Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure - A Useful New Site

I came across a great new website for civil engineering professionals the other day: Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure.

This is a new site from StagnitoMedia, publishers of CENews.com. It provides news and insights into the U.S. infrastructure industry with a focus on bridges and roads. If your engineering firm is trying to make the most out of the economic stimulus package by landing some lucrative infrastructure work, this site is built for you.

Our Infrastructure’s Poor Grades

In January 2009, as the stimulus package was being debated on a national level, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released a timely preview of a study it was working on. The study was a that graded many areas of our nation’s infrastructure. It was not pretty. Overall, the ASCE gave our infrastructure a D with no specific area receiving anything higher than a C. They also estimated that the nation would need to invest 2.2 trillion dollars over the next five years to have any chance of raising our grades.

Newest Wonders of the World

I never cease to be amazed at how technology allows us to continue to push the barriers of what is possible. It seems that when rapidly evolving technologies are mixed with creative and ambitious people, groundbreaking projects always ensue. As a civil engineer, I continue to marvel at what humans have accomplished and are currently [...]

How to Earn Your Share of the Stimulus Money

We’ve all heard the number by now, roughly $800 billion and a large portion of that going to infrastructure projects. As a civil engineer, numbers like that make me very interested.
Well, it looks like a large share of the infrastructure money is going to be spent on new and improved roads. While most states are [...]

Engineering with Google

This past decade, Google has given us much. They have basically perfected the internet search, allowing anyone with a connected device to find information on anything they seek. With Adwords and Analytics, they have empowered web developers, giving them timesaving and efficient tools to manage their creative endeavors. They’ve given us Gmail and Blogger. We [...]

Enough Infrastructure Spending Planned?

Only about $26 billion (just 9 percent) of President Obama’s proposed $274 billion stimulus effort is aimed at infrastructure spending… Is that enough?