By Luke Carothers Recently, there has been a push within the AEC industry—particularly within the United States—to shift our focus to new ways to adapt and reuse old buildings to…

A Simple System: Funiculars in American History By Luke Carothers As early railroad technology developed, engineers grappled with the challenge of moving cars up and down inclines.  Early railroads were…

By Chad Clinehens For the first time in the history of Civil+Structural Engineer Magazine, winners from Zweig Group’s Rising Stars Awards and the Engineering Drone Video of the Year competition…

Standing in front of the Walker School Building in Walker, Missouri (now home to Northeast Vernon County High School or NEVC), the marks of time and use are clearly written…

The competition for the Engineering Drone Video of the Year (EDVY) competition was fierce this year with more than 2,500 votes being cast during two weeks of online voting.  Over…

By Rowland Chen The Telluride–Mountain Village Gondola is a free public, wind-powered transportation system that stretches between the mountain communities of Telluride and Mountain Village, Colorado. Managed by the Telluride…

Automation and data synchronization light the way to tunnel success  By Mary Jo Wagner As a tunnel surveyor with Eiffage, a French civil engineering construction company, Christophe Poloni knows a…

By Luke Carothers Neetha standing in front of the Austin TX city skyline. Neetha Vasan is a Senior Microclimate Scientist and Associate at Rowan William Davies & Irwin (RWDI) LLC,…

By Jon Fingland, Vice President and Category General Manager at Trimble Despite significant strides in digital transformation, siloed data remains a major roadblock in the construction industry. Many contractors who…

By Myles Moran, PE, Project Engineer, RMF Engineering & David Mercer, PE, Principal, RMF Engineering Our colleges and universities are aging gracefully, but with time, the need for updated infrastructure…

By Luke Carothers While space flight is an endeavor that allows us to explore reaches further and further away from the planet we call home, the ability to explore the…

By Bryan Williams, Portfolio Manager, Trimble Since 1902, Turner Construction Company has charged a path for advancement in construction. At the turn of the century, the company pioneered the use…