Sep 14, 2021 | Insight, Transportation, Rail & Transit
Tim Schmidt Vice President Talking Passenger Rail, Workforce Development and More By Tim Schmidt As cities, states and provinces throughout the U.S. and Canada slowly begin to reopen, there is no doubt there will be a new normal not only in the way people commute, but...
Aug 19, 2021 | Insight, Pipelines, Water Supply & Transmission
Christine Kirby PE, ENV SP Senior Project Manager Taming a Mammoth: Innovative Interconnect Improves Houston Water Operations By Christine Kirby, PE, ENV SP and Ram Chakradhar, PE (Houston Public Works) With an astounding 21.6% population growth over the last decade,...
Jul 2, 2021 | General/Industry-Wide, Insight
Christine Kirby PE, ENV SP Senior Project Manager Op-ed: How to Prepare the Next Generation of Female Engineers By Christine Kirby, PE, ENV SP In light of International Women in Engineering Day, Christine Kirby wrote an op-ed about the importance of inspiring the next...
Jun 9, 2021 | Insight, Pipelines, Water Supply & Transmission
Christine Kirby PE, ENV SP Senior Project Manager Houston Public Works’ Northeast Transmission Line Takes Shape By Christine Kirby, PE, ENV SP and Kevin Tran, PE (Houston Public Works) The Northeast Transmission Line (NETL), Houston’s largest water transmission...
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...
Mar 3, 2021 | Disaster Response & Mitigation, Insight, Pipelines, Water Supply & Transmission
Tak Makino CFM CRS / Flood Mitigation Manager Avoiding Future Losses By Tak Makino, CFM Studies show that every dollar provided by federal hazard mitigation grants prevents six dollars in future losses. Mitigation is a cost-effective tool to address hazard...
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,...
Jan 26, 2021 | Insight, Pipelines, Wastewater
Reyna Johnson PE John Van Hoosier EIT The River and the Highway: How an Interceptor Failure Produced Solutions By Reyna Johnson, PE and John Van Hoosier, EIT During spring 2020, a 104-inch-diameter fiberglass-reinforced polymer gravity interceptor, tucked tightly...
