When our Editorial Director Todd Danielson gave me the heads up that Informed Infrastructure would be introducing a new “special issue” on “Green Engineering” a year from now in October 2021, I thought about the end of this summer season…
A Rise in Urgency: Impacts of Rising Waters and Waves/Erosion on Great Lakes Infrastructure
A summer home falls into Lake Michigan. (Image Courtesy: Patrica Gancer) On New Year’s Eve 2019, the summer home belonging to Patrica Gancer was “rocking…
Future Forward: Simulating Spaces for Social Distancing
This particular webcam interview was recorded by Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure. You can view a video of the interview…
Thoughts From Engineers: Down by the River: USGS Reports on Human Activity in U.S. Waterways
The endangered status of the Mississippi River skipjack herring may have initiated a few changes to this historic river’s routine management—but little more. This is just one fish in a vast and nuanced ecosystem. But whether discussing an obscure…
ReEngineering the Engineer: It’s All in the Delivery
My engineering firm works on a large variety of project sizes, even within the same building type. We work on significant expansions for hospitals, but we also do individual medical equipment replacements. We have worked on large retail centers and provided…
Change Leader: Technical Vendor Representatives Benefit Engineering Projects
These profiles are based on interviews, and the opinions and statements are those of the subject and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by this publication. Shelley Finnigan, S.E., is the global technical sales engineer and head of technical sales and…
Change Leader Full Interview: Technical Vendor Representatives Benefit Engineering Projects
Shelley Finnigan is the global technical sales engineer and head of technical sales and marketing for ArcelorMittal. V1 Media: Please provide a brief background of your education and career before ArcelorMittal. Finnigan: I attended Purdue University for both…
Mobile Technology Drives the Need to Change Heavy Civil Construction
SYNCHRO Field allows users to alert the team to an issue from the jobsite, automatically adding map coordinates and linking the project issue directly to the model view with a simple workflow. Heavy civil infrastructure projects are getting larger and more…
Video: Simulating Spaces for Social Distancing
Todd Danielson, Informed Infrastructure's editorial director, interviewed Eduardo Lazzarotto, Bentley Systems’ director of Product Management for Facilities Engineering, via webcam.
Shoreline Stabilization: Teamwork and Technology Tackle a Growing Concern
The team at GZA—a Massachusetts-based firm providing geotechnical, environmental, ecological, water and construction-management services—had their work cut out for them. They were tasked to design a stabilization project for 1,500 linear feet of coastal…
