Infrastructure - Richard A. Rula School of Civil & Environmental Engineering - Bagley College of Engineering - Page 5
Panama receives last floodgates
The final four floodgates that will be used to expand the Panama Canal arrived from Italy Wednesday, putting the behind-schedule, over-budget project on track for completion in early 2016. Panama, which relies on the canal for about $1 billion a year in revenue, is counting on the upgrade to keep the century-old waterway relevant by enabling…
As Infrastructure Crumbles, Trillions of Gallons of Water Lost
Imagine Manhattan under almost 300 feet of water. Not water from a hurricane or a tsunami, but purified drinking water — 2.1 trillion gallons of it. That’s the amount of water that researchers estimate is lost each year in this country because of aging and leaky pipes, broken water mains and faulty meters. Fixing that…
Lack of Federal Money for TDOT means Congested Roads
Drivers across Tennessee are going to have to endure congested roads longer than expected because of a lack of promised federal money. TDOT’s commissioner sent a letter to members of the Tennessee general assembly telling them 12 projects ready for construction and 21 ready for right of way acquisition will be delayed. Bridge repairs and…