Podcast: Change Your Mindset About What Infrastructure Should Accomplish
Todd Danielson, Informed Infrastructure's editorial director, interviewed Tony Kirby, Arup’s Los Angeles Infrastructure Practice Leader.
Technology Will Shape the Future of Public Transportation
Todd Danielson, Informed Infrastructure's editorial director, interviewed Steve Mazur, business development director, Government, at Digi International, via webcam.
Video: You Can’t Build a Healthy Economy on Crumbling Infrastructure
On Feb. 10, 2022, Informed Infrastructure Editorial Director Todd Danielson interviewed Maria Lehman, president-elect of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and director of U.S. Infrastructure for GHD US.
Video: TRB Panel Discusses $1.2T IIJA
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently released video of a Transportation Research Board panel discussion regarding the potential benefits of the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act or IIJA signed into law in November 2021.
Video: Understanding Construction Loads
The Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (SSSBA) presents a topic-based video series on short span steel bridges. In this series, Dr. Gregory Michaelson (Co-Director, SSSBA Bridge Technology Center & Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering at Marshall University) discusses how to understand construction loads for short span steel bridges.
Video: National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program
Secretary Buttigieg and Secretary Granholm announce the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program.
Video: MDOT Transportation Diversity Recruitment Program
MDOT has been working with students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and colleges throughout Michigan to offer valuable on-the-job training and job shadowing to undergraduate students pursuing degrees in engineering or other transportation-related careers.
Video: Concrete Climate Ideas: Girl Scouts Talk Building Materials and Embodied Carbon
Girl Scout Troops 1477 and 1952 of the Wisconsin Badgerland Council wanted to do a project to raise awareness about solutions to climate change. After looking into the biggest contributors to global warming, they were surprised to discover that embodied carbon of materials, especially concrete production, was a major factor. The Girl Scouts realized that among climate change topics, materials and concrete were less commonly discussed.
Video: Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction - Building Sector Solution
The Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction notes that about 70 percent of urban infrastructure that will be needed to accommodate a fast-growing world has yet to be built.
Data Centers Provide Unique Circumstances and Challenges for Stormwater Detention
Todd Danielson, editorial director of Informed Infrastructure, interviews via webcam Glen Payton, P.E., CPSWQ, Stormwater Consultant for Contech Engineered Solutions; and Kim Rich, P.E., Engineering Manager for Contech’s East Stormwater Division.