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1.04.2018

Contributed by Joe Skinner

I've been working in the engineering industry for more than four decades, and I've picked up on a few things in that ...

12.29.2017

Fresh Ideas: Three Ways Planners Can Innovate in a Time of Change

Contributed by Meg Bower

About 10 years ago a colleague in the planning field and I shared lunch and ended up discussing work. He used the ...

12.21.2017

The Increase in Floods is not by Chance

Contributed by Deji Ajose-Adeogun

If you've watched the news lately you've probably been hearing the words stormwater, flooding, 500-year flood, and storm surge quite a bit. ...

12.14.2017

Dewberry’s Approach to Sustainability Helped Washington, D.C., Become the First LEED Platinum City

Contributed by Kevin McNiff and Brian Tanner

This summer, Washington, D.C., earned the distinction of becoming the world's first LEED Platinum City ...

12.07.2017

Strategies for Success: Preparing for the Architecture Registration Exam

Contributed by Brooke Martin

One of the most challenging hurdles in an architect’s career is the Architecture Registration Exam® (ARE®), an important step ...

11.30.2017

Why MS4s Should Use Natural Stream Channel Restoration to Reduce Stormwater Pollution

Contributed by Tom Graupensperger

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) protects water quality by regulating municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s) to reduce the pollutants that stormwater ...

11.22.2017

Danville's Iconic Research Center Transformed

Contributed by Dodie Hudson and Larry Hasson

After opening its doors for the first time in the late 1800s, the Dan River Research Building became one of the largest ...

11.15.2017

GIS Day 2017: Why I Chose a Career in GIS and How the Industry Has Changed

Contributed by Sue Hoegberg, Phil Thiel, Kate O’Brien, Ken Logsdon Jr., Erin Meadows, Dave Maune, and Chris Maderia

How I Learned to Love GIS "I fell into GIS in 1990 after working for a number of years doing manual cartography. ...

11.09.2017

Becoming a Licensed Structural Engineer and What the Future May Hold

Contributed by Nicholas Harden

Whether you’re in your first year of engineering classes, two years into your career, or have been a professional engineer for more ...

11.01.2017

NOAA's Hydrographic Services Review Panel Issue Papers (Part 2)

Contributed by Dave Maune

In my last blog I discussed my involvement on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Hydrographic Services Review Panel. As a ...

10.26.2017

NOAA's Hydrographic Services Review Panel Issue Papers (Part 1)

Contributed by Dave Maune

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Hydrographic Services Review Panel (HSRP) is a Federal Advisory Committee to the NOAA Administrator. The ...

10.19.2017

From NASA's Mission to the Moon to the Restoration of the Everglades: Explaining Program Management

Contributed by Tony Buitrago

Program management is the management and leadership of a group of related projects worked to obtain benefits not otherwise available from managing ...

10.12.2017

Can You Imagine a Day Without Water?

Contributed by Peter Garvey

The annual Imagine a Day Without Water campaign aims to bring awareness to the importance of water in so many aspects of ...

10.05.2017

Creating Resilient Communities in North Carolina

Contributed by Cameron Long, Laurel McGinley, and Juan Nieves

Nearly one year ago today, Hurricane Matthew hugged the coast of the southeastern U.S. heading towards North Carolina. With it came severe ...

9.28.2017

Rebuild by Design: Creating Waterfront Community Resilience

Contributed by John Boulé, Ken Spahn, Rahul Parab, David Hill, Larry Smith, and Ileana Ivanciu

In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy in October 2012, Hoboken, New Jersey, was among several communities in the Northeast that began to ...

9.21.2017

How Geospatial Damage Assessments Assist Communities Following a Severe Weather Event

Contributed by Phil Thiel

Have you ever wondered how federal agencies and private non-profits accurately anticipate the amount of assistance and goods required to help communities ...

9.14.2017

Up a Stream Without a Paddle: Drone Boat Technology

Contributed by Keith Ludwig

Hydrographic surveying technology has advanced significantly in recent years. Today, with the use of drone technology in particular, surveys of drainage basins, ...

9.07.2017

How the Coastal Barrier Resources System Helped Protect Texas from Even Worse Losses Associated with Hurricane Harvey

Contributed by Steve Kalaf

A One-of-a-Kind Storm When Hurricane Harvey made landfall just a couple of weeks ago, it came with record-setting numbers. The total 51.88 ...

8.31.2017

Going Where Needed: Deployment Experiences in Texas

Contributed by Michael Villanueva, Antonio Marques, and Jake Lesué

When disasters occur, federal funding is available to state and local governments and eligible nonprofit organizations; Indian tribal governments; and Alaska native ...

8.24.2017

The Significance of the Association of State Floodplain Managers

Contributed by Grant Smith

At this year's Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) Annual Conference in Kansas City, Missouri, I was honored as the outgoing vice ...

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