Feb 22, 2023 | Municipal, People, Subject Matter Experts
Philip Wheat, PE Senior Associate, Team Leader [email protected] 214.765.8835 Education Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University Profile Mr. Wheat is experienced with pipeline design, water and wastewater master planning, hydraulic modeling,...
Oct 20, 2021 | Insight, Municipal, Transportation, Rail & Transit
Hossein Roshani PhD, PE Project Manager Where the Rubber Meets the Road By Dr. Hossein Roshani, PE Pavement surface texture is a major contributing factor to tire–pavement friction. Understanding the texture-friction relationship is valuable for transportation...
May 18, 2021 | Insight, MEP Engineering, Municipal, Water Supply & Transmission
Melissa Mack PE Principal Houston Public Works Makes Improvements to Critical Groundwater Facility By Melissa Mack, PE and Tina Yao, PE (City of Houston) Over the past decades, Houston Public Works has been making improvements at 80 of the city’s existing groundwater...
May 18, 2021 | General/Industry-Wide, Insight, Municipal, Pipelines, Water Supply & Transmission
Jeremy Nakashima PE Regional Manager Jim Holzapfel PE Senior Project Manager 8 Tips States Can Borrow From Northern Neighbors for Future Storms By Jeremy Nakashima, PE and Jim Holzapfel, PE After Winter Storm Uri devastated Texas, water and wastewater utilities are...
Feb 26, 2021 | Insight, Municipal, Water Supply & Transmission
Melissa Mack PE Principal Collaborative Approach Enables Improvements at Texas Groundwater Facilities By Melissa Mack, PE In June 2014, Houston Public Works began implementing improvements to 11 drinking water facilities, including the four in the Willowchase system,...
Dec 23, 2020 | Disaster Response & Mitigation, General/Industry-Wide, Insight, Municipal, Stormwater & Drainage
Tak Makino CFM CRS / Flood Mitigation Manager Integrating Asset Management and the Community Rating System By Tak Makino, CFM Asset management takes an integrative approach, combining models of financial planning, maintenance and replacement to ensure that public...
Nov 2, 2020 | Insight, Municipal, Pipelines, Water Supply & Transmission
Hunter Hanson PE Hydraulic Engineer Just Wing It – Aerial Surveying for Pipeline Projects By Hunter Hanson, PE A major benefit of aerial surveys is a much quicker turnaround than could be expected from a traditional field crew. For linear projects, a good rule of...
Jun 4, 2020 | General/Industry-Wide, Insight, Municipal
Travis Michel PE Team Leader City of Laredo modernizes its asset management system By Travis Michel, PE After years of communication gaps between different workforce levels, inefficiencies in generating accurate reports, and difficulties in tracking labor and...
