Apr 27, 2016
This year, the National Park Service is celebrating its 100th birthday. In 2015, more than 305 million people visited national parks, beating all previous attendance records.
Apr 27, 2016
This year, the National Park Service is celebrating its 100th birthday. In 2015, more than 305 million people visited national parks, beating all previous attendance records.
Topics: trails, International Trails Symposium, Dayton
Apr 11, 2016
I recently attended the Southeast Bridge Preservation Partnership in San Antonio, Texas along with bridge owners and industry members from the southeastern US. The organization defines bridge preservation as
"actions or...
Topics: FRP bridge deck, bridge preservation
Apr 6, 2016
We're hearing a lot these days about reducing greenhouse gases. In the new report "On the Road Toward 2050: Potential for Substantial Reductions in Light-Duty Vehicle Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions," MIT professor of...
Topics: Infrastructure, FRP Composites
Mar 23, 2016
This month Hillside Pedestrian Bridge in Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley National Park got a spring makeover just in time to reopen the span to visitors anxious to leave winter behind and enjoy the outdoors again. But this isn’t the first...
Topics: FiberSPAN, bridges, trails, FRP bridge deck, bridge decks
Feb 29, 2016
On the eve of Super Tuesday, Americans and Capitol Hill await the outcome as 11 states prepare to vote in both the Republican and Democratic primaries. It’s a day of judgment for each candidate – separating the chaff from the...
Topics: Infrastructure, FRP Composites
Feb 22, 2016
Last week, I traveled to Capitol Hill to participate in a very special event. Every year or so, the American Composite Manufacturers Association (ACMA) hosts an "infrastructure day." Association members who are involved in bridge...
Topics: bridges, Infrastructure
Feb 11, 2016
In my last blog, I discussed the side trip I recently took to Sacramento, California’s Tower Bridge. I wrote up a report on my visual inspection of the bridge's FRP cantilever sidewalk. This drew a number of questions from people...
Topics: cantilever sidewalks, Tower Bridge
Feb 4, 2016
I recently traveled to Northern California, and I had a very busy week. Between the sales calls and some project work, I took some time to visit and inspect Sacramento's Tower Bridge, a bridge I refer to quite often in my...
Topics: cantilever sidewalks, Tower Bridge
Jan 29, 2016
Shall we start with the bad news?
The Bad News
Every four years The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) issues a report card on the condition and performance of the nation’s infrastructure. We’ll have to wait another year...
Topics: bridges, Infrastructure, vehicle bridges
Dec 16, 2015
The wrong choice of apparel can land a celebrity on any number of "worst dressed" lists. When a bridge earns a place on uglybridges.com (yes, that's a real site), the reason has more to do with its condition than outward...
Topics: FiberSPAN, cantilever sidewalks, FRP Composites