The Year in Infrastructure 2007 - (Page 61) County Highway ID strand associates, inc The village of Mount horeb, a growing community of 6,500, is located in western Wisconsin. A traffic study predicted traffic volumes as high as 18,000 vehicles per day on Mount horeb’s main street within a 20-year period. As a result, it was recommended that the street be reconstructed as an urban arterial roadway, with four traffic lanes, bike lanes, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, landscaped medians, and traffic signals. New residential and commercial developments along the corridor being designed and built meant that existing terrain and design constraints would be continuously changing. Through its use of MicroStation, as well as GEOPAK and StormCAD, Strand Associates was able to work hand in hand with developers along the corridor that were using AutoCAD, without the need for file conversions. MicroStation also gave the firm the ability to provide quality visualizations for public meetings. Wide Ruins Access Road u.s. Bureau of indian affairs — navajo region dOt This project involved the design of an all-weather access road into the historical Wide Ruins in Arizona, which date back to the 1800s. The road will provide access to a modern school and the Wide Ruins Chapter house community, and will be built between and around historical sites that include a military outpost, trading post, Kiva, and other ruins. During construction, the archeological and historical sites will need to be protected with retaining walls. Bentley’s InRoads software helped designers manage all the design files much more efficiently while the use of InRoads and MicroStation allowed them to look at various alternate designs in a short amount of time. In addition, design changes were much easier to accomplish and visually interpret. The software saved the team an estimated 500 man-hours. BE AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 61
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