With the new year approaching and the addition of poor weather the amount of bridge inspection has begun to decrease and I have been in the office most of the days this month.This past week I have been working on a rating targeting the structural integrity of the ends of beams on a bridge in Rhode Island.
This rating is to analyze whether the beam end over the bearing will crippling or buckle with the section loss noted at the time of the inspection in October. Just checking the notes for section loss took hours, since the bridge has 27 spans and each span has around 9 to 15 rolled beams.
With a few more spans to complete I will soon know the out come of the analysis in the near future.
