Bentley Deploys HoloLens for Virtual Bridge Inspections Jeff Rubenstone March 24, 2021 One Comment Collins Engineering is working with the Minnesota Dept. of Transportation on the restoration of the James J. Hill Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis.Read More
State and Municipal Agencies Expand Use of Cloud Construction Oversight Virginia DOT and City of Sacramento use PlanGrid technology for inspections Jeff Yoders January 27, 2021 No Comments Virginia DOT and City of Sacramento are using PlanGrid technology for field inspections, among others expanding cloud-based project management tools.Read More
Atlanta Metro Is Testing Virtual Track Inspection Systems Aileen Cho October 14, 2020 No Comments The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority is well into its second phase of testing technologies for automated virtual track inspection on revenue trains on a daily basis—a first for U.S. transit agencies, say officials.Read More
Highway Infrastructure NTSB Calls for Tunnel Inspections to Increase Focus on Electrical Systems Tom Ichniowski August 20, 2020 No Comments Recommendation comes in report on 2018 fatal Pennsylvania Turnpike tunnel crash.Read More
Tightened New York City Facade Law Hikes Non-Compliance Penalties Eydie Cubarrubia February 20, 2020 One Comment New rules, which follow an architect's death by falling debris, include more stringent—and potentially more costly—inspections. Read More
Volunteers Evaluate Quake Damage in Puerto Rico Nadine M. Post February 4, 2020 No Comments Two structural engineers, originally from Puerto Rico, mobilized a team to inspect houses, at no cost to owners, damaged in the island's Jan. 7 quake.Read More
Building Safety Facade Inspection Scrutinized Following Death in New York City Stephanie Loder Scott Lewis Justin Rice Jeff Yoders Eydie Cubarrubia January 8, 2020 No Comments After falling debris kills an architect executive, industry members look at facade laws around the country. Read More
Highway Infrastructure FHWA Proposes Major Rewrite of Bridge Inspection Regulation November 14, 2019 No Comments Plan offers two methods to determine inspection intervals. States could use one, the other, or a mix of both options.Read More
Transportation UK Contractor To Raze Liverpool's Churchill Way Viaduct New highway will replace post-tensioned structure built in 1970 Peter Reina September 11, 2019 No Comments New post-tension special inspection regime revealed structural shortcomings.Read More
Collapses GPS Leads Gravel Truck Driver Astray in Mass. Device diverts driver onto parking garage deck, which collapses Johanna Knapschaefer September 3, 2019 No Comments Inspector: “When the driver’s GPS told him to make the next left ... he made a huge mistake by pulling into the garage.”Read More