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Hayward Baker works on iconic US landmark
When a St Louis contractor ran into an unexpected problem on the site of one of America’s most iconic landmarks, they turned to Hayward Baker to get them out of a hole. Built more than 50 years ago...
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Researchers are close to accurately simulating the ground motions of earthquakes to predict how these could impact infrastructure
A team of researchers from the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley (Berkeley Lab) and Lawrence Livermore (LLNL) national laboratories, as well as from the University of California a...
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One of the biggest dome structures in the US was demolished in a controlled implosion (video)
On Monday, November 20th, the Georgia Dome – an 80,000-capacity stadium that opened in 1992 and hosted events in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, was torn down. More than 2,000kg of explosives were used for...
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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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