Infrastructure

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Adaptive re-use is a significant tool in the real estate tool box for improving the built environment. Capitalizes on existing #infrastructure. Optimizes embedded carbon. #sustainable While preserving historic importance and commercial viability of a building. @KohnPedersenFox

[KPF @KohnPedersenFox]

“We see adaptive reuse projects as both a worthy challenge and a compelling opportunity to create a sustainable building through innovative design,” KPF's Andrew Werner told @CommercialCafe in an interview on transforming buildings.
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This moment in #Infrastructure 1942: John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the first electronic digital computer, ushering in the Information Age, the beginning of the Third Industrial Revolution. #Digital #Transformative

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This moment in #Infrastructure: January 2014: Detroit’s new Public Lighting Authority embarked on a three-year, $185 million project to replace the city’s failing sodium-vapor lights with energy-efficient LED lights. https://t.co/n76XprjudF

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This point in time in #Infrastructure: January, 1887 - Construction began on the foundations (28th) for the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France. Excavation began on the 26th of the month. The tower would rise to the, then, unheard of height of 300 meters, symbolically, one thousand feet.

[Infrastructure @Improve_Infra]

On this day in #Infrastructure August 31, 2017: Angels Flight - the 298 feet long incline rail line connects Hill and Olive Streets in downtown Los Angeles. It was restored and will be operated through a public-private partnership. #P3

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On this day in #Infrastructure August 31, 2017: Twin funicular rail cars: Sinai and Olivet are reinstated to full service on the Los Angeles incline railway “Angels Flight”. #P3 #ACSInfrastructure @AIAI_Infra @AngelsFlight

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On this day in #Infrastructure Aug 30, 2015: #P3 project to rebuild 558 bridges across Pennsylvania over next 3 years completed the first rapid bridge replacement project in Butler County, at West Cruickshank Rd crossing over Glade Run in Middlesex Township reopened. @PennDOTNews

[Kiewit @kiewit]

📍 Naval Air Station Tillamook, Oregon, commissioned during World War II

[Mitch Landrieu Archived @MitchLandrieu46]

When we invest in ourselves and rebuilding our infrastructure, we win.

We’ve already announced funding for over 37,000 infrastructure projects across the country, powered by American materials and American workers, creating good-paying jobs as we rebuild America.

[Infrastructure @Improve_Infra]

On this day in #Infrastructure Sept. 8, 1932: Work was completed, on schedule, for the initial segment of what would become Skyline Drive. From North Carolina to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, Skyline Drive would become one of America’s most scenic roadways. #WPA @USDOTFHWA

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On this day in #Infrastructure August 2, 1901: Colonel J.W. (James Ward) Eddy, who had served during the Civil War, began construction on a funicular, an incline railway, in downtown Los Angeles, California. That urban elevation tram is in operation today. #P3

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1. ACC: Clemson 2. Big 12: Baylor 3. Big 12: Brigham Young 4. Big 10: Northwestern 5. Big 10: Purdue 6. Big 10: Rutgers 7. Pac-12: Stanford 8. SEC: Auburn

[College Sports Only @CSOonX]

#TriviaTuesday: Pop quiz, hot shots...

Can you name the 8 Power 5 schools without the city or state in their name? 🤔 (via @JVince11)

1. ACC:
2. Big 12:
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4. Big 10:
5. Big 10:
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[Infrastructure @Improve_Infra]

On this day in #Infrastructure Aug 1, 2007: Collapse of the I-35W bridge serving downtown Minneapolis ushered in the modern era of awareness of the crumbling state of infrastructure in the US. #BuildforTomorrow #InvestinInfrastructure #Buildbackbetter @ASCETweets #FHWA

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On this day in #Infrastructure August 1st, 2007: The Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River near downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota was loaded with rush hour traffic creeping through an ongoing construction project. Seemingly without warning, the bridge collapsed.

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On this day in #Infrastructure June 27, 1934: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the National Housing Act to facilitate greater lending for home construction, home purchasing, and home improvements. The law also creates the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). @HUDgov

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On this day in #Infrastructure - June 24, 2019: #P3 groundbreaking for the new Howard County Circuit Courthouse. 238,000 sq ft facility will be delivered thru a public-private partnership, a 1st for Howard County, to replace the existing courthouse which was built 175 years ago.

[Infrastructure @Improve_Infra]

When opened on this date in 1941, DCA was the “last word” in airports – ultramodern developments in building design, handling of planes, air & field traffic control, lighting, facilities for public comfort and convenience, and surface vehicle traffic control. #Infrastructure

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On this day in #Infrastructure June 16, 1941: National Airport opened for business. Pres. Roosevelt attended a ceremony and observed the first official landing. The airlines drew straws to determine who could land at National Airport first, and American Airlines won the honor.

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This moment in #Infrastructure June 1910: New York Times unveils plans for the new Grand Central Terminal and rail yards. The pioneering, new concept called “air rights” involved decking over the trackwork for the new terminal and then developing it like normal property.

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This moment in #Infrastructure June 1907: All trains operating in ‘n out of Grand Central Terminal in NYC would use electric locomotives. This radical concept to use electricity was still new and electrification of a mainline railroad had only happened once on a small scale.