One size does not fit all. By adding the word "not", this now completely revised adage rings true for at least one civil engineer. "The devil is in the details," said William Wright, a scholar who was ...

Civil and environmental engineers are concerned about the size of bridges, especially when it relates to how materials will perform in structures where failures might lead to catastrophes. As today’s ...

When cracks are discovered on bridges in service, fatigue is usually the cause. A working knowledge of fatigue susceptible details, AASHTO fatigue categorization, identification of NSTMs, development ...

An agency employee was fired after it was discovered the heavy bridge inspection team he led didn't properly inspect the bridge in two successive years and overlooked the fracture, which called the ...

DETROIT – Structural cracks, buckled or bent steel, visual fretting corrosion – these are the kinds of things at the forefront of a bridge inspector’s mind. Oh, and don’t forget to quantify the ...

ALTON — The Clark Bridge underwent a close inspection Tuesday, both above and below the span. Bridge engineers from Modjeski and Masters in St. Louis were inspecting key points of the bridge, which ...

(Chicago, IL) - The 2013 edition of Selected ASTM Standards for Structural Steel Fabrication (AISC 503-13) is now available from the American Institute of Steel Construction in paper format for just ...

CHESTER – Structural repairs to the Jennings Randolph Bridge, connecting Chester and East Liverpool, are complete, according to an announcement Friday by the West Virginia Division of Highways. “There ...

Seven firms being sued by Rhode Island for the Washington Bridge failure are still inspecting the state's bridges. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation confirmed these firms performed 886 ...