Change Leader: It’s Way Past Time to Modernize Construction Scheduling
This interview was recorded by Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure. You can watch a video of the full interview by visiting bit.ly/4cxY1w5. Nitin Bhandari is the co-founder and CEO of Planera. Statistics about the construction industry vary depending on what’s defined as construction vs. services, but sources such as McKinsey and the World Economic Forum say it accounts for about 13 percent of global GDP, making it the world’s largest industry. A...
Future Forward: Industrialized Construction Methods Are the Future of AEC
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 bit.ly/3RYiZMo. Ryan McMahon is the director and general manager of Informed Design at Autodesk. According to UN-Habitat, the world needs to build 96,000 new affordable homes every day to house the estimated 3 billion people who will need access to adequate housing by 2030. It’s also often noted that the constructio...
Change Leader: New Technology Can Help Fix the Broken Infrastructure Design Process
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 bit.ly/4behZLK. Adam Tank is the co-founder and chief customer officer at Transcend Software. Changing the Process According to Tank, the way we plan, design and construct critical infrastructure is a fundamentally broken process. “We focus too much on being reactive to what’s already been built, and we are oftent...
Future Forward: Sustainable Infrastructure Requires Better Materials
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 bit.ly/44GU0SC. William Hoff is the founder of Geopolymer International. It takes a lot of time, experience and education to understand the intricacies of the cement and concrete used to build infrastructure worldwide. With more than 40 years in the construction industry and the expertise to found a company seek...
Change Leader: Decentralization and Microgrids Help Stabilize Threatened Infrastructure Systems
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 bit.ly/3JeNZD5 . Sangmin Shin is assistant professor in the School of Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. According to Shin, the world’s water infrastructure is run reasonably well considering all the possible variations in availability, need, economics and tec...
Future Forward: AI Is the Latest Enabler of Engineering’s Digital Transformation Journey
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 bit.ly/3UlLyVH. Carolina Venegas Martinez is the senior water industry strategy manager at Autodesk. When I interviewed Venegas Martinez at the 2023 Autodesk University conference in Las Vegas, the intended focus—based on her experience and job description—was on the water industry and its associated technology. Howev...
Future Forward: One Water: A Connected, Global System Requires Site-Specific Engineering
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 bit.ly/3Pf40vR. Stacy Hutchinson, PhD, is the associate dean of research and graduate programs in the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering at Kansas State as well as chair of the standing council of the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA). Stacy Hutchinson’s passion is water, and she’s been working in the f...
Book Review: “How Infrastructure Works,” By Deb Chachra
Reviewed by Angus Stocking A much longer and more detailed review can be found online at bit.ly/3ThIJmM or by scanning the accompanying QR code. Deb Chachra’s “How Infrastructure Works” is a bestseller released to wide acclaim in late 2023. Adulation by the literary class isn’t necessarily a strong recommendation for infrastructure professionals, but on reading Chachra’s book, I find it’s indeed an information-rich and important contribution to infrastructural theory. And as a life...
Book Review: “How Infrastructure Works,” By Deb Chachra
Reviewed by Angus Stocking As a land surveyor for 15 years and then an infrastructure writer for 22 years, I have understandably acquired hundreds of books relating to infrastructure. Sometimes purchased for professional reasons, sometimes as gifts from well-meaning loved ones, sometimes coming home with me from conferences, and sometimes sent to me out of the blue by publishers hoping for a review. I love this; I love the substantial infrastructure and geospatial reference library I’ve a...
Future Forward: Steel Decarbonization Through the ‘Theory of Change’
Shivakumar Kuppuswamy (Shiva) is the policy and impacts director at ResponsibleSteel. According to Shiva, the primary purpose of ResponsibleSteel is to enhance steel’s contribution in creating a sustainable society through a “theory of change” that includes standard and certification programs widely accepted by the steel industry. Currently representing around 15 percent of the global steel industry, ResponsibleSteel has three categories of membership: business members that include suppl...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
