The call came before construction began, before cranes and iron workers arrived, before a single cubic yard of concrete was poured. Fabricators reviewing a digital model of the soon-to-be-rebuilt Black Hawk Bridge over the Mississippi...
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The call came before construction began, before cranes and iron workers arrived, before a single cubic yard of concrete was poured. Fabricators reviewing a digital model of the soon-to-be-rebuilt Black Hawk Bridge over the Mississippi River had spotted a problem:...
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