by admin | May 14, 2020 | Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance, Snooper Truck
If you work with bridges, you’re probably quite familiar with the aerial boom lifts known as “snooper trucks.” What you may not know is that the term “snooper” is a brand name, not a generic reference to a certain type of vehicle. In 1964, the first SNOOPER®...
by admin | Apr 28, 2020 | Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance, Bridge Riggers
“There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.” H. G. Wells While some of us may well agree that simply because bridges are...
by admin | Mar 16, 2020 | Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance, Snooper Truck
With over 600,000 bridges in the United States, there are plenty of inspections to be performed. Especially in light of the fact that, according to a new report from the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, as of 2017 there were more than 47,000...
by admin | Feb 28, 2020 | Boom Lift, Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance, Bridge Riggers
If you’re already involved in the industry of bridge inspection, maintenance and repair you probably know the story: more than 47,000 bridges are in need of major repairs. And that’s less than eight percent of the 616,096 bridges in all the 50 states, Guam and Puerto...
by admin | Feb 14, 2020 | Boom Lift, Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance, Bridge Riggers
If you’re reading this you are most likely engaged in some type of bridge inspection, maintenance or repair work. With over 600,000 bridges in the United States alone and, of those, over 54,000 in need of major repairs, there is likely no shortage of work. All...
by admin | Jan 28, 2020 | Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance, Snooper Truck
There are more than 600,000 bridges throughout the U.S. that are owned and maintained by various federal state, local, and private entities. All of these bridges must be inspected, many of them with federally mandated inspections. The vast majority of bridge...
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