Insights & News

April 1, 2021

It’s a common conundrum: plenty of work and not enough funding. Potential projects abound in communities across the U.S.—projects to help beautify a neighborhood, repair an aging roadway, upgrade an antiquated sewer system, or build a new boat ramp to attract visitors to an economically struggling…

March 25, 2021

Over the years, healthcare facilities in New Jersey have faced a variety of challenges from the devastation of numerous named hurricanes, delays with funding and action, and most recently, a global pandemic. So how are we working to combat some of these issues and make our healthcare facilities…

March 18, 2021

After a disaster, it can be challenging for a community to navigate recovery funding from the federal government. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance (PA) program and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant Disaster…

March 11, 2021

As we continue to battle the pandemic, every organization across the world has been affected in some form. We have learned to adapt and change the way we have typically gone about our business, pushing us to get more creative. From home work stations to changing the way we regularly conduct…

March 4, 2021

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, in 2018, the U.S. consumed about 17% of the world’s primary energy. To put it into perspective, the U.S. makes up about 4% of the world’s population. Thinking on a more local scale, it’s important to understand that to create that energy, we…

February 25, 2021

Drone usage in the A/E/C industry has grown steadily over the last decade, and the list of applications in projects continues to expand. Drone usage ranges from damage assessments to stormwater inspections and can often be used as a safe and time saving alternative to traditional surveying methods.…

February 18, 2021

Dewberry takes pride in serving as a community-based practice. We regularly collaborate with our clients to develop funding strategies and packages to bring their projects to fruition. In fact, the greatest challenge in executing an infrastructure project is often not the engineering but…

February 11, 2021

In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. there was a lot of uncertainty surrounding the continuity of the supply chain we rely on for the transportation of goods such as food, water, medicine, and personal protective equipment (PPE). Many grocery stores were being emptied as a…

February 4, 2021

The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) dates to 1834 and is the oldest and busiest commuter rail system in the U.S. Owned and operated by the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), the system includes 124 stations and more than 700 miles of tracks. The system runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week…

January 28, 2021

As in many states across the U.S., communities throughout Florida are challenged by water management issues, including meeting potable water demand while protecting our natural resources. Florida’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) is among the important programs that support communities as…

January 21, 2021

Tracking the motion of fluids and understanding how fluids interact with their surroundings are very important elements of water and environmental engineering, but how do engineers calculate and visualize flows? Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a branch of fluid mechanics that uses numerical…

January 14, 2021

In recent years, community policing concepts significantly impacted our approach to the design of law enforcement facilities. To promote close connections between law enforcement officers and community members, our designs incorporate flexible use zones that develop areas of community engagement…