As 2024 concluded, many A/E leaders were basking in another year of strong growth and profitability. Record performance continues to be driven by escalating backlogs of traditional infrastructure, building and environmental projects as well as in the…
Transportation Troubleshooting: Igniting Change: How EV Battery Blazes Are Revolutionizing Transit Facility Design
It’s encouraging to see U.S. transit agencies accelerating their transition to zero-emission battery electric bus (BEB) fleets. But that shift brings…
Future Forward: Engineering 2025: Navigating Change, Seizing Opportunity, and Shaping the Future
For the engineering industry, 2025 will be a year of change, some uncertainty, but mostly tremendous opportunity. All told, there has never been a better…
Engineering The Future: Build a Workforce Pipeline That Doesn’t Leak
As our nation works to improve aging and crumbling infrastructure, assembling and retaining the workforce needed to achieve those goals remains a major challenge. Never in my lifetime has the need for civil engineers and all the trades that support them…
From The Editor: Engineering Musings from a Trip to Canada
First, let me disclose that Bentley Systems is an advertiser for Informed Infrastructure, but I would write about their event even if they weren’t. During the first week of October 2024, I was fortunate enough to attend the Bentley Year In Infrastructure…
Transportation Troubleshooting: Where Will Intelligent Transportation Systems Take Us Next?
We’ve all been there. You’re driving along a familiar road when the dreaded solid red line suddenly appears on your navigation screen, too late to seek an alternate route. You now have no choice but to wait while emergency crews clear the fender bender…
Thoughts From Engineers: Protecting Source Water Through Watershed Planning
During a road trip through the Catskill Mountains of New York state during the summer, we stopped at one of 19 heavily monitored and secure reservoirs. The Downsville Reservoir is in a heavily wooded area on the East Branch of the Delaware River and drains…
Executive Corner: Ownership Transition Planning: Begin at the End
The oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett, once said, “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” I’m often reminded of this quote when I think about ownership planning and the critical elements of a successful transition.…
Code Update: ASTM Introduces Two New Standards for Precast Concrete
ASTM committees have been hard at work providing new standards and improving existing standards for precast concrete products that are in high demand in the industry. Committee C13 on Concrete Pipe recently released a new standard for precast reinforced…
Infrastructure Outlook: The Future of New York Public Transit Hinges on Accessibility Upgrades
Navigating New York City’s public transit system can be a daunting challenge for anyone. Narrow staircases, crowded platforms, tight squeezes, scarce seating, confusing signage, train delays, bus delays—all of it exhausts even the most intrepid commuters.…
