Author: ayres

Dan Fox Named Director of MEP-Minnesota

Dan Fox, PE, has been named director of the Minnesota group of Ayres’ MEP Division. Ed Studniski, PE, who previously held the director post, has moved to the position of senior project manager, where he’ll lead MEP’s large-retail rollout programs. Fox, who has nearly 20 years of experience with Gausman & Moore – a Division… Read More »

Taking Notice: Is that a Bridge or a Culvert?

Drivers intent on getting from Point A to Point B probably don’t notice how many times their vehicles travel over culverts and bridges along the route. And that’s good: unless the structures are designed to capture attention and add to the scenery, bridges and culverts are purely functional, allowing traffic to pass over ravines, bodies of water, roadways, railroad… Read More »

Monitoring Structural Safety of Existing Buildings

Editor’s Note: This article was originally posted on the Florida Engineering Society website (www.fleng.org) and is republished here with permission. By Hisham Sunna, PhD, PE The catastrophic and tragic partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South Condominium in Surfside, Florida, on June 24, 2021, is an event that sent shockwaves and elicited immediate reactions from… Read More »