Infrastructure Outlook: Bipartisan Infrastructure Spending Bill Presents Opportunities and Challenges for AEC Firms
On Nov. 11, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“Infrastructure Act”), which the White House touts as a historic federal investment in infrastructure for transportation and public transit, the national energy grid, broadband internet, and drinking and wastewater. The prospect of hundreds of billions of dollars in federal infrastructure spending merits the attention of construction contractors. Funding Breakdown...
Future Infrastructure: Heavy Construction: Six Trends Being Observed in 2022
Although digitalization and automation have brought significant change to the construction industry in the last decade, some companies still are hesitant to embrace a fully fledged digital strategy. With increasingly scarce resources, there’s an increased necessity to create more with less, while government and stakeholder pressure means the construction industry will need to operate sustainably. The following technology trends are driving the heavy construction industry in 2022, showing the ben...
From the Editor: The Future (of Engineering At Least) Seems To Be In Good Hands
If you’ve read this column before, you know I teach senior civil engineering college students in their Senior Project Design class. These students are only months away from graduation and the start of their careers, so while they’re relieved to be close to completing their studies, they also realize they’re about to start a whole new phase of life. We’ve talked about this in class, both seriously and in humorous ways. Some Concerns Relatively Constant One day my students were complaining a...
ReEngineering the Engineer: Tips to Survive While Professionally Underwater
My brother, sister and I spent a lot of time at the beach when we were younger. We lived about 5 miles from the east coast of New Jersey, so it was very convenient. Although there were several public beaches in the area—Sandy Hook, Long Branch and Asbury Park—there was also a string of private beach clubs sandwiched between those. For whatever reason, we belonged to one of the private clubs. Sink or Swim I have a lot of fond memories from that time, but my earliest memory from the beach pr...
Change Leader: Change Your Mindset About What Infrastructure Should Accomplish
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. Tony Kirby is Arup’s Los Angeles Infrastructure Practice Leader. This particular webcam interview was recorded by Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure. You can view a video of the full interview at the top of this page or by visiting bit.ly/3pw62Lu Tony Kirby has global work ex...
Executive Corner: Considering M&A? Don’t Leave Out Firms that Have an ESOP
2021 was one of the hottest years for M&A activities we have ever seen. The trend is expected to continue through 2022 as more A/E firms explore M&A to meet their strategic objectives for growth, market share and talent acquisition to improve scalability. Historically, firms weren’t keen on acquiring companies that sponsor an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). That trend now is changing as the demand for good firms exceeds the supply. During the last few years, an increasing number of ESO...
Thoughts From Engineers: Cybersecurity: More at Risk Than Meets the Eye
As an indicator of how quickly events are evolving lately, by the time this column goes to print, the geopolitical circumstances in which we find ourselves today could be radically changed. What seemed unlikely to occur a few months ago—namely the invasion of Ukraine by Russia—now plays out horrifically before our eyes. The world suddenly is rocked by a senseless humanitarian crisis few could have predicted. As global norms undergo a seismic shift and tensions rise, risks to a variety of asse...
Future Forward: Technology Will Shape the Future of Public Transportation
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. Steve Mazur is business development director, Government, at Digi International. This particular webcam interview was recorded by Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure. You can view a video of the full interview at the top of this page or by visiting bit.ly/3CaEBfq The te...
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