Beautiful Bridges: Structurally Sound, Aesthetically Pleasing
The United States has nearly 600,000 bridges, and our structural engineers have designed nearly 1,500 of them. All are important to their local transportation networks, and all have a visual impact on their surrounding environment. That’s why good bridge design considers aesthetics as well as structural integrity –and why our bridge designers bring an artistic… Read More »
Tags: Aesthetics, Bridges, Clearwater, Courtney Campbell, DeForest, Duluth, Florida, Honey Creek Parkway, Minnesota, Montreal River, Red Bug Lake Road Cross Seminole Trail Overpass, Roberts and Dona Bay Trail Bridges, Rusk County, Sarasota County, Seminole County, Structural Design, Tampa, US 17-92 General Hutchison Pedestrian Bridge, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Mississippi River Flooding Raises Questions About Feasibility of Encroaching on Rivers
Mississippi River flooding that started in December has caused over 20 deaths, forced hundreds of evacuations, and left a path of destruction in Illinois and Missouri. As Illinois and Missouri were cleaning up the mess, the surging waters headed south to Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi. This week all eyes are on New Orleans to see how… Read More »
Tags: Flooding, Levees, Mississippi River, River Engineering, River Walls, Water Resources
HD Scanning Quickly Gets the Lay of the Land – Or Just About Anything Else You Need Surveyed
When it comes to completing an as-built survey or an asset inventory, HD laser scanning is making amazing things possible – in short order and with exceptional accuracy. HD scanning is the answer if a client needs to check a finished roadway against design criteria, precisely measure a bridge’s clearance, or create a 3-D representation… Read More »
Tags: As-Built, Geospatial, HD scanner, Survey