Bridge Safety Inspection

GM2 Associates, Inc. has recently entered into the Bridge Inspection arena through the Federal and State DBE program. The project manager is Manish Gupta, PhD, P.E. a principal owner of the firm who manages overall quality control, scheduling, and manpower needs. GM2 has two full-time bridge safety crews, with one NBIS-trained Team Leader. The Team Leader's (Eugene Brustolon's) experience exceeds 5000 bridge inspections over 30 years with the Connecticut DOT. Our team members are trained and certified in the operation of any under-bridge inspection equipment, including – but not limited to – varying size snoopers, moogs, van lifts, rafts, and highrails. Over the past year, the team has inspected in excess of 50 bridges, including local bridges over water exceeding 20 feet, Interstate bridges, and bridges over rail. From 2007 through 2009, the team is expected to complete in excess of 300 bridge and sign support inspections.

Recent Examples of Work Include:

Local Bridges
In the last year alone, GM2 inspected and reported 22 bridges in the Connecticut towns of Mansfield, Clinton, and Windham. All bridges were inspected in accordance with the policies set by the Bridge Safety and Evaluation Unit of the Connecticut Department of Transportation. Prior to that, our teams inspected bridges in the towns of Colebrook, Torrington, and North Branford. Bridges varied in sizes and types. Several bridges required special inspection under-bridge access equipment such as snoopers, rafts, and van lifts. Our teams operated all of this equipment.

Highway Bridges
Over the last year, GM2 inspected seven bridges carrying / crossing local and Interstate highways. All bridges were inspected in accordance with the policies set by the Bridge Safety and Evaluation Unit of Connecticut Department of Transportation. Simple and extensive highway lane closures were performed by our teams to gain access to the structures for inspection. Several bridges required working with heavy under-bridge inspection equipment, all of which was operated by GM2 inspectors.

Rail Bridges
GM2 Associates, Inc. is trained and certified to perform inspection of bridges over railroads. All team members completed safety training courses by Amtrak and Metro-North Railroads. Our recent experience includes the inspection of six bridges in the towns of Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Westbrook, and Clinton. All of our inspections were performed during the night with train traffic continuously running on adjacent tracks.