Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have carried out a detailed simulation showing how a common type of bridge fails during large-scale earthquakes. They modeled “I-shaped ...

PENDLETON – As the girders were lifted into place for the West Pendleton Overpass this week, the project took on special significance to Randy and Louise Walker of Pendleton. Their son, Steven, a 1997 ...

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Florida agencies are embracing a trapezoidal, curved precast-concrete girder design, used in Colorado more than a decade ago, and Pennsylvania recently has adopted standards for its use. A ...

The Grist Mill Bridge, a 75-ft single-span bridge in Hampden, Maine, is the first in the nation to use composite tub girders with no concrete reinforcement in the superstructure, say officials. The ...

A recently completed research project revealed the potential for reducing material used for a suspension bridge deck by more than 25 per cent -- meaning a saving of up to 30 per cent of CO2 emissions.

Prof. Mike Bartlett will have lots to talk about Wednesday with his undergraduate class in steel design at the University of Western Ontario. Bartlett, who holds a PhD in civil engineering from the ...

EDMONTON – An engineer says it could take weeks before the city can determine exactly what caused four steel girders at the 102nd Avenue Bridge to unexpectedly buckle. Carlos Cruz-Noguez, an assistant ...