SDI Project Documentation
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Engineering News Record (ENR) -
Cover story entitled Arch Rivals - Cast-in-Place Segmental Span Adds Drama Above Oregon's Crooked River, covering the design, value engineering and construction of the nation's first segmental cast-in-place concrete arch bridge. By Debra K. Rubin.
Bridge Design & Engineering magazine -
Feature article entitled Skyway to Heaven, covering the construction engineering, SDI-supplied lifting equipment, post-tensioning and construction of the Skyway portion of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East Span. By Helena Russell.
Engineering News Record (ENR) magazine -
Feature story entitled Rx for Hospital's Transportation: Build Your Very Own Rail System, covering the background, public-private cooperation and construction of SDI's Clarian Health People Mover System in Indianapolis. By Debra K. Rubin.
Engineering News-Record Top Newsmakers Award -
Annual ENR feature story on the year's outstanding achievements in engineering and construction, citing Guido Schwager's contributions to the erection scheme of Oregon's Crooked River Bridge.
The Clarian Health People Mover - From Concept to Completion in Two Years -
SDI publication. Comprehensive information on the project development, transit technology, construction and public impact of the Clarian Health People Mover System in Indianapolis. By Joe Whitman.
Movers magazine -
Feature story entitled SDI UniTrak System Cuts New Ground for APMs, covering the common-sense practicality of SDI's newly-developed transit technology as first implemented for the Primm Valley Resort People Mover System in Nevada. By Andrew Jakes.
Engineering News Record (ENR) -
Story entitled Russia's First Oil and Gas Gravity Platform Sets Sail, covering construction of the Sakhalin II offshore gravity base structures. The CGB structures were post-tensioned by Schwager Davis, Inc. in a remote frontier location in Siberia.
Russia's Sakhalin II Gravity Base Structures Stand as Triumph of International Cooperation -
SDI press release providing in-depth coverage of the construction of the Sakhalin Oil & Gas Platforms.
San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge Skyway -
SDI project report on the design and construction of the heavy lifting and post-tensioning systems employed on the bridge. The project was completed on schedule and stands as the largest post-tensioning contract to date in the U.S.
Bronx Zoo Monorail Rehabilitation -
SDI project report on the comprehensive renovation and upgrade program performed for the Bronx Zoo Monorail System in New York.
Seattle Center Monorail Braking System Upgrade -
SDI project report on the braking and safety system rehabilitation of the famous Seattle monorail following a non-injury collision. The work entailed the upgrading of the emergency braking system and the installation of a fail-safe collision avoidance system.
Sakhalin II Offshore Oil & Gas Platform Concrete Gravity Base Structures -
SDI project report on the construction and post-tensioning of the massive foundation structures of Russia's first offshore drilling platforms.
Bellagio People Mover Renovation -
SDI project report on the dismantling, guideway re-routing, system renovation and installation of the automated people mover at the Bellagio Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Clarian Health People Mover System -
SDI project report on the planning, construction and operation of the fully-automated, twin-train SDI UniTrak System connecting several medical and educational centers in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Primadonna-Buffalo Bill's UniTrak People Mover -
SDI project report on the design and construction of SDI's first UniTrak People Mover System at the Primm Valley Resort complex near Las Vegas, Nevada.
Primm Valley People Mover Renovation -
SDI project report on SDI's innovative and cost-effective upgrade project that doubled the passenger transport capacity of an existing people mover while keeping the same vehicle, rope propulsion equipment and guideway structure.
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