“It always seems impossible until it is done.” That’s the quote from Nelson Mandela the The New York Times chose for its article about the infrastructure bill. As I write this column, the long-awaited infrastructure bill is reality. I’ve been rerouting…
Thoughts From Engineers: Stepping Up Source-Water Protection
If a watershed was the subject of a play, this one could fill the house. Set in southwestern Wisconsin in a watershed known as Black Earth Creek, the…
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Knock on Wood: California’s Mass Timber Regulation Changes Expand the Building Material’s Viability
A project developed by SKS Partners and designed by Perkins&Will, this 134,000-square-foot triangular building is San Francisco’s first CLT building and California’s first multi-story fully mass timber building. (Image) Recent changes to California’s…
ReEngineering the Engineer: Times Change: Don’t Be the Cranky Old Neighbor
My wife and I moved into our current home about two years after we were married and, coincidentally, just as we found out she was pregnant with our first of two daughters. It was located at the end of a street outside Charlotte in a neighborhood of 25 homes.…
Future Forward: The Future of Downtowns Is More Inclusive and Adaptable
These profiles are based on interviews, and the opinions and statements are those of the subject and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by this publication. Cathy Lin is the director of Research at the International Downtown Association (IDA). Jonathan…
Change Leader: The Industry Needs To Recognize Those Who Bring About Change
These profiles are based on interviews, and the opinions and statements are those of the subject and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by this publication. Joe Cavanaugh is executive vice president of technology at Tensar. This particular webcam interview…
The Future of Downtowns Is More Inclusive and Adaptable
Todd Danielson, Informed Infrastructure's editorial director, interviewed Cathy Lin, director of research at the International Downtown Association (IDA), and Jonathan Tinney, a principal with Stantec’s Urban Places, via webcam on Aug. 16, 2021.