William “Bill” Panos began his career in aerospace technology. He never envisioned that his resume would one day include serving as director and chief executive officer of a state Department of Transportation in not just one, but two states. He...
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On April 18, 1506, Pope Julius II laid the cornerstone of the world’s largest church on the burial place of the Apostle Peter in Vatican City. More than five hundred years later, every detail of...
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The roads and highways sector is at a critical juncture. Funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is starting to flow through to projects. However, there simply are not enough skilled workers available for the projects already in...
On June 27, the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) released the much-anticipated ADCMS Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for FY 2022 and FY 2023. FHWA has stood up dozens of grant programs as directed by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs...
For this midwestern city located in Iowa, it all started with a need for accessibility. Sven Peterson, city administrator for Perry, wanted to make sure his rural town of 7,929 people met Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements so that...
The benefits of a walkable city are well known. According to the Climate Reality Project, not only does encouraging pedestrian travel lessen the need for more expensive or carbon-emitting forms of transportation, but walkable cities also promote active living, reduce...
Kaustubh Page, Bentley’s Director of iTwin Platform Management, also contributed to this post. The race to cut carbon in half by 2030 is starting to heat up. According to a recent report by the UN’s World Meteorologist Organization, the world...
Uganda’s Kidepo Valley National Park covers two major river valley systems, the Kidepo and the Narus, creating a prime oasis in the country’s otherwise arid northeastern savanna. Visitors to the park can see some of Africa’s most iconic creatures, including...
TSA – Tecnologia em Saneamento Ambiental (which translates to Technology in Environmental Sanitation in English) has a passion for the betterment of the communities they serve. TSA’s headquarters are in Porto Alegre, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul...
Growing up in a small town in eastern India, we followed the ritual of walking to the nearest hand pump water station twice a day to fill up buckets of drinking water. The alternate water sources were the nearest river...
