TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES

• ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS: Transportation Engineers Cut Through Complexity With AI Tools

By Tim Yarris

• A New Day for the Sanibel Causeway

  By Carol Brzozowski

• ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS: Building Smarter, More Resilient Water Networks Through Advanced Risk Analysis: The Growing Challenge of Aging Water Infrastructure

  By Dr. Jeffrey Johnson, Director of Water Innovation, Oldcastle Infrastructure

• Climbing the Municipal Asset-Management Ladder: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice

By Alence Poudel, P.E.

• AI in Engineering: It’s Already Here

  By Sean Vincent O’Keefe

• A Brief History of the Wide Flange Beam

By Chris Urtz, P.E.

• Grand Forks Hybrid Water Treatment Plant Positively Impacts Community

By Cody P. Bann

COLUMNS

• From the Editor: Contrasting ‘Smart’ with ‘Not-So-Smart’ Engineering

By Robert Schickel

• Engineering The Future: Building Water Resilience Will Demand Solutions as Diverse as the Risks Themselves

By Maria Lehman, P.E., NAE, NAC, F.ASCE, ENV SP

• Transportation Troubleshooting: Engineering the World’s First Floating-Bridge Light-Rail System

By Jake Douglass, P.E.

• Thoughts From Engineers: A New Era of ‘Big Data’

By Chris Maeder, M.S., P.E., CFM

• Executive Corner: The A/E Private-Equity Phenomenon: Where It Stands, and What’s Next?

By Steve Gido

• Infrastructure Outlook: Rethinking Infrastructure for Long-Term Performance

By Jerrub Hammrich

• Future Forward (Powered by ACEC): It’s Time for Firms to Get Smart on Data

By Thomas Grogan

DEPARTMENTS

• Trends

• Top Stories

• Specification Section: 2026 AEC Technology, Products, Services and Design Software Guide

• Change Leader: Adan Banda and Brandon Mann