Tag: FICE

Studying Scour: FDOT Unknown Foundation Program Becomes Nationwide Model

Structural and geotechnical engineers count on support from the soils beneath a foundation to help provide motorists safe passage from Point A to Point B. In many states, bridge foundation support is achieved by piles that are driven deep into the ground. The piles penetrate and are embedded in the soils immediately beneath the bridge… Read More »

Bridging the Trail Gap

Biking, jogging, and in-line skating in the Tampa area just got safer, thanks to a new Ayres Associates-designed pedestrian bridge. Before the bridge’s construction, people wanting to cross Old Tampa Bay between Clearwater and Tampa, Florida, had to dodge their motorized counterparts along State Road 60 (also known as the Courtney Campbell Causeway), where traffic… Read More »