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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 ...

8.17.2017

The Port Industry's Big Three

Contributed by Cliff Wilson

Ports play a key role in an interconnected, global industry. We are fortunate here at Dewberry to have personnel with vast backgrounds ...

8.10.2017

MEP Performance Design—New vs. Existing Buildings

Contributed by Nicholas Saponara

According to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, commercial buildings account for 19 percent of the energy consumed in the U.S. ...

8.03.2017

The Value of Internships

Contributed by Jeremy Cothren

As summer winds down, I know that many students are heading to college for the first time and trying to determine what ...

7.27.2017

How a Legacy Relationship Has Evolved Over the Past 70 Years

Contributed by Ken Logsdon, Jr.

Our relationship with East Donegal Township's Water Authority spans nearly 70 years, and as technologies have evolved, so have our services. Project ...

7.20.2017

Preserving the Cultural Heritage of a Gulf Coast Community

Contributed by Cameron Morris

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is the quintessential southern coastal town. Besides occasionally slipping in and out of pop culture for being highlighted ...

7.13.2017

Three Common Challenges Encountered on Urban Infrastructure Projects

Contributed by Pete Agnello

For more than 27 years, I've had the opportunity to be part of infrastructure improvement projects in New Jersey—the state where I've ...

7.06.2017

A Coastal Community of Practice

Contributed by John Hoffman

In 2010, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that 39 percent of the U.S. population lived in counties directly on ...

6.29.2017

Five Things to Consider as a Young Structural Engineer

Contributed by Joe Wolhar

Having been a structural engineer for nearly 30 years, I have been given some unique opportunities, gained valuable experience, and built meaningful ...