I expect most of us agree that innovation is good, and that sentiment holds true in the field of stormwater management. More than two decades of focus on improving the water quality and reducing the total quantity of stormwater discharges has spawned…
Getting Geotechnical: ASTM International Publishes First-Ever Preliminary Karst Assessment Standard Practice
Multiple factors paved the way for the first-ever standard practice produced by ASTM International for preliminary karst assessments, including:…
From the Editors: Work Underway to Level the Field of Infrastructure
It seems the topic of infrastructure has been increasingly coming up in my readings and conversations. I’m not sure of the reason—perhaps it’s…
Thoughts From Engineers: Coastal Barrier Protection Informs Adaptation Strategies
We’ve closed out 2024 with record-breaking national disasters and, as a country, we’re starting to rethink foundational paradigms and long-established policies. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a new Federal Flood Risk Management…
Executive Corner: Takeaways on 2024 A/E M&A Activity: The Supercycle Era
As 2024 concluded, many A/E leaders were basking in another year of strong growth and profitability. Record performance continues to be driven by escalating backlogs of traditional infrastructure, building and environmental projects as well as in the…
Transportation Troubleshooting: Igniting Change: How EV Battery Blazes Are Revolutionizing Transit Facility Design
It’s encouraging to see U.S. transit agencies accelerating their transition to zero-emission battery electric bus (BEB) fleets. But that shift brings with it a need to rethink how bus garages and transit yards are designed to withstand vehicle fires. Fortunately,…
Future Forward: Engineering 2025: Navigating Change, Seizing Opportunity, and Shaping the Future
For the engineering industry, 2025 will be a year of change, some uncertainty, but mostly tremendous opportunity. All told, there has never been a better time to be an engineer or an engineering firm. Metric by metric, market by market, and sector by sector,…
Engineering The Future: Build a Workforce Pipeline That Doesn’t Leak
As our nation works to improve aging and crumbling infrastructure, assembling and retaining the workforce needed to achieve those goals remains a major challenge. Never in my lifetime has the need for civil engineers and all the trades that support them…
From The Editor: Engineering Musings from a Trip to Canada
First, let me disclose that Bentley Systems is an advertiser for Informed Infrastructure, but I would write about their event even if they weren’t. During the first week of October 2024, I was fortunate enough to attend the Bentley Year In Infrastructure…
Transportation Troubleshooting: Where Will Intelligent Transportation Systems Take Us Next?
We’ve all been there. You’re driving along a familiar road when the dreaded solid red line suddenly appears on your navigation screen, too late to seek an alternate route. You now have no choice but to wait while emergency crews clear the fender bender…
