Approximately $14.4 billion is spent yearly to repair, rehabilitate or replace bridges in America. However, that yearly amount has increased and will continue to increase because the backlog of critically needed bridge repairs is estimated to be $125 billion.…
From The Editor: Smart Engineering Requires Thinking Without Constraint
The month of May brings many things I enjoy, including the “Smart Engineering” issue of Informed Infrastructure. Each year when this issue is…
Executive Corner: Five Key Factors To Perfecting an A/E Exit Strategy
An enormous A/E generation that kicked off their careers in the 1980s and subsequently started firms or became owners in the 1990s and 2000s is plotting…
Thoughts From Engineers: A Pulse on the Watershed: The Evolution of Smart Water Infrastructure Networks
The speed with which smart networks are colonizing our homes and cities’ infrastructure is proof of the technology’s adaptability to the systems of our lives. We have smart thermostats, digital surveillance systems and other Internet of Things (IoT)-driven…
Transportation Troubleshooting: Advancing Transportation Delivery in the Digital Age
If consulting engineers and public infrastructure managers took a vote today on whether we should rapidly adopt digital delivery, the tally would be near unanimous in favor. But if we also asked them to define exactly what digital delivery means for their…
Water Works: Bench Strength: Can We Do More To Prepare the Next Generation of Stormwater Professionals?
On the surface, baseball and stormwater management are not intricately linked; but, as dedicated stormwater and water-quality professionals, we may be well served to look to America’s pastime as we work to restore receiving waters. No, I’m not…
Engineering The Future: The Future Starts Now
One of the new catch phrases in our field is “Smart Infrastructure.” My gut response: if this is what we’re doing now, were we building “dumb infrastructure” for decades? But seriously, we’re now looking at designing solutions that have many…
From The Editor: A Different Type of Solar Harvesting in the Fields
Driving through rural Starke County, Ind., in various seasons will provide visitors a varied image of this part of the state. In late February, the land is gray and brown, harvested and barren from the last fall and winter; unless, of course, it’s covered…
Executive Corner: Manage Conflicts of Interest When Selling Your Shares Internally or Externally
The “Executive Corner” column has discussed conflicts of interest in the past, but it’s worth revisiting to remind companies of their fiduciary obligations to minority shareholders, especially considering the recent number of mergers and acquisitions…
Transportation Troubleshooting: The ‘Four C’s’ of High-Speed Rail Build Support for the Long-Term Vision
Enhancing passenger rail service can improve the lives of millions of Americans by cutting the time they spend commuting, reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and enabling new growth patterns such as transit-oriented development, where…
