From the Editor: Engineers Need To Lead the Way on Climate Change Mitigation
When our Editorial Director Todd Danielson gave me the heads up that Informed Infrastructure would be introducing a new “special issue” on “Green Engineering” a year from now in October 2021, I thought about the end of this summer season and how “un-green” it has been for so many of us. As we watch and listen to the news outlets, we see wildfires devastating forests and homes; hurricanes flooding cities and uprooting people; and in parts of the Midwest, the fields are just barely getting enough...
A Rise in Urgency: Impacts of Rising Waters and Waves/Erosion on Great Lakes Infrastructure
A summer home falls into Lake Michigan. (Image Courtesy: Patrica Gancer) On New Year’s Eve 2019, the summer home belonging to Patrica Gancer was “rocking and rolling,” but this wasn’t due to end-of-year festivities or excessive partying. The house literally rolled down the embankment to the rocks below as the shoreline on which it was built collapsed, sliding into Lake Michigan. The home was a complete loss, leaving the owner unsure if insurance will cover the costs. The h...
Future Forward: Simulating Spaces for Social Distancing
This particular webcam interview was recorded by Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure. You can view a video of the interview by visiting bit.ly/3blxW4i 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. Eduardo Lazzarotto is Bentley Systems’ director of product management for facilities engineering. Lazzarotto has spent most of...
Thoughts From Engineers: Down by the River: USGS Reports on Human Activity in U.S. Waterways
The endangered status of the Mississippi River skipjack herring may have initiated a few changes to this historic river’s routine management—but little more. This is just one fish in a vast and nuanced ecosystem. But whether discussing an obscure water mite in Black Earth Creek, Wis., or sockeye salmon on the pacific coast Columbia River, the scale and impact of human activity to the nation’s waterways, as documented by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), is worth review. This 2019 report, “Fl...
ReEngineering the Engineer: It’s All in the Delivery
My engineering firm works on a large variety of project sizes, even within the same building type. We work on significant expansions for hospitals, but we also do individual medical equipment replacements. We have worked on large retail centers and provided engineering for adding a small roof-top unit on an existing building. Sometimes it’s difficult to keep track of the billing for these projects, and it’s not uncommon for a project to get lost in billing purgatory. When no one has heard any...
Change Leader: Technical Vendor Representatives Benefit Engineering Projects
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. Shelley Finnigan, S.E., is the global technical sales engineer and head of technical sales and marketing for ArcelorMittal. More than Sales As a representative for a major steel-producing company, Finnigan knows she’ll likely be seen by engineers and designers as a “salesperson.” But with her lengthy experience as a structur...
Change Leader Full Interview: Technical Vendor Representatives Benefit Engineering Projects
Shelley Finnigan is the global technical sales engineer and head of technical sales and marketing for ArcelorMittal. V1 Media: Please provide a brief background of your education and career before ArcelorMittal. Finnigan: I attended Purdue University for both my undergraduate degree, a bachelor’s of science in civil engineering, and my graduate degree, which was a master’s of science in civil engineering. While I was there, I had the good fortune to participate as a teaching assistant...
Mobile Technology Drives the Need to Change Heavy Civil Construction
SYNCHRO Field allows users to alert the team to an issue from the jobsite, automatically adding map coordinates and linking the project issue directly to the model view with a simple workflow. Heavy civil infrastructure projects are getting larger and more complex. As a result, more than 50 percent of projects fail to meet budget and schedule. Many factors drive such complexity, including the following: • No two projects are the same. Each project has its own set of circumstance...
Shoreline Stabilization: Teamwork and Technology Tackle a Growing Concern
The team at GZA—a Massachusetts-based firm providing geotechnical, environmental, ecological, water and construction-management services—had their work cut out for them. They were tasked to design a stabilization project for 1,500 linear feet of coastal shoreline to protect a 14-acre 350-unit residential waterfront development—North Harbor—in Lynn, Mass. The project (a partnership initiated in 2016 between the Minco development firm and property management company Dolben) had inherent challen...
Infrastructure Outlook: Making Progress on Infrastructure Requires a New Approach to Technology Adoption
Infrastructure has a powerful impact on the social and economic health of the regions it serves, and the value of establishing strong and resilient infrastructure is difficult to understate—especially as global populations continue to increase. In the greater New York City area, which is home to nearly 17 percent of the U.S. population, the North River Tunnel is the only tunnel connecting the city to its western neighbors. Its traffic is responsible for supporting the region’s nearly 20 perce...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
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