Staying A Step Ahead: Water Security Is Vital to City Building and Population Growth
Denver Water Construction Manager Doug Raitt has spent a lifetime around heavy civil infrastructure. Standing over the jobsite, he’s only one of many who are investing significantly to ensure vital water security to metro Denver for the long-term good of all. As the main constituent of the Earth’s hydrosphere and the fundamental fluid of life, water is everything. Since the dawn of civilization, humans have worked hard to leverage the power of water; learning to channel it, p...
Driving Innovation: The Modernization of Illinois’ Central Tri-State Tollway
The Central Tri-State Tollway (I-294) Project by the numbers. In a thriving suburban landscape, delivering smart infrastructure projects requires innovative approaches to navigate a maze of challenges while ensuring minimal disruption to daily life. Rounding out the 16-year, $15 billion capital program, “Move Illinois: The Illinois Tollway Driving the Future,” the Central Tri-State Tollway (I-294) Project stands as a testament to the complexities involved in delivering mod...
TxDOT’s Triumph in Steel Engineering
The Texas Department of Transportation’s pioneering efforts in the realm of steel bridge design and construction, particularly showcased through innovative projects such as the Brazos River Bridge, recently earned the department the National Steel Bridge Alliance’s Owner of the Year award. (Texas Department of Transportation) The Brazos River Bridge reflects the Texas Department of Transportation’s award-winning approach to engineering excellence. The National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSB...
Designing an Effective Flood-Protection System
The Alley Theatre in downtown Houston includes “barely there” flood barriers such as glass that could handle water loads as well as a 10- by 12-foot steel-panel flood gate at the stage door and loading docks. (Walter P Moore) Collaboration and Communication Are Key For decades, scientists have warned about extreme weather. Droughts, wildfires, oppressive heat and floods are frequently sweeping the globe. Such extreme weather is impacting communities in a major way from damage to properties...
Five Key Trends in Transportation Technology: From Automated Vehicles to AI, Advancements Are Remaking the Way We Move
The transportation industry finds itself at the forefront of a dynamic era marked by unprecedented technological advancements. By Ben Pierce, David Ungemah, Mike Lewis, Rob Mowat and Jim Hanson Automated vehicles are reshaping traditional models of transportation, promising enhanced safety and efficiency. Managed lanes are transforming how we conceptualize and utilize road networks, optimizing traffic flow in urban corridors. Electric vehicles (EVs) are marching inevitably forward, becom...
Rail Infrastructure Revival: Upgrading the Century-Old Loxahatchee Bridge
The Loxahatchee Bridge project increased rail capacity and improved reliability along the corridor that serves as a key link in the regional passenger-rail service between Miami and Orlando. The Loxahatchee Bridge project in Florida showcases how ingenuity, collaboration and adaptability were applied to modernize—rather than replace—a century-old bridge to benefit the community and commerce alike. Restoring the bridge to its original full use, combined with many unknown conditions and weak...
Global Capital Projects Outlook Released
Despite many challenges, the survey shows optimism remains high in the construction world, with digital technologies, economic growth and recovery, and sustainable building projects identified as key areas of growth. In today’s turbulent economic conditions, people who build our infrastructure projects want to know the status of their business and what the future holds. To help answer that, InEight, a company that develops and sells construction management software, launched its...
Industry Interview: Julien Moutte: The Successor to Keith Bentley
Julien Moutte (right) was named CTO of Bentley Systems, taking over from longtime CTO and founder, Keith Bentley (left). In December 2023, Informed Infrastructure Editorial Director Todd Danielson interviewed Julien Moutte, the new chief technology officer (CTO) at Bentley Systems. Moutte succeeded Keith Bentley, one of the company’s founders and its only CTO since 1984. The full video interview can be viewed at bit.ly/3PWPHg3, but we also wanted to include some excerpts in this issue o...
Sky-High Expectations: Exploring the Understated Elegance of GRG Precast Panels at LaGuardia’s Terminal B
Described by the development team as potentially the most-complex aviation project anywhere ever, the new Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport symbolizes a top-to-bottom transformation of one of the nation’s highest-profile airports, and it does so with stunning style and grace. Representing the largest public-private partnership (P3) in U.S. aviation history, the $5.1 billion reconstruction of Terminal B was made possible by innovation across the board. From contracting to execution and long-term...
Water Utilities Tackle PFAS Remediation
According to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) is linked to increased risk of a variety of health concerns to humans and other mammals, including some cancers. Many PFASs were used in the mid-20th century in products and on materials due to their enhanced water-resistant properties, such as within Teflon or aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) used to fight fires. Much is still being learned about PFAS, but these...
Video: New Roundabout Under Construction at McIver and Old Florence Roads in Darlington County
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June Issue 2026
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