The 2.6-million-square-foot New Terminal One will be able to handle up to 20 million passengers per year when it opens fully in 2030. (Port Authority of New York and New Jersey) The New Terminal One (NTO) at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) will…
Change Leader: Why Infrastructure Projects Lose Margin Before They Break Ground
In the world of civil and structural engineering—especially on large infrastructure projects such as bridges, highways, airports and water systems—project…
Future Forward (Powered by ACEC): Work Together to Build a Golden Age of Infrastructure
In May 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) established a new Advisory Board to create a strategic framework for modernizing and improving…
Getting Geotechnical: Lightening the Environmental Load of Aggregate Use
Globally, approximately 75 percent of aggregates are used for cement, roads and railway ballast, while about 25 percent supports drainage, void fills, pipe insulation and protection, hard surfaces, water filtration, and sewage-treatment processes. Aggregates…
Executive Corner: A Tale of Two ESOP Companies
Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) continue to be a popular ownership strategy for firms in the architecture, engineering and environmental consulting industry. In fact, A/E firms are over-represented among the largest ESOP-owned companies in the…
Thoughts From Engineers: Hidden, But Not Harmless: The Unsettling Impacts of Land Subsidence on Urban Centers
The core assumptions that have shaped for decades how we plan, build, develop our cities and even live from day-to-day are losing ground. For example, most engineers and scientists would agree we’re now in an era of climate non-stationarity even though…
Transportation Troubleshooting: Gaining Traction: National Tolling Interoperability Advances
This fall, motorists travelling on Puget Sound’s recently completed State Route 509 Expressway will gain another opportunity to seamlessly pay tolls using the Good to Go! Pass—Washington state’s electronic toll collection system implemented in 2008.…
From the Editor: Readying for the Road; Observations to Come
I’m preparing to leave for a three-week visit to the Iberian Peninsula. While it’s exciting to plan and pack, it takes a huge effort—at least it does for me. Where exactly to go? What sites to see? How long at each place? How much do I take along?…
Engineering The Future: Does Civil Engineering Have the Courage to Change (Redux)?
We’re being bombarded daily with AI bots and news. Everyone in the profession sees it as a blessing and a curse. I see it as similar to the revolution we saw in the 1980s and 1990s when an engineering office went from large drafting rooms to computer-aided…
Podcast with Lydia Walpole, Global Senior Director of Performance at Bentley Systems
Todd Danielson, Informed Infrastructure’s editorial director, interviewed Lydia Walpole, Global Senior Director of Performance at Bentley Systems. They discussed the recently published UK 10-year infrastructure strategy as well as which new technologies…
