HUVAL has the capabilities to provide complete bridge engineering services for the development, design and preservation of bridges. These services consist of surveying and layout, hydraulic design, super and substructure design, bridge construction and erection services, bridge rehabilitation and replacement, and bridge inspection/preventative maintenance.
HUVAL has designed bridges of all types, including concrete girders, steel girders, timber structures, and concrete slabs. HUVAL has also performed major bridge rehabilitation and replacement on over 150 bridges, saving clients millions of dollars with its innovative yet constructable solutions.
HUVAL has inspected bridges in the states of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Arkansas. HUVAL has performed fracture critical, sign, electrical, and mechanical railroad bridges, NBI level and element level inspections. HUVAL has developed databases, inspection forms, procedures, and programs to collect, house and analyze the data. The bridges inspected have been of all types, sizes, and lengths varying from major Mississippi River Bridge crossing to one span timber structures handling only pedestrian traffic. HUVAL employs a traffic control crew, which develops and provides all traffic control drawings, devices, and equipment so the inspection teams can focus on the structure. The team utilizes bridge rating software and timber rating programs to load rate all structures as needed to determine required postings.
Because of HUVAL'S inspection abilities, it was chosen as a consultant for the LADOTD PONTIS Bridge Management System (BMS) Development project. The HUVAL team developed the inspection procedures, manuals and inspection devices to be used on all future LADOTD inspections. The final product will allow the Bridge Management Team to program and plan the Federal Bridge Rehabilitation and Replacement funds based on life cycle analysis. The BMS will also plan preventative and cost effective maintenance solutions.
In addition to bridge projects for the LADOTD, HUVAL has performed bridge engineering services for the Department of Forest Services, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, the U.S. Corps of Engineers, over fifteen local governments, three different railroad companies and companies in the private sector.
