Unmistakable for the living fissure within, One River North dazzles as a vibrant exploration of the possibilities that exist at the intersection of nature and time. Designed by MAD Architects with support from Davis Partnership, residents will enjoy more than…
Sea to Sea on the Scottish Canals: Centuries of Infrastructure Innovation Culminate in the Ever-Changing Now
Creating a ‘Smart Canal’ In September 2022, Informed Infrastructure Editorial Director Todd Danielson went to the Autodesk University conference…
Engineering A More Just Tomorrow: P3 Contracting and Construction Innovation Combine to Catalyze Central 70
A more just tomorrow starts with equitable access to life’s simplest treasures, and a good day at the park certainly qualifies. CDOT’s Central 70…
Change Leader: Moving Asset Management in a Better Direction
Didem Cataloglu is the CEO of DIREXYON Technologies. Infrastructure is an organism; an ever-changing amalgam of past, present and future. For most, the task of developing, delivering and maintaining the built environment relies on logical inference rather…
Counting Carbon: Reading Between the Lines To Understand What Matters in Sustainability
Perhaps now more than ever, sustainability remains a predicament. In the nearly 30 years since the U.S. Green Building Council launched the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification program, the murky waters of certification vs. sustainability…
Future Proof: Geofoam Pre-Games Construction Challenges as Airports Expand
For Salt Lake City and Denver airports, general contractors Ralph L. Wadsworth and GH Phipps (left and right, respectively) worked with Atlas Molded Products to develop precise configuration plans for geofoam blocks, which were installed by hand during construction.…
Threading the Needle: Rebuilding 100-Year-Old Transit Infrastructure Above the Streets of Chicago
The city of Chicago features an undeniable legacy of design innovation. Based on a long history of pushing the limits of possibility through experimentation, Chicago has been something of a smart-city laboratory ever since the Great Chicago Fire left huge…
Natural Wonders: Safety, Accessibility and Aesthetics Shape Pedestrian Suspension Bridges
By Sean O’Keefe There’s something wonderful about a walk in the woods: the nearness of nature, the wind rustling through trees, the magical light almost any time of day, and never knowing what’s around the next bend. For Gus Smithhisler, P.E., it’s…
Erosion Control Primer: Stay in Harmony with Nature
(Credit: Dropshots) The natural environment exists in a state of slow, but steady, change, and the same forces that shape the earth inevitably impact any infrastructure built on it. In earth science, erosion results from surface processes that move soil, rock…
