Author: wendy

News You Can Use! Construction, Aerial Imagery, Roundabouts, and Floods

Our corporate magazine, TRENDS, hit the streets this week. Here are some digital highlights. (To request a copy, click the link below.) Our cover story addresses the many challenges and considerations required on construction projects, explained in lay terms by experts working directly in all those orange-barreled construction zones we see so much this time… Read More »

Structural Inspectors Take Work to New Heights

Trapeze artist. Stuntperson. Mountain climber. Spider-Man. Pick a career for comparison. The fact remains – it takes exceptional skill, bravery, and an iron stomach for Ayres Associates’ rope access structural inspectors to do what they do. For example, inspecting a structure like the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge in New Mexico can take days. The steel… Read More »

Sagging Saga: State Sums Up Bridge’s Dip

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) has released a draft executive summary of its report on the sagging of Green Bay’s signature bridge, the Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge, which carries traffic on Interstate 43 over the Fox River near the bay. When a section of the bridge dipped about 2 feet a year ago on… Read More »