Bermuda History Bermuda is a small island nation, composed of 181 islands totaling 21 square miles inhabited by over 60,000 residents. In December 2014, the America’s Cup Event Authority announced that Bermuda had been selected to host the America’s Cup in 2017. In conjunction with a Royal Caribbean Cruise Line […]
Projects
3D Software Halves Wharf Pile Placement Time
Trimble Marine Construction software for pile-driving applications cut the time for setting and driving piles from a floating crane in half, both increasing safety and reducing production time. Solution Trimble Marine Construction software Accurate 3D positioning visualization Find out more at trimble.com/marine Overview Reg Tramble of Alva Construction Ltd. Antigonish, […]
177,000 Feet of Piles Driven at I-4 Extension
Orlando, Florida History In 1969, in conjunction with the expected openings of the Naval Training Center (1968), Florida Technological University (now University of Central Florida 1969), and Walt Disney World (1971), the SR 408 project began as another east-west corridor through downtown Orlando. This route was built to relieve traffic […]
3D-Enabled Workflows Heat Up on Utility Scale Solar Developments
View the complete article here. By Brian Choi According to the SEIA Solar Market Insight Report 2020 Q3, utility PV development has reached a new milestone with more than 50 GWdc now in operation. Further, the report notes that at the current growth rate, that number is likely to reach […]
Versatile Element Fender Systems Delivered to Port of Odense
Moving ports from the city center to the hinterland is a development that is seen more and more in the Scandinavian countries. Another example is LINDØ port of Odense , Denmark, where former existing industrial areas is being transformed to an urban infrastructure, with modern residential areas, which connects the […]
AZ Sheet Pile Wall For False Creek Levee
Contra Costa County, CA History As of early 2015, the three year old California drought was the worst in recorded history. Several years of a persistent high pressure ridge in the western Pacific Ocean had blocked storms from reaching California in the winter, when the state typically gets most of […]
Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH Constructs Excavation Pit for a New Indoor Skydiving Facility
In 2021, one of the most modern indoor skydiving facilities in the world is being constructed in the West German town of Viernheim, situated in the industrial Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region. Building on their experience with the construction of indoor skydiving facilities in Bottrop in the region of North Rhine Westphalia, […]
Fugro’s Foundation Testing Supports Major Canada-US Infrastructure Project
Fugro has completed foundation testing services for the Gordie Howe International Bridge project, a new border crossing between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan. The 2.5 km-long structure will improve travel and commerce across the Detroit River, which is responsible for 25 % of commercial traffic between Canada and the US. […]
Nucor Skyline SKZ 20 Steel Sheet Piles Used For Surge Protection Wall
HISTORY On October 29th, 2012, a storm that had been slowly making its way from the Caribbean, turned westward due to a cold air mass off the coast of New Jersey, and made land in Atlantic City, NJ. Superstorm Sandy, as the storm was known, packed winds of 80 miles […]
Micropiles Utilized at I-70 Fulton Street Bridge
Wheeling, West Virginia History Interstate-70 runs from Cove Fort, UT to Baltimore, MD, where it crosses the northern panhandle of West Virginia through Ohio County and the City of Wheeling. The section of I-70 that runs through 14.45 miles of West Virginia was opened in 1963 and completed in 1971. Problem […]