Construction and Renovation Projects

Visuals of construction workers engaged in masonry and foundation work, highlighting teamwork and the infrastructure development process in outdoor settings.

Caucasian worker pushing wall form at construction site
Caucasian worker pushing wall form at construction site
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Men in hardhats and suit break ground with shovels, Vista, California
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BAUCAU, Timor-Leste (Sept. 3, 2020) Seabees assigned to U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 Detail Timor-Leste and Forsa Defesa Timor-Leste service members work to backfill and compact footers using an auto level and a compaction sled for the construction of the Vila Nova three-room school house. NMCB-3 is deployed across the Indo-Pacific region conducting high-quality construction to support U.S. and partner nations to strengthen partnerships, deter aggression, and enable expeditionary logistics and naval power projection. The battalion stands ready to complete assigned tasking, support Humanitarian Aid/Disaster Relief and Major Combat Operations throughout the area of responsibility.
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What comes in handy when you're cutting through concrete A water-cooled hydraulic chainsaw like this one wielded by a MA-TF1 member during an 80 hours structural collapse training course in Beverly, MA. Getting comfortable with tools like these helps make these urban search and rescue teams as efficient as they can be when disaster strikes... Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Workers sitting on cell tower
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Members of the Massachusetts Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue team practice heavy lifting with an A-frame gantry during a training session in October. The team learns these techniques so they're able to lift and move heavy pieces of debris when machinery is unavailable, or unable to access the area... Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Cory Morgan, lead engineer with the Inland Navigation Design Center, talks to engineers and staff from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District working to host contracting professionals during Industry Engagement Day at the Montgomery Locks and Dam on the Ohio River, June 7, 2022. The district hosted the event to inform contractors about a multi-year construction project at the facility in Monaca, Pennsylvania. The project will include replacing the facilitys 360-foot auxiliary chamber with a wider and longer 600-foot chamber that can fit up to nine barges at once. Industry day offered contracting representatives from multiple companies an opportunity to clearly understand the project prior to it being advertised.
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Hughes, AK, September 19, 2013 The California Hoopa Tribe volunteers work to repair this flooded home by removing old wet insulation and replacing it with new. After a severe flood inundated the community, FEMA coordinated a recovery operation with tools, safety equipment and logistics while the Hoopa Tribe volunteered to provide the labor to get the community back on their feet prior to the dangerous winter months in the Arctic. Adam DuBrowa/ FEMA. Alaska Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Using inflatable ";lift bags"; and wooden wedges, members of Massachusetts Task Force 1 practice lifting and moving heavy objects during an 80 hour structural collapse training course in Beverly, Mass... Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Nathan Alford, engineer technician and construction representative in the Nashville Districts Eastern Tennessee Resident Office in Knoxville, poses Aug. 10, 2022, next to columbarium foundations that will provide 3,140 niches for veteran internments at Mountain Home National Cemetery in Johnson City, Tennessee.
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Installation phase. The Spyglass, Eastbourne, United Kingdom. Architect: JaK Studio, 2017.
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Event, with Secretary Gale Norton, former and current National Football League stars, and volunteers from the non-profit organization KaBOOM!, Take Pride in America, and The Home Depot, featuring single-day construction of football-themed Playground of Hope in southeast Washington, D.C.
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State government officials and labor partners climb up to the dam during a tour of Montgomery Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Monaca, Pennsylvania, Aug. 3, 2022. State senators, representatives, local government officials, and trade and navigation industry partners toured the facility during an open house. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District hosted the tour to give presentations on how locks benefit the regional and national economy and to highlight the upcoming, multi-year construction project planned to expand one of the locks at the facility.The work at Montgomery is in the preconstruction phase. The phase helps prepare the worksite for the main construction project. Montgomery is part of the Upper Ohio Navigation Project, which has received $857.7 million in dedicated funding through the 2022 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The project will include replacing the facilitys 360-foot auxiliary chamber with a wider and longer 600-foot chamber that can fit up
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Potholes in Libya result in numerous traffic accidents every year. To help make the roads safer USAID partnered with the Bint Bayya municipality to repair the roads. USAID provided equipment, supplies and training and the municipality organized volunteers to do the work.Photo Credit: Taqarib
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Father and son on the construction site
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Cement Masons
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A multidisciplinary team of engineers from the Walla Walla District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, arrives on site at Cougar Dam, operated by the Corps Portland District, June 15 during a regional Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake response exercise. The team was flown by helicopter from Walla Walla to Portland Districts Cougar and Blue River dams, located about 38 miles east of Eugene, Oregon, to inspect the structures as part of the exercise. In the event of a real Cascadia megathrust quake, the Walla Walla-based team would travel to Portland Districts area of operations, if needed, to assist with infrastructure assessments in the aftermath. Shown from right: Steve Wyrembelski, senior geotechnical engineer; Alex Hammond, dam safety program manager; and Bryan Mason, senior structural engineer, all members of the Corps Walla Walla District.
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Construction of Phase 2 of the Expo Line along the Exposition Transit Corridor in Santa Monica. Scheduled to be finished by 2015, Phase 2 will connect the Expo Line to the Culver City Station, completing the line and connecting Santa Monica to Downtown Los Angeles, enabling a 46 minute trip even during Rush hour. Los Angeles, California