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Montreal’s interactive bridge changes color depending on weather, traffic and social media activity
The Jacques Cartier Bridge, dating back to 1930, is a steel truss cantilever structure over the St Lawrence River in Montreal, Quebec. Its illumination was the centerpiece of the city...
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A revolutionary simulation tool that delivers cost efficient designs and analysis for sustainable transport infrastructures.
CivilFEM is one of the most advanced non-linear software in the world! CivilFEM enables engineers to perform cery sophisticate analysis, ranging frin response spectra methods to non-linear time...
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The optimal ground improvement solutions
Hayward Baker’s experience providing optimal ground improvement solutions spans four decades and thousands of projects. Ground improvement involves the modification of soil properties or constr...
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‘Nail houses’ in China: Construction put to a halt
Construction work in China is taking place at a frenzied pace the last few years, but since all that new infrastructure requires space, in many occasions buildings have to be torn down and residents t...
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Rain gardens in NY City to eliminate the overflows during intense precipitation events
New York City, like other older urban communities, is largely serviced by a combined sewer system where storm water and wastewater are carried through a single sewer line to the city’s 14 treatment pl...
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A drone flight inside Seattle’s SR99 tunnel
It was April 4, 2017, when the work of tunneling machine Bertha was complete, breaking through into her disassembly pit and marking the end of the 1.75-mile long State Route 99 (SR 99) tunne...
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DFI Names George K. Burke Recipient of the 2017 DFI Distinguished Service Award
Hayward Baker, Inc. is pleased to announce George K. Burke, P.E., D.GE, has been named the 2017 recipient of DFI’s Distinguished Service Award. DFI is an international association of cont...
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40 years after Kelly Barnes dam failure
On this day in 1977, a small embankment dam located above Toccoa Falls Bible College in Georgia failed, releasing a wall of water that killed 39 people. This dam failure along with several others in t...
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Hayward Baker Ranks #1 on ENR List
Engineering News-Record (ENR) has recently ranked Hayward Baker as #1 on their Top 20 Firms in Excavation and Foundation list. This marks the 16th straight year that Hayward Baker has earned...
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Hamburg’s unique Concert Hall was designed by an algorithm
Its construction took 7 more years than originally planned and cost 10 times the initial budget, but it was worth it. Elbphilharmonie – Hamburg’s new concert hall that opened last January, is an archi...
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