Water Resort Rolls With the Terrain
Construction to Begin Soon on Major Reservoir in North Texas
Trump Administration, House Seek Agency Cooperation on Key Issues
As the White House seeks to foster cooperation among federal agencies in the realm of environmental approvals for infrastructure projects, a bill advancing in the House aims to promote agency collaboration...
Pro Bono Solar Project Restores Power to Puerto Rican Shelters
The New Lightweight Contender: Ultra-lightweight Foamed Glass Aggregate Finds the U.S. Market
Geotechnical engineers are often confronted with sites where the existing soil is prone to settlement or where there are subsurface utilities sensitive to additional load. If relocation or realignment...
Oroville Dam Spillway Incident: Putting Community Safety First While Investigating the Cause
The Oroville Dam, and its associated reservoir and hydropower plant facility, is located on the Feather River in Northern California and is owned and operated by the State of California, Department of...
Geotechnics: The Unintended Blockchain of Our Communities
Bridge Project Should Make Engineers Proud
Set Achievable Goals and Make a Plan to Reach Them
In the first installment of our new career advice department for younger engineers, Erica “Sunny” Mullen, P.E., M.ASCE, a project manager with Maser Consulting, P.A., recommends setting goals and manageable...
Denver Water to Test Use of Turbines in Canals
Presidential Order Streamlines Permitting, Revokes Floodplain Requirements
An executive order issued by President Donald Trump to streamline the federal environmental review and authorization process for infrastructure projects prompts criticism for revoking Obama-era floodplain...
Focus on Business and Communications
Matthew McCarty, P.E., S.E., M.ASCE, the senior project manager of the marine division of the McLaren Engineering Group, discusses some of the nontechnical aspects of management: client relations, business...
Design for Major Flood-Control Project in Norfolk Begins to Take Shape
2017 Construction Forecast Weakens
New York City Adds Constructed Wetland to Staten Island’s Bluebelt System
Listen and Learn
Kara McKenzie Beaudoin, P.E., M.ASCE, project manager at CDM Smith, advises young engineers to listen and learn....
Brewers Make Beer Using Recycled Water to Promote Potable Reuse In Arizona, Colorado
Risky Business: Identifying an Acceptable Rockfall Standard
For many parts of the U.S. highway system, cut slopes in rock are as common as bridges and embankments. These cut slopes, as well as some natural ones, produce rockfalls that pose risks to highway conditions...
Rock Glue Gets the Job Done: Reducing Rockfall Hazards along the G.W. Parkway
After a large rockfall damaged the road and disrupted traffic along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in 2002, the National Park Service was looking for solutions to stabilize the slope against additional...
RI 8507 Misses the Mark on Construction Vibrations
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