The Ohio Dept. of Transportation completed the state’s first slide-in bridge project on Oct. 17-18, although on a somewhat different schedule following the discovery this summer of excess camber in two precast-concrete beams.

For decades now, the word “drones” has evoked a militaristic image of pilotless aircraft, but the technology of unmanned flight has evolved and adapted to meet civilian needs.

“Safety first.” What construction manager doesn’t utter those words loudly and clearly just about every day?

Posting on a prominent job-review website, an employee of one of the world’s top engineering and construction- management firms lauded it as a “good company” with “great benefits.”