Tag Archives: Transportation

Canada’s infrastructure in need of $171.8 billion in repairs

Posted on September 19, 2012 by integritythatworks

Canada’s leaky municipal infrastructure faces an increasingly grim future unless the federal government sinks an estimated $171.8 billion into repairing or replacing aging roads and water systems, a new report says. With the Conservatives’ infrastructure funding plan set to expire … Continue reading →

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Cost of Corrosion Increase – Forth Road Bridge

Posted on September 13, 2012 by integritythatworks

Significant inaccuracies in the as-built drawings for the Forth Road Bridge’s cable anchorages are to dramatically increase the cost of corrosion investigations, the “New Civil Engineer” publication learned this week. Examination of the bridge’s southern anchorages – which hold the huge … Continue reading →

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Tobin Bridge rates ‘fair’ in corrosion reports

Posted on July 23, 2012 by integritythatworks

State-issued inspection reports released on Friday in the wake of a corroded light fixture tumbling onto a ramp of the Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge show that the 62-year-old structure is in “fair” condition with some “severe” structural deficiencies. The … Continue reading →

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