Geotechnical engineers play a pivotal role in the planning, construction and maintenance of vast projects that support the infrastructure of sprawling American metropolitan areas. One such enterprise is the 1-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project in Southern California.
The Role of Geotechnical Engineers in the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements
Universal Engineering Sciences, Inc. (Universal) provided Kiewit Infrastructure Group, one of the world’s largest building contractors, with a large staff of construction inspectors and quality assurance staff members. Each Universal employee had at least three years of inspection experience with Department of Transportation (DOT) structures. The Universal team was responsible for the inspection of the installation of mechanically stabilized embankment (MSE) walls, soil nail walls, Please go here for more Details.
Facts about the U.S. Infrastructure
(Provided by the American Public Works Association (APWA)
*The American transportation system is the world’s largest, with a network of four million miles of public roads and nearly 600,000 bridges.
*Local municipalities own about 75% of the nation’s roadways, about half of the bridges in the U.S. and manage 90% of the transit systems.
* Approximately 75% of all the highway miles are in rural areas.
*Traffic congestion costs the U.S. economy an estimated $87 billion a year in lost time from work and wasted gasoline.
* Every $1 billion invested in roads and bridges generates nearly 35,000 jobs
About Universal Engineering Sciences
*Founded in 1964in Merritt Island, Florida, by Seymour Israel, Chairman and CEO.
* Specializes in in geotechnical engineering, environmental sciences, construction materials testing, and threshold inspection.
* Listed every year since 1995 by the Engineering News-Record as a “National Top 500 Design Firm.
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