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Popular Mechanics
September 30, 2008
Erik Sofge |
5 Engineering Lessons From the New, Reopened Minnesota Bridge The St. Anthony Falls Bridge reopened months ahead of schedule. Read why the new bridge should set an example for urban planners everywhere.   |
Wired
January 19, 2009
Candice Chan |
Thwarting Disaster: Bridges That Can Withstand Anything Three new approaches to building infrastructures that can handle extreme temperatures, high winds, and earthquakes. |
Popular Mechanics
February 12, 2008
Matt Sullivan |
Dubai's Mile-Long Super Bridge Set for March Construction Leave it to Dubai to build a bridge way harder, faster and stronger. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2008
Erik Sofge |
Rebuilding America Special Report: How to Fix U.S. Infrastructure American infrastructure is in trouble, from collapsed bridges to leaking dams. Here are some fresh ideas, smart engineering and new technology that can be used to fix it. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2007
Jeff Wise |
Re-engineering the Bay Bridge: Built Quake Tough Engineers knew that returning the bridge to its pre-earthquake state wouldn't be enough. They needed to come up with a solution that could withstand some of the worst that California's fault zones are capable of dishing out. |
Popular Mechanics
September 26, 2007
Alex Hutchinson |
Post-Minneapolis, Engineers Go Gonzo to Bombproof U.S. Bridges Paintball, Nanotechnology and Molecular Band-Aids may sound like a science fair, but these are the gizmos that could prevent terrorists from knocking out your city. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2009
Prachi Patel |
Despite Stimulus Money, Most U.S. Bridges Might Stay Dumb Sensors are starting to prove themselves in the biggest, most complex bridges, but the technology isn't ready for the hundreds of thousands of smaller ones |
Popular Mechanics
January 5, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
New Earthquake-Proof Alloy Allows Bridges to Bend but Not Break (With Video!) In a recent test simulating the intensity of a magnitude 8 quake, a 100-ft-long model bridge built with the new earthquake-proof material suffered a little surface damage but remained structurally intact. |
Popular Mechanics
October 28, 2009
Cabanatuan & Berton |
Bay Bridge Closed After Repair Falls Apart Three pieces of an emergency repair to the Bay Bridge's cantilever section made over Labor Day weekend snapped and crashed onto the upper deck of the span late Tuesday afternoon. |
Popular Mechanics
November 3, 2009
Chris Sweeney |
The World's 18 Strangest Bridges: Gallery Unique innovations are found all over the world in local bridge designs. |
Wired
January 2005
David Goldenberg |
Spanning the Globe Over the next century, engineers hope to connect five continents with bridges (sorry, Australia and Antarctica). Plans are under way to link Alaska and Russia, Spain and Morocco, India and Sri Lanka. |
Popular Mechanics
October 29, 2009
Jeff Wise |
Engineers Cite Vibrations, Wind in Bay Bridge Failure Engineers working on San Francisco's ill-starred Bay Bridge have fingered a culprit in the repair job that went awry Tuesday evening |
Popular Mechanics
December 8, 2008
Jerry Beilinson |
Obama's $700 Billion Infrastructure Plan Here are four general principles that the public and our leaders should keep in mind as we make go, no-go decisions. |
The Motley Fool
July 31, 2008
David Lee Smith |
A Buying Opportunity Is Born at Chicago Bridge With a big charge out of the way, engineering and construction services company Chicago Bridge & Iron looks good again. |
Popular Mechanics
December 18, 2007 |
Infrastructure Proposals From the Candidates: Geek the Vote '08 Compare leading presidential candidates on several issues of interest, primarily in areas of science and technology. |
Inc.
December 1, 2009
Kasey Wehrum |
The Business of the Bridge A look at companies that keep a Delaware River bridge afloat. |
Fast Company
May 2012
Lindsey Kratochwill |
Smart Design Makes Europe's Tallest Skyscraper One Of Its Safest Upon completion this month, the London Bridge Shard Building will be the tallest in the European Union, at 1,016 feet. As one of the first planned skyscrapers to be approved for construction after the 9/11 attacks, it offers ultra-secure safety features. |
Salon.com
July 13, 2000
Greg Villepique |
"Collapse: When Buildings Fall Down" by Phillip Wearne Read the hair-raising details of how and why man-made structures come tumbling to earth! |
Popular Mechanics
December 8, 2009
Erik Sofge |
The Top 5 Engineering Projects of 2009 These projects involved tunnels, bridges, earthquake proofing, and environmental enhancements. |
Popular Mechanics
January 11, 2008 |
Four Engineering Breakthroughs Changing the Skyscraper Race Super-strong, next-generation steel... Nanotech-enhanced concrete... Thick cores for disaster... Building in a smart way out... |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2006
Steven Cass |
Learning From Failure In his latest engaging and readable book, Success Through Failure, design guru Henry Petroski analyzes the cycle of mechanical failures and other flaws in the things around us to show that the old truism "nothing succeeds like success" is in fact a recipe for doom. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2, 2007
Stephen Flynn |
Minn. Bridge Collapse Reveals Brittle America: Expert Op-Ed Yesterday's tragedy makes it clear that the U.S. has been squandering its infrastructure legacy by turning a reckless blind eye to critical upgrades. |
Science News
November 10, 2001 |
TimeLine: November 7, 1931 Hudson River bridge rivaled for fame by new arches... New device lessens danger from treatment with X-rays... Floodlights to illuminate Washington Monument... |
Fast Company
August 8, 2011
Margaret Rhodes |
World Engineers' Convention Here, a look at three structures that bridge the gap between sleek and sustainable. |
Real Travel Adventures
August 2007
Carol White |
Redding's Not-So-Hidden Jewel The Sundial pedestrian bridge connects the two sections of Turtle Bay Exploration Park with grace and splendor. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Washington Group's Capital Outlook New federal projects should provide growth for engineering and construction firm Washington Group. Investors, there may still be room for the shares to grow. |
Science News
February 7, 2004 |
TimeLine: February 3, 1934 Short-wave phone system serves bridge builders... Chance discovery may yield metal-plating method... Superiority predicted for rotating-wing aircraft |
Popular Mechanics
July 15, 2009
Erin McCarthy |
Inside the New Harry Potter Movie's VFX Tech In the newest film, ingenious special technical effects were created for the Millennium Bridge collapse sequence and the Inferi creatures. |
