David Rosenbaum recalls his visit to the largest privately owned dam project in world, and how his experience traveling may have helped convince him to turn his efforts to teaching.
The once-in-a-generation effort to upgrade and expand American infrastructure that is well underway by industry EPC firms also will safeguard their long-term sustainability and indispensable role in shaping that market, say top managers of investment firm Lazard.
Artificial Intelligence has huge potential to transform AEC processes, but firms should set some guide rails for outside adoption and internal development.
By embracing the transformative capabilities of artificial intelligence, engineers can conserve time for employees to work on engineering and contractors can head off problems before they become so on the job site. However, governance and responsibility to the client must remain the bedrock all AI processes are built on.
The first thing you might notice about the recent report by ENR Southeast region editor Derek Lacey on the $1-billion U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ lock replacement project at Chickamauga Dam near Chattanooga, Tenn., are two descriptive wide angle photographs of the project to complement his narrative.
Why are space agencies and the nations that run them so interested in Moon habitats? A renewable source of Helium-3 could lead to moon mining. Interlune is already patenting the technology.
Cutting carbon and hardening infrastructure both requires a revolution in how civil engineering is practiced, says veteran engineer and sustainability guru Bill Wallace.