Mrs. Martin, the 1949 Hudson Commodore 8 carrying the Low and Slow tour team, parked behind the tainter-gate section of Folsom Dam's Auxiliary Spillway. Related Links: Low and Slow Across America's Infrastructure Blog: Mrs. Martin Meets the Mile-High City Slide Show: Across the Great Basin From an airport terminal expansion in Salt Lake City to an industrial complex growing at warp speed near Reno to a sewer treatment update and the retrofit of Folsom Dam, infrastructure stewards are digging in to upgrade facilities and enhance lifestyles.As ENR's Low & Slow tour made its way to the West Coast, an uphill
Related Links: Officials Cite Big Steps Forward In California High-Speed Program California Clears Path for Funding To Get High-Speed Rail Back on Track The California High-Speed Rail Authority selected an international team led by engineering consultant Parsons Brinckerhoff to manage the state's major transportation initiative, under a $700-million comprehensive rail-delivery partner contract.The contract, which runs through 2022, has the PB team overseeing program delivery—including permitting, preliminary engineering, alignment, right-of- way acquisition and procurement."They really came in with a solid presentation of an integrated team to deliver this program," says Scott Jarvis, the authority's chief engineer.Other team members include Network Rail
Related Links: Cracks Delay Work at Floating Bridge Project in Washington State Redesign Required For $4.1-billion Project's Pontoons The world's longest floating bridge will soon be eclipsed by a newer, longer span a few feet away on Lake Washington in Seattle.As crews from Kiewit-General-Manson (KGM) move toward swinging the final 1,000 ft worth of concrete pontoons into place this July, the owner—Washington State Dept. of Transportation—looks toward opening this project in April 2016, a key component of a project worth $4.47 billion overall.Moving the final "raft" of pontoons into position "will be a shock," says Adam Geyer, KGM superintendent. "There
Photo By Dan McNichol for ENR Denver International Airport's new rail terminal is set to open in the spring of 2016. Photo by Dan McNichol Three workers prepare the walkway from the rail platform to the retail, hotel and airport entrance to the terminals. Related Links: Low and Slow Across America's Infrastructure Low and Slow: The Tour Reaches the Heartland Low and Slow: A State's Transportation Funding in Misery In St. Louis, a half-dozen public agencies teamed up with scores of private donors to fund the $380-million CityArchRiver 2015 project. One of the agencies is the Great Rivers Greenway District,
Related Links: Low and Slow Across America's Infrastructure The Great Basin is bookended by Salt Lake City to the east and Reno to the west. Over the past week the Low and Slow tour rolled down the Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains blasting into the Basin with plenty of water but short on gas.Click the image to begin the slide show.
Photo Courtesy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District Savannah harbor dredging is one of few WRRDA projects to win appropriations so far. Related Links: Text of WRRDA Water Resources Bill Sails Toward Enactment When the Water Resources Reform and Development Act was signed into law June 10, 2014, it was hailed as a major accomplishment. WRRDA was the first big Army Corps of Engineers water policy and authorization measure enacted in more than six years and a rare case of a bill winning strong Republican and Democratic support in a Congress tangled in partisan disputes.As WRRDA reaches its one-year
Related Links: In New York City, Alexander Hamilton Bridge Gets Complicated Rehabilitation As Pulaski Deck Replacement Begins, Officials Push Hard to Manage Both Traffic And Public Trust Northern Construction is nearing completion of the $19.3-million Willimansett Bridge Rehabilitation ahead of schedule despite the challenges of a hard winter and taking over after Canton, Mass., contractor Pihl Inc. went broke.The 125-year-old, 800-ft x 50-ft bridge carries Massachusetts Route 116 over the Connecticut River and Pioneer Valley Railroad between Holyoke and Chicopee in western Massachusetts."MassDOT [Massachusetts Dept. of Transportation] was helpful," says Shawn Clark, project manager for Northern Construction, Palmer, Mass. "But
Related Links: Low and Slow Across America's Infrastructure The Low and Slow team visits major projects in the Dever area, aided by ENR Mountain States editor Mark Shaw.Click the image to begin the slide show.
Related Links: Low & Slow Across America's Infrastructure Our hosts in Glenwood Springs for the Low & Slow Tour were Stan and Cindy Orr of the Association of Equipment Management Professionals (AEMP) whose world headquarters is on the 800 block of Grand Avenue in the heart of the Rocky Mountain town. AEMP hosted Mrs. Martin and myself at their annual meeting in Orlando, Florida this year. Yes, that’s right, Mrs. Martin went to Disney World - all expenses paid. Impressive is their association’s membership. They are aligned with our sponsor’s on the Low & Slow Tour, APWA and CASE Construction
Photo Courtesy APWA At Kansas City Union Station, staff members of the American Public Works Association got a close look at the Hudson. Photo by Aileen Cho / ENR 'Low & Slow' reporters Aileen Cho and Dan McNichol visited the top of Gateway Arch in St. Louis after interviews at the project connecting the arch to the city. Related Links: ENR Low & Slow Across America's Infrastructure Low and Slow: One Day in Kansas City At their headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., staff members of the American Public Works Association greeted ENR's "Low & Slow" tour reporters Aileen Cho and
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