Engineering The Future: The Apprenticeship Advantage: How Mentorship Can Close Civil Engineering’s Experience Gap
As a grandparent, you get a chance to relive your best moments with your children. It’s amazing how much you actually feel that circle of life. A very similar approach applies to how senior leaders need to engage young professionals. My Story When I started my career as a civil engineer in the early 1980s, I was treated as an apprentice. I was given specific tasks to do on my own, while being actively checked in on by my manager, and I was engaged in many activities that were way above my paygra...
The Evolution of Hydrodemolition To Extend the Life of Concrete Structures
With increased demand to bring hydrodemolition to more applications, manufacturers engineer today’s machines to specialize in a wide range of concrete removal and repair jobs. In the early 1980s, the Swedish National Road Administration (SNRA) had a problem. The conventional way to repair a bridge was to remove concrete with jackhammers, but core samples on those projects revealed microcracks in the original parts of the structures. And, as it turned out, the consequences of those tiny cracks we...
New Walmart Campus Integrates Growing Community
The North Lake, one of two lakes on the Walmart Home Office campus, was engineered to store and manage stormwater. The design of the lakes allows for the controlled release of developed flow from the campus, prevents downstream flooding and minimizes the impact on two nearby creeks. (©Charles Yeager) The future looks bright for the city of Bentonville, Ark., following the new Walmart Home Office campus opening in spring 2025. The 355-acre open campus was designed to meet Walmart’s vision to prov...
Data Center Erosion Control: Hydraulically Applied Products Bring Solutions to Large-Footprint Problem
While history may be a haunting reminder of past mistakes, it paints a picture of consistency when focusing on technology. As the world continues to evolve and we, as a society, move into the future, technology continues to expand and grow. The latest hotbed of technological growth can be seen popping up in multiple areas domestically and internationally: the massive construction projects known as data centers. At the foundation of these construction wonders lie taxing demands made upon erosion...
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How To Invest Best in Bridge and Road Infrastructure
Autonomous flying laser scanners capture structures and environments to create 3D point clouds while flying, allowing for the scanning of hard-to-reach places while offering a lightweight, easy-to-use experience. The Leica BLK2FLY uses omnidirectional radar and LiDAR to avoid obstacles for accurate, uninterrupted and safe scanning. The March 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge after a cargo ship crashed into it might be a turning point in how the country looks at its infrastruc...
Future Forward (Powered by ACEC): Workforce Shortage: It’s Not a Mystery—It’s Math
In a time when attention is pulled in many directions, one critical issue often goes under the radar. Talk to colleagues across sectors, and you’ll hear a consistent message: the skilled workforce is shrinking, the pipeline is tightening and the impact is already showing up in our economy. As director of workforce development with the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), I hear every day from our firm and industry leaders who are sounding the workforce-shortage alarm with increasing...
Change Leader: TYLin Engineer Walks Through Modern Bridge-Inspection Process
This interview was recorded by Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure. You can listen to the full interview embedded above or by visiting https://iimag.link/NjAGM. Atiq Alvi is vice president, national lead for bridge rehabilitation, Florida bridge sector manager, TYLin, a part of Sidara’s global collaborative. A True Expert With 34 years of professional experience in bridge engineering, with the last 15 years at world-renowned bridge-engineering specialists TYLin, Ati...
Infrastructure Outlook: Wastewater Treatment Technologies Transforming Water Management
Industrial wastewater treatment is more important than ever. Stricter environmental rules and the push to save water are driving industries to upgrade their treatment methods. This column looks at the latest equipment reshaping how factories clean and manage wastewater, helping them meet regulations while cutting waste and costs. You’ll learn about the tools making a real difference in keeping water safe and industries running smoothly. The global industrial wastewater treatment equipment market...
Executive Corner: 2025 A/E M&A Year in Review
As we prepare to formally wrap up 2025, the big-picture story for the A/E industry largely remains the same. Firms across every discipline, size and geography are churning out yet another strong year of growth, revenue, profitability and backlog. In fact, leaders largely shrugged off the tax, tariff and policy reverberations and instead focused on an emerging 21st-century capex-driven design and construction landscape of AI-led data centers, energy infrastructure and manufacturing hubs. Organiza...
Thoughts From Engineers: Projects and Partnerships that Inspire
In 2012, I visited the construction site of Deep Space, one of the largest underground auditoriums in the world. It was the latest project at the 1,100-acre “Intergalactic Headquarters” of Epic Systems, a medical software company in Verona, Wis., just outside Madison, Wis. The auditorium spans 1.2 million square feet and seats up to 11,400 people. With three massive LED screens—including one that stands 68 feet tall—the space generates significant heat during events. To maintain comfortable temp...
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June Issue 2026
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