Category: Structural Inspection

Neither Cold Nor Wind Chills Stop Our Inspectors

Today is a lovely, mild day around our Tampa, Florida, office, home to most of our bridge inspection group. It was 63 degrees with 7 mph winds at 11 a.m., heading for an afternoon high of 65 degrees. But our Wisconsin-based bridge inspectors confronted a very different reality this morning. They were hard at work… 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 »