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Under Water?

Civil + Structural Engineer

Wastewater systems are not designed for this changing climate,’’ said Sri Vedachalam, Director for water equity and climate resilience at Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC. My wife going to work for a day should not have been a grave mistake,’’ her husband, Towanda Grant-Cunningham, told WBAL-TV when the family filed a lawsuit in 2021. “I

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NAHB Advocacy Efforts and Outcomes

The Pro Builder

and providing greater flexibility when using bond financing to build or preserve LIHTC properties. Promoting Resilient Buildings Act In a positive development on the codes front, the House has passed the Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2023. Plaintiffs in Loper Bright Enterprises v.

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2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement: Environmental/Sustainability

Civil + Structural Engineer

The park expands Arlington County’s ability to meet Chesapeake Bay Watershed regulations while cultivating native plants and providing new boardwalk areas and fresh interpretive designs.

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Rooftop stormwater management technologies climate change adaptation and resilience

Construction Specifier

Americans experienced many climate disasters in 2021. in San Francisco in October 2021. Green infrastructure builds climate resilience. As land is expensive real estate, designers are turning to the many rooftops, which make up 20 to 25 percent of the land area in major North American cities.

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Rooftop stormwater management technologies climate change adaptation and resilience

Construction Specifier

Americans experienced many climate disasters in 2021. in San Francisco in October 2021. Green infrastructure builds climate resilience. As land is expensive real estate, designers are turning to the many rooftops, which make up 20 to 25 percent of the land area in major North American cities.

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NI Water launches its Annual Report

Plant & Civil Engineer

Ronan Larkin, Director of Finance Regulation and Commercial comments: “NI Water has returned a strong performance across its key outputs, it continues with the investment programmes set out in the price control and is looking ahead to address the challenges posed by the climate emergency and biodiversity crisis.

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The Start of Celebration: the 2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement

Civil + Structural Engineer

The project leveraged four alternative delivery methods including: landside and airside construction management at-risk, a design-build-operate-maintain baggage team, design-bid-build award contracts and multiple design-build concession/tenant packages.