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June 2, 2016
Melissa Whitney
Organizations managing disasters have a mission to provide recovery services to individuals impacted by the disaster event. As a large number of individuals are often impacted, systems are implemented to support the delivery and tracking of information throughout the recovery program. This system…
May 26, 2016
Elise MacPherson
All across the continental U.S. there are various points that collectively determine gravity measurements. This data makes up what's known as the vertical datum, the current system of zero elevation surfaces on topographic maps. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association's (NOAA) National…
May 19, 2016
Michael Walsh
I recently had the opportunity to participate in the 2016 Critical Infrastructure Symposium, sponsored by the Society for American Military Engineers (SAME) and the Infrastructure Security Partnership (TISP) Council. The theme for the April symposium, held in Charleston, South Carolina, was…
May 12, 2016
Devin Keeler
Imagine you're leading a potentially groundbreaking medical research project and nearing the end of a multi-hour culture observation taking place in an ultra-controlled environment. All of a sudden, the power flickers and every piece of research equipment and electrical hardware reboots. In the…
April 21, 2016
Theresa Mozinski
Physical place is not just about a building, it's about that building's environment, the natural environment that surrounds it, and the resources that flow through it. Green building is not just about creating high performing buildings, it's also about establishing a methodology for enabling…
March 17, 2016
Scott Choquette and Sarah Hamm
On October 29, 2012, Branford, Madison, and Milford, Connecticut, were hit by Superstorm Sandy. In Milford alone, more than 2,000 homes were affected. In addition, all three municipalities are witnessing increases in flooding during high-tide events. We are working with these communities to deliver…
March 3, 2016
Stephen Franks
I recently attended a training about pairing an emerging technology, drone imagery, with Esri’s ArcGIS mapping platform. What’s exciting about this combination is that mapping information of live project sites can now be easily augmented by drone imagery. As a civil engineer, I use other…
February 25, 2016
Mark Pearson, Lorraine Pennino, Scott Ehrhardt, Anna Vanderhoof, Justin Fries and Glenn Pearson
National Engineers Week has been celebrated since 1951 when it was started by the National Society of Professional Engineers. The week is meant to encompass George Washington’s actual birthday, February 22, as President Washington is considered the nation’s first engineer, notably for his surveying…
February 4, 2016
As a contractor for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), my role is to ensure that communities receive proper due process when FEMA issues a new flood map. For fiscal year 2015, more than 100 new countywide maps were issued effective by the agency. If you are wondering why FEMA is…
January 28, 2016
Dmitry Smirnov
When architects get together to discuss the built environment, they often don’t use climate data in their presentations. As a climate scientist, that’s just what I did when I recently spoke at the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (AIANY) Design for Risk and Reconstruction (DfRR)…
December 30, 2015
Dan Pleasant and Sathya Mathavan
Building on a strong culture of coaching and mentoring for different levels of staff and our strong entry-level and internship hiring programs in the past, Dewberry has launched a pilot to advance a program for mentor-mentee relationship between entry-level employees and senior leaders in the…
December 10, 2015
Dan Anderton
New housing demands are on the rise and at the 2015 Maryland Housing Conference I focused on these demands in my presentation to a group of local developers, planners and architects, realty groups, financial institutions, and government agencies, among others. The main reasons for this new shift in…
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