Tag: Ayres

Communication Helps Ease Construction ‘Pain’

More goes into a road reconstruction project than just engineering. While the design is an absolutely critical part of the process, nearly as important is communicating the impact of that design to the project stakeholders. That’s what engineers Mike Liebman and Craig Schuh from our Green Bay office did at a public information meeting on… Read More »

Remote Catamaran Retrieves Data and Keeps Surveyors Safe

Conditions are sometimes too dangerous for water resources engineers to get up close and personal to collect hydrographic survey data at bridges. When scouting bridges in 2012, Ayres Associates’ staff decided one bridge – U.S. Highway 8 over the St. Croix River in Polk County, Wisconsin – was impassable by jet boat and not navigable… Read More »

Remote Vehicle Serves as Inspectors’ Eyes in Tight Culverts

It’s kind of an overgrown, odd-looking remote control boat. However, its use is anything but child’s play in the collection of important data during the inspection of submerged culverts and hard-to-reach structures. Ayres’ structural inspectors have been using a remote-operated vehicle (ROV) to inspect submerged culverts as part of a Wisconsin Department of Transportation statewide… Read More »