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Barrier islands are critical to protecting mainland coasts by absorbing wave energy and bearing the brunt of storms. But development on the islands negates that critical purpose. That doesn’t mean the community doesn’t belong there. But it does obligate the planners and engineers involved in rebuilding to be thoughtful about the impacts hurricanes can have and how infrastructure can be made more resilient to them in the future.
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Another factor that allowed the project to be 'completed' in such short order was the fact that the contractors did not have to maintain traffic flow during construction. When crews can work on an entire roadway without traffic or moving barriers, crews have more freedom of movement and can operate without fast-moving cars and trucks just feet away.
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Grady, as a fellow licensed PE, thank YOU for putting so much effort and heart into all of your videos. You're providing an invaluable service to the whole profession!
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Grady, next you should do the exact opposite end of the bridge building spectrum and look at how it took like two years to rebuild a single span of the bridge in Pensacola after Hurricane Sally. As a bonus, all the equipment was still sitting there because they'd literally just finished building the bridge when the hurricane hit.
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I live in Fort Myers less than 2 miles from the causeway, and had a foot of water in my house from Ian. I meant to email you and ask you to cover this, but I have been too busy. Same goes for following these things on the local news.
So, THANK YOU for making this video! It's helpful to understanding what's going on in my community, and also has great engineering content. Two things I'd be interested in having you cover:
1) The barge & helicopter operations of getting resources onto Sanibel before the repairs were complete. I could see twin-rotor helicopters carrying shipping containers onto Sanibel from my house.
2) The repair operations on Fort Myers Beach (which you didn't touch on) and more details of the Pine Island repairs (which you showed some clips of and briefly mentioned).
Thanks again!
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I've lived all over the US and traveled extensively worldwide. The one place I have been most impressed with the infrastructure is Alaska.
I lived in Anchorage for 5 years. One of the first things I saw after getting off the plane was a working model demonstrating the road wear caused by studed tires. Two tires running in a circle on a asphalt base. The model showed wear caused by studs on both the inside and outside of the tire, and the impact of speed (rpm) and distance on wear patterns. One tire was fitted with steel studs and the other aluminum, showing the damage to the roadway.
When I first arrived I was fascinated with the snow removal process. Instead of plowing the roads from the center out, they plowed from the outside towards the center. They then ran a machine that lifted the snow and loaded it into dump trucks. The snow was taken to fields where it was dumped. Over the winter these areas became the "Anchorage glaciers." By August they were fully melted leaving sand and trash picked up with the snow.
Road construction was nearly impossible during the winter months. So, work was limited to starting in late spring and finishing in early fall. Despite this, repairs were made using best practices. They would dig down feet and would compact the base soil. They would then lay down a moisture barrier, followed by rock, sand and asphalt. They followed textbook practices to make the best roads possible. They designed and built roads to last. Work started on time and finished on schedule.
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Grady, thanks for the videos. Being a retired civil engineer, I really appreciate the explanations you give for complicated processes. I know they will contribute to youngsters deciding to be engineers. I, myself, decided I wanted to be a civil engineer after s Sunday afternoon drive when I was 8. Buford Dam (Lake Sidney Lanier), on the Chattahoochee River northeast of Atlanta was under construction that year and we went to the dam site. I thought it was just the coolest thing I had ever seen and I made the decision right then that that was what I wanted to do when I grew up. And I did.
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I worked at a resort on the coast of Georgia that was an island. A part of our hurricane planning was a standby contract with a temporary bridge company that would sell a fold out bridge within 3 days of the loss of our previous one. It's crazy to think there's just a few spare Bridges sitting around the country waiting
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I live 10 minutes from the Sanibel Causeway. Most of us weren't even aware of how bad it was for a couple days. Cell service was completely out, no power, no gas... just shock. I've enjoyed many of your videos in the past. So I was pleasantly surprised to see you do a video about my neck of the woods. Nice video. Thanks for not glamorizing what we went through down here for the sake of more clicks. Better than that, I wasn't actually aware that the fix was temporary. I think a lot of us down here are blind to that reality. Thank you. You know what's really sad, is that the foliage on Sanibel was finally starting come back after hurricane Charley back in 2005. Over 15 years of irreplaceable tropical growth, gone in a day. There's no engineering for something like that...
Thanks again. Keep up the great work that you do!
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Silly idea for a YouTube channel??? Hardly! People documenting their dog's everyday lives is a silly idea. This channel gives laypersons a professional's understanding and appreciation of absolutely critical aspects of modern-day civilization without having to obtain a master's degree. You, sir, provide enormous value to your viewers and we thank YOU for that.
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This is impressive. In our area here in Germany we had a highway-bridge that was destroyed by fire (most likely deliberately) in early 2012 (see A57 bridge at Dormagen). It took them 6 weeks just to demolish the old bridge and put up a temporary steel bridge. It took another 6 years to rebuild the structure...
This much bigger project in a third of the time is really impressive. Although they had help with the demoiltion by the hurricane, they still needed to get rid of the debris left behind.
Also: thank you very much for your great videos!
I'm hoping for many more to come in the next year!
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I worked recovery down there. It was amazing how fast they were able to move soil into the affected area. Credit to FDOT and their contractors for rapidly deploying and meeting the demand to access the islands. It was nearly impossible to travel to the island elsewise (ferries were there, but hard to get access to.) Edit - and credit to those who constructed them bridges. Structurally handled the storm great.
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Despite all the constant storms, i still love Florida. Born and raised, i'm here to stay.
Plus, were the "Testing grounds" for hurricane tech.
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Thanks for everything you do Grady. As a civil engineering student, I sometimes find myself getting discouraged because my classes are hard and my peers are smarter than me, but your videos remind me why I chose to study civil engineering. The built world exists because of us
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You are so right about this! After the 1994 Northridge Earthquake in LA, a portion of I-10 had collapsed over La Cienega Blvd, creating a traffic nightmare. In only 66 days, 75 days ahead of schedule, both the street and freeway were reopened, earning them $14.8 million bonus. However, after a few short months, the roadbed of the freeway began to warp...to a point that in two lanes you would catch air at highway speeds. It had to be repaired over a much longer period of time that it took to open.
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I totally understand what you were saying about the approach ramps; a number of people in my city were complaining on Twitter about how one of our brand new overpasses that crosses a high-use railway line (replacing an at-grade crossing) was being left there for an entire year with no work. I knew it was because they were waiting for the rocks making up those approach ramps to settle into the swampland below. Eventually, the project was finished the very next year, and - as far as I know - on time and on budget.
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I’m an civil engineer in bridge and road construction and I couldn’t have told this story as well as you did. It’s an excellent video.
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Excellent illustration of what was drilled into me about project management. You can ALWAYS get ONE of High Quality, Low Cost or Speed. In this case they got Speed but at high cost and low quality. With good planning, you can get any TWO of these, but you will never get ALL THREE at the same time. Great video as always. Thanks.
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Grady, you wouldn't believe how your videos open our eyes to the moving parts of what normally appears to be a paper backdrop to our lives. Too many public services / infrastructure operate in private and behind shutters, for fear of vandalism or undue criticism. But understanding inspires appreciation, and that's the value of your channel. Thanks for your effort, and this channel will keep going as long as you keep reporting on what YOU feel passionate about!
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Thank you Grady for being such an infrastructure nerd and for sharing it with us! Loving the book!
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