Sea to Sea on the Scottish Canals: Centuries of Infrastructure Innovation Culminate in the Ever-Changing Now
Creating a ‘Smart Canal’ In September 2022, Informed Infrastructure Editorial Director Todd Danielson went to the Autodesk University conference in New Orleans where he interviewed Colby Manwaring, vice president of water solutions at Autodesk. They discussed in detail the sensor and digital twin technology behind the Scottish Canals renovation, which created a “smart canal” that can protect against stormwater flooding. The full video interview can be viewed at bit.ly/3LXyfX4...
Wildfire Endangers Drinking Water: Lessons from Colorado’s Marshall Fire
Private wells are particularly vulnerable to contamination from wildfires. Whelton and his students spent a week in January 2023 conducting free water testing for these wells in the Louisville, Colo., area. Pictured is Kristofer Isaacson, a Purdue graduate student in Environmental and Ecological Engineering. (Purdue University photo/Andrew Whelton) Globally and domestically, wildfires can cause public health and safety risks and are increasing in intensity as well as the number of a...
Bendable Concrete and Carbon Sequestration
A specimen of bendable concrete is bent in a fixture in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department lab at the University of Michigan. Anyone who deals with infrastructure knows concrete is an excellent construction material. It ranks as one of the most-used resources on Earth, with an estimated 26 billion tons produced annually worldwide. It works well for constructing bridges, roads, dams, airports and buildings, and we know it lasts, as evidenced by the concrete struct...
Smart Ponds: Hurricane Ian Tests Stormwater Technology
A Smart Pond installation at Babcock Ranch in Florida. Just a few months after Florida’s Port Tampa Bay installed National Stormwater Trust (NST) Smart Pond technology, Hurricane Ian made landfall in the area, causing extensive flood and wind damage—but not at Port Tampa Bay. NST is a stormwater-focused company that assumes responsibility for the operation of existing stormwater ponds and deploys technology to provide state-of-the-art stormwater management and treatment services to i...
Engineering A More Just Tomorrow: P3 Contracting and Construction Innovation Combine to Catalyze Central 70
A more just tomorrow starts with equitable access to life’s simplest treasures, and a good day at the park certainly qualifies. CDOT’s Central 70 project replaces an intrusive infrastructure with a crown jewel that reconnects life-long neighbors, families and friends in north Denver. In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act to launch what was at the time the largest public-works project in American history. With an original authorization of $25 bil...
Woolpert Puts the ‘G’ in AEC
Woolpert mobilized five hydrographic survey vessels (nearly a quarter of its fleet) equipped with multibeam and side-scan sonar systems for the Chesapeake Bay project that focused on 615 square nautical miles, some of which had not been surveyed for more than 50 years. (Image credit: Woolpert) The full video interview of Woolpert Chief Operating Officer Kirk McClurkin can be viewed at bit.ly/41lmajS. The way we define our firm is AEG: architecture, engineering and ge...
How to Navigate Federal Policy and Expedite Action Plans and Proposals to Meet Requirements
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) provides more than $42 billion to states to support broadband deployment to those without access to fast, reliable internet. The recent pandemic confirmed a digital divide separates those who can effectively participate in our increasingly online world and those who can’t. The Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program in the IIJA provides funds to states to help bridge that divide, and, in 2023, all U.S. states and territories will co...
Sustainability and the Steel City: Modernization at Pittsburgh International Airport
A rendering of the view future travelers will see when they approach the new terminal. (Gensler + HDR in association with luis vidal + architects) Flying is essential for work, vacation or visiting loved ones. The industry also is necessary to ship goods overseas quickly. However, it’s not known for being environmentally friendly. One airport is seeking to change that. Aviation contributes 3.5 percent of effective radiative forcing (which measures energy imbalance), 2.5 perce...
Executive Interview Series: Keith Bentley CTO, Bentley Systems
In November 2022, Informed Infrastructure Editorial Director Todd Danielson went to Bentley Systems’ Year in Infrastructure and Going Digital Awards event in London where he interviewed Keith Bentley, a company founder and chief technology officer (CTO). Since this interview, it was announced that Keith Bentley has stepped down as CTO to assume the role of technology advisor through his anticipated retirement later in 2023. The full interview can be viewed above and at bit.ly/3kj9dGQ....
More Than a Political Metaphor: Megaproject on Virginia’s I-66 Reduces D.C. Gridlock
At any time during the construction seasons of 2021 and 2022, commuters might be traveling through 22.5 miles of continuous construction In the Washington, D.C., metro area, “gridlock” is more than a political metaphor, it’s a daily fact of life for hundreds of thousands of commuters. The area has some of the worst (and most publicized) traffic congestion in the United States, with up to 200,000 vehicles on the roadway each day experiencing eight to 10 hours of daily congestion … just o...
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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