- 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.
A joint between pieces of metal at faces that have been made plastic by heat or pressure.
Industry:Construction
A bridge of bascule type devised to roll backward and forward upon supporting girders when operated through an "open and closed" cycle.
Industry:Construction
The date bids are scheduled to be opened by the transportation agency.
Industry:Construction
A box girder bridge is a bridge where the main beams comprise girders in the shape of a hollow box. The box girder normally comprises either prestressed concrete, structural steel, or a composite of steel and reinforced concrete. The box is typically rectangular or trapezoidal in cross-section. Box girder bridges are commonly used for highway flyovers and for modern elevated structures of light rail transport. Although normally the box girder bridge is a form of beam bridge, box girders may also be used on cable-stayed bridges and other forms.
Industry:Construction
The system of members connecting the top and bottom chords of a truss. Or the vertical portion of an I-beam or girder.
Industry:Construction
Nondestructive testing of a material's integrity using sound waves.
Industry:Construction
Legally preventing a company or person from participation in bid lettings or construction proceedings.
Industry:Construction
Projects authorized to proceed with construction after bids have been received and accepted by the authorizing transportation agency.
Industry:Construction
A form of arch defined by a moving point that remains equidistant from a fixed point inside the arch and a moving point along a line. This shape when inverted into an arch structure results in a form that allows equal vertical loading along its length.
Industry:Construction
