Asset Management Protects Bridges, Budgets
By Hisham Sunna, PhD, PE, and Rick Maslyn, CBI Bridges are part of every transportation system – over water, over highways, even over other bridges. Bridges are crucial to getting people and products from here to there, which is why it’s essential to make sure they’re safe. The typical lifespan for a bridge is 50… Read More »
Understanding Highway Hydraulics Keeps Bridges, People Safe
By Pete Haug, PE One of the principles of engineering is that water always wins. Whether contained in a river or falling in a rainstorm, water finds a way to infiltrate basements, saturate soils – and undermine bridges. The most common cause of bridge failures is from floods scouring bed material surrounding bridge foundations. What… Read More »
Tags: Bridge Failure, Bridge Foundations, Bridge Scour, Federal Highway Administration, FHWA, Highway Bridge Failure, Highway Hydraulics, Infiltration, National Highway Institute, NHI, Scour
Know Before You Sign: Ins and Outs of Commercial Leases
By Mike Scholl Don’t fall in love. That’s the first advice I give to anyone interested in renting or buying a commercial building for their business. Of course, I’m not talking about that kind of falling in love; I’m talking about falling in love with a building. When you fall in love with a building,… Read More »
Tags: broker, commercial lease, commercial real estate, landlord, lease structure, lease terms, listing, negotiation, property, rent, tenant