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A C E C 2 0 0 4 E N G I N E E R I N G E X C E L L E N C E AWA R D W I N N E
R S HONOR AWARD WINNERS Daniel Frankfurt, P.C., DMJM+Harris/Turner
Beiswenger, Hoch and Associates, Inc. Construction Joint Venture North
Miami Beach, Fla. New York, N.Y. Fort Lauderdale Airport Interchange West
72nd Street Station Improvements Growth and expansion at the Fort
Lauderdale airport created the need to reconstruct the interchange that
provides access to highways A century-old subway station was a US-1 and
I-595. The interchange design was optimized by reducing New York landmark,
but functionally a needed right-of-way; eliminating a railroad crossing;
removing outmoded and in dire need of reha- three existing segmental
bridges; and reducing bridge and embank- bilitation. The project team
solved ment costs. The interchange went from a three-level design to a
two- this problem by connecting the sta- level design, while providing an
additional lane to the departures tion's traffic island with historic
Verdi level. Deconstructing, then reconstructing, the existing interchange
Park and building a new station was accomplished while maintaining
uninterrupted access to the air- house in a stylish park/plaza setting.
port, which serves more than 15 million domestic and international The
project more than doubled the travelers each year. station's entry/exit
capacity, pro- vided elevators to improve accessi- bility for disabled
riders, and cre- ated an expanded park/plaza to be enjoyed by the
community. The new station mirrors the function and pro- portions of the
existing Flemish Renaissance-style station, creating a historically
appropriate and attrac- tive solution. CH2M HILL Englewood, Colo.
Decommissioning the University of Virginia Atomic Reactors Fuller,
Mossbarger, Scott and May Engineers, Inc. Lexington, Ky. Responding to the
University of Virginia's decision to decommission Bluestone Dam Anchor
Study its two nuclear research reactors and ready land for development,
the project team completed the challenging assignment with no Constructed
in 1949, the 170-foot-high, 2,000-foot-long Bluestone Dam residual
liability, no rejected waste shipments, and no incidents or was at risk of
failing. As part of the comprehensive rehabilitation strat- accidents. To
reduce radiation exposure, a team of trained divers egy, the project team
conducted a study of four massive rock anchors worked in each reactor's
cooling pool to disassemble equipment. that will help stabilize the dam.
The design includes two 235-foot-long Components were loaded into steel
liners, then lifted by crane and anchors installed from the dam's crest at
an eight-degree inclination, and placed in shipping casks for delivery to a
South Carolina disposal two 175-foot-long anchors installed from the
downstream face at an incli- facility. Both reactors were dismantled in
less than two years, free- nation of 45 degrees. The study determined that
the stabilizing force of ing the facility for development. the anchors
would preserve the dam's structural integrity, even under the most severe
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