Tag: bridge construction

June 3, 2024

The program to rapidly replace the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore began in earnest on May 31, as the Maryland Transportation Authority formally issued a request for proposals that the agency hopes will result in a new structure […]

May 5, 2022

Researchers from the Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Internet Technologies CCIT recently created a smart self-powered screw that automatically sends out alerts when it detects that it has loosened. Structures like bridges are subject to subtle movements and repeated temperature […]

April 7, 2022

2022 marks Abby Redditt’s fifth year in construction. The civil engineer worked for the Tennessee Department of Transportation for two years before joining BELL Construction as a project manager three years ago. The Brentwood, Tennessee-based company provides general contracting, design-build […]

January 13, 2022

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) has played a large part in this confidence boost. Respondents were most optimistic about highway and bridge construction, with 63% expecting a large dollar value of projects to compete for. They were also […]

April 7, 2021

The work included a new, wider overpass carrying Walt Whitman Road over the Long Island Expressway in Melville and the early completion of repairs to four highway bridges that will ease travel and enhance safety along key routes for the […]

August 20, 2020

A new Genoa bridge was inaugurated Aug. 3, almost two years after the collapse of the city’s Polcevera viaduct that killed 43. The precise causes of the collapse and culpability remain uncertain. Government ministers are working to eject key shareholders […]

November 22, 2019

The National Transportation Safety Board has all but concluded its investigation into the March 2018 Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse, which killed six people and injured several others. Its findings, foreshadowed by an earlier report from OSHA’s Office of […]