The end of 2017 and the start of 2018 marks the 11th year Technique has been maintaining and operating Pittsburgh's New's Years Eve Orb. Raising the ball, as opposed to being dropped in New York City, symbolizes Pittsburgh’s hope for the future.
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This Riverlife-led project set out to improve the pedestrian crossing at the intersection of Grant Street and Fort Pitt Boulevard, while also creating a more visible portal to the riverfront.
The Grant Street Crossing project is the first of three phases intended to create access so people can more easily reach the Monongahela River, and serves as a welcoming gateway for Great Allegheny Passage riders reaching downtown Pittsburgh.
Vertical pylons, paint, new crossing signals and upgraded signage installed throughout November and December of 2017 create a welcoming gateway intended to delineate a clear cyclist and pedestrian route across Grant Street. The project also celebrates riverfront trail entry into Pittsburgh for the thousands of cyclists on the Great Allegheny Passage who end their journey at Point State Park.
The Grant Street Crossing improvements connect pedestrians and cyclists from the Eliza Furnace Trail, which carries the Great Allegheny Passage across Grant Street to the existing pedestrian flyway leading to the Smithfield Street Bridge. There trail users will take the Mon Wharf Switchback ramp (Phase II, under construction) to the riverfront and will continue traveling west along the water to the Point State Park Connector (Phase III, in planning) and into Point State Park. The fountain at the Point is the centerpiece of the Three Rivers Heritage Trail system, and the western terminus of the 150-mile Great Allegheny Passage, which links Pittsburgh to Cumberland, MD.
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Technique was responsible for engineering, fabricating, and installing the 29 vertical pylons that line the pedestrian crossing.
Completed: path to The Point
Completed: Trail Signage
On November 20, 2017, Carnegie Mellon University and the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute (ARM) broke ground on a new hub for manufacturing technology on the iconic Hazelwood Green site, entering a new chapter in Pittsburgh’s resurgence as a global leader in innovation.
Highlights from the event included additive and robotic manufacturing demonstrations and remarks from speakers including U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle, CMU's Interim President Farnam Jahanian, Director of Manufacturing Institutes for the Department of Defense Tracy Frost, Pennsylvania Secretary of Community and Economic Development Dennis Davin, Hazelwood Green Project Director Rebecca Flora and Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto. The event culminated with participants signing a steel sculpture that will be placed in the lobby of the new building, aided by special robot guest Igor of HEBI Robotics. During the sculpture signing, a large banner featuring one of the renderings of the new building rose in the background.
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We are pleased to have worked with Renaissance 3 Architecture and CMU officials to fabricate the steel sculpture used for the groundbreaking ceremony.
Pittsburgh mayor Bill Peduto signs the steel sculpture
The steel sculpture on the center stage with over 20 signatures from politicians and dignitaries.