- Industry: Government; Transportation
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Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is the state agency responsible for the organization, construction, and maintenance of the of Iowa's highway system. Located in Ames, Iowa DOT is also responsible for licensing drivers and programming and planning for aviation, rail, and public transit.
The opening at the ends of a through truss with forms the entrance. Also the open entrance of a tunnel.
Industry:Construction
An individual who erects and maintains scaffolding or other inspection access equipment.
Industry:Construction
Timber components typically located between the top of an abutment or pier and the underside of the truss bottom chord. Intended to serve as sacrificial components they are easily replaced when deteriorated from rot, thus protecting truss components from similar deterioration.
Industry:Construction
A truss that carries its traffic near its top chord, but not low enough to allow crossbracing between the parallel top chords. Compare to deck truss and through truss.
Industry:Construction
Either of the two principal members of a truss extending from end to end, connected by web members.
Industry:Construction
Concrete with steel bars or mesh embedded in it for increased strength in tension.
Industry:Construction
A bypass created to divert water around a structure so that construction can take place.
Industry:Construction
