Qk4
TRANSPORTATION
STRUCTURAL
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100

This person is the president of Qk4. 

Who is Taylor Kelly?

100

ADT stands for 

_____ _____ _____ .

What is Average Daily Traffic?

100

The substructure at the ends of a bridge span supporting its superstructure. 

What is abutment?

100

This type of project combines design engineering and other preconstruction services with construction services into a single contract. 

What is Design Build?

100

A reference point used to provide a known elevation. 

What is a benchmark?

200

This roadway design was utilized at the intersection of Floyd St and Brandeis Ave on UofL's campus. 

What is roundabout? 

200

The area within which a road is built. 

What is Right-of-Way?

200

This U.S.-based organization publishes the structural steel design code.

What is AISC?

200

The term used to describe the long, fixed or hydraulic arm of a crane.

What is boom?

200

The acronym used for a licensed surveyor. 

What is PLS?

300

This is the year Qk4 was founded. 

What is 1974?

300

This term describes the elevation difference between the inner and outer edges of pavement at a curve.

What is superelevation?

300

This steel component is often used to reinforce concrete.

What is rebar?

300

Per KYTC specification, this is the design compressive strength of Class A Concrete. 

What is 3500 psi?

300

This type of survey determines the exact legal limits of a parcel of land.

What is a boundary survey?

400

Qk4 is a multidisciplinary professional consulting firm providing quality and distinction to our clients through these four principles. 

(2 of 4)

What is sustainable design, teamwork, integrity, and high ethical standards? 

400

This person is the Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. 

Who is Jim Gray?

400
A multiplier applied to the calculated structural capacity to ensure a structure can withstand expected loads and unexpected conditions without failing. 

What is safety factor?

400

This enclosure is built within a body of water to allow the enclosed area to be pumped out to create a dry working environment. 

What is cofferdam?

400

This type of survey provides data for map-making and general land layout.

What is a topographic survey?

500

Qk4 provides these 9 different services. 

(7 of 9)

What is: Transportation Engineering, Structural Engineering, Wastewater Engineering, Site Engineering, Construction Engineering and Inspection, Planning, Surveying, Land Acquisition, and Native American Services.

500

This acronym is the publisher of the Green Book that primarily outlines the geometric highway design guidelines used in the United States. 

What is AASHTO?

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

500

This is the internal resistance developed when a structural element resists bending.

What is bending moment?

500

This is the longest sequence of essential tasks to determine the minimum time needed to complete the project. 

What is Critical Path?

500

This technique is used to find unknown points by measuring angles from known points.

What is triangulation?