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Wednesday, August 20th, 2014Utah DOT: Cleaning Culverts with Remote-Control Machines
Monday, August 18th, 2014
Guest on The Infra Blog: Terry Bennett, Senior Industry Program Manager, Civil Engineering & Planning, Autodesk
Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
Terry D. Bennett, LS LPF MRICS ENV SP LEED AP, is the senior industry program manager and lead strategist for civil infrastructure at Autodesk. He is responsible for setting the company’s future vision and strategy for technology serving the planning, surveying, civil engineering and heavy construction industries, as well as cultivating and sustaining the firm’s relationships with strategic industry leaders and associations.
“…Many of the answers will be found by reconnecting the American people with the many economic, social, and even environmental aspects of infrastructure and its investment. Today’s challenge is really about renewing our vision for how to balance natural and man-made infrastructure, and how to leverage both to enhance our future condition…”
View this complete post...Catching the Wind: State Actions Needed to Seize the Golden Opportunity of Atlantic Offshore Wind Power
Monday, July 21st, 2014
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION
The Atlantic coastline is at the epicenter of America’s energy and environmental challenges, with state leaders currently facing critical decisions to meet the region’s growing energy demands and protect our communities and wildlife from the impacts of climate change. The cities, metropolitan areas, and sprawling suburbs that stretch along the East Coast have a massive, pollution-free energy source ready to meet these challenges –– offshore wind.
Features of a Fully Renewable US Electricity System: Wind and Solar PV
Thursday, July 3rd, 2014
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
CO2 and air pollution emission reduction goals as well as energy security, price stability, and affordability considerations make renewable electricity generation attractive. A highly renewable electricity supply will be based to a large extent on wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) power, since these two resources are both abundant and either relatively inexpensive or rapidly becoming cost competitive. Such a system demands a fundamentally different design approach: While electricity generation was traditionally constructed to be dispatchable in order to follow the demand, wind and solar PV power output is largely determined by weather conditions that are out of human control.
Global Infrastructure Spending: Outlook to 2025
Thursday, June 26th, 2014
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Infrastructure spending has begun to rebound from the global financial crisis and is expected to grow significantly over the coming decade. That is the main finding of Capital project and infrastructure spending: Outlook to 2025, our in-depth analysis of 49 countries that account for 90% of global economic output. Worldwide, infrastructure spending will grow from $4 trillion per year in 2012 to more than $9 trillion per year by 2025. Overall, close to $78 trillion is expected to be spent globally between 2014 and 2025. But the recovery will be uneven, with infrastructure spending in Western Europe not reaching pre-crisis levels until at least 2018. Meanwhile, emerging markets, unburdened by austerity or ailing banks, will see accelerated growth in infrastructure spending, especially China and other countries in Asia.
Oregon DOT: Satellite Guidance Facilitates Road Work
Thursday, June 19th, 2014
Oregon DOT supports and expands use of intelligent construction systems and technologies.
View this complete post...Applying GPS Data To Understand Travel Behavior
Thursday, June 19th, 2014
NATIONAL COOPERATIVE HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM
Given the need for more data to support a wide range of transportation planning and modeling activities, combined with ongoing budgetary constraints, the time has come to clearly and objectively evaluate the multiple sources of GPS data that could be leveraged and used for transportation planning beyond the traditional application area of travel time and speed studies.
Block Island, RI: How Offshore Wind Affects the Fish
Friday, June 13th, 2014
Deepwater Wind discusses their research alongside commercial fishermen in Rhode Island, ensuring that their offshore wind installations will benefit everyone.
View this complete post...NYC: Smart Signals to Make Subways Run Faster
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014
Modernizing Subway Technology: How CBTC Works. To learn more about CBTC visit rpa.org/cbtc.
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