如果一个人在2004年被头条新闻判断,那么在这一年中,美国迫切动荡不安,因为伊拉克的流血事件继续没有减弱,凶猛的总统竞选活动被寻求机会以一种或另一种方式引导国家的候选人无情地追求在越南时代最后一次出现的比例。
Photographer: Rick Fell提交ter: Garney Construction Co.
一名机组人员切入钢铁支持,以拆除澄清器的反应,以6500万美元的升级到科罗拉多州桑顿的一家水厂。“我们在设计建造合同上进行了双重转变,以使丹佛郊区达到两倍的容量至60项目工程师Fell说,每天百万加仑并升级到三级治疗。
摄影师:David Ahlborn提交者:Earth Tech Inc.
Iraqi tile cutters help renovate 45 ransacked buildings on a military base in An Numaniyah. The work force needed a lot of supervision, says the photographer, who worked as a project manager under an Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence reconstruction contract. "Still, you meet a guy once in a while who’s really busting it, rebuilding his country while making $5 a day."
摄影师:Polly Lankford提交者:人道暴露,加利福尼亚州拉霍亚。
The first big pour at 655 Broadway, a $140-million, 23-floor, Class A, mixed-use high-rise in San Diego, lasted 17 hours. Lankford shot through it all "to make sure I covered the whole process," she says.
摄影师:Joseph A. Blum提交ter: Joseph A. Blum Photography.
On Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay, two ironworkers pry rebar while a lunchbox waits beside them. The foundation columns were intended to anchor the New Bay Bridge’s high-costing signature span, now under legislative review.
摄影师:Walt Hinchman,Viscom照片提交ter: Brasfield & Gorrie
"A different season and time would have had an entirely different look and feel," says Hinchman, who picked his vantage and time for this shot of a $43-million addition to St. Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., capturing not just the job, but the city’s spirit.
摄影师:卡伦·伯顿(Karen Burton)提交者:印第安纳波利斯的Blakleys Inc.
伯顿说:“令人惊讶的是,他们有胆量要去那里。”她说,这位工人正在call窗“ 340英尺,窗户向外倾斜……只是在无处不在的中间挂在那里。”
摄影师:保罗·纳皮克(Paul Knapick)提交者:BBL建筑服务,纽约州奥尔巴尼
Forty custom-bent metal studs radiate to form the structure for a dome over a new $25-million home for Albany Family Court. For a little while they created an open, flower-like pattern that Knapick just couldn’t resist, knowing that in a few days the decking would be installed and the chance to capture the image would be gone. "That’s the whole thing with this shooting construction–just being there," Knapick says.
摄影师:里德·伦巴德(Reed Lombard)提交者:Cowelco Steel承包商,加利福尼亚州长滩。
他在Cowelco的工作使他留在办公室,但Lombard说,他现在很少有机会观看和照片 - 公司员工,因为他们为Cowelco在马路对面的新办公楼架设钢铁架设。他可以在可能的情况下进行像这样的进步和作品。照片让他的学术背景是美术专业的光芒。
摄影师:瑞安·泰勒(Ryan Taylor)提交者:加利福尼亚州圣马特奥的Webcor Builders。
"I really like the way it looks, the big tires, the big fork extension. It’s a really useful piece of equipment," says Taylor, explaining why he made the Gradall he was operating on a $34-million student housing project at California State University, Monterey, the subject of a 24-image collage for a photography class. Webcor executives, who encouraged photo submissions from employees for this contest, agreed. It has the "Ahhh factor," one said. "Sometimes a shot, or group of shots can force us to look at things a different way."
Photographer: Mike Worrell提交ter: Milco Constructors Inc., Long Beach, Calif.
项目经理沃瑞尔(Worrell)的摄像机和眼睛在洛杉矶的好莱坞碗露天剧场(Hollywood Bowl Amphitheater)以1200万美元的原声树冠抓住了桁架飞行的戏剧。站点的限制和敏感的结构元素需要专业的操作和处理。
摄影师:Sarah Montezon提交者:爱德华·克雷默(Edward Kraemer&Sons),威斯康星州平原。
埃克斯(Eks)的公关人员蒙特宗(Montezon)说:“我们在科罗拉多州戈尔登(Golden)以外的峡谷中出去。”“在这份特定的工作中,我们连续24小时工作了14天,拆除了200万美元的桥梁合同”。
Photographer: Brice Urqhart提交者:佛罗里达州塔拉哈西(Tallahassee)的FIGG工程小组。
就像一批太空飞船一样,预制高架桥段有望飞行。他们一起在一个晚上共同建立了佛罗里达州75号州际公路的高速公路。Figg是坦帕·希尔斯伯勒高速公路(Tampa Hillsborough Expressway)1.35亿美元扩张的纪录工程师。
摄影师:Paul E. Knapick提交者:BBL建筑服务,纽约州奥尔巴尼
纽约州格伦斯福尔斯(Glens Falls)的格伦斯瀑布医院(Glens Falls Hospital)的6500万美元扩张和现代化项目,铁工Gogi Gwardschaladse在纽约州格伦斯福尔斯医院(Glens Falls Hospital)的6500万美元扩张和现代化项目中等待钢铁。“他度过了愉快的时光。”“有时候你必须放松并享受工作。”诺比克说,从下面的甲板上弹跳的光完美地照亮了主题。
摄影师:Michael B. Hill提交ter: Michael B. Hill
Hill, a bond agent, drives past the site of the $261-million Dallas High 5 interchange project every morning, where a crane is placing beams. "I went out one morning to take pictures of the project and that crane was sitting right there," he says. "I got underneath and took some pictures. It’s a fascinating piece of equipment to watch...there’s not many of them. I was fascinated."
摄影师:约翰·科斯基(John Koski)提交ter: John Koski
A compact backhoe-loader digs in the shadow of a NASA Kennedy Space Center launch tower on a $3-million pipelaying project by Sauer Inc., Jacksonville, Fla. "It’s just a neat experience to get close to the launch area," Koski says after 30 years in construction.
摄影师:Sue Bednarz提交ter: Jacobs Associates
工人在拧紧割刀之前抛光了16英尺二二烟隧道的轴承板。承包商说,俄勒冈州波特兰的3亿美元组合下水道溢流隧道项目是北美第一个采用泥浆TBM的类型。
Photographer: Michael Recanzone提交ter: Washoe County, Nev., RTC
Recanzone说:“这有点像您在地狱。他的夜镜头显示工人在拆除内华达州里诺(Reno)高速公路上的一座桥梁,打破了钢筋并破坏混凝土。
摄影师:马克·卡兹曼(Mark Katzman)提交ter: McCarthy Building Cos. Inc., St. Louis
卡兹曼说:“我们试图使建筑过程在视觉上吸引人。”他拍摄了这张麦卡锡工人的镜头,为圣路易斯的4,900万美元的林德伯格·布勒维尔隧道准备了混凝土。“钢筋成为一个很好的构图元素。”
摄影师:Brian Fulcher提交ter: Neilson Excavating EBD Inc., Quebec
Fulcher visited a metro tunnel project linking Montreal and Laval, Quebec, to see a Voest Alpine AM 105 IC roadheader at work. Just two people are needed to operate the huge machine. Fulcher says watching it eat rock in the movie-like setting was "intriguing."
摄影师:Sue Bednarz提交者:Sue Bednarz,Jacobs Assoc。
俄勒冈州波特兰市的骄傲工人在西侧组合的下水道溢流项目的隧道钻孔机中摆姿势在120英尺深的尼古拉轴上。这项耗资3亿美元的工作是北美第一家使用泥浆TBM的工作。
摄影师:Brian Fulcher提交者:Kenny Construction Co./J.F。Shea Co./traylor Bros.建筑/Frontier-Kemper构造函数
下载器在60英尺的地面下,可为预制的隧道衬里细分市场,以进行26000万美元的洛杉矶下水道升级。
摄影师:特蕾莎·休伊特(Theresa Hewitt)提交者:Kiewit Industrial Co.
现场工程师休伊特了10到12日常照片just to record progress in assembling a steam turbine at 533-MW Valley Generating Station in Sun Valley, Calif. Awed by the machine’s beauty, she caught this image, sighting along the wire used to position pieces. "You couldn’t go back the next day and get that picture," she says. "It’s just a moment in time."
摄影师:史蒂文·古尔德(Steven Gould)提交ter: Dallas-Fort Worth Airport
Creating a vivid contrast of orange and blue, the last of seven tower cranes is disassembled at the International Terminal D site at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. It was used in construction of a 2-million-sq-ft terminal and 8,100-space parking garage, part of the airport’s overall $2.7-billion upgrade.
Photographer: Steve Gould提交者:DFW机场
在一个沉思的时刻,新罕布什尔州曼彻斯特的Span Systems Inc.的John Jones脱离了他在达拉斯/沃思堡国际机场的新国际终端D安装Arrivals-level-canopy的工作。两个涂有铁氟龙涂层的玻璃纤维檐篷将覆盖一英亩的道路,并从德克萨斯州炎热的太阳和偶尔倾盆大雨中盾牌旅行者。这项耗资1亿美元的终点站工作将于2005年夏季开放。
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