Feb 17, 2023 | Construction Management, Featured, In the news, Insight, News, Stormwater & Drainage
News Stories Media Kit Media Inquiries Revitalizing Infrastructure: An Efficient and Cost Savings Approach (Source: Texas ASCE) By Austin Duehr, PE, ENV SP, Every day, as civil engineers, we get to get to see designs come to life. We observe how infrastructure...
Nov 16, 2022 | Facility Condition Assessments, Featured, Healthcare, In the news, MEP Engineering, News
News Stories Media Kit Media Inquiries Kristie Tiller Shares Infrastructure Shifts in Hospitals and Healthcare Buildings (Source: Consulting-Specifying Engineer) By Consulting-Specifying Engineer Staff Kristie Tiller, PE, LEED AP, Associate and Team Leader for LAN’s...
Sep 8, 2022 | Alternative Delivery, Insight, Transportation, Rail & Transit
Tim Schmidt Vice President CM/GC Emerges as a Non-Traditional Procurement Alternative in the Transit Industry By Tim Schmidt Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC), a non-traditional procurement, is emerging as a trend in the transit industry. In recent...
Apr 8, 2022 | Insight, Water Supply & Transmission
Melissa Mack PE, PMP Principal New Industrial Pump Station Ensures Reliable Water Service to Refineries By Melissa Mack, PE, PMP and Brandon Wade, MPA, PE (GCWA) The Gulf Coast Water Authority (GCWA) provides raw water to the Texas City Industrial Complex via the...
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...
Oct 14, 2021 | General/Industry-Wide, Insight
Wayne Swafford PE President Why Texas Needs a Resiliency Plan By Wayne Swafford, PE Resiliency, as LAN defines it, is the ability of infrastructure to withstand short-term weather emergencies, as well as the ability to adapt to evolving climate conditions for the long...
Oct 6, 2021 | Hydraulic & Transient Modeling, Insight, Water Supply & Transmission
Melissa Mack PE Principal Amy Byland PE Lynn Chamberlain PE Hydraulic Engineer Charles Shumate PE Water Supply & Authorities Engineer Houston Public Works’ Journey Toward a Digital Twin By Melissa Mack, PE, Amy Byland, PE, Lynn Chamberlain, PE, Charles Shumate,...
Oct 5, 2021 | Facility Condition Assessments, Insight, Ports, Marine & Coastal, Structural Engineering
Ashish Patel PE Improving Coastal Facilities Resiliency Systematically By Ashish Patel, PE Following extreme storm events in recent years, the Texas Department of Transportation asked LAN to perform a facility evaluation study of selected facilities in five coastal...
