Scott Lewis

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Associate Editor at Engineering News-Record (ENR)

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From the ENR Archives: August 24, 1944

2 weeks ago | enr.com | Scott Lewis

NewsConstruction methods This 1944 cover image shows a crew of Navy Seabees placing steel mats for an airstrip somewhere in the Pacific. Known as Marston mat or pierced planking, and developed by the Corps of Engineers, this product proved invaluable to the war effort. It consisted of steel sheets 1/4 in. thick, 16 in. wide, and 10 ft long, pierced with 3-in.-dia cupped holes and fringed with a series of slots and hooks so they could be interlocked to form a tight, smooth mat.
From the Archives: The Fight to Racially Integrate the US Construction Industry

1 month ago | enr.com | Scott Lewis

The structure of the U.S. construction industry in 1960 could be compared to a stone-walled bastion. Union locals had ironclad control over their recruitment process, which was steeped in nepotism and cronyism. Contractors, dependent on unions for their labor supply, were afraid to press them to open their ranks to Black workers.
What Is an M.P.A.? A Versatile Degree for Careers in Government and Nonprofits

2 months ago | iit.edu | Scott Lewis

Are you interested in working to build strong communities and to improve the lives and opportunities available to the people who live in them? Do you want a career in which your expertise and skills can have a positive impact on solving challenges that are facing society? If so, a master of public administration (M.P.A.) degree could be the right choice for you.
From the ENR Archives: June 8, 1967

Nov 21, 2024 | enr.com | Scott Lewis

This 1967 cover photo depicts construction of the Nagarjunasagar Dam in India. The three-mile long gravity dam, with a central masonry section almost one mile long, flanked by earth and rockfill embankments, was built almost entirely by hand. Tower cranes were used, but workers carried baskets of mortar up ramps supported by bamboo scaffolding and spread it in 2-in. layers. Then other workers placed 2.5-cu-ft stone blocks on the fresh mortar and vibrated them by hand to get a firm fit.
Building Out Missile and Radar Bases in the Cold War

Nov 21, 2024 | enr.com | Scott Lewis

The most extensive Cold War construction undertaken by the United States was building an elaborate network of missile bases. The first U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile was the Atlas, a 75-ft-long, 10-ft-dia, 130-ton weapon. An ENR reporter visited the first Atlas missile site during construction at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in 1958.
From the ENR Archives: August 25, 1938

Nov 7, 2024 | enr.com | Scott Lewis

This August 1938 cover photo shows workers atop a huge steel member of the cable tieback system during the erection of the Arrigoni Bridge over the Connecticut River between Middletown and Portland, Conn. The bridge consists of twin 600-ft-long, three-hinged tied arches with plate girder approaches. The erection method involved building two half-spans as cantilever arms balanced by temporary cable tiebacks between the top chords of the trusses over the center pier.
From the ENR Archives: July 27, 1933

Oct 24, 2024 | enr.com | Scott Lewis

This 1933 cover photo shows workers maneuvering a bomb into position on a platform in San Francisco Bay, at a very early stage of the Golden Gate Bridge project. The location of the bridge’s south pier, 1,000 ft offshore, was in water 50 ft to 60 ft deep. Plans called for removing 30,000 cu yd of rock, to reach a depth of 100 ft. A six-man crew worked from a 42 ft x 140 ft barge with derricks and winches operating cables connected to six, 5-ton anchors.
Working to Tame the Mighty Mississippi Over the Years

Oct 24, 2024 | enr.com | Scott Lewis

Coping with the titanic force of America’s largest river is one of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ perpetual responsibilities. Starting in 1866, Congress authorized the Corps to improve its navigability by dredging, removing snags and clearing trees from the river’s banks. “The river flows over sand and clay, not bedrock, and is always cutting a new channel,” explains Col. Brian D. Sawser, commander of the Corps’ Memphis District.
From the ENR Archives: June 15, 1944

Oct 10, 2024 | enr.com | Scott Lewis

This June 1944 cover image shows a Navy Seabee driving a bulldozer out from the hold of a landing craft onto the beach of an unnamed Pacific island. The photo was taken by ENR’s Pacific Coast Editor Nathan A. Bowers during a months-long, 28,200-mile trip to report on advance base construction projects by the Seabees across the Pacific theater of World War II.
ENR at the Front With the Corps and Seabees in World War II

Oct 10, 2024 | enr.com | Scott Lewis

Bulldozers come first. This slogan crystallizes the role that engineering and construction played in World War II, where combatants were far more mobile than in previous conflicts. Wartime plants for mass production of tanks, planes and weaponry were needed. Shipyards and naval bases to support a two-ocean navy were vital. Before pilots could be trained, air bases had to be constructed.