Related Links: U.S. DOT announcement of TIFIA loan Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority 5/30/2014 financial update for Silver Line FHWA list of TIFIA loan applications and status (updated 8/14/2014) Financing for the $2.8-billion second leg of a northern Virginia rail transit line to run to Washington Dulles International Airport and beyond has taken a step forward with the closing of a $1.3-billion federal loan.The U.S. Dept of Transportation said on Aug. 20 that it had closed a $1.28-billion Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), which operates Dulles and Ronald Reagan Washington National
Photo by Johanna Knapschaefer/ENR Walsh Construction rescue team, from left: Steve Mendonca, Jeff Trider and Mark Chaisson. Photo by Johanna Knapschaefer/ENR Whittier Bridge construction site in Massachusetts became stage for a rescue. Related Links: Chilean Miner Rescue Effort Aided by Yankee Ingenuity Rescue Took Teamwork, But Ultimately It Was Up To One Man Swift communication and the heroic action of three Walsh Construction workers likely saved the lives of two kayakers who got trapped beneath the Whittier Bridge construction site in Newburyport, Mass., in floodwaters with strong currents following torrential rain.At 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 7, Jeff Trider, a pile-driving
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons SS Ancon makes the first-ever transit through the Panama Canal in 1914. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Construction of the original canal. Related Links: Exclusive Interview With Owner Dramatic Digs Mark Panama Canal Expansion Global Talent Converges On Panama Canal Panama Canal Holds Visions Of New Growth Four International Teams Vie For Panama Canal Locks Job Its expansion will be over a year late, but nothing could delay the Panama Canal’s 100th birthday. Opened opened to world trade on August 15, 1914, with the passage of SS Ancon, the 80-kilometer waterway has registered over 1,055,000 transits
Related Links: NZTA official project website Port Of Miami Tunnel Features Big Challenges Marked by the use of an independent self-propelled culvert gantry, New Zealand's largest-ever highway project passed the halfway mark on the first drive in Auckland. The first of parallel 2.4-kilometer-long tunnel bores, when completed this fall, will mark a major milestone for the $1.2-billion Waterview Connection, the last section of a Western Ring Route.The milestone follows a brief hiatus and successful completion of essential maintenance work on the earth-pressure tunnel-boring machine (TBM), nicknamed Alice, in May. The Herrenknecht machine, manufactured at the company’s facility in China, cost
+ Image US EPA Proposed mine shares watershed with world's largest sockeye salmon spawning ground. Related Links: Canadians Evaluating Damages From Massive Tailings Pond Failure EPA Proposed Determination (pdf) The Mount Polley mine spill, in which a tailings pond failure dumped more than 8 million gallons of water, silt and sand into waterways, is likely to provide further ammunition for opponents of the Pebble Mine, an even larger copper and gold project planned in Alaska.Located about 200 miles southwest of Anchorage, the Pebble Mine would be an open-pit mine owned by Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia.Northern has not
FCC Construccion The Almonte Viaduct in western Spain is 3,268 ft long. FCC Construccion The contractor expects to complete the $130-million contract in the first quarter of 2016. Related Links: Spanish Contractors Refinance Debt To Grow Upon completion this fall, the Almonte Viaduct in western Spain will hold the record for the longest high-speed-rail bridge arch span, according to the government. Despite this imminent high-profile success, however, Spanish civil construction spending remains at a fraction of what it was before the 2008 financial crisis.The 3,268-ft-long Almonte Viaduct, located at the end of the Alcántara reservoir in the province of Cáceres
Related Links: P3 Bug Spreading Among U.S. Transit Builders Amid Labor Controversy, Dulles Metro Work Carries On After five years of construction and a long string of controversies, northern Virginia's $5-billion Silver Line rail project hit a major milestone with completion of the 11.6-mile first phase. Built by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) and operated and maintained by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), the $2.9-billion segment became operational on July 26, providing a long-sought light-rail extension from the existing Metrorail system to the burgeoning edge city of Tysons Corner, the planned community of Reston and the surrounding
Image courtesy of Frankfurt Zoological Society. Map highlights the proposed highway. Related Links: Court Ruling Endangers Serengeti Road Project Tanzania Drives On With Planned Road Through Serengeti Park A three-year suit challenging the construction of a 53-kilometer highway in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania’s World Heritage site, has ended, and the country has been permanently restrained from proceeding with the project.The First Instance Division of the East African Court of Justice ruled on June 20 that the project would violate the East African Community (EAC) Treaty, to which Tanzania is a signatory, and have a serious negative ecological impact in the
Metro systems are vital circulatory systems for moving large numbers of residents, commuters and tourists around large cities. Metros are mass-transit systems that are generally heavy rail lines that operate on their own rights-of-way, whether underground, at grade or on elevated viaducts. They are distinct from light-rail and commuter rail networks.According to the International Association of Public Transport (UITP), the world's 148 metro systems carry, every day, more than 150 million passengers on 540 lines over 11,000 kilometers to and from 9,000 stations.Since the earliest metro systems were built more than 100 years ago, there have been many advances in
Courtesy AECOM High-speed rail would be built in stages over the next 20 years. Related Links: Calif. High-Speed Rail Moves Forward, Slowly California High-Speed Rail Plan Faces Funding Deadline The money is already starting to move to firms like AECOM and Tutor Perini following a California budget resolution earlier this summer that cleared the way for a continuous, year-over-year, funding stream for the state’s ambitious high-speed rail project. Top engineering and construction firms—likely to be called upon to build, and also finance the project—have been waiting for long-term public funding commitments before risking their own capital and labor, says Stephen
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