County engineer cuts bridge cost building beams in house

Tom Jackson (EQW)
Jan 06, 2010

A county engineer in Seneca, Ohio saved the taxpayers $45,000  by building a series of 20 foot bridge beams in-house. He used scrap materials and sandblasted old curb and gutter forms to make to concrete molds for the bridge beams. The work was done by a mix of county employees and local trade school students.

Send this man to Washington!

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