Despite many challenges, the survey shows optimism remains high in the construction world, with digital technologies, economic growth and recovery, and sustainable building projects identified as key areas of growth. In today’s turbulent economic conditions, people…
Sustainable Infrastructure Requires Better Materials
Todd Danielson, Informed Infrastructure's editorial director, interviewed William Hoff, the founder of Geopolymer International, via webcam.
Multi-Billion Dollar Investments Propel Bridge Repair and Replacement Projects Nationwide
Approximately $14.4 billion is spent yearly to repair, rehabilitate or replace bridges in America. However, that yearly amount has increased and will…
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 being prepared, I look up Smart Engineering to see the current definition and find some examples. In general,…
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 its final act. Baby Boomer A/E owners across every discipline are contemplating how to successfully…
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…
Change Leader: Decentralization and Microgrids Help Stabilize Threatened Infrastructure Systems
This interview was recorded by Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure. You can watch a video of the full interview above or by visiting bit.ly/3JeNZD5 . Sangmin Shin is assistant professor in the School of Civil, Environmental…
Future Forward: AI Is the Latest Enabler of Engineering’s Digital Transformation Journey
This interview was recorded by Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure. You can watch a video of the full interview above or by visiting bit.ly/3UlLyVH. Carolina Venegas Martinez is the senior water industry strategy manager…
