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  SiteSolutions - Spring/Summer 2006  
 

From building homes and shopping centers to building highways and bridges, the construction and site development industries are faced with many challenges. SiteSolutions is designed to be an informative resource where you can learn more about how these industries are responding. Click on any of the stories to the right to download the Adobe PDF document and learn more.

 
     
 

Cover Story: Learn how developers, engineers and contractors built a lake-front residential development in the high desert of Utah...without the luxury of a lake! Further discover how the largest prefabricated concrete bridge spans in North American highlighted an extensive package of bridge solutions that maintained the architectural nature, resort boating capability and transportation needs of the Daybreak project by Kennecott Land.

 
   
 

Top Project: Find out about streambank stabilization methods used for a watershed traversing a developed Wisconsin community.

 
   
 

Focus on BMP: Investigate new options for stormwater retention that reduce cost and land considerations for underground solutions.

 
   
 

Trendspot: Discover how steel products help meet efficient, LEEDS-focused environmental building goals.

 
   
 

Designfiles: Read about new software design packages for hydraulic analysis and for designing your own bridge.

 
   
 

Line of Site: Read about creative solutions to resolve harsh bridge scour conditions in North Carolina, for geogrid utilization to improve roadway drainage in Oklahoma and stabilize a zoo embankment in Illinois, for relining a failing roadway culvert in Pennsylvania, and for building a bridge to traverse rugged, natural park land in Illinois.

 
   
 

Newsbriefs: Read up on some of the latest industry news.

 
   
 

Publisher's Message: Utilizing innovative engineering solutions to overcome site obstacles.