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The state of the world's decaying dams, bridges, roads, etc
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Infrastructure - the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, including the services and facilities necessary for its economy to function. It typically characterizes technical structures such as roads, bridges, tunnels, water supply, sewers, electrical grids, telecommunications, and so forth, and can be defined as "the physical components of interrelated systems providing commodities and services essential to enable, sustain, or enhance societal living conditions."
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Storm Sewer vs Sanitary Sewer
In order for the proper planning and development of a community with the public’s health and protection of the environment as a goal. There are two underground systems at work to ensure the city operates. What is the difference between a Storm Water System and a Sanitary Sewer System?
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Water Distribution System
Under the streets, roads, and right-aways through most cities of America lies thousands of miles of pipeline, an amazing maze of different-sized pipes that feed the cities and towns fresh drinking water under pressure for consumption and fire protection What is a Water Distribution System?
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What is a River Levee: Understanding Levees
In 2005, New Orleans made international news when Hurricane Katrina breached its levees. Much of the city lies 10 feet (3 meters) below sea level. What is a River Levee?
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Why Are Water Towers So Tall: Understanding The High Water Storage
These bright-colored giants stand above the landscapes of towns and cities anywhere you are in America. Why are Water Towers so tall?
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Trickling Filter in Wastewater Treatment
Trickling filters are strange-looking wastewater treatment systems that can deliver good reduction rates with less maintenance and on-site operation What is a Trickling Filter in Wastewater Treatment?
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What is a Water Distribution System
Under the streets, roads, and right-aways through most cities of America lies thousands of miles of pipeline, an amazing maze of different-sized pipes that feed the cities and towns fresh drinking water under pressure for consumption and fire protection What is a Water Distribution System?
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What is a Water Pump Station
We don’t give these small structures much thought but towns and cities in this and other developed countries use the pump stations to move treated potable water from a treatment plant and supply the water grid so that a community has fresh water to be consumed or for firefighting. What is a Water Pump Station?
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Why & How Do Colleges Do Infra. So Well?
Most of the college campuses I've been on are really well designed. They have ample mid/high-rise housing, well laid out and thought-out roads. They usually have a high-degree of walkability and/or decent subsidized mass-transit. Shops and restaurants are often nearby.
What enables colleges to have these wonderful features while frequently towns and cities fail miserably at having these amenities.
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Storm Sewer vs Sanitary Sewer: Understanding the Differences
For the proper planning and development of a community with the public’s health and protection of the environment as a goal. There are two underground systems at work to ensure the city operates. What is the difference between a Storm Water System and a Sanitary Sewer System?
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The St. Louis region is planning to spend $7 billion on infrastructure improvements between now and 2031.
If all goes according to plan, between now and 2031 the St. Louis region and its partners will spend nearly $7 billion on infrastructure investments. This number also includes the estimated $1.8 billion MoDot will spend across the 2025-2029 STIP in the St. Louis district.
Already in progress and ending in 2030 the City and its partners will spend approximately $460 million rebuilding and right-sizing much of the City's primary arterial routes (map). Included:
- 11 protected two-way cycle tracks
- Road diets/calming on roughly 59 miles of arterial routes
- 6 critical bridge replacements
- Safety fixes at the 10 most dangerous intersections
- Completion of the 11 mile Brickline Greenway
- Deer Creek Greenway connection to Shrewsbury MetroLink station
Additionally, in 2025 construction begins on the $3 billion terminal consolidation and reconstruction of Lambert Airport. The third contract amendment with the airlines was finalized this week clearing the way for $650 million in design work and initial construction.
In 2026, Metro will begin to cycle out original SD400/60 light rail vehicles in favor of the S200 to the tune of $390 million.
And in 2027, depending on receiving a federal grant, the approximately $1 billion Green Line light rail expansion is to break ground with operations beginning in 2031, the same year the new airport fully opens.
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Does this sort of cross pipe actually exist?
I'm doing some art historical research and am out of my element. I've never seen culverts make a cross joint like the one that Robert Gober represents in this sculpture, and I'd like to know if this is a fantasy piece of infrastructure or an actual contraption that is used to equalize water levels. Disregard the white playpen, I'm just wondering about the black pipe. The dimensions of this sculpture are 26 1/4 × 70 1/2 × 74 inches.
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Building Collapse
On vacation (family chose the location), and it appears we are staying in an older high rise condo building on the beach (Myrtle). Looks like a somewhat similar structure as the one that collapsed in Miami (and on the 3 year anniversary...). How safe are these structures in general, and should I be concerned? I took a stroll through the parking garage with the structural beams and don't see anything obviously bad. But I'm going to spend this week in a panic now.
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I just want to brag a little. First job fully designed by me was built and I just got the arial picture of it.
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