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Author Archives: Dan Snyder
Midland County Bundles Innovative Steel Bridge System, Saves Big
By Guy Nelson, P.E., S.E., and Megan Nicolaisen, Valmont Industries, Inc. How do you know it’s spring in Michigan? Seeing the road change from white to brown; feeling the pavement change from smooth to bumpy and back again; witnessing a … Continue reading
Begin the New Year with a Steel Challenge
The start of a new year — and a new decade — is a good time to take inventory of the way you currently do things and reassess past priorities and practices. If you’re a highway bridge owner, engineer, or … Continue reading
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Iowa County Engineer to Save Over $100,000 Using Innovative Steel Design for Bridge Replacement Project
If you’re a county/state engineer or a bridge owner, cost is always a deciding factor in which material to choose for your next project. A new design using press-brake-formed steel tub girders (PBTG) is providing a durable, cost-saving solution for … Continue reading
New Bridge Design Saves Months in Construction Schedule
The town of Roseville, Ohio has a new short span steel bridge in place – the first of its kind in the state, with results that are attracting attention nationwide from county engineers; federal, state and local transportation officials; and bridge … Continue reading
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Increase Your Options, Lower Your Costs With Steel
County engineers, state and local Department of Transportation (DOT) officials, owners and other bridge design professionals have some great educational opportunities coming up this fall to learn about the time and cost efficiencies to be gained from using steel for short … Continue reading
Improving the U.S. Bridge Infrastructure Grade With Steel Solutions
The 2017 ASCE Infrastructure Report Card gives the U.S. bridge infrastructure a C+ grade, unchanged from four years ago. More than 56,000 of the nation’s bridges were structurally deficient in 2016, and the report claims “the most recent estimate puts … Continue reading
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Hidden in Plain Sight–the Design, Cost and Maintenance Advantages of Steel Buried Bridges
Sometimes, the best solutions to challenges we face can be hidden in plain sight. A new video released by the Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (SSSBA), National Corrugated Steel Pipe Association (NCSPA) and Big R Bridge invites cash-strapped, time-challenged bridge designers and … Continue reading
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Life Cycle Costs Matter When Comparing Steel and Concrete Girder Bridges
As a bridge engineer, professor in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Wyoming, and a member of the Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance’s Bridge Technology Center, Michael Barker, Ph.D., P.E., makes frequent presentations on the … Continue reading
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Turning a Challenge Into an Innovative Design Solution
“Necessity is the mother of invention,” claims a popular adage. But sometimes lasting change comes from a good old-fashioned challenge. One example is when the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) charged the North American steel industry in 2009 to “develop a … Continue reading
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Breathing New LIFE Into Short Span Steel Bridge Design
It’s no secret that the U.S. infrastructure needs an overhaul, especially for many of its structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridges – nearly half of which fall in the short span category. To address this national crisis, the Federal Highway … Continue reading
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