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Water use across U.S. declines to levels not seen since 1970

June 21, 2018

Water use across the country reached its lowest recorded level in 45 years. According to a new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) report, 322 billion gallons of water per day (Bgal/d) were withdrawn for use in the United States during 2015. ... Read More...

EnvironmentEnvironment + SustainabilityWaterWater + Stormwater

New engineering center to develop scientific and engineering principles of resilient systems

June 21, 2018

A new Purdue University College of Engineering center has been unveiled to seek the foundational design principles that underlie resilient systems.... Read More...

EnvironmentEnvironment + Sustainability

New tool improves impact estimates for smart-growth developments

June 20, 2018

Two current approaches to urban development will require a new approach to data analysis to accurately estimate their impact on transportation, according to a study conducted by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute for the California Department of Transportation.... Read More...

EnvironmentEnvironment + SustainabilityTransportationWest

New Jersey Innovation Institute to host Brightfields 2018

June 13, 2018

The New Jersey Innovation Institute, in conjunction with Brownfields Listings, is sponsoring Brightfields 2018, a one-day, national solar energy development event designed for all those interested in advancing solar energy on brownfields and landfills.... Read More...

Continuing EducationEnvironmentEnvironment + SustainabilityNortheast

Louis Berger restores power to Puerto Rican nursing home using mobile solar hybrid technology

June 13, 2018

Louis Berger and the municipality of Humacao, Puerto Rico, celebrated the launch of a pro bono project to restore power to Casa del Amparo Nursing Home using a Westgen Hybrid Mobile Solar Generator. ... Read More...

EnvironmentManagement Files

New system recovers fresh water from power plants

June 11, 2018

A new system devised by MIT engineers could provide a low-cost source of drinking water for parched cities around the world while also cutting power plant operating costs.... Read More...

EnvironmentWater

Brown and Caldwell joins HASSELL+ team to present South San Francisco Resiliency Plan

June 7, 2018

HASSELL+, a multidisciplinary resilience team that includes Brown and Caldwell, presented its Resilient by Design|Bay Area Challenge proposal for the Colma Creek Watershed in San Mateo County, South San Francisco, at the Resilient Bay Summit.... Read More...

EnvironmentWaterWest

Stantec to lead environmental assessment for offshore Maryland wind farm

June 4, 2018

Stantec was selected to lead environmental assessment for the Skipjack Wind Farm, an offshore wind project being developed by Deepwater Wind off the coast of Maryland. ... Read More...

EnvironmentSouth

Jacobs wins FEMA Puerto Rico response contract

June 4, 2018

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., in a joint venture with CDM Smith, has been awarded a $65 million one-year contract with a $35 million six-month option to provide the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) public assistance recovery operations, construction and project management, and technical support services for Puerto Rico in response to Hurricane Maria.... Read More...

EnvironmentInfrastructureStructuresTransportationWater

Software

PlanGrid fuels heavy civil global infrastructure growth

Bentley acquires Synchro Software

BOXX breaks 5.0GHz clock speed barrier with Special Edition workstation

UAV

Take a virtual tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West

Leica Geosystems announces new iCON construction total stations

Topcon releases new edition of MAGNET software suite

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Cross-laminated timber

Optimizing construction technologies and methods

Safe spaces

Environment