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December 1, 2022
Hannah Hart, Sara Margolis and Jennifer Pepson Elwood
State departments of transportation (DOTs), local governments, tribal communities, and federal land management agencies working to improve the natural hazard resilience of critical infrastructure assets received another boost from federal funding. Signed into law in November 2021 via the…
November 23, 2022
The Biden Administration launched the Biden-Harris Permitting Action Plan in early 2022, which calls for a more “effective, efficient, and transparent permitting process” to accelerate a new generation of infrastructure projects. That means expediting permitting and environmental reviews while…
November 17, 2022
Caroline Whitehead
Federally funded infrastructure projects have long provided mechanisms to benefit other parts of the U.S. economy. The most familiar examples are “Buy American” provisions that require the use of domestically sourced iron, steel, and other materials wherever possible. The Build America, Buy America…
November 10, 2022
Katie Jones and Todd Shafer
For decades, water utility owners and private companies nationwide have relied on various alternative project delivery (APD) methods to streamline the development of infrastructure projects. In addition to the many advantages of active collaboration between owners, contractors, and engineers…
November 3, 2022
Mathew Mampara and Antoinette Quagliata
Our country’s seven-year streak of at least ten or more $1 billion disasters has created human suffering and a costly toll on infrastructure that has been damaged or destroyed. As infrastructure owners at the local, state, and regional levels take stock and respond to this continuing threat, there…
October 27, 2022
Colleen Scott
A door, a highway, a webpage. What do these have in common? Many people use them every day. In fact, they're so common that we probably don't stop to think about how they were designed—that is, if they were designed well. But we definitely notice when they're poorly designed. We even blame…
October 20, 2022
An emerging trend among public- and private-sector organizations is to view and treat data as an asset. This trend is transforming the emergency management (EM) community—re-shaping how state and local agencies prepare for and respond to disasters. Data has always been critical to the effectiveness…
October 13, 2022
Samantha Collins
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October 6, 2022
Skip Notte and Katie Dozzi
A few years ago, our college recruiting team developed a unique opportunity for our summer interns, allowing them to take a deep dive into one of our market segments. In 2021, the focus was on education, of which Skip Notte is our market segment leader. At the time, Katie Dozzi was a rising senior…
September 29, 2022
As engineers, our project work in the design of heavy civil infrastructure requires a commitment to create projects that are functional and safe. We are asked to meet stringent design criteria, budgets, and schedules, and often, to interface with stakeholders and communities to keep them…
September 22, 2022
Richard Kincheloe and Amy Tracy
Last year, our water practice started using the hashtag #WaterWednesday on our company’s intranet to help internally promote the projects we work on, recent wins, and other happenings within the Dewberry water group. We shared the following post in August and saw a great deal of engagement from our…
September 15, 2022
Jeffrey Keppler
Americans spend 90% of their time indoors. Whether that’s at work or school, in the car, or at home, we have increasingly become an indoor species. COVID has taught us many things about health and safety measures we can take within spaces to physically safeguard ourselves. However, it’s also…
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