Tag: Ayres

Remote Catamaran Retrieves Data and Keeps Surveyors Safe

Conditions are sometimes too dangerous for water resources engineers to get up close and personal to collect hydrographic survey data at bridges. When scouting bridges in 2012, Ayres Associates’ staff decided one bridge – U.S. Highway 8 over the St. Croix River in Polk County, Wisconsin – was impassable by jet boat and not navigable… Read More »

Remote Vehicle Serves as Inspectors’ Eyes in Tight Culverts

It’s kind of an overgrown, odd-looking remote control boat. However, its use is anything but child’s play in the collection of important data during the inspection of submerged culverts and hard-to-reach structures. Ayres’ structural inspectors have been using a remote-operated vehicle (ROV) to inspect submerged culverts as part of a Wisconsin Department of Transportation statewide… Read More »

Town of Menasha’s Fritsch Park No Longer on the Fritz

WLUK-TV in Green Bay broadcast a series of reports about the Town of Menasha’s new Fritsch Park, an engineering success story for Ayres Associates. The Town invested $1.4 million for improvements to the park, and Ayres (project manager Mike Liebman) played a significant role in the park’s revitalization. The 18-acre neighborhood park consists of open… Read More »