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August 26, 2020
Laurel McGinley
In 2015, a Dewberry team of engineers, planners, and geospatial analysts developed a tool to aid communities, state and federal agencies, and insurance companies in assessing wildfire risk. The Wildfire Risk Model is a geographic information system (GIS)-based tool that incorporates dozens of…
August 26, 2020
Throughout the last few years, I’ve been struck by the number of building owners who consider mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) services a commodity—a service with little differentiation that exists in a marketplace where the best choice is the one that costs the least. While price is of…
August 26, 2020
Army installations like Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, strive to make the next great contribution to our national defense, medical research knowledge, and worldwide communications tools. When all of the installation's cylinders are running on peak capacity, it demands close to 40 MW of energy…
August 26, 2020
Ali Vaezi
The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) hosted its 83rd Annual Meeting and Exhibition in Dublin, Ireland, earlier this month to bring transportation industry leaders together, share knowledge, and educate others on new trends. Dewberry is a proud member of IBTTA, which is…
August 26, 2020
Matt Thomas and Randy Darden
On September 8, 2015, a groundbreaking ceremony initiated construction on the first phase of the ultimate project to widen 21 miles of Interstate 64 (I-64) in Virginia, notorious for its gridlock. The groundbreaking signals improvements not only in reducing traffic congestion, but also for the…
August 26, 2020
Scott Funk
Tunnel boring machines have evolved tremendously since their mid-1840s inception (nearly two decades before the Civil War). They're now powerful enough to carve through Yucca Mountain and have the endurance to carve close to 100 miles of underground passages. These machines come in all shapes and…
August 26, 2020
Jim Draheim
The practice of architecture has changed dramatically over the last several years. We can no longer be content with functional and aesthetically pleasing buildings; our clients and our society demand more of us. Building design now needs to encompass a more holistic approach to handling…
August 26, 2020
Stella Wilson and Bryon Griffith
We can still picture oil flowing, unchecked, from the Deepwater Horizon well into the Gulf of Mexico. As days turned into months, the fact that the flow hadn't been stemmed became more and more unbelievable. When the well was finally capped after three months, every Gulf Coast community experienced…
August 26, 2020
I've been working in the engineering field for more than 20 years, but it's largely my more recent experience in the healthcare industry that has been the most challenging. I began focusing on healthcare facilities engineering eight years ago, but even though this focus constitutes only a small…
August 26, 2020
Shannon Brewer
Effective community resilience is a direct result of collaboration. The effectiveness of our floodplain management projects is determined by the total awareness, buy-in, and participation of not only the individual agency we work for, but as many lateral and sub-agencies as possible. Identifying…
August 26, 2020
Every year, Autodesk holds a major conference called Autodesk University to celebrate technology updates and innovations fashioned by users. What I appreciate about this event is the focus on the creativity and ingenuity of the designers that use their software. Using their experimental methods as…
August 26, 2020
Katie Werback
As an Army engineer, I've had the opportunity to manage some truly unique projects. I've designed and constructed the facilities necessary to continue battalion operations during the 2007 troop surge in Baghdad; I was lead project manager for Operation Enduring Freedom's largest tactical…
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