- 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 enlarged part of a beam near its supported ends that results in increased strength; visible as the curved or angled bottom edge of a beam.
Industry:Construction
Girder is fabricated off-site Portland cement using reinforcing steel and post -tensioning cables. These girders are shipped to the construction site by truck and hoisted into place by cranes.
Industry:Construction
One of the larger vertical posts supporting a railing. Smaller, closely spaced vertical supports are ballusters.
Industry:Construction
A structural member that projects beyond a supporting column or wall and is counterbalanced and/or supported at only one end.
Industry:Construction
A structural support or to strengthen and stiffen a structure to resist loads.
Industry:Construction
Caisson is the French word for "box. " A caisson is a huge box made of steel-reinforced and waterproof concrete with an open central core. At the base of the caisson is its "cutting edge" of plate steel. In a suspension bridge the caisson becomes the foundation, the pier, supporting for the bridge's towers.
Industry:Construction
On road surfaces, where the center is the highest point and the surface slopes downward in opposite directions, assisting in drainage. Also a point at the top of an arch.
Industry:Construction
A vertical, load bearing structure that uses end bearing and friction to support loads.
Industry:Construction
A simple bridge made by linking one beam bridge to another; some of the longest bridges in the world are continuous span beam bridges.
Industry:Construction
