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Transportation Troubleshooting: Seven Essential Best Practices for the Changing Federal Infrastructure Funding Opportunities

September 7, 2023 - in Articles, Column

With the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, local and state governments as well as publicly owned utilities have vast opportunities to secure funding for a wide range of infrastructure projects. This law and Biden Administration policies also highlight funding…

From the Editor: What Does Sustainable Engineering Mean to Me?

September 7, 2023 - in Articles, Column

It’s September, which means it’s time for the Informed Infrastructure Sustainable Engineering Special Issue. This is the third year a special…

Thoughts From Engineers: Water Two Times Around and More

September 1, 2023 - in Articles, Column

In a cooperative undertaking among Florida’s wastewater and drinking-water sectors, rulemaking is moving forward to develop regulations and standards…

From the Editor: Three Stories From My Personal ‘Infrastructure News Network’

August 3, 2023 - in Articles, Column

This August 2023 column highlights three infrastructure topics I find interesting on personal and professional levels. Headline News: The Bridge Collapse There have been many articles written about the bridge on I-95 in Philadelphia, where a tanker truck…

Executive Corner: Could A/E Firms Avoid a Recession?

August 3, 2023 - in Articles, Column

The previous “Executive Corner” column noted that despite the looming economic conditions, the A/E sector may avoid a recession with continued growth supported by strengthening backlogs. This column includes some more empirical evidence that supports this…

Thoughts From Engineers: Who’s at Risk for Extreme Storms?

August 3, 2023 - in Articles, Column

The use of data and computer models to simulate complex physical processes, make predictions and more-effectively plan for the future has never been more important. Precipitation data, for example, have been key to the design and construction of our nation’s…

Transportation Troubleshooting: How NEVI Will Jumpstart Growth of U.S. Electric Vehicle Charging Networks

August 3, 2023 - in Articles, Column

Everyone in the U.S. transportation industry is excited about NEVI—or they should be. Enacted with the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program commits $5 billion to subsidize electric vehicle…

Workforce Focus: The Human Element of Increasing Employee Retention

August 3, 2023 - in Articles, Column

The United States is expected to add as many as 1.5 million new infrastructure jobs each year through 2031. According to a Brookings analysis of BLS data (found at www.brookings.edu/articles/infrastructure-workforce/), an estimated 1.7 million additional…

ReEngineering The Engineer: Keeping It All Together

July 28, 2023 - in Articles, Column

There’s never a dull moment in the life of a small business owner. As I look back over the last 40 years—and especially the last 20—there have been workload cycles to manage, staff to mentor, economic fluctuations to weather, technologies to champion,…

From the Editor: Learning Is a Lifelong Endeavor

June 5, 2023 - in Articles, Column

I look forward to this time of year for many reasons. Of course, the warmer weather is one of my favorites. New spring growth changes the landscape every day. The farmers are in the fields planting their crops for the year. This also is the time of increased…