You may have seen them coming down Interstate 90, riding at about 45 mph with an Illinois State Police escort like visiting dignitaries. They are concrete beams, each measuring as much as 71/2 feet ...

The first of 247 massive precast concrete beams (also known as Florida I Beams or FIBs) was lifted into place at MiamiCentral this week, as the 11-acre transportation hub that will host Brightline ...

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A recent series of dynamic tests demonstrates that there are several types and doses of steel-fiber reinforcement that can be used in performance-based seismic design of coupling beams—headers that ...

The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute has announced that the University of Notre Dame, Team 2, won first place in PCI’s 2020 Engineering Student Design Competition, also known as the Big Beam ...

A horizontally curved, precast- concrete, trapezoidal type of box-girder design that shaved some $9 million off an interchange project in Orlando, Fla., is attracting growing interest from the bridge ...

After years of virtual classrooms and online courses, September 2022 marks the restart of the new normal. We find students returning to classrooms, pencils sharpened, and brand new foundations in ...

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN – Weathering the cold Monday, workmen from R.E. Pierson Construction Co. put the finishing touches on three concrete abutments for the new Columbia Street bridge. The abutments, set ...

The old saying goes ‘that bate Banagher’ but now bridge builders all over Ireland and the UK face an even tougher challenge following the installation of the longest prestressed concrete river span ...

The longest precast concrete bridge beams in Ireland and Britain have been placed over a river at Macroom in County Cork, as part of a €280m project to bypass the town. Each of the seven beams is 50 ...