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A year after crumbling, Oroville Dam’s rebuilt spillway could be tested by coming storm

San Francisco Chronicle » Oroville Dam operators said Tuesday they may have to release water over a partially rebuilt spillway for the first time since repairs began on the badly damaged structure last summer. Department of Water Resources officials said anticipated storms could trigger releases this week or next. 

April 3, 2018|

Builders, engineers defend accelerated bridge construction

Roads & Bridges » Due to the collapse of a newly installed pedestrian bridge built with accelerated bridge construction (ABC) methods at FIU, questions have been raised regarding the construction methods done on the bridge. Experienced professionals within the ABC realm are weighing in on their perspective of the incident as it relates to accelerated construction methods.

April 3, 2018|

Groundbreaking held for long-planned Isabella Dam safety upgrades

Bakersfield Now » Phase two of the construction will cost taxpayers $200 million and includes work to raise the dam 16 feet and plug up areas where water is leaking through. The work will also increase the seismic preparedness of the auxiliary dam, which officials have learned sits atop an active earthquake fault. When the dam was first built in 1953 it was believed the fault was inactive.

April 3, 2018|

California lawmakers skeptical about costly bullet train completion

Houston Chronicle » High-speed rail executives asked skeptical lawmakers Monday to provide more stable, long-term funding for the bullet train in the face of ballooning costs. It’s supposed to be up and running between San Francisco and Los Angeles by 2033. Lawmakers and analysts questioned whether the project can realistically be finished.

April 2, 2018|

Southern California water agency backs off plan to finance both Delta tunnels

The Sacramento Bee » Southern California’s water agency was going to bankroll most of Gov. Jerry Brown’s $16.7 billion Delta tunnels project, however, that plan died suddenly on Monday, less than a week after staffers from the Metropolitan Water District presented the proposal to the agency’s board of directors. The district ultimately decided the financing plan contained too many risks.

April 2, 2018|

Forget A Bill For Infrastructure. We Need A Department Of Infrastructure.

Forbes » Authors Ellis Talton and Remington Tonar say that infrastructure duties of at least nine federal departments, from Transportation to Housing and Urban Development, overlap. Consolidate them into one agency, the authors suggest, to trim redundancies and exploit “opportunities for synergy.”

April 2, 2018|
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