Change Leader: ‘Maintenance Is the Vitality of Civilization’
This interview was recorded by Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure. You can watch a video of the full interview above or by visiting iimag.link/DuRZQ. Tristan Schwartzman, P.E., is principal and director of energy services at Goldman Copeland. My discussion with Tristan Schwartzman, P.E., concluded with him reciting the words on a plaque found on the wall of Charles Copeland, the founder of Goldman Copeland, an engineering consultancy in New Yor...
Future Forward (Powered by ACEC): Building Resilience: Climate Catastrophes Call for Engineered Solutions
If you live in or have traveled to certain parts of the country during the first half of 2025, you may have noticed something unusual: urgent and insistent buzzing from your cellphone, signaling a flash-flood warning in your immediate area. And if you’re thinking those warnings are coming with remarkable frequency, you’d be correct. Data recently compiled by Iowa State University noted that between Jan. 1, 2025, and July 15, 2025, the National Weather Service issued 3,040 alerts warning resident...
Engineering the Future: Just Do It!
I remember when Nike launched its “Just Do It” media campaign—it was brilliant! The application to infrastructure was obvious to me. Three words that sum up the need to stop analysis paralysis and get things built. When you look at the masterworks from the past—the lack of electronic tools, yellow iron to build things, complex models to optimize the design, multiple funding sources, etc.—it’s amazing what was built and, in many cases, how quickly it was built. Negative Inertia I believe we’ve...
Engineered Solutions: Is Your Enclosure Slowing You Down? A New Time Study Says It Might Be
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Design-Build Project Complete: $300 Million ADA Upgrade and Renovation of Manhattan Subway Station Complex
ADA upgrades at the 14th Street Sixth Avenue subway station complex in Manhattan included installation of nine new elevators, which now take passengers from the street level (top) to the mezzanines (bottom), and 25 new stairways as well as renovation of 39 existing stairways. The project team of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), design-build contractor Citnalta-Forte, Joint Venture, and designers Urbahn Architects and Gannett Fleming completed a comprehensive accessibility...
Leverage Technology to Revolutionize Urban Management
To successfully integrate technology and address the unique hurdles of digital transformation in municipal planning and operations, a multifaceted approach is essential By Tony Curtis, P.E., and Derrick Sharp, GISP Public-works directors and city engineers play a pivotal role in maintaining the essential infrastructure of our cities. They oversee the roads, water supply and sewer systems we depend on daily. Despite their critical role, these professionals often operate with limited resourc...
Above and Beyond: LADWP Races to Ease the Strain of Water Uncertainty
The Los Angeles Groundwater Replenishment Project at The Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant in Van Nuys, Calif., represents a long-necessary step in water resource resilience for 4 million people living and working in Los Angeles. When operational in spring 2027, the new facility will return 22,000 acre-feet of purified water to the San Fernando Groundwater Basin yearly. High above the Never Summer Mountains of Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park, water vapors condensed into clou...
Building Envelope Choices Can Reduce Environmental Impact and Lower Costs
By Shaghayegh Kurzinski, Shayan Mirzabeigi and Bryce Riccitelli A detailed comparative study examines envelope systems in residential buildings made from mass timber, conventional construction and SIPs. Editor’s Note: This is a summary of an academic paper that originally appeared in: Kurzinski, S., Mirzabeigi, S., and Riccitelli, B. (2025). “Comparative Performance Analysis of Mass Timber, Conventional, and SIPs Envelope Systems in Residential Buildings.”Mass Timber Construction Journal...
Future Forward (Powered by ACEC): AI and the Future of Engineering: (Don’t) Rage Against the Machine
Go to any gathering of engineers—whether it’s a professional conference or a happy hour—and you’re almost guaranteed to hear a discussion about AI and how much it’s going to change our industry. (Notice I said “going to” change as opposed to “could” change.) A recent study by the ACEC Research Institute, “The Role of Artificial Intelligence in the Engineering Industry” (visit iimag.link/HLPrk), supports and quantifies the anecdotal evidence that AI already is playing a huge role in what engineer...
Change Leader: Stormwater Research to Raise Its Profile, Encourage Collaboration
Brian King Chris Stoneburg This interview was recorded by Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure. You can watch a video of the full interview above or by visiting iimag.link/NsfbK . Brian King is the executive vice president of product management, marketing and sustainability for Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS). Chris Stoneburg is the director of product development, ADS. Changing Perceptions When Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (ADS) decid...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
