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...
The New Hong Kong Palace Museum: A Brilliant Example of Outstanding Engineering in Service of Grand Architectural Vision
Heavy-duty steelwork taking place with one of the world’s finest (and most-expensive) views. The Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM), a $450-million, seven-story, 30,000-square-meter architectural masterpiece designed by Rocco Yim and his firm, Rocco Design Architects (RDA), opened to great acclaim on July 3, 2022, and 115,000 visitors bought tickets and braved long lines in the opening month. The appeal is obvious; HKPM was designed and built specifically to display a highly speciali...
BrIM Bridges the Gap Over the Mississippi
The Third Avenue Bridge crosses the Mississippi River near Minneapolis. MnDOT Renovates Historic Third Avenue Bridge To learn more about this project from the engineers’ perspective, Todd Danielson, Informed Infrastructure’s editorial director, interviewed Keith Molnau, P.E., major bridge projects engineer with MnDOT Bridge Office; and Chris Hoberg, P.E., construction engineer with MnDOT Bridge Office, via webcam. To watch the full interview, visit bit.ly/3owhrgV ...
Executive Interview Series: Jack Dangermond, Founder and President, Esri
In February 2023, Informed Infrastructure Editorial Director Todd Danielson went to the GeoWeek conference in Denver where he interviewed Jack Dangermond, Esri founder and president. The full video interview can be viewed at bit.ly/41kfgvh but we also wanted to include some excerpts in this issue of the print magazine. Danielson: You just delivered the keynote address at GeoWeek. Can you provide a summary of some highlights? Dangermond: People in the geospatial world are making...
Sea to Sea on the Scottish Canals: Centuries of Infrastructure Innovation Culminate in the Ever-Changing Now
Creating a ‘Smart Canal’ In September 2022, Informed Infrastructure Editorial Director Todd Danielson went to the Autodesk University conference in New Orleans where he interviewed Colby Manwaring, vice president of water solutions at Autodesk. They discussed in detail the sensor and digital twin technology behind the Scottish Canals renovation, which created a “smart canal” that can protect against stormwater flooding. The full video interview can be viewed at bit.ly/3LXyfX4...
Wildfire Endangers Drinking Water: Lessons from Colorado’s Marshall Fire
Private wells are particularly vulnerable to contamination from wildfires. Whelton and his students spent a week in January 2023 conducting free water testing for these wells in the Louisville, Colo., area. Pictured is Kristofer Isaacson, a Purdue graduate student in Environmental and Ecological Engineering. (Purdue University photo/Andrew Whelton) Globally and domestically, wildfires can cause public health and safety risks and are increasing in intensity as well as the number of acre...
Bendable Concrete and Carbon Sequestration
A specimen of bendable concrete is bent in a fixture in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department lab at the University of Michigan. Anyone who deals with infrastructure knows concrete is an excellent construction material. It ranks as one of the most-used resources on Earth, with an estimated 26 billion tons produced annually worldwide. It works well for constructing bridges, roads, dams, airports and buildings, and we know it lasts, as evidenced by the concrete structures...
Smart Ponds: Hurricane Ian Tests Stormwater Technology
A Smart Pond installation at Babcock Ranch in Florida. Just a few months after Florida’s Port Tampa Bay installed National Stormwater Trust (NST) Smart Pond technology, Hurricane Ian made landfall in the area, causing extensive flood and wind damage—but not at Port Tampa Bay. NST is a stormwater-focused company that assumes responsibility for the operation of existing stormwater ponds and deploys technology to provide state-of-the-art stormwater management and treatment services to impro...
Engineering A More Just Tomorrow: P3 Contracting and Construction Innovation Combine to Catalyze Central 70
A more just tomorrow starts with equitable access to life’s simplest treasures, and a good day at the park certainly qualifies. CDOT’s Central 70 project replaces an intrusive infrastructure with a crown jewel that reconnects life-long neighbors, families and friends in north Denver. In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act to launch what was at the time the largest public-works project in American history. With an original authorization of $25 billio...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
