Author: ayres

Road Closed — But Engineers Are On The Scene

The culvert that carried Trout Brook under STH 13 at North York in Ashland County, Wisconsin, was washed out July 11 after torrential rains hit the area. By Jeff Abramson, PE “All the roads into Mellen (Wisconsin) were closed this morning from washouts and bridges gone.” That daunting line in an Associated Press report on… Read More »

Game On! Pokémon Go and Real-World Applications

As people scour the countryside trying to catch Pokémon, engineers and architects and scientists are working from top to bottom and side to side – calculating X Y coordinates and using sophisticated 3D analysis tools – to perform specialized and highly technical geographic work not unlike the GPS-driven augmented reality game. Pokémon Go, the wildly… Read More »

Ayres Responds Fast to the Northern Wisconsin Washouts

Ayres Associates is sending staff this week to the sites of two washouts along STH 13 in Ashland County, Wisconsin. Box culverts that carried Silver Creek under STH 13 at Highbridge and Trout Brook under STH 13 at North York were washed out after torrential rains in the region late Monday. Ayres Associates has been… Read More »