Bridge Assessments – Mid-Atlantic Region

About the project:

• A public-private partnership tasked with replacing 558 aging bridges throughout the area within three years
• Bridges primarily consisted of precast concrete culvert or box beam structural systems in rural areas on smaller state highways
• Prime contractor suffered repeated setbacks due to multiple weather-related loss events impacting project schedule
• Damage to approximately 80 construction sites and partially constructed bridges

Scope of services:

• Investigation included a scope of damage assessment, repair invoice reconciliation, and ROM estimation

• Created as part of Universal Studio’s $3 billion expansion
• Guestrooms and restaurants encircle the harbor
• Rivers and canals connect the hotel with Universal Studios, other hotel amenities and entertainment attractions
• The hotel resort has a total area of approximately 1,000,000 sf.
• Houses 750 rooms, 1,125 on-site parking spaces and various restaurant and retail sites incorporated into the Italian theme

• A 15-level, 1,430,000 sf, 4,244-car steel parking structure
• Designed solely for the employees of Harrah’s Casino and The Venetian Resort & Casino in Las Vegas
• One of the largest steel garages in North America
• The design’s primary lateral force-resisting system is comprised of slotted-web moment frames
• Presented a unique design challenge with two, 175-foot long elevated pedestrian bridges
• The bridges are designed to fit above the existing shared access road and below the Las Vegas Monorail’s elevated structure, to connect to the existing casino garages
• A fast-track project

• An expansion and renovation project, as part of Miami Children’s Hospital “Building on a Dream” campaign
• Enhances the quality of care and service to the families
• The 68,000 sf Ambulatory Care Building is designed to expand specialized programs to meet demands for service
• Houses the hospital’s Pediatric Care Center, Congenital Heart Institute, Brain Institute, Plastic Surgery and the Craniofacial Center, as well as a new café
• Includes further development of the MRI building, along with an adjacent 20 feet connector bridge that joins the building to the 196 Blank Building
• Also includes a three-story addition used as a conference center, a PICU/NICU expansion, courtyard infill and a new entry at the Variety Building
• Build to withstand a wind speed of 178 miles per hour and meets a large missile impact criteria consisting of a nine-pound missile traveling at 80 feet per second
• Awards:
  New York Association of Consulting Engineers Award 2003