Future Forward Powered by ACEC: The Grid Can’t Wait for Washington to Figure This Out
Powered By: There’s a version of the AI story that gets told almost exclusively in the language of software, through terms such as models, agents, tokens and parameters. It’s a compelling narrative, but it’s also incomplete. Behind every large language model or newly built data-center campus, there’s an infrastructure question that’s considerably harder to answer than the technology question: Where does the power come from? How does it get there? Who pays for what it takes to deliver it? These a...
Water Works: Go Big! A Case for Regional Stormwater Facilities to Address Existing Development
After what seemed like an eternity, the street redevelopment in front of my beloved downtown coffee shop is finally complete. It’s almost eerily quiet now that the fleet of excavators, dump trucks and compactors has moved on—most people would’ve simply gone elsewhere for their morning caffeine hit while the chaos was in full swing. As a true stormwater nerd, however, I dutifully braved the noise and dust to observe the refurbishment of the storm sewer, including the addition of small-media filte...
Code Update: ACI CODE-318-25: Updates You Need to Know
ANDREW TAYLOR, PHD, S.E., FACI GREG ZEISLER The American Concrete Institute (ACI) recently published the 2025 edition of ACI CODE-318, “Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete—Code and Commentary.” This latest version includes numerous changes, such as refinement of the one-way shear provisions introduced in ACI CODE-318-19, alignment with other ACI codes (e.g., ACI/PCI CODE-319-25, ACI/PTI CODE-320-25, ACI CODE-440.11-25), coordination with ASCE/SEI 7-22, and improved and clarified c...
Executive Corner: What the Tea Leaves Tell Us About the A/E Industry Outlook
With geopolitical instability, persistently high interest rates, tariffs and rising energy costs, the A/E industry, along with the overall U.S. economy, is certainly facing some significant headwinds. And yet, A/E industry results in 2025 generally were very strong, and year-end backlogs, along with business leaders’ sentiment, seem to point to continued growth in 2026. Poll Results We recently conducted an informal poll of client firms, including participants in our annual “A/E Business Valuati...
Thoughts From Engineers: Synthetic Storms for Flood-Risk Assessment
Important national efforts are underway to better prepare for the elevated flood risk strongly linked to a nonstationary climate. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, for example, is developing a new Atlas 15 to be better aligned with current and future flood risk. In addition, Stochastic Storm Transposition (SST) has emerged as a tool with the potential to help identify and assess flood risk under extreme conditions. The methodology uses high-resolution gridded radar data of recent stor...
Trimble Announces Integration of The Work Number from Equifax for Vista an...
WESTMINSTER, Colo., June 4, 2026 — Trimble today announced an integration with The Work Number® from Equifax® to provide automated income and employme...
Bridgit Expands Industry-Leading Workforce Platform to Specialty Contractor...
Built on proven success with general contractors and their self-perform teams, Bridgit now brings its AI workforce planning capabilities to specialty...
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New Inspection Reports Functionality from AlignOps FleetWatcher Speeds and...
(Indianapolis, IN) –AlignOps FleetWatcher introduces Inspection Reports, a new functionality that allows drivers and equipment operators to complete t...
NV5 expands airborne mapping capabilities with Leica TerrainMapper-3 airbor...
NV5, a US-based provider of compliance, technology, and engineering consulting solutions, has added the Leica TerrainMapper-3 to its airborne fleet fo...
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Forte Construction Corp. Successfully Completes Three Elevator Replacements at Dekalb Station
The Major Accessibility Project was Completed One Month Ahead of Schedule Forte Construction completed the installation of three new elevators at Dekalb Station one month ahead of schedule, delivering a major accessibility enhancement at one of Downtown Brooklyn’s busiest transit hubs. Installed by the Forte–Gramercy Joint Venture alongside the MTA, Lead Designer Stantec, and the Naik–STV JV PMC, the upgraded elevators significantly improve accessibility at the 111-year-old station, enhancing ac...
Gale Associates Leads Historic Restoration of the Barnstable Superior Courthouse
ROCKLAND, MA – June 2, 2026 – Gale Associates, Inc., a consulting engineering firm specializing in building enclosure consulting and historic preservation, is leading the evaluation, design, and construction administration for the historic restoration of the Barnstable Superior Courthouse building enclosure. Gale was retained by Barnstable County, Massachusetts for the $7 million restoration project in coordination with the Massachusetts Trial Court and ClearPath Advisors, the Owner’s Project Ma...
Stantec selected to support major redevelopment of BC Ferries’ Horseshoe Bay terminal
Infrastructure updates will strengthen connectivity across British Columbia’s Lower Mainland, Sunshine Coast, and Vancouver Island British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. (BC Ferries) has selected Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, to provide engineering services for the phased redevelopment of the Horseshoe Bay terminal in West Vancouver, one of the busiest ferry terminals on Canada’s West Coast. The terminal plays a vital role in connecting coastal and island communit...
Kansas City Celebrates Grand Opening of HDR-Designed KC Streetcar Riverfront Extension
Newest KC Streetcar Extension Expands Access to Growing Riverfront On May 18, 2026, Kansas City celebrated the grand opening of the $62 million KC Streetcar Riverfront Extension. The project adds 0.7 miles of track to the existing KC Streetcar line, connecting north from the River Market to Berkley Riverfront Park. The Riverfront Extension is the second of the streetcar line in Kansas City to open in the past seven months. The newest extension will serve CPKC Stadium, home of the KC Current of t...
STV Partners with DriveOhio to Develop a Connected Vehicle to Everything (V2X) Deployment Plan
COLUMBUS, OH – STV today announced it is developing a connected vehicle (CV) deployment plan to support the Ohio Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) DriveOhio initiative. As part of its scope, STV’s deployment planning services will help create a statewide plan in response to the USDOT’s National V2X Deployment plan. STV’s plan will make recommendations for the deployment strategy of Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) and Vehicle to Network (V2N) technologies to facilitate safety, mobility...
Podcast with Brown and Caldwell's Resilience Experts Karri Ving and Dr. Tess Sprague
Todd Danielson, Informed Infrastructure’s editorial director, interviewed Karri Ving, Managing Principal in Functional Resilience, Fellow-Institutiona...
Podcast with Gavin Lewis, Head of Engineering, Fathom
Todd Danielson, Informed Infrastructure’s editorial director, interviewed Gavin Lewis, Head of Engineering at Fathom. They discussed Fathom’s Flood Ri...
Podcast with Josh Decker, Director of Planning and Design at McAdams
Todd Danielson, Informed Infrastructure’s editorial director, interviewed Josh Decker, Director of Planning and Design at McAdams. They discussed how...
Podcast with Thai Nguyen, Hensel Phelps, and Chaitanya NK, Track3D
Todd Danielson, Informed Infrastructure’s editorial director, interviewed Thai Nguyen, Director of Innovation for Diverge, a Hensel Phelps company, an...
