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The Mystery of Load Rating

September 21, 2024
by Nick Rodda
13 min read
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What the heck does this sign even mean? What is a load rating, why we do them and why it should matter to you?

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Service Life Design – designing bridges to last a century or more

September 10, 2021
by Nick Rodda
8 min read
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Do you think Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau and Guillaume Marchand used service life principles while designing Pont Neuf?

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The Trouble with Steel

March 14, 2020
by Nick Rodda
8 min read
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There may be no cure for fatigue in steel, but we have learned to cope with the symptoms.

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