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I-35W Bridge Collapse - Week 38 Week 38 by Ivy Chang, 5/5/2008
Flatiron-Manson Joint Venture, general contractors on the I-35W Bridge reconstruction, reported that it has no lost-time injuries and only nine minor ... More
Big Bridge Pour In San Clemente Staff - 05/05/2008
A major construction milestone for SunCal Companies' Marblehead Coastal master-planned community in San Clemente, California, was reached recently, with the 'round-the-clock pouring of 2,400 cubic yards of concrete for a 400-foot-long bridge that spans a canyon within the development. The massive undertaking was the single-largest concrete pour for any portion of the 248-acre community on bluff...
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2008 Engineering Excellence Awards Staff - 05/05/2008
Parsons/HNTB Corp. won the top honor — the Platinum Award — in the American Council of Engineering Companies of Washington's 2008 Engineering Excellence competition for their structural engineering design of the new Tacoma Narrows Suspension Bridge. ACEC/Washington's 40th annual awards ceremony, held on Jan.
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Editor's Report By Tom Hale - 04/28/2008
Numerous companies displayed the newest and latest products and services for the commercial/industrial construction industry at the 17th annual Cincinnati Construx Expo and Facilities Maintenance Expo, held recently at the Oasis Conference Center in Loveland, Ohio. Presented by Expo Source Inc., the show included exhibits by Associated Builders & Contractors' Ohio Valley Chapter, AES, LLC S...
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I-35W Bridge Collapse - Week 37 Week 37 by Ivy Chang - 04/25/2008
New MnDOT leader takes control. As the controversies surrounding the I-35W Bridge continue, Minnesota’s Gov. Tim Pawlenty named a new leader at the Minnesota ...
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ACP Editorial Director Named to CWA Hall of Fame Staff - 04/23/2008
Greg Sitek, editorial director of Associated Construction Publications, will become one of the first inductees into the Construction Writers Association’s (CWA) Hall of Fame, a new program launched in celebration of the group’s 50th anniversary. Sitek will receive the prestigious award at the CWA annual meeting in May in Alexandria, Va.
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I-35W Bridge Collapse - Week 36 Week 36 By Ivy Chang - 04/21/2008
Eight months after the I-35W Bridge collapse, survivors say the thoughts of it still take a toll on their emotional health. At a conference of mental health workers, a few survivors and some rescuers talked about their battles with psychological strain and other fears that haunt them. Organizers are from the Hennepin County Medical Center, which took in most of the bodies and survivors during the night of August 1.
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