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Video: Interview with Structural Engineer Clark Baurer

March 30, 2020 - in Featured, Interview, Videos

Clark Baurer, S.E., wrote an article in the April 2020 issue of Informed Infrastructure: "It’s the Thought That Counts: Simple Tools (Like Hand Sketches) Can Help Create Better Designs." To supplement the feature and learn a little more about Baurer…

Construction Contractors Are Working to Manage Coronavirus Risks

March 27, 2020 - in Articles, Column, COVID-19

Contractors are staggering shifts and crews are cleaning tools, handles and hands in cities where projects continue. Zurich North America Construction…

Video: Interview with Theo Agelopoulos, the senior director of Infrastructure Strategy and Marketing at Autodesk

In November 2019, Informed Infrastructure Editorial Director Todd Danielson interviewed Theo Agelopoulos, the senior director of Infrastructure Strategy…

Now is the Time to Increase Investment in America’s Critical Infrastructure 

March 20, 2020 - in Articles, Column, Featured

The scope of the coronavirus pandemic is something we haven’t experienced in our lifetime. Each of us has been recruited to fight an unseen enemy that is disrupting our lives, businesses, and overall economic health. State and local leaders have called on…

Cracks in the Road: Resolving Unintentional Maintenance Impacts on a Residential Development

March 9, 2020 - in Articles, Feature, Featured

All residential development projects encounter problems and complications. Some are expected, but most are not. The Summerlake subdivision in Wintergarden, Fla., required maintenance and mitigation due to unexpected construction delays that allowed cracks…

Reflecting History in the Present and Future: Redeveloping and Preserving the Old Sacramento Waterfront District

March 9, 2020 - in Articles, Feature, Featured

  Ever since the planting of Sacramento at the confluence of two mighty rivers, she has had to fight for existence with an energy and constancy which have developed her nerve and muscle and proved her vitality beyond that of any city of modern times.”…

Infrastructure Outlook: Power Distribution Networks Must Perfect Data Quality and Governance

February 26, 2020 - in Articles, Column

The electric utility industry is undergoing a major transformation driven by new sources of energy generation (solar and wind power), consumer demand for faster and more-affordable services, cybersecurity, and Big Data. Gathering data to harvest insights and…

Subway Station Modernization: Design-Build Team Upgrades Six NYC-Area Transit Stations

February 26, 2020 - in Articles, Feature, Featured

  In two projects, New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and a design-build team of Urbahn Architects, HAKS (now Atane Consulting) and Citnalta-Forte Construction completed renovations to six subway stations as part of MTA’s…

Excerpts from an Interview with the CEOs of Bentley Systems and Topcon

February 21, 2020 - in Articles, Feature, Featured

In October 2019, Informed Infrastructure Editorial Director Todd Danielson went to Bentley Systems’ Year In Infrastructure conference in Singapore. While there as an award juror for the Buildings and Campuses category, he was able to interview Greg Bentley…

Project Management Insights: Delivering on Brand Is Integral to AEC Marketing and Management

February 21, 2020 - in Articles, Column

How you deliver projects either supports or hurts your branding. At a rudimentary level, the role of marketing is to create awareness and generate demand for a company’s product or service. The brand is the link to the buying marketplace, and it’s the…