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Jun 16, 2016

New Orleans in June. Toasty, to say the least. However, the PORTS 2016 conference that concluded yesterday was worth the trip for many reasons. The three and a half days of valuable educational sessions and networking are just a...

Jun 10, 2016

The International Bridge Conference concludes today with positive reviews. At the top of my list is the new location - Washington DC's National Harbor - which brought in lots of new faces from the East Coast. Travel budget...

May 25, 2016

We’ve all heard the phrase "less is more." Robert Browning used it first in an 1855 poem, but it was architect Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe who made it famous. Mies, a founder of the modern architecture movement, believed “simplicity...

May 17, 2016

Last year divers took to the murky depths of Baltimore’s waterfront to tackle the gargantuan task of repairing and rebuilding the port city’s aging infrastructure. Near zero visibility, wood timbers dating back to 1923 and...

May 11, 2016

Since the first fiberglass boat was launched in 1954, fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have proven ideal for marine infrastructure applications. Corrosion resistance to both sea water and chemicals has made FRP extremely...

Apr 27, 2016

This year, the National Park Service is celebrating its 100th birthday. In 2015, more than 305 million people visited national parks, beating all previous attendance records.

Apr 11, 2016

I recently attended the Southeast Bridge Preservation Partnership in San Antonio, Texas along with bridge owners and industry members from the southeastern US. The organization defines bridge preservation as

"actions or...

Apr 6, 2016

We're hearing a lot these days about reducing greenhouse gases. In the new report "On the Road Toward 2050: Potential for Substantial Reductions in Light-Duty Vehicle Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions," MIT professor of...

Mar 23, 2016

This month Hillside Pedestrian Bridge in Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley National Park got a spring makeover just in time to reopen the span to visitors anxious to leave winter behind and enjoy the outdoors again. But this isn’t the first...

Feb 29, 2016

On the eve of Super Tuesday, Americans and Capitol Hill await the outcome as 11 states prepare to vote in both the Republican and Democratic primaries. It’s a day of judgment for each candidate – separating the chaff from the...