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Dye Penetration Testing of Structural Steel

Concrete. Strong in compression, weak in tension, right? That was one of those really early civil engineering lessons that we learned about early in our 200-level Strength of Materials course. Steel. Strong in tension, kinda […]

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POST – WMA Refresher 4.27.19

As Spring, 2019 hits and the asphalt plants start firing-up and getting into production, it’s a great time for all of us to hit the Refresh button and get ready for HMA – Oh wait, […]

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A Construction Engineer’s Toolbox

Recently, I was doing my end-of-construction-season toolbox inventory – I cleaned-out my kit, did some equipment checks, made a list of a few items that I need to pick-up/replenish/replace. I thought it would be cool […]