The United States currently ranks 13th in the world in overall quality of infrastructure. However, with the recent passing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the U.S. is poised to make a historic investment in improving the nation’s…
Drones Becoming Integral for Infrastructure Projects
Trevor Byrd, LSIT, Anderson Engineering survey party chief, uses a drone to inspect a bridge over the Spring River in Carthage, Mo. (American Public Works…
Procurement Research Project Aims to Reduce Climate Impact from Infrastructure Projects
Infrastructure projects account for a large portion of the world’s CO2 emissions. One way to reduce the carbon impact is to implement sustainability…
CDM Smith Harnesses Mixed Reality
BOSTON—Technological advances are improving our ability to design, construct and operate infrastructure with enhanced precision, greater efficiency and improved collaboration. What once seemed only possible in sci-fi movies can now be applied to greatly…
German Infrastructure Projects Face Fierce Protests
Wherever ambitious construction ventures loom on the horizon in Germany -- from the cities to the countryside, from the coastlines in the north to the Black Forest in the south -- opponents are taking to the streets. More often than not, the demonstrators…
AECOM Projects Win Eight Engineering Awards Across Four Canadian Provinces
Earning three awards in Manitoba alone, AECOM won a total of eight engineering awards in four Canadian provinces, as technical innovation and professional expertise were celebrated across the country. The individual awards were given out respectively by the…
Brazilian Football Stadium Construction Monitored from Space
Airbus Defence and Space satellites have captured images, taken by the twin Pléiades satellites, of the 12 stadiums in cities across Brazil. The images track the construction of the Arena de Sao Paulo, and also depict current satellite images of the stadiums.…
Groundbreaking Infrastructure Projects Fuel 'Cities of the Future'
The development of sustainable urban infrastructure is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. With more than half of the global population already squeezed into cities that, collectively, make up less than two percent of the planet's land cover,…
