Insights & News

March 3, 2022

In North Carolina, WakeMed serves community members across the central part of the state, with three main campuses in north Raleigh, central Raleigh, and Cary, and emergency and outpatient facilities in other parts of the greater Raleigh area. In 2020, WakeMed saw nearly 260,000 patients in its…

February 24, 2022

“Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. There is a very great distinction because when you are planning for an emergency you must start with this one thing: the very definition of ‘emergency’ is that it is unexpected, therefore it is not going to happen the way you are planning.”

February 17, 2022

The more than 400-mile Potomac River flows from the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia, all the way to the Chesapeake Bay, which is bordered by Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware. In 2018, a high voltage cable crossing the Potomac between the National Mall and the George Washington…

February 10, 2022

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the U.S. consumed about 17% of the world’s primary energy in 2018. In order to supply energy on such a grand scale, our power grid needs to be resilient to climate stressors such as extreme storm events. One critical aspect of energy…

February 3, 2022

We know that each of us learns from our past experiences. We also know that computers follow instructions given to them by humans. So, what if we had a way to teach our past experiences, to a computer to enable us to accomplish far more work within a prescribed amount of time and budget? Better…

January 27, 2022

For years, healthcare design has been focused on the needs of patients, and with good cause. But current trends, accentuated in large part by the pandemic, are casting a similar spotlight on healthcare workers. The enduring health, wellness, and retention of the more than 22 million healthcare…

January 20, 2022

Mentoring the next generation of engineers and architects is crucial to the future of the built environment. To help in the transition from student to practicing engineer, some educational institutions have partnered with private firms to train students to apply what they have learned to real…

January 13, 2022

Back in October of 2021, I was able to mark a huge check on a career goal of mine: become an environmental scientist with Dewberry!

January 6, 2022

Scientists have been predicting the dire consequences of sea level rise for decades, but we are now frequently seeing the tangible evidence of increasing flood events in our coastal communities. Resources such as the U.S. Sea Level Rise Report Cards, produced by the Virginia Institute of Marine…

December 28, 2021

If life has taught us anything, it’s that we are guaranteed change. As design professionals, however, we value facts, codes, science, and consistency. This dichotomy pushes us to develop out-of-the-box solutions that not only meet the needs of our clients, but surpass basic code and regulatory…

December 23, 2021

In November 2018, the town of Paradise and many rural communities in Butte County, California, were devastated by an unprecedented wildfire. The Camp Fire was one of the deadliest, most destructive, and most expensive in California’s history; damaging more than 90% of the town’s infrastructure…

December 16, 2021

With all the technology available, many of us were able to transition to a remote and virtual workplace almost seamlessly. Using video conferencing, virtual collaboration tools, and more, we have been able to stay connected with our colleagues, collaborate, and continue our work as we did prior to…