Reclaim TunnelsA Reclaim Tunnel refers to a buried conduit that encloses a material conveyor. The conduit is used to transport aggregate, sand, coal or other minerals from a central stock pile to an off loading location. These material stock piles can be as tall as 80’ high. Reclaim Tunnels will normally have hopper openings to allow flow of the

During his State of the Union address earlier this year, President Trump called on Congress to produce a plan to introduce $1.5 trillion dollars in investment in infrastructure spending. He indicated that this would include investments by the federal, state and local governments and should include private sector investment as well.This is certainly

*Not Quite Everything****More of a RefresherWhat exactly is liquid limit? What does plasticity actually mean? What’s the cut-off between a gravel and a sand? We can pretty much blame three people for the majority of the soil classification terminology used in civil engineering today: a Swedish fellow named Albert Atterberg, and two

When a culvert or storm sewer reaches the end of its useful service life, the option to excavate and replace is commonplace. However, having the additional option to reline the existing structure to provide a structural solution can save significant time and money.But when is it too late?Inspecting the current conditions of the existing pipe is a

WHAT IS FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS?Can you solve this equation by hand?     x + 4 = 7How about this one?  Now we need to solve that another 1000 times to get our answer!Many times engineers are able to use relatively simple methods or calculations that are proven to provide consistent and accurate solutions to everyday problems. Typically these