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Purdy Creek Fish Barrier Removal

In the Pacific Northwest, management of natural resources, including the extensive network of streams and rivers, are of utmost concern. We rely on these resources for generating power, food, drinking water, and transportation of goods, and many local economies are dependent on their long-term sustainability. As growth and expansion continues, management of these resources becomes…

SIAC – A Historic Challenge

As our nation’s buildings and bridges continue to age and deteriorate, contractors are regularly challenged with completing retrofit, painting, abatement and other upgrades, without overloading or damaging the existing structures. With more and more federal, state, and local entities rewriting their specifications to put the…

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SAIA – Balancing Needs – A Bascule Bridge Story

Published in the September 2012 issue of SAIA   By Jasper Calcara, PE   If you can imagine the risks of two sumo wrestlers jumping on a child’s seesaw, you can start to visualize the challenges facing engineers on the Ballard Drive Bridge painting project.…

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MD Brace System Aids Cast-In-Place Job Off Lake Michigan

By: Tommy Marciniak – SPECIAL TO CEG   Completing a cast-in-place project that measures 46 ft. (14 m) wide by 39 ft. (11.9 m) long by 35 ft. (10.7 m) deep near the shores of Lake Michigan is a challenging project in and of itself.…

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Mega Brace Shoring Provides Unique Solution for Water Project

This article was originally published in Underground Construction Magazine in December 2010.   Projects requiring excavation are recognized as among the most dangerous in construction, and protecting personnel who must work in trenches and surrounding areas from cave-ins is a priority with life and death implications.…

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