by cityworks | Sep 27, 2013 | Interviews, Big Projects
The San Francisco Bay area has another impressive icon to add to its skyline. The East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge officially opened to traffic Labor Day weekend. After 11 years of around-the-clock construction, the previous cantilever portion of...
by cityworks | Sep 20, 2013 | Interviews, Big Projects
In 2001, an earthquake rocked Seattle for a terrifying 45-second span, causing hundreds of injuries and $1 billion to $4 billion in damage. One structure that withstood the earthquake was the Alaskan Way Viaduct. While still standing, this double-deck highway that...
by cityworks | Sep 12, 2013 | Big Projects, Commentary
Here at Collaborative Services, so much of what we do involves creating meaningful connections between big public infrastructure projects and the communities in which they’re being built. So when Labor Day comes around, it lends us the opportunity to honor workers...
by cityworks | Nov 8, 2013 | Renewable Energy, Commentary
Four thousand years ago, ancient Egyptians built ships with sails made from papyrus reeds, allowing them to harness the power of the wind to float down the Nile. They were using a form of renewable energy. Human beings have been doing something similar ever since....
by cityworks | Nov 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
More than 84,000 dams exist in the US today. Some, but certainly not all, were built to capture the power of water. One of the best examples of a dam built to generate power from water is the Hoover Dam. It generates about 4 billion kilowatt hours of power annually to...
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