Thoughts from Engineers: Water Infrastructure Woes Hit the American Pocketbook
The COVID-19 pandemic brought into sharp focus a few key realities about water service in the United States. Many millions of Americans worked hard to pay for water service before the pandemic hit, and many millions will continue to struggle to pay when rates of infection decline. The pandemic peeled back the veneer on a lurking problem, the solution for which is far from clear. Due to badly deteriorating water infrastructure, shifting inner-city demographics and other factors, more Americans...
Executive Corner: Don’t Neglect Post-Pandemic Employee Engagement
For this installment of “Executive Corner,” we explore how the A&E landscape has changed during the pandemic, particularly in terms of employees in a tight job market. Russ Ryan, principal at Rusk O’Brien Gido + Partners (email: [email protected]), interviews Bob Kelleher, founder of The Employee Engagement Group (email: [email protected]). BOB KELLEHER Ryan: Bob, you’ve been recognized as the thought leader in the A&E space on all things relating to the people part...
ReEngineering the Engineer: Self Preservation Through Workload and Stress Management
If there’s a silver lining to COVID, it helped push us to more-efficient ways of communication. Rather than traveling to meetings and wasting a ton of time on the road, we’ve embraced the idea of virtual meetings. I think that’s actually an OK thing. You still have the benefit of interacting with everyone on the design team, and you don’t have to leave the office. However, the number of virtual meetings has exploded. What used to be monthly sitdown meetings now are weekly meetings—partly driv...
From the Editor: Open Mic Night at ‘The Engineer’s Lounge’
I recently completed two semesters teaching senior civil engineers at my alma mater, Valparaiso University. It was a pleasure and honor to be part of their education—something I took very seriously. But it was a different type of year, as we all know. All the classes were through Zoom meetings, so I didn’t get to interact with any of them in person. In addition, this was my first year of teaching, so I hadn’t met these students during their first three years of school either, as most other profe...
Video: Converging Technologies Create Smart Infrastructure
Todd Danielson, Informed Infrastructure's editorial director, interviewed Ruth Gratzke, president and CEO of Siemens Smart Infrastructure USA, via webcam.
Thermal Imagery for Building and Utilities Owners
By Woolpert’s Qassim Abdullah, Ph.D., PLS, CP and Nadja Turek, PE, F. SAME, LEED AP BD+C, GGP, Envision SP May 2021 Abstract This paper discusses the aerial acquisition of thermal imagery and introduces thermography, acquisition parameters, atmospheric variables and factors impacting thermal sensor operations on fast-flying aircraft. It also examines the following elements that are crucial to selecting suitable sensors and cost-effective acquisition methods: Proje...
Change Leader Full Interview: Smart Engineering and Infrastructure Funding Desperately Needed
Barry B. LePatner is the author of Too Big to Fall: America’s Failing Infrastructure and the Way Forward. He is founder of the New York City-based law firm LePatner & Associates LLP; and for three decades has been prominent as an advisor on business and legal issues affecting the real estate, design and construction industries. V1 Media: Please briefly summarize your industry education and professional background. LePatner: By education, I am a lawyer licensed in the state of New York...
Letters from Smart Engineering 2021 Issue
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Future Forward Full Interview: Lobbying for the Future of Engineering
Linda Bauer Darr is president and CEO of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). V1 Media: Please briefly summarize the ACEC, what it does, as well as your role in the organization. Darr: The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) is the voice of the business of engineering. We have approximately 5,500 firms that we represent, mostly in the civil engineering space, infrastructure, buildings, facilities, just a whole range of things that are in the built environm...
How to Manage Routine Maintenance Work on a Busy Construction Site
With multiple contractors and disciplines working separately yet simultaneously, a construction site can be a hectic place. It can be difficult for a construction manager to keep up with everything that’s happening, including budget, schedule adherence, safety hazards, material inventory, labor availability and more. Maintenance may not always be at the forefront of a manager’s mind, but a poor maintenance program can sink a construction project. In fact, each of the worries previously listed...
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