Grand Avenue Bridge over the Des Moines River
Des Moines, Iowa · Bridges
Project details
Structural bridge design and engineering services for the Grand Avenue Bridge over the Des Moines River.

Full-Service Structural Engineering, Planning & Consulting
Shuck-Britson specializes in full-service structural engineering and consulting, serving clients throughout the Midwest and beyond since 1966. Operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of Snyder & Associates, the practice performs engineering for inspection, evaluation, repair, rehabilitation, strengthening, design, and load rating for all types of bridges and structures.
Tim MonsonPresident
Comprehensive structural bridge design, engineering, and planning services. The practice works to inspect, evaluate, repair, rehabilitate, strengthen, and design various bridge types to maintain safety and functionality.
Evaluating project sites, determining bridge types, and performing hydraulic analysis to establish appropriate budgets, schedules, and span arrangements.
Developing type, size, and location plans, and finalizing construction details and detailed specifications to optimize structural components.
Widening bridges, strengthening them for higher load capacities, and restoring historical significance based on extensive inspections and evaluations.
Providing contractors with engineered plans, including WEAP analysis, demolition plans, beam and girder erection plans, cofferdams, and temporary shoring.
Performing routine, fracture-critical, and confined-space inspections, and providing load ratings for legal and permit trucks.
Assisting with securing state and federal funding, navigating application processes, and administering project documentation.
Structural engineering and design for new buildings, additions, and renovations across educational, commercial, medical, and municipal sectors.
Delivering complete structural designs and engineering for newly constructed facilities tailored to client needs.
Engineering solutions for building expansions, structural modifications, and modern updates to existing properties.
Assessing the structural integrity of existing facilities and providing special inspection services during construction.
Supports parking garage engineering work documented by Shuck-Britson
Includes evaluation services for parking structures utilizing structural steel within parking garage engineering work.
Includes prestressed concrete within parking garage engineering work.
Includes post-tensioned concrete systems within parking garage engineering work.
Structural design and engineering for drinking water and wastewater structures, including concrete tanks and process buildings.
Supports forensic engineering & investigative services work documented by Shuck-Britson
Includes investigating structural damage from storms within forensic engineering & investigative services work.
Includes vehicular impacts within forensic engineering & investigative services work.
Includes overloading within forensic engineering & investigative services work.
Includes construction deficiencies within forensic engineering & investigative services work.
Includes developing repair designs within forensic engineering & investigative services work.
Supports specialty structural engineering work documented by Shuck-Britson
Includes designing within specialty structural engineering work.
Includes evaluating unique structures within specialty structural engineering work.
Includes urban skywalks within specialty structural engineering work.
Includes fEMA tornado shelters within specialty structural engineering work.
Includes retaining walls within specialty structural engineering work.
Includes highway noise walls within specialty structural engineering work.
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Structural bridge design and engineering services for the Grand Avenue Bridge over the Des Moines River.
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