Digital twins are part of one of the most important technology trends in the bridge construction and maintenance industries. They encourage communication and collaboration, reduce costs, make it possible to improve designs, and help build better and longer-lasting bridges. Digital twins are becoming central to infrastructure decision-making because they provide current information about development projects, […] Read More

How Robotic Inspections Can Help Increase Safety on Bridge Sites According to a report by the American Society of Civil Engineers, there are more than 617,000 bridges across the United States, and 42% of them are a half-century old or more. Many have reached the end of their useful structural lives or are close to […] Read More

Would you like to have a more thorough understanding of all the structural aspects of all the bridges under your care?  How about being able to track wear-and-tear on different types of viaducts, etc. through a single source? Do you want to monitor changes in structural flaws? What if you could get alerts that something […] Read More

Concrete is used on most bridge construction and repair projects. And it’s about as lifeless as anything on the planet.  For hundreds of years, bridge builders have produced concrete in essentially the same way. They mix hard substances like sand or gravel with binding agents that hold the particles together once the mixture dries and […] Read More

In the first part of this series, we covered six ways that designers, scientists, and engineers have studied past bridge failures to figure out how to build better structures in the future. Here are six more. 1. Fireproofing bridges At a time when more and more bridges are vulnerable to wildfires, terrorist threats, and destructive […] Read More

Designers and engineers study past bridge issues and failures to learn how to build better structures in the future. Every new design and technological advancement is the result of lessons learned over thousands of years of bridge-building history.  From the earliest stone and wood plank structures to today’s marvels of modern technology, every evolution has […] Read More

Funds for maintaining bridges and building new ones are extremely tight these days. Federal and local governments aren’t providing the dollars needed to keep structures in working order. That’s why many municipalities and other organizations that own and manage bridges are looking for ways to make them last longer. One of the best ways to […] Read More