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...
Jan 25, 2021 | Insight, Pipelines, Water Supply & Transmission
Michael Liga PhD, PE Senior Project Manager Tunneling Challenges on Houston’s Northeast Transmission Line By Michael Liga, PhD, PE Dr. Liga discusses tunneling design, construction and challenges overcame on a 1.2-mile segment of the City of Houston’s 108-inch...
Jan 25, 2021 | General/Industry-Wide, Insight
Wayne Swafford PE President Professional Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic By Wayne Swafford, PE President Swafford discusses how engineers can continue developing their knowledge, skills and abilities during the pandemic. Read more in Civil + Structural...
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...
Dec 22, 2020 | Hydraulic & Transient Modeling, Insight, Water Supply & Transmission
Melissa Mack PE Principal Inside Engineering series: Water System Planning & Modeling By Melissa Mack, PE and team Water models are tools that help provide critical information about water system operations, quality and future planning, including advanced...
Dec 7, 2020 | Insight, MEP Engineering
Matt Lusardi PE, CEM, HFDP, LEED AP BD+C Senior Mechanical Engineer Effectiveness of Building Systems in Mitigating SARS-CoV-2 and Other Airborne Viruses By Matt Lusardi, PE, CEM, HFDP, LEED AP BD+C Matt Lusardi published a whitepaper in Engineered Systems to provide...
Nov 23, 2020 | General/Industry-Wide, Insight, Wastewater, Water Supply & Transmission
Jeremy Nakashima PE Regional Manager Virtual Reality in Infrastructure Projects By Jeremy Nakashima, PE Jeremy Nakashima joined the Pumps & Systems Podcast to discuss what virtual reality is, how it is used in designing pump stations, how it can help engineers...
