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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Natasha Lombard EIT Pipeline Engineer Will Byland EIT Pipeline Engineer Eyes in the Sky, Boots on the Ground By Natasha Lombard, EIT and Will Byland, EIT As the popularity of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) skyrocket, so does their use in the engineering and...
Christine Kirby PE, ENV SP Senior Project Manager Inside Engineering series: Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) By Christine Kirby, PE, ENV SP and team Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) is a practical solution for railroad, highway and river crossings. The HDD...
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...
