Rendering courtesy of Sembawang Work on the station is scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2013. Related Links: MTR Project Homepage Hong Kongs Booming Top 10 (requires ENR login) A subsidiary of India's Punj Lloyd Group has won its first order in Hong Kong to construct MTR Corp.'s Shatin to Central Link Diamond Hill Extension Station, located in northern Kowloon. The firm's Hong Kong-based unit, Sembawang Engineers and Constructors, has won the $212-million job with consortium partner Leader Civil Engineering Corp. Ltd.The 17-kilometer Shatin to Central Link (SCL) is part of Hong Kong's strategic infrastructure plan to develop
Related Links: Floating Bridge Replacement Work Under Way Near Seattle Norwegian Public Roads Administration A 4-kilometer-long floating bridge, which would break the current world record by 2,754 meters, and the first floating tunnel, also 4 km, are among a series of remarkable highway structures, estimated to cost $24.5 billion, planned along more than 1,000 km of Norway’s E39 coastal highway.Government engineers studying the fixed crossings of seven fjords, which are too wide and deep for conventional structures, say the project is likely to push the boundaries of bridge design well beyond current limits.The structures would eliminate seven ferry crossings of
Photo courtesy of the Port of Mombasa Photo courtesy of the Port of Mombasa Related Links: Uneven Growth Projected for African Construction Industry Driven by Africa's rapid economic growth, ports throughout the continent are undergoing major expansions. Africa has experienced an average of 4.5% to 5% of overall growth in the past three years, leading to big increases in its export-import volumes.The demand for port capacity is driven largely by the expanding construction and mining sectors, which require increases of construction-equipment imports and oil and mineral exports.Eastern Africa’s largest economy, Kenya, which enjoyed a growth in its gross domestic product
Courtesy National Park Service Repair crews at work on a section of U.S. 441 washed out by a January slide. Related Links: Contractor Nails Interstate Repair Job After Landslide in East Tennessee Plagued Oregon Job Will Be Redesigned Work crews have begun removing debris, stabilizing the hillside and building an access road to start repairs on U.S. 441 between Gatlinburg, Tenn., and Cherokee, N.C., where a landslide Jan. 15 took out a 200-ft section of road.APAC-Atlantic, Harrison Division, of Knoxville started work Jan. 28 and is expected to complete it “in a few weeks,” according to National Park Service officials.
Related Links: Airports Council International-North America report Congress Clears Long-Delayed FAA Bill (ENR 2/12/12) Airports in the U.S. need $71.3 billion over five years to expand, rebuild and upgrade terminals, runways and other infrastructure, an Airports Council International-North America, or ACI-NA, survey says. Released on Jan. 29, the report says that while large and medium hubs have funds secured or expected for 65% of capital needs, small hubs have 81% of funds committed or expected.The total is down 11% from ACI-NA's 2011 survey, but the group says the average $14.3 billion a year outpaces income from federal Airport Improvement Program
Image Courtesy of California High Speed Rail Authority Construction of California's high-speed-rail line will begin on a 30-mile section running from Madera to Fresno. Related Links: Calif. High-Speed Rail Backers Push 'System Blend' Innovation, Policy Baby Steps Cheered a Frustrated U.S. Transportation Industry in 2012 California's High-Speed Rail Authority selected Wong-Harris as the project and construction manager for the first 30-mile section of a high-speed-rail line from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The joint-venture contract for PGH Wong Engineering, San Francisco, and Concord, Calif.-based Harris & Associates, is worth up to $34.9 million."It's an important step forward for the project,"
The 1,485-ft-long steel arch bridge, with a 505-ft-long main span, forms a crucial crossroad: it carries eight lanes of Interstate 95 across the Harlem River, linking, with a swirling medley of eight ramps, the Cross Bronx Expressway with other key arteries, such as the George Washington Bridge and the Major Deegan Expressway, or Interstate 87.
Photo Courtesy of Omega Morgan A 3,400-ton truss bridge slid onto a beam setup and traveled in an arc at a painstaking pace to avoid hitting nearby homes. Photo Courtesy of Omega Morgan Related Links: Vermont Bridge Slides Into Future A Bridge Slips And Slides Into Place Cleveland Crossing's Smooth Slide Massive Truss Rolls Into Place About eight inches per push—that is how the 3,400-ton Sellwood Bridge moved forward on Jan. 19 in Portland, Ore. The owner, Multnomah County, moved the 87-year-old, 1,100-ft-long steel truss 66 ft to the north using the span as a detour bridge, while a joint
Photo Courtesy of INDOT Related Links: P3 Planned For Ohio River Bridges Big Plans Anticipate Big Freight Moves Spending private money to fund infrastructure is nothing new to Indiana, whose Interstate 69 project through the state's southwestern quadrant is called the largest all-new federal highway under construction in the U.S. Four years after its groundbreaking, nearly half of the 142-mile-long stretch opened in November. It was funded in part by a $3.8-billion lease of the Indiana Toll Road in 2006. As the project moves into its next phase, the Indiana Dept. of Transportation is again looking for private investors.The future
Related Links: For Panamax Port Expansions, The Freight Wait is Almost Over Taking Asphalt's Temperature From automated vehicles to infrared bars that check for uniform temperatures in paved asphalt, the transportation industry is embracing high-tech tools and concepts. The current two-year federal legislation called MAP-21 promotes many such initiatives, including enhanced intelligent construction data, to help builders and operators achieve greater efficiency, reliability and safety in moving people and goods.MAP-21 also includes an emphasis on improved freight networks—a watershed inclusion that inspired multiple sessions at the Transportation Research Board's 92nd annual meeting on Jan. 13-17. The sessions consistently featured representatives
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