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...
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...
