6 Reasons to Hire a Registered Professional
Why hire a registered professional? What difference does it make that your engineer, architect, geologist, landscape architect, surveyor, mapper, or soil scientist has a professional license? It makes all the difference if you want your project to be safe, long-lasting, and built to code. Arizona legislators introduced a bill earlier this year seeking to abolish… Read More »
Tags: Arizona, Engineer, Geologist, Landscape Architect, Professional, Registration
FHWA Hydraulic Videos Train Engineers
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently expanded its YouTube presence by creating a series of educational videos that showcase the use of a portable flume to visualize open-channel flow and culvert design concepts. The portable flume is a small open channel (6 inches wide and 5 feet long) that fits on a tabletop and recirculates… Read More »
Tags: Culverts, Federal Highway Administration, Flume, Hydraulics, National Highway Institute, Training Courses, Water Resources
RESISTOGRAPH Checks Soundness of Timber Structures
Wood was a primary building material used in many U.S. bridges a century ago. Timber bridges were tried-and-true, given the nature of what crossed them: people, animals, and eventually relatively light vehicles. Over time steel and concrete have become the primary materials in most bridges to handle heavier truck loads. Still, timber is used in… Read More »
Tags: Florida, RESISTOGRAPH, Structural Inspection, Timber Bridges, Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
