GIS Solutions: 1898 & Co. Applies Cutting Edge Engineering to Digital Infrastructure
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Engineered Solutions: Standardization Streamlines Success
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ReEngineering The Engineer: Keeping It All Together
There’s never a dull moment in the life of a small business owner. As I look back over the last 40 years—and especially the last 20—there have been workload cycles to manage, staff to mentor, economic fluctuations to weather, technologies to champion, marketing challenges to overcome, and all the while trying to strike a balance between work and not work. For me, getting up each morning wondering what the day will bring has always been the motivation to go to work. The excitement of learning so...
Engineered Solutions: The Pace of Change
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Hardware Update: The Evolution of Construction Cameras
By consistently measuring site activity over time, industry professionals have access to insights that will inform future planning. By Chandler McCormack The power of an image is well established. Images and video are an unbiased source of truth; capturing views of time that human memory can’t reliably recall. For decades, leaders across all industries have used photos to see, understand and act upon insights appropriately. Yet the information within an image isn’t always so evident...
Protecting Precious Water: Miami Conservancy District Embraces Data Management in the Cloud
A photo shows MCD flood-protection levees in downtown Dayton at the RiverScape MetroPark. By Tony Ulrich Miami Conservancy District (MCD) was created in response to the devastating floods of 1913 when the Great Miami River burst its banks, killing 360 people and devastating the Dayton region of Ohio. Under the engineering direction of Arthur Morgan, MCD built a comprehensive flood-protection system that was completed in 1922. The system still protects the communities along the Great Mi...
Water Utility Enhances Reliability with Integrated Technology Upgrades
Technology convergence providers can help the public utility sector integrate key technology infrastructure, including phone, security and network systems. By Del Williams For public utilities that provide water while maintaining the physical infrastructure, it’s critical to ensure reliable, uninterrupted service and data integrity. This includes water metering/billing, compliance reporting, IT network cybersecurity, physical security of local and remote sites, and data collection for...
From the Editor: Learning Is a Lifelong Endeavor
I look forward to this time of year for many reasons. Of course, the warmer weather is one of my favorites. New spring growth changes the landscape every day. The farmers are in the fields planting their crops for the year. This also is the time of increased construction—at least the type visible as you drive along the roadways. Many people complain about construction zones, but, as a civil engineer, I find it comforting that infrastructure improvements continue. Graduates Embody the Learning...
ReEngineering the Engineer: Make Time for Knowledge and Experience Transfer
One of the more-difficult tasks for me (personally as a business owner) is hiring new staff. It doesn’t matter if it’s an admin, CAD/BIM support or an engineer; I find hiring stressful. Most candidates I talk to still are gainfully employed, and although this typically is a good thing (knowing they haven’t been fired for some reason), it’s challenging to get references. I can’t recall a candidate ever saying it was OK to call their current employer for a reference. If they’ve been a steady empl...
Executive Corner: Despite Indicators, A/E Sector May Avoid a Looming Economic Recession
All the usual warning signs point to a potential U.S. recession, beginning as early as Q3 of 2023. We have an inverted yield curve with short-term interest rates significantly exceeding long-term rates due to aggressive monetary policy actions by the Federal Reserve. The Federal Open Market Committee raised the Federal Funds rate 10 times during the last year—from 0.25 percent in May 2022 to its present level of 5.25 percent—to combat inflation. This had driven up short-term borrowing rates. The...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
