AEC from Home: Tips from Leading Professionals Adjusting to Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In May 2020, Informed Infrastructure Editorial Director Todd Danielson interviewed three leaders of AEC firms to learn how they’re adjusting to the “new normal” and help pass along some of the tips and lessons learned from their experiences in early 2020.
‘NEXT Coalition’ of leading U.S. engineering and construction firms challenges industry to enhance health, safety amid COVID-19 pandemic
‘Construction Safety Challenge’ seeks rapidly deployable, scalable innovations that address outbreak-related challenges today with an eye towards future While the COVID-19 pandemic has forced shutdowns of many global businesses, a coalition of leading critical infrastructure and construction companies has banded together to launch the “NEXT Coalition” to promote and share industry safety best practices. Black & Veatch, DPR Construction, Haskell and McCarthy Building Companies...
More U.S. Engineering Firms See COVID-19 Related Business Growth, Record Support for PPP Program According to New ACEC Research Institute Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A majority of U.S. engineering firm leaders report their businesses are engaging in more COVID-19 pandemic response and are seeing other areas of their businesses outperforming today compared to just a few weeks ago, the latest ACEC Research Institute Business Impact Survey 7 reveals. Results show that 16% of engineering firms are now engaged in COVID-19 pandemic response compared to only 8% in March. Strikingly, almost one fourth of firms surveyed (22%) report having busi...
COVID-19 Will Create Long-Term Impact on State DOT Revenues
State departments of transportation continue to grapple with significant revenue reductions due to the COVID-19 pandemic – reductions that many expect will be long-term in nature. [Above photo by the Georgia Department of Transportation.] Julie Lorenz, secretary of the Kansas Department of Transportation, said in a May 8 letter...
Responding to COVID-19: State DOTs Videos from the Frontlines
This Transportation TV series entitled State DOTs Respond to Coronavirus: A Video Diary is showcasing efforts by state departments of transportation to help the nation respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This video from the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Division of Aeronautics features the work of volunteer aviators who are donating their time and aircraft to transport critical medical supplies to rural hospitals. Groups like the Civil Air Patrol and Angel Flight have partnered with CDOT...
COVID-19 Intensifies the Urgency to Expand Sustainable Energy Solutions Worldwide
To meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets by 2030, countries must safeguard the gains already attained and accelerate efforts to achieve affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. WASHINGTON — Despite accelerated progress over the past decade, the world will fall short of ensuring universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy by 2030 unless efforts are scaled up significantly, reveals the new Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress...
CYPE develops software to design, calculate and implement safety measures in spaces in response to COVID-19
The Open BIM COVID-19 program facilitates the adoption and validation of preventive measure to minimise infections and optimise the occupancy of space, both in buildings and open spaces, taking into account aspects such as interpersonal safety distance or furniture The software is translated into 6 languages and can be adapted to the national safety regulations against COVID-19 of any country in the world and at any phase to optimise the distribution of people and prevent the spread of the vi...
Transportation Leaders Across the Country Report 50-to-90% Reduction in Traffic and Revenues Due to COVID-19
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA), the worldwide association for the owners and operators of toll facilities and the businesses that serve tolling, today convened national, state and local transportation leaders from around the country for a briefing on “The State of U.S. Transportation During the COVID-19 Pandemic” in advance of the Memorial Day holiday weekend. During the briefing, national, state and regional transportation leaders discu...
State DOTs Would Get $15B in Phase 4 COVID-19 Bill
A $3 trillion, 1,815-page COVID-19 relief measure proposed by the House of Representatives on May 12 contains $15 billion in stopgap funds for state departments of transportation – well below the nearly $50 billion the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials projects state DOTs will need to continue operations in the face of drastic falloffs in motor fuel tax revenues, toll road receipts, and other funding sources. Specifically, the House’s proposed “Phase 4” COVID-...
COVID-19 Erases Five Years of Solar Job Growth
WASHINGTON, D.C. – New analysis shows that the U.S. solar industry will employ 114,000 fewer workers by June 2020, compared with previous forecasts that projected the industry would employ 302,000 Americans over the same time period. With an expected workforce of 188,000 people, this job loss will take the industry back to 2014 levels as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Last week the U.S. government reported another 3 million unemployment claims. The solar industry is now losing jobs at a fas...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
