Executive Corner: Five Takeaways on 2023 A/E M&A Activity
Despite an overall slump in M&A deal volume globally, the A/E industry wrapped up 2023 with yet another busy year of elevated activity. Shrugging off recession worries and higher interest rates, confident strategic and financial buyers showed no signs of slowing down their appetite for synergistic targets across a variety of disciplines. With a relentless war for talent and favorable design outlook as tailwinds, organizations are boldly seeking to transform, diversify and scale to position thems...
Transportation Troubleshooting: Let’s Look at Vision Zero for a New Road Safety Mindset
I remember when automobile drivers and passengers could legally choose not to wear seat belts. Since the mid-1980s, legislators have taken away that choice in every state except for New Hampshire. But the result—thousands of lives saved and serious injuries prevented—has undoubtedly been worth giving up the dubious freedom to go beltless. Better Vision Today, as we see roadway fatalities rising and a disturbing 50-percent increase in pedestrian deaths during roughly the last decade, many t...
Thoughts From Engineers: Peeling Back the Pavement to Manage Stormwater in Great Lakes Communities
Urban spaces have evolved through the decades to reflect the needs of the people who live there. Through time, we buried wetlands to build roads and paved stream corridors and other natural spaces to drive water efficiently to the nearest exit. We built the infrastructure necessary to move wastewater and imposed uniformity and order with parking lots, buildings and other hardscapes. For decades, our engineering held up masterfully until the intensity of recent storm events overwhelmed even the m...
Decarbonizing Infrastructure: Why Data, Collaboration and PAS 2080 Are Critical to Success
In the UK, construction activity accounts for around 50m tonnes of CO2 emissions , with cement and steel used for infrastructure being significant contributors. For the UK to meet its statutory climate targets, a whole lifecycle approach must be adopted to ensure the design, execution and operation of infrastructure delivers carbon savings. To make this possible, many actors within the supply chain are beginning to move toward PAS 2080 accreditation. COWI is one of the first engin...
How AI and Cloud Technology Are Driving Digital Disruption in Capital Infrastructure
The capital infrastructure industry is ripe for disruption. According to a recent survey conducted by KPMG, more than two-thirds (69 percent) of capital construction projects are delivered late and over budget. At a time when countries such as the United States are investing heavily in new infrastructure projects as part of broad-sweeping government initiatives, costly delays and over-stretched budgets are becoming a real cause for concern. The days of overpromising and underdelivering are comin...
Waskita Karya Designs Toll Road Network to Support Development of Indonesia’s New Smart Sustainable Capital City
The digital twin solution improved communication, eliminating 20,000 truck movements during initial construction, lowering diesel fuel consumption by 32,800 liters to save IDR 590 million. (Credit: PT Waskita Karya (Persero) Tbk) Nusantara (IKN) is scheduled to be inaugurated in August 2024 as Indonesia’s new national capital, replacing Jakarta. Spanning approximately 2,560 square kilometers, the newly planned city is located on the east coast of Borneo in East Kalimantan provin...
Historic Nantucket’s Sea Street Third Sewer Force Main Project
Located about 30 miles south of Cape Cod off the coast of Massachusetts, the island of Nantucket—originally settled in 1641—is a long-time tourist destination and vacation haven. Designated as a National Historic Landmark District, Nantucket is noted for its 18th- and 19th-century architecture and may only be reached by boat, ferry or airplane. During the summer months, when tourism reaches its highest point, the population on the island swells from just more than 14,000 to more than 80,000. To...
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With Modular Construction, Learn Through Creation
How can modular building systems change the way we think about building today? Ideas about prefabricated building systems have been in consideration for decades, and now these offsite-built solutions appear to be here to stay. Yet challenges persist in their use, in part because the modular building industry still is in its relative infancy. Also, the roles played by engineers, architects and other consultants in traditional building delivery haven’t been defined clearly or universally for modul...
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