Training Flume Helps Engineers Get Their Hands Wet – And Keep Their Roads Dry
How much water can a culvert pass? Which pavement inlets work best? Does a liner change a pipe’s capacity? What problems can arise when there’s just too much water? Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Ayres Associates engineers have designed a training tool to help transportation engineers answer these and many more questions about highway drainage… Read More »
Tags: Drainage, FHWA, Flume, Hydraulic Structures, National Highway Institute, Training
South Carolina Dam Failures Point to Need for Emergency Action Plans
This map provided by the state of South Carolina shows the large number of roads and bridges closed across the state as of Monday, October 12. Lives lost. Houses under water. Roads and bridges washed away. Dams failing. The images and stories coming out of South Carolina over the continuing catastrophe have been horrific and… Read More »
Tags: Dam, Emergency Action Plan, Flooding, Fort Collins, South Carolina
From Trashy to Classy: Turning a Closed Landfill into a Community Asset in Cedar Rapids
Iowa isn’t known as a mountainous state. But there’s a hill in the heart of Cedar Rapids – a closed landfill known as Mount Trashmore – that looms along the Cedar River just southeast of downtown. The hill is highly visible from the vast majority of downtown Cedar Rapids, which is about 120 miles east… Read More »
Tags: Cedar Rapids, Environmental, Iowa, Landfills, Site Planning, Solid waste, Transformation