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A sustainability rating system developed by the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure provides a scale and adaptable framework for evaluating the sustainability of an infrastruc[...]
With increased competition and marketplace volatility in engineering services sector, firms must ensure they are leveraging all their resources to gain a competitive advantage. One[...]
As consumers are increasingly requesting innovative, sustainable and resilient design, those on the leading edge of architecture and engineering are looking to nature as a source f[...]
Hurricane Matthew provided residents, business owners, and government officials along the southeastern United States’ coastline a reminder of the importance of pre-disaster mitigat[...]
While investigations and hearings are ongoing to determine the parties responsible for the sinking and tilt of San Francisco’s Millennium Tower, an Iowa State University architectu[...]
GIS technology provides environmental consultants the means to convey complex data in an easy to understand format to meet the specific needs of a variety of different stakeholders[...]
If you are exploring ways to increase the revenue of your land surveying business, consider bidding for GIS RFPs. Businesses and organizations are often in need of GIS experts to a[...]
Whether one considers the latest resurgence of appreciation for Brutalist architecture to be a matter of nostalgia or a rejection of the conspicuous consumption some people associa[...]
The development of safe and reliable cars requires massive amounts of data to develop algorithms to control the car in the same way a person does.   While people usually associate [...]
While San Francisco’s Millennium Tower does not have quite the pronounced lean of the famous bell tower in Pisa, the excessive settling of the Bay area’s high-priced luxury condo t[...]
Transportation projects, such as road and bridge work, require active management of large volumes of sensitive information. What strategies can engineering firms use to reduce the [...]
As people start the transition from waste-generating “dumb” houses and commercial buildings to sustainable “smart” homes and buildings, architectural design may shift focus from st[...]