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The inaugural Cesium Developer Conference landed in Philadelphia this summer, bringing together a global crowd of developers, climate scientists, engineers, game designers, and space technologists. Over three days, they explored how open 3D geospatial technology...
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I recently joined a room full of energetic infrastructure professionals for the release of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Report Card for U.S. infrastructure. Released every four years, the report gives an overall grade for U.S. infrastructure, as...
When an 8-mile stretch of upgraded highway opens in the Rocky Mountains in 2028, it will ease congestion and improve safety for Colorado’s mountain resort communities and the thousands of tourists heading to the slopes each ski season. The Floyd...
New Orleans is home to awe-inspiring music, food and street parties. But let’s not forget equally awe-inspiring infrastructure, which keeps the Big Easy dry. That was evident in early March when New Orleans entered “Deep Gras,” the boisterous coda to...
Many engineers have stories of meetings getting off to a rocky start. For Victoria Fillingham, one began with being mistaken for the coffee server. “I’ve seen a big change,” she says, “but I can tell you stories about being the...
Railways and the steam engine. Few inventions better symbolize England’s role as the cradle of the Industrial Revolution. The country’s first railroad opened in 1825, using Robert Stephenson’s steam locomotive, the Locomotion No. 1, along the 25-mile (40-kilometer) Stockton and...
Clarity is invaluable for a project as staggeringly complex as the international fusion experiment. The project, also known as the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), is being built in France and is one of the most ambitious scientific collaborations in...
If Joe Carr’s life were a Fighting Fantasy book—the well-thumbed Choose Your Own Adventure series that lines his bookshelves—it might begin like this: Before you lies a branching path. Every step a challenge, every choice a puzzle. Do you reason...
I recently had the pleasure and privilege of sharing my thoughts on AI’s role in infrastructure with readers of AEC Magazine. (Martyn, thank you for the invitation!) In the piece, I explain why the massive amount of data generated during...
Open standards are the invisible glue that hold the digital world together. They are everywhere—Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and HTML have become household names—and they enable software, hardware and data to seamlessly work together, ensuring that innovation isn’t stifled by incompatible proprietary...