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Open Space Institute, U.S. Military Academy Engineering Students Construct New Trail Bridge at Schunnemunk State Park

Civil + Structural Engineer

Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (OPRHP), and the Palisades Interstate Park Commission (PIPC). With private support, OSI was able to provide more than $15,000 for bridge materials and site preparation.

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Former Cook County Hospital in Chicago gets new chapter

CCR Magazine

Despite being so highly regarded and well known, the hospital’s future remained undecided—even in 2006, when it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. But thanks to ultra-strong efforts by Preservation Chicago and Landmarks Illinois, the Cook County Board of Commissioners’ plan to demolish the historic hospital was overturned.

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4 Inspiring Adaptive Reuse Projects With Real Impact

The Pro Builder

Honoring the past while giving new life to a structure—and with it, often an entire neighborhood—requires creative thinking to successfully meld modern codes with preservation goals. Landscape architect: Site Solutions, Atlanta Size: 261,217 sf No. Architect and interior designer (entrant): BB+M Architecture, Charlotte, N.C.

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2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement: Water/Stormwater

Civil + Structural Engineer

Alpha Testing utilized two on-site laboratories and up to 15 full-time field and laboratory personnel to serve the Bois d’Arc lake project that will span 16,641 acres. The 90-inch diameter Raw Water Pipeline travels 35 miles from the dam, delivering untreated water to the treatment plant. Halff worked with the U.S. C Below, Inc.,

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The Travel & Tourism Game

Business Facilities

percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018 can be attributed to travel and tourism. Enjoy local shops, restaurants and events in Henderson’s historic downtown core: the Water Street District. Domestic travelers accounted for $933 billion of the 2018 total (86 percent of the total travel expenditures).

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The Start of Celebration: the 2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement

Civil + Structural Engineer

The project’s location crosses a superfund site, which made special drainage measures–such as realigning the groundwater remediation system while ensuring the treatment facility experienced no downtime. Initially, the plan was to place loose rip-rap rock on the slope to prevent material sloughing.

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2022

Autodesk Construction Cloud

He has been integral to projects that vary in scope and complexity—from small, historic structures to massive healthcare campuses.”. Synchronization is ensured among planning, construction and operation teams by mapping and analyzing various modes of information capture- drawings, photos or even text. Kirkland, WA. Ariana Alvear.