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The UK's longest road tunnel and a new section of dual carriageway on the A3 near Hindhead in Surrey.
Travaux de dépollution sur un ancien site industriel dans la ZAC Thionville Rive Gauche comprenant la déconstruction des dallages, des travaux de terrassement, la purge des sources "sols" ainsi que le traitement des sols impactés et le pompage et traitement des eaux polluées.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Moselle (57)
Ville : Thionville (57100)
Adresses : route de Manom / avenue de Douai
Dépollution : 2023 → 2024
Brian's Video Diary.
If you are wondering what all the digging is for, here's the answer. For many years the end of our road (Forge Lane, Shorne) has flooded whenever any significant rain falls. Various attempts have been made to solve the problem, without success. Now a series of soakaways are being installed, and this one is opposite our house
A block of wood with hardware to support a bucket is attached to the first bridge by two of the students who built the bridge. Photo by Robert Jordan/Ole Miss Communications
For 273 years, the little stone bridge that carries Frankford Ave. across Pennypack Creek has been doing its humble job with a minimum of attention...
- Gerald McKelvey, The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 16, 1970
Built more than a century before the reign of Napoleon, Frankford Avenue Bridge on U.S. Route 13 in the northeastern portion of the city of Philadelphia is without doubt the oldest stone arch bridge America still in service on a major travel route and most likely the oldest stone bridge anywhere in the country. When it was constructed, each male member of the surrounding community was compelled to contribute a share of either labor or money.
The three-span bridge, intended originally to carry one of the first highways in America, the King's Road from Philadelphia to New York, was only 18 feet wide when first built with barely enough room for two teams of horse to pass each other. It was widened substantially in 1893 to accommodate trolley traffic and again in 1950, to accommodate automobile traffic. Pennypack Creek, which runs the length of 1600-acre Pennypack Park, is today stocked with trout annually as far downstream as the Frankford Avenue Bridge.
Facts
- On April 24, 1775 at five o'clock in the afternoon, an express rider from Boston, having traveled for five days, reportedly crossed the Frankford Avenue Bridge to bring news of the Battle of Lexington and the beginning of the American Revolution.
- The first stagecoach service from Philadelphia to New York, crossing the Frankford Avenue Bridge, began in 1756, with the trip requiring three days. By 1783, the trip took only a day aboard a coach named the Flying Machine.
- A toll booth was installed at the bridge's south end when the Frankford and Bristol Turnpike opened in 1803. It remained in place until the roadway was taken over by the city of Philadelphia in 1892.
- Since the Frankford Avenue Bridge was built, 60 other bridges in the city of Philadelphia have been either closed or abandoned.
For more information on civil engineering history, go to www.asce.org/history.
Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Constructed 1909-1914
Soon dredges will be put to the task of commencing a canal from Cape Cod Bay to Buzzard's Bay, making Cape Cod an island and converting Nantucket Sound, 'the sailors' graveyard,' to a memory...
- Fergus Crane, The Eclectic Magazine, April 1906
The idea of a canal eliminating the costly and dangerous sea trip around the Massachusetts peninsula of Cape Cod was envisioned as early as 1623 by Pilgrim leader Miles Standish. It was not until financier August Belmont became involved in 1906, however, that sufficient funds for the project could be raised. Belmont had been the primary backer of New York City's first subway, and chose the subway's chief engineer, William Barclay Parsons, as the canal's project director.
In 1905, Parsons had sided with the majority of the Panama Canal commission in recommending that "The Big Ditch" be built as a sea-level canal without locks. He and the other commissioners eventually were overruled. With the Cape Cod Canal, however, Parsons proved that a 17.5-mile, sea-level canal without locks could accommodate a difference in tides at each end of almost three hours and nearly five feet. Originally 480 feet wide and 34 feet deep, the canal was enlarged in 1940, making it the widest canal in the world.
Facts
- Parsons also showed that the current created by the varying tides at either end of the Cape Cod Canal would prevent ice from forming and eliminate the need for maintenance dredging. Three years after the Canal opened, he published a landmark paper on tidal-canal hydraulics.
- In the two decades prior to 1915, more than 135 ships were wrecked, 63 lives were lost and $1.6 million in cargo destroyed attempting to travel around Cape Cod.
- Originally financed as a toll passageway for $16 million, the canal was purchased in 1928 for $11.4 million by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has operated it toll-free ever since and maintains the surrounding area for recreational use.
- The three bridges spanning the canal (two for roads and one for rails) were built during the Great Depression, using $4.6 million in federal funds and providing more than two years of employment for as many as 700 workers.
- Average high-tide waters move through the canal at four-to-five miles per hour; tides accentuated by a full moon or other conditions, however, can increase the current to seven miles per hour or more.
Resources
- The Cape Cod Canal, Robert H. Farson, Cape Cod Historical Publications, 1987; ISBN 0961674008
- The Cape Cod Canal, Sagamore Films, May 1998, ISBN 0966638409
For more information on civil engineering history, go to www.asce.org/history.
The City of Hoover has seen enormous growth in its sports programs over the past 10 years and needed a new complex that would fulfill their existing needs, allow for growth and give the City the ability to create new revenue streams and take advantage of sports tourism by hosting large tournament events. Hoover had not built any new athletic facilities in 15 years. At the same time the City’s sports participation had increased by multiples of 200% - 500% depending on the sport. The growth was caused by increases in both youth and adult sports leagues, as well as the relatively recent popularity of additional sports.
The multi-purpose Finley Center, which connects to the existing Hoover Met baseball stadium with a covered walkway, is able to accommodate a full-size football or soccer field, nine regulation-size basketball courts, 12 regulation-size volleyball courts or six indoor tennis courts. It can also seat 2,400 for banquets and 5,000 for events with general seating, such as a graduation ceremony or concert. Additional features of the indoor facility include a recreational walking track suspended 14 feet in the air, an athletic training and rehab center, and a food court.
The Finley Center sits on a 120 acre site that GMC master planned and includes fields for soccer, lacrosse, football, baseball and softball, tennis courts, a play ground walking track and splash pad.
Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood (GMC) provided master planning, architecture, interior design, civil engineering, construction materials testing, and environmental engineering services for this project.
The City of Hoover has seen enormous growth in its sports programs over the past 10 years and needed a new complex that would fulfill their existing needs, allow for growth and give the City the ability to create new revenue streams and take advantage of sports tourism by hosting large tournament events. Hoover had not built any new athletic facilities in 15 years. At the same time the City’s sports participation had increased by multiples of 200% - 500% depending on the sport. The growth was caused by increases in both youth and adult sports leagues, as well as the relatively recent popularity of additional sports.
The multi-purpose Finley Center, which connects to the existing Hoover Met baseball stadium with a covered walkway, is able to accommodate a full-size football or soccer field, nine regulation-size basketball courts, 12 regulation-size volleyball courts or six indoor tennis courts. It can also seat 2,400 for banquets and 5,000 for events with general seating, such as a graduation ceremony or concert. Additional features of the indoor facility include a recreational walking track suspended 14 feet in the air, an athletic training and rehab center, and a food court.
The Finley Center sits on a 120 acre site that GMC master planned and includes fields for soccer, lacrosse, football, baseball and softball, tennis courts, a play ground walking track and splash pad.
Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood (GMC) provided master planning, architecture, interior design, civil engineering, construction materials testing, and environmental engineering services for this project.
The City of Hoover has seen enormous growth in its sports programs over the past 10 years and needed a new complex that would fulfill their existing needs, allow for growth and give the City the ability to create new revenue streams and take advantage of sports tourism by hosting large tournament events. Hoover had not built any new athletic facilities in 15 years. At the same time the City’s sports participation had increased by multiples of 200% - 500% depending on the sport. The growth was caused by increases in both youth and adult sports leagues, as well as the relatively recent popularity of additional sports.
The multi-purpose Finley Center, which connects to the existing Hoover Met baseball stadium with a covered walkway, is able to accommodate a full-size football or soccer field, nine regulation-size basketball courts, 12 regulation-size volleyball courts or six indoor tennis courts. It can also seat 2,400 for banquets and 5,000 for events with general seating, such as a graduation ceremony or concert. Additional features of the indoor facility include a recreational walking track suspended 14 feet in the air, an athletic training and rehab center, and a food court.
The Finley Center sits on a 120 acre site that GMC master planned and includes fields for soccer, lacrosse, football, baseball and softball, tennis courts, a play ground walking track and splash pad.
Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood (GMC) provided master planning, architecture, interior design, civil engineering, construction materials testing, and environmental engineering services for this project.
Poids en ordre de marche : 8 540 - 8 600 kg
Construction de l'ensemble immobilier Les Rivages composé de 4 bâtiments pour 98 logements en accession à la propriété et d’une résidence services seniors de 115 logements.
Le projet se situe sur l'ancien site des Entreprises Jules Kronberg (négociant en charbon). Quelques éléments seront conservés comme la cheminée d'une hauteur de 38 mètres ainsi qu’un bâtiment situé sur le bord du boulevard Lobau.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Nancy (54000)
Quartier : Nancy Sud
Adresse : 45, boulevard Lobau
Fonction : Logements
Construction : 2021 → 2022
► Architecte : Malot & Associés
► PC n° 54 395 19 R0067 délivré le 11/10/2019
Niveaux : R+6
Hauteur : 25.00 m
Surface de plancher : 12 989 m²
Superficie du terrain : 5 610 m²
The UK's longest road tunnel and a new section of dual carriageway on the A3 near Hindhead in Surrey.
Poids en ordre de marche : 17 100 - 19 950 kg
Réhabilitation du monastère Sainte Claire en résidence étudiante et création d'une extension.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy (54500)
Adresse : 24, rue Sainte-Colette
Fonction : Logements
Construction : 2017 → 2018
▻ Architecte : André & Moulet Architecture
PC n° 54 547 22 R 0013 délivré le 21/12/2022
PC rectificatif n° 54 547 22 R 0013 délivré le 05/07/2023
Niveaux : R+3
Hauteur : 11,95 m
Surface de plancher créée : 2 469,62 m²
Superficie du terrain : 6 387 m²
Surface des bâtiments à démolir : 483,02 m²
Déconstruction d'un bâtiment boulevard Jean Jaures à Tomblaine.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Tomblaine (54270)
Adresse : boulevard Jean Jaures
Fonction : Logements
Déconstruction : 2021
Niveaux : R+2
Hauteur : ≈12,00 m
Travaux de renouvellement du site propre du trolley à Nancy dans le cadre des aménagements pour la ligne 1 du trolley.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Nancy (54000)
Quartier : Nancy Ouest
Adresses : rue Pierre Semard / rue Saint-Jean / rue Saint Georges
Construction de l'ensemble immobilier Au Jardin des Arts comprenant 41 logements dans 2 bâtiments.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Moselle (57)
Ville : Metz (57000)
Quartier : Nouvelle-Ville Metz
Adresses : avenue André Malraux / rue Sturel Paigné
Fonction : Logements
Construction : 2022 → 2026
â–» Architecte : Thierry Hamamm
Permis de construire n° PC 57 463 20 X0095
▻ Délivré le 12/08/2021
Niveaux : R+5
Hauteur : 19,25 m
Surface de plancher : 3 105, 91m²
Surface du terrain : 2 558 m²
Poids en ordre de marche : 31 800 - 33 800 kg
Déconstruction du bâtiment Jean Monnet construit entre 1968 et 1970 à Luxembourg-Ville. Il abritait des services de la Commission européenne.
Pays : Luxembourg🇱🇺
Ville : Luxembourg-Ville (L-1336)
Quartier : Kirchberg
Adresse : boulevard de Kockelschaeuer
Fonction : Bureaux
Déconstruction : 2018 → 2019
► Entreprise : Xardel Démolition
Niveaux max. : R+4
Hauteur max. : ≈22.00 m
Wall construction containing a foam expansion joint
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Author: Loughborough University
The Whipple Bowstring Truss Bridge was built from a design patented in 1841 by Squire Whipple. Whipple was the first person to understand the stresses in truss members and he developed the first theoretical formula to calculate stresses in the articulated truss. His bowstring truss was the first to use cast iron for compression and wrought iron for tension membranes.
The structure originally crossed the Cayadutta Creek in Johnstown, New York. It is one of five truss bridges built by Whipple in eastern New York and it is possibly the oldest. The City of Johnstown donated the bridge to Whipple's alma mater, Union College, in 1979.
Though the design and details of the bridge were patented, Whipple never was able to collect royalties. The State of New York adopted "Whipple's Patent Iron Arch Truss Bridge" as the standard for its canals but evaded royalty payments by declaring that the erection of the bridges was for the public good.
For more information on civil engineering history, go to www.asce.org/history.
Construction de l'ensemble immobilier Le 101 composé de 67 logements.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Nancy (54000)
Quartier : Nancy Ouest
Adresse : 101-103, avenue de la Libération
Fonction : Logements
Construction : 2020 → 2022
► Architecte : André et Moulet Architecture
â–º Gros Å“uvre : Fayat
PC n° 54 395 17 R0120 délivré le 19/06/2018
Niveaux : R+6
Hauteur maximale : 21.25 m
Surface de plancher totale : 4 361 m²
Superficie du terrain : 1 930 m²
Surface démolie : 185 m²
new bridge, work in progress, ashton, western cape. this bridge will be slided in position once finished
Folsom, California
Completed 1895
"The State [of California] agreed to construct the dam using convict labor for which consideration the State received a grant of land for the construction of a prison and water power rights from the impounded water. The work progressed slowly during the dry season by disinterested convict labor using hand tools since the use of machinery was forbidden."
- Historic Landmark Nomination Form, 1974
In 1895, Folsom Powerhouse transmitted 11,000 volts of electricity over a 22-mile stretch to power the streetcars of the Sacramento Electric Gas and Railway Company. Folsom also provided the long-distance, high voltage, three-phase transmission service for municipal and industrial power needs.
The success of this early system proved that low-cost hydroelectric energy could be provided to distant population centers. It served as an early prototype for modern hydraulic power generation and transmission facilities.
Although the lower powerhouse was taken off-line in 1920, the main powerhouse continued in operation until 1952. At that time, the dam was removed to make way for the new Folsom Dam. The original powerhouse is now part of the California State Park System.
Facts
- Water was supplied from a canal leading from a masonry dam, 650-feet long and 87-feet high, on the American River.
The dam contained 78,500 cubic yards of granite block masonry, united by mortar made from 20,000 barrels of cement.
- At the powerhouse, water passed through four 1,100 horsepower turbines.
- The turbines were connected to four 759-kilowatt generators, reported to be the largest in the world at that time.
- Spent water was discharged into a tailrace for return to the American River. A tailrace is the outflow duct or channel from a water wheel or water turbine.
- A small powerhouse was constructed on the tailrace channel to generate an additional 750 kilowatts. Its 26-strand rope drive transmitted energy from the turbine to the generator, which was located on higher ground.
Resources
- George P. Low, The Folsom-Sacramento Electric Transmission Plant (Sacramento: California State Library, 1959 reprint of 1896 publication).
For more information on civil engineering history, go to www.asce.org/history.
The City of Hoover has seen enormous growth in its sports programs over the past 10 years and needed a new complex that would fulfill their existing needs, allow for growth and give the City the ability to create new revenue streams and take advantage of sports tourism by hosting large tournament events. Hoover had not built any new athletic facilities in 15 years. At the same time the City’s sports participation had increased by multiples of 200% - 500% depending on the sport. The growth was caused by increases in both youth and adult sports leagues, as well as the relatively recent popularity of additional sports.
The multi-purpose Finley Center, which connects to the existing Hoover Met baseball stadium with a covered walkway, is able to accommodate a full-size football or soccer field, nine regulation-size basketball courts, 12 regulation-size volleyball courts or six indoor tennis courts. It can also seat 2,400 for banquets and 5,000 for events with general seating, such as a graduation ceremony or concert. Additional features of the indoor facility include a recreational walking track suspended 14 feet in the air, an athletic training and rehab center, and a food court.
The Finley Center sits on a 120 acre site that GMC master planned and includes fields for soccer, lacrosse, football, baseball and softball, tennis courts, a play ground walking track and splash pad.
Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood (GMC) provided master planning, architecture, interior design, civil engineering, construction materials testing, and environmental engineering services for this project.
Construction de l'ensemble immobilier Quartier Weierbach Sud sur le site du Ban de Gasperich à Luxembourg Ville.
Pays : Luxembourg🇱🇺
Ville : Luxembourg Ville (L-2721)
Quartier : Gasperich
Adresse : boulevard de Kockelscheuer / rue Leonardo da Vinci / rue Hildegard von Bingen
Fonction : Logements / Commerces et activités
Construction : 2019 → 2021
Niveaux : R+6
Hauteur : ≈21,00 m
Photos from the CEEN 360: Introduction to Construction Engineering "FoodBuild" Celebration.
Photo Credit: Agata Bogucka
Front Row (l. to r.): Barbara Lyall, Patricia Powell, Marion Canner, Marie Bailey, Lesley Ireland, Josephine Calder (Jose), Elizabeth Goodman, Patricia Titmus, Fay Baldwin.
Second row: Jadvyga Zakarauskas, Margaret Hartley, Janet Fraser, Ann Julian, Norma Holland, Ruth Quigley, Marcia Leibeck, June Duncan, Patrica Fryer (Pat), Patricia Hogan (Pat).
Third row: Robert Mackay (Bob), Garry Brown, Ken Archibald, Alan Gill, William Stewart (Bill), Kevin Cant, Francis McDonald (Frank)
Back Row: James Cromarty (Jim), Gordon Gray, John Warner, William Agnew (Bill).
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The City of Hoover has seen enormous growth in its sports programs over the past 10 years and needed a new complex that would fulfill their existing needs, allow for growth and give the City the ability to create new revenue streams and take advantage of sports tourism by hosting large tournament events. Hoover had not built any new athletic facilities in 15 years. At the same time the City’s sports participation had increased by multiples of 200% - 500% depending on the sport. The growth was caused by increases in both youth and adult sports leagues, as well as the relatively recent popularity of additional sports.
The multi-purpose Finley Center, which connects to the existing Hoover Met baseball stadium with a covered walkway, is able to accommodate a full-size football or soccer field, nine regulation-size basketball courts, 12 regulation-size volleyball courts or six indoor tennis courts. It can also seat 2,400 for banquets and 5,000 for events with general seating, such as a graduation ceremony or concert. Additional features of the indoor facility include a recreational walking track suspended 14 feet in the air, an athletic training and rehab center, and a food court.
The Finley Center sits on a 120 acre site that GMC master planned and includes fields for soccer, lacrosse, football, baseball and softball, tennis courts, a play ground walking track and splash pad.
Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood (GMC) provided master planning, architecture, interior design, civil engineering, construction materials testing, and environmental engineering services for this project.
Construction de 32 logements collectifs, réhabilitation d'un immeuble en 6 logements individuels de fonction et construction de 4 maisons individuelles de fonction.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Nancy (54000)
Quartier : Nancy Sud
Adresse : avenue du Maréchal Juin
Fonction : Logements
Construction : 2025 → 2026
â–» Architecte : Bagard & Luron Architectes
Permis de construire n° PC 54 395 24 00017
▻ Délivré le 01/08/2024
Hauteur : 22,91 m
Superficie du terrain : 6 745 m²