Tag: stormwater management

By Michelle Inouye In the spring of 2013, a severe rainstorm in the Chicago area resulted in 3,300 City Services (311) calls from businesses and...

By Niek Veraart and David Reel New urbanism has been changing the design of communities for the past 30 years. Today, in many cities and...

A report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine offers guidance to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to inform the next revision of a permit program that requires industries to manage stormwater to minimize discharges of pollutants to the environment.

The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) announced the winners of this year’s Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) — the “Academy Awards of the consulting engineering industry.” AMT, LLC received a National Recognition Award for exceptional civil engineering design work on Phase I of The Wharf development project in the District of Columbia. 

Nitsch Engineering of Boston earned a National Recognition Award for exemplary engineering achievement in the American Council of Engineering Companies’ 52nd annual Engineering Excellence Awards for the North Corridor project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The Clean Water Partnership (CWP), a 30-year community-based public-private partnership (CBP3) between Prince George’s County, Maryland, and Corvias, completed the initial pilot phase in half the time, under budget.

Designs that move toward more naturalized stormwater management can help counterbalance impervious urban development. By Gerald DeFelicis, Jr., LLA, RLA, PP, with Maraliese Beveridge Managing surface...

The City of New Orleans selected Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. to provide planning, design, engineering, and community engagement for an innovative resilience project in the city’s Gentilly Resilience District, reflecting New Orleans’ new “living with water” approach to water management. 

Underground stormwater management system at 264-unit luxury apartment complex allows for controlled infiltration of runoff, replenishes aquifer, eliminates unsightly ponds, overloading and pollution to...