At D.S. Brown, we believe today’s construction worker must take some “time off” from the jobsite to understand what he or she is being asked to do. There is always something new being added to the job—whether it’s new tools, methods or technology. Training is key to making a successful transition so everyone is on board with new methods or materials.

In recent months, training at our facility has included mixing and pouring Delcrete ^® MD elastomeric concrete into a blockout, installing a strip seal gland into a Steelflex rail using our Strip Sealer Installation tool and placing a V-Seal in a mockup of a joint blockout. In April, we hosted a training session on our Delastic ^® Pavement Seals. The training covered a variety of topics, including how to successfully install pavement seal using our Delastall®

Kompressor installation machine. Attendees took part in classroom instruction, hands-on installation demos and were walked through the recommended maintenance protocols for the Delastall®

Kompressor.

Training may seem like a time-waster because nothing is being “achieved” at the moment. But the payoff can be quickly realized. With properly installed products and higher productivity, your firm becomes known for delivering results and employing workers who are at the top of their game. 

 

Click to view video highlights from our Delastic® training session.

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Delastall® Kompressor Automatic Installer Installation Machine

Delastall® Kompressor Maintenance Guide

Americans cross deficient bridges 174 million times a day. A new report finds there is the equivalent of one “structurally deficient”-rated bridge, on average, for every 27 miles of our major highway network. According to an analysis of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 2017 National Bridge Inventory database, 54,259 of the nation’s 612,677 bridges are rated structurally deficient. If placed end-to-end, they would stretch 1,216 miles, or nearly the distance between Miami and New York City.



The five states with the most structurally deficient bridges are Iowa, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Missouri and Illinois. The District of Columbia, Nevada, Delaware, Hawaii and Utah have the least. 

After more than fifty years of operation, the heavily traveled bridge deck on the Walt Whitman Bridge between Philadelphia and Gloucester City, N.J. was rehabilitated. To minimize traffic disruption, work on the seven-lane suspension bridge was completed in seven stages. Versiflex™ Elastomeric Bearing Assemblies were one of the technologies that allowed for the use of a floating deck in the rehabilitation.

More than 3,100 Versiflex™ Elastomeric Bearing Assemblies were specifically designed and manufactured to support the new "floating deck" on the bridge’s existing floor beams. The floating deck allowed the deck to function independently from the truss structure and eliminated all deck relief joints.

D.S. Brown is a leading supplier of structural bearing assemblies. With extensive experience and utilizing the latest technologies, D.S. Brown can efficiently design, manufacture and test Versiflex™ high-load multi-rotational Versiflex™ HLMR pot and disc style, spherical, seismic isolation and elastomeric bearing assemblies for all types of construction.