Morrison-Shipley Engineers uses Autodesk solutions to inform and streamline its design methodology

Arkansas-based Morrison-Shipley Engineers, Inc. (MSE) provides civil engineering, land surveying, and laser scanning services to a wide variety of public and private sector clients. In 2010, the company standardized on Autodesk® Infrastructure Design Suite Premium, which includes AutoCAD® Civil 3D® software, and immediately began using the technology on a large transportation project for the Fort Smith Regional Airport in Arkansas. The three-phased, $9 million project involves widening the airport’s primary taxiway 60 feet, over a length of about 4,000 feet. The construction includes building a pavement section of 14 inches of P.C. concrete over 4 inches of hot mix asphalt, both placed on a compacted subgrade with all construction meeting strict Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) specifications. Morrison-Shipley is the project’s engineer of record and is providing the surveying, engineering design, construction inspection, and administration services for the airport. Construction of the first and second phases was completed in 2012 and 2014, respectively. The third phase of the project began in September 2014 and is scheduled for completion in July 2015.