In The News

April 11, 2025

One the best ways for aspiring engineers to understand the scale, complexity, and pride of designing and building innovative infrastructure is to experience it firsthand. As part of our longstanding relationship with the University of Pittsburgh, Fay, S&B USA Construction (Fay) hosted a group of 14 civil and mechanical engineering students on a field trip to the site of our Beaver River Bridge Replacement project for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. Our engineers, including several who were university students not long ago, gave the Pitt group a detailed tour of this massive construction site where we’re building two cast-in-place segmental bridges to replace the current steel deck truss bridge built in 1953. The students learned what’s special about this bridge-building technique enabling us to construct the bridge superstructure 200 feet above the river. By the estimated completion of this project in late 2027, Fay will build the two new bridges over the Beaver River and two railroad lines, as well as expand the Turnpike’s roadway from mileposts 12 to 14 to three lanes in each direction and widen the shoulders and median. This reconstruction will make the corridor safer, smoother, and more efficient for travelers.

Experiential tours like this are part of S&B USA’s formalized collaboration with Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering and College of Business Administration to develop future talent and enhance infrastructure projects in southwestern Pennsylvania and beyond. The initiative will provide real-world, experience-based learning for students and support the region's infrastructure upgrades.

Here’s to the next generation of men and women who will help design and build future infrastructure that moves our region forward.