Audit report on Starmont Community School District near Arlington, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2011

Audit report on Starmont Community School District near Arlington, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2011

Audit report on Sheldon Community School District in Sheldon, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report on Sheldon Community School District in Sheldon, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report on the Xenia Rural Water District for the year ended December 31, 2012

Audit report on the Xenia Rural Water District for the year ended December 31, 2012

Audit report on Starmont Community School District near Arlington, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report on Starmont Community School District near Arlington, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report on the Missouri Valley Drainage District for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report on the Missouri Valley Drainage District for the year ended June 30, 2012

Iowa Wetland Management District: Environmental Assessment and Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan

This Environmental Assessment documents the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process for developing a Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) for the Iowa Wetland Management District (WMD, district). In general, scoping reveals issues that drive alternative ways of managing the district. Implementation of each of those alternative management styles (including the No Action Alternative) may have different effects on the physical, biological, and socio-economic environment. Analysis of these effects reveals the “preferred” alternative, which constitutes the CCP. The CCP includes goals, objectives, and strategies for the district to guide overall management for the next 15 years. The Iowa WMD consists of scattered tracts of habitat (both wetland and upland grassland) known as Waterfowl Production Areas (WPAs). As of 2011, there are 75 WPAs in 18 counties in north-central Iowa totaling 24,712 acres in fee title primarily managed by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Even though district acquisition has only occurred in 18 counties to date, a larger 35-county boundary is approved. This boundary follows the historic range of the poorly drained Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) in Iowa, an area known for its waterfowl production. The district also includes 575 WPA acres and approximately 434 Farm Service Agency acres in conservation easements on private land. This plan was prepared with the intent that the strong partnership with the Iowa DNR will continue over the next 15 years.

Report on a special investigation of the football program at Lincoln High School within the Des Moines Independent Community School District for the period May 30, 2003 through October 31, 2012

Report on a special investigation of the football program at Lincoln High School within the Des Moines Independent Community School District for the period May 30, 2003 through October 31, 2012

Report on the Iowa Judicial Branch – County Clerks of District Courts, a part of the State of Iowa, for the year ended June 30, 2012

Report on the Iowa Judicial Branch – County Clerks of District Courts, a part of the State of Iowa, for the year ended June 30, 2012

Combined report on the eight Judicial District Departments of Correctional Services for the year ended June 30, 2012

Combined report on the eight Judicial District Departments of Correctional Services for the year ended June 30, 2012

Report on a review of the Sixth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services for the period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2012

Report on a review of the Sixth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services for the period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2012

Effects of Heat Straightening Structural Steel, MLR-91-3, 1992

Heat straightening of steel beams on bridges struck by over height trucks has become common practice in recent years in Iowa. A study of the effects of this heat straightening on the steel beams thus straightened is needed. Appropriate samples for mechanical and metallurgical tests were cut from the same rolled beam from the end which was heated and the end which was not heated and the test results were compared. The test results showed beyond doubt that the steel was being heated beyond the permitted temperature and that the impact properties are being drastically reduced by the current method of heat straightening.

Audit report on Clarke Community School District in Osceola, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2013

Audit report on Clarke Community School District in Osceola, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2013

Audit report on Sheldon Community School District in Sheldon, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2013

Audit report on Sheldon Community School District in Sheldon, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2013

Heat Dissipation and Crack Control in Massive Concrete at the Burlington Bridge, MLR-94-1, 1995

The large concrete placements at the Burlington Bridge were expected to cause great temperature differentials within the individual placements. In an attempt to reduce cracking due to the large temperature differentials, the Iowa Department of Transportation required that contractors continuously monitor the temperatures and temperature differentials in the concrete placement to assure that the temperature differentials did not exceed 35 deg F. It was felt that if temperature differentials remained below 35 deg F, cracking would be minimized. The following is a summary of the background of the project, and what occurred during individual concrete placements. The following conclusions were drawn: 1) Side temperatures are cooler and more greatly affected by ambient air temperatures; 2) When the 35 deg F limit was exceeded, it was almost exclusively the center to side differential; 3) The top temperature increases substantially when a new pour is placed; 4) The use of ice and different cement types did seem to affect the overall temperature gain and the amount of time taken for any one placement to reach a peak, but did not necessarily prevent the differentials from exceeding the 35 deg F limit, nor prevent cracking in any placement; and 5) Larger placements have a greater tendency to exceed the differential limit.

Audit report on the Xenia Rural Water District for the year ended December 31, 2013

Audit report on the Xenia Rural Water District for the year ended December 31, 2013