related Links: At Four Years Old, a New Station Needs Rethinking After Sandy, A SpecialReport on the Superstorm Reconstruction New York City Transit plans to start major reconstruction work this summer on two subway tunnels that were severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy. The agency is preparing bid documents for the work, which is expected to be divided into two projects, each with multiple contracts that will total more than $100
Related Links: Chinese former minister Liu Zhijun's trial on corruption charges begins The Trial of the Most Hated Man in China: Former Railways Minister Liu Zhijun The trial of Liu Zhijun, China’s former railways minister, on bribery charges in a local court in Beijing was short, but it drew national attention and has fueled public debate about relations between government officials and private-sector executives, according to published reports there.Liu, who was a key player in China’s huge high-speed rail expansion over the last decade, admitted on June 9 to accepting cash and assets worth more than $100 million for himself
Related Links: Fast-Track Replacement Planned For Collapsed Skagit River Bridge (ENR 6/3/13 issue) Washington DOT Skagit River Bridge Web page The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has released the remainder of the federal aid to finance the repairs and replacement spans for the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said.Murray opened a June 13 Senate appropriations subcommittee hearing on bridge issues a bit late, but the reason for the delay soon became clear. Murray, the panel’s chair, said she had just received a call from Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, telling her U.S. DOT was “releasing
Related Links: Big Corrosion Problem May Affect New Bay Bridge Span Plan Enlists Custom Steel Saddles to Repair Broken Bay Bridge Bolts (subscribers only) Three problem projects may test the working relationship among California's Dept. of Transportation, Kiewit and elected officials. Tens of millions of dollars in payments ride on who is to be held responsible for delays and cost overruns on the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the expansion of the Interstate 405 Freeway in Los Angeles and the recently opened Devil's Slide Tunnel in San Mateo County.U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and other officials throughout the state want
Related Links: Nuclear Regulators Ding Firm For Subpar Safety Culture Crews Pour Foundation Mats at Summer and Vogtle Plants South Carolina Electric & Gas said Wednesday it has pushed back by at least six months the estimated online date for V.C. Summer Unit 2, the first of two planned 1,100-MW nuclear units there, because of contractor delays in fabricating and delivering key elements of the $10 billion-plus project.SCE&G, a subsidiary of Scana Corp., said it now expects the first new unit to begin commercial operation in either the fourth quarter of 2017 or first quarter of 2018. Most recently, Unit
The Thursday before Sandy made landfall, Thomas Creamer, Army Corps of Engineers chief of operations for the New York district, touched base with other districts that might be needed.
Rendering Courtesy of Israel Airports Authority New international airport will be built in Israel's southern Arava Desert to better serve the growing Red Sea resort city of Eilat. Related Links: Israel Moves Forward on Port Expansion and Bridgebuilding Israel Seeks Global Bidders for Major Transportation Projects Israel's first commercial greenfield airport since its independence in 1948 is sited in the Arava Desert, 18 kilometers north of the resort of Eilat, to replace an existing facility that doesn't handle jumbo jets or international traffic.The Israel Airports Authority will prequalify international construction teams late this month for the $450-million turnkey project in
Photo Courtesy of TxDOT One of 12 precast tied-arch bridge segments sits on self-propelled transporters rolling to its final destination over the Trinity River. Designers envisioned a mix of efficiency and architecture. Related Links: Youtube Homepage of 7th Street Bridge 7th Street Bridge Fact Sheet (PDF) Rolling and rising methodically into place over the next month, 12 arches are forming what Texas Dept. of Transportation officials believe will be the world's first precast-concrete network-arch bridge. The novel design's ultimate goal is to alleviate congestion in the Fort Worth corridor. The new West 7th Street Bridge posed big post-tensioning and placement
Photo and Rendering Courtesy of WSDOT Officials are scrambling to replace part of a bridge that collapsed after an oversized-load truck struck it. Carrying Interstate 5 in northern Washington state, the bridge is one of thousands that lack redundancy in their critical members. Fast-track construction methods will be used for both temporary and permanent fixes to restore Washington state's main north-south connector, from Seattle to Canada, after the May 23 collapse of an Interstate 5 bridge span into the Skagit River.Washington State Dept. of Transportation officials took less than 72 hours to announce that a temporary structure will be in
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