Versatile Clamp Helps Protect First Responders
Editor: Allison Braswell
By 2025, residents of the St. Louis, MO metropolitan area will have a more peaceful commute on the reconstructed Chain of Rocks Bridge that carries Interstate 270 over the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Madison County, IL. The nearly 60-year-old design of the existing bridge is no longer practical for emergency vehicles. Its four lanes and one-foot-wide shoulders make it a ... Read more
Skanska is Going Green
ICE® Works Towards a Wind Energy Future
Editor: Allison Braswell
A 12-megawatt wind project off the coast of Virginia, the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) Pilot Project, is the first offshore wind project established in federal waters and the largest of its kind in the United States. Installed in Fall 2020, 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, the two wind turbines can deliver renewable energy to about 3,000 homes during peak production. ... Read more
Fresh Fish Meets Fresh New Piles
Editor: Allison Braswell
Overlooking Aunt Lydia's Cove in Cape Cod, Mass. is Chatham Pier Fish Market, where guests can enjoy classic New England cuisine as they watch fishing boats unload the day's catch next to the on-site picnic tables. In addition to the locally caught salmon, halibut, and tuna, this take-out seafood market is known for its lobster rolls and clam chowder that people like to bring on their waterfront ... Read more
CH 650 Signals a Faster Future for NYC Subway
Popular Transit System Undergoes Major Upgrades
Editor: Allison Braswell
New York City is the city that never sleeps--and same goes for its world-famous and well-used public transit system. Every day, 268,000 suburbanites and sightseers ride the Eighth Avenue A/C/E subway lines between 59th Street in Manhattan and High Street in Brooklyn. The problem is, the Automatic Block Signaling currently being used by the su ... Read more
Omaha's Newest & Tallest Tower
Editor: Allison Braswell
A new 44-story statement piece in Omaha, NE is set to dominate its cityscape! Construction of the 677-foot Mutual of Omaha tower, a leading insurance company headquartered in the city, began in January 2023. The $600-million project calls for 800,000 square feet of office space, luxury apartments on the upper floors, and amenities such as a fitness center and a rooftop terrace. The chamber of commerce forecasts 3 ... Read more
ICE and Easy Does It
Contractor Constructs Dock on Frozen Lake
Editor: Allison Braswell
A little ice doesn't snow down Price Marine Construction, who was hired to build a dock on the recently frozen Upper Prior Lake in Prior Lake, MN. After 2 or 3 weeks of freezing temperatures, a solid sheet of ice will begin to form on a lake. How safe it is to walk on a frozen lake is determined by the thickness of the ice. If the ice is less than four inches thick, then it is susceptible to bre ... Read more
PennDOT Transforms PA Corridor
Editor: Allison Braswell
PennDOT's $26-million makeover of the Margaret Road Interchange is underway in Kittanning, PA. The project will replace the existing four-way intersection with a T-intersection and erect two new structures consisting of a dual-span steel girder bridge and a concrete box culvert for a nearby tributary. Once this portion of the project is completed the new bridge will carry traffic from State Route 422 over to State Route 20 ... Read more
ICE® 22D Beats Excavator
Lakehouse Basement on Grandview Lake
Editor: Allison Braswell
Grandview Lake, the largest private lake community in Indiana, attracts permanent and seasonal residents with its 400-acre recreational lake located near Columbus, IN. Opportunities for playing a wide range of watersports, hiking seven miles of trails throughout the surrounding woods preserve, and taking in picturesque views have entertained adventurers since its establishment in the 1960s. With a ... Read more
Joining Forces to Engineer with Nature
U.S. Army, Douglass Pile, and ICE® Secure the Earth
Editor: Allison Braswell
There is a vital group of U.S. Army employees whose engineering services strengthen security and restore the environment of the United States and more than 130 other countries. They are first on the scene at natural disaster areas, save 50 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually as the Nation's largest hydro-power generator, maintain the sa ... Read more
Repairing the Path to Lady Liberty
Editor: Allison Braswell
Every day of the year except for Thanksgiving and Christmas, around 10,000 tourists catch a ferry at either the Battery Park Terminal in New York or the Liberty State Park Terminal in New Jersey to view the awe-inspiring Statue of Liberty--a universal symbol of the United States' journey to freedom and a life free from injustice. Since 1886 when France gifted "Liberty Enlightening the World" to the U.S., it has stood on Libe ... Read more
