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Engineered Solutions: Accelerated Vegetation Establishment on Caltrans Fire Reclamation Site

August 7, 2018 - in Articles, Featured, Showcase

Sponsored By:         By Adam Dibble, CPESC-IT, CESSWI, and Matt Welch, CPESC, CESSWI In December 2017, the Freeway Fire ignited the brush along the Interstate 210/Interstate 15 interchange near Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Due to high winds,…

Caltrans Begins Recovery Work Even as Carr Wildfire Rages

August 7, 2018 - in Featured, News, Transportation

Despite being only 30 percent contained, Caltrans work crews and contractors are now entering areas burnt out by the Carr wildfire in northern California…

July – August 2018 TRENDS

August 2, 2018 - in Featured, Trends

In this section, Informed Infrastructure compiles infographics from trusted sources that reveal insight on infrastructure spending. We also compile some…

Global Water Market to Reach $915 Billion by 2023 as Oil and Commodity Prices Recover, New GWI Forecasts Reveal

August 2, 2018 - in Featured, Water

The global water market is projected to reach a total value of $914.9 billion in 2023, according to the latest 2018-2023 forecasts published by Global Water Intelligence (GWI). GWI’s market research linked this growth to a recovering global economy, high…

Six Regional Reports Highlight Boost to California Localities from Transportation Investment in SB 1

August 1, 2018 - in Featured, Transportation

Reports at www.artba.org Illustrate Benefits to Orange County; Los Angeles County; Inland Empire; San Diego and Imperial Counties; San Francisco Bay Area; & San Joaquin Valley (WASHINGTON) - A series of six new reports find that an April 2017 California…

New Report: The Unsustainable Rising Cost of Electricity Generation

July 31, 2018 - in Electric Grid, Energy, Featured

A new report has been released that found that the costs to operate and maintain U.S. power plants and equipment have soared 74 percent over the past two decades. The report is based on 20 years of data that utilities submit to the U.S. Federal Energy…

Shuster Lays Out ‘Framework’ for Infrastructure Discussion

July 30, 2018 - in Featured, News

Outgoing Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Penn., released a 108-page "infrastructure proposal" on July 23 that he hopes can serve as a "discussion draft" that is intended to "further the national conversation about the current state of America's infrastructure and highlight…

Famed Landscape Architect Frederick Law Olmsted’s Papers Now Online

July 27, 2018 - in Featured, News

Writings and personal records of the founder of American landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted, known for his work on New York’s Central Park, the U.S. Capitol grounds in Washington, the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina and many other landscapes,…

Newtecnic and Cambridge University Construction Research Partnership Delivers Concrete Facade Innovation

International building design engineering firm. Newtecnic, and the Engineering Department at the University of Cambridge (UK), have completed a 3-year knowledge transfer partnership (KTP) to develop a new generation of components, load bearing connections…

‘Energy Burdens’ Report: Up to 9% of Income in Rural, Poor US Households Go to Energy; Hit Hardest: New England, SE States

July 23, 2018 - in Energy, Featured

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Rural households across the United States spend a disproportionately high share of their income on energy bills — about 40% more than their metropolitan counterparts, according to a new report released today by the American Council…