Whitepapers and Case Studies

Which areas will fare better through a recession and which will contract? Download the paper to gain insights into areas of the new economy that will likely experience growth, such…

When excavation for a retaining wall at John C. Tune Airport in Nashville, Tennessee, opened up a geotechnical can of worms, engineer Clint Hines, P.E. found a way to keep…

The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) has published a new document that provides an overview of non-destructive testing and evaluation techniques that have been introduced into the plastic pipe industry. …

The purpose of this guide is to provide educational information to both new and sea-soned truck scale buyers. It is intended to provide more and different information than you find…

The NIST Handbook 44 standard defines the specifications and tolerances for weighing and measuring devices used in the United States, including vehicle scales. In 2022, single draft weigh-in-motion (SD-WIM) vehicle…

BRAYN Consulting is a niche consulting firm that guides businesses to greater value through tax credits and incentives, such as R&D Tax Credits, Cost Segregation, 179D, 45L, and Fuel Tax…

A new paper reveals the hidden cost and impact of water waste in facilities NEW YORK — The water systems within the world’s building and facilities are a major source of…

This case study examines how an engineering consultant uses a cloud-based construction administration platform to automate manual tasks and cut down on wasted labor hours found in the daily reporting…

Details Measures to Resolve Ovality During Power and Communications System Installation The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI), has published a new document about ovality in high-density polyethylene (HDPE) conduit, including…

One of the world’s most effective climate solutions lays dormant under our feet. Regenerative agriculture restores the health of soils, improves ecosystem services, offers additional revenue for farmers, and provides…

Sound waves, which are all around us, are simply organized mechanical vibrations traveling through a medium, which may be a solid, a liquid, or a gas. This applies to both…

Harbor Compliance has published a white paper that shows businesses how to turn a common source of frustration and expense into an asset that yields returns on investment (ROI) of 30X and more.…

Photo: Nick Ulivieri Photography The Final Riverfront Development Site Salesforce Tower Chicago, a 58-story tower named after its primary tenant, provides 1.2 million square feet of office space and completes…

When engineering firms hire newly-graduated engineering students as EITs, their value to the firm and their early career progress is accelerated when they have experience with the professional engineering software…

As with many systems, the combination of parts is more valuable than the parts individually. If concrete and steel’s preeminence led to such astounding progress in the last two centuries,…

If you are leading an infrastructure project you, are probably interested in investigating and applying digital twins. You may be asked two key questions: What is a digital twin and…

RS&H Dissolves Disputes with Appia®’s Audit Trail CHALLENGE As the Construction Services Discipline Leader for RS&H, David Elliott and his team travel to job sites around the country to “kick…

Engineers, architects, and contractors understand that in discussing sustainability in construction we are talking about employing an array of “best practices” in design, material selection, and processes to reduce the…

By John Dulude, PE, MBA & Paul Banks, PG Introduction According to Accuweather, the damage costs from the winter storm in mid-February could be as high as $130 billion in…

As we experience and emerge from “the great shutdown” of 2020, things have and will change in all aspects of life – including the design and construction process. Nowhere in…

In this (or any other) time of social and/or business disruption, delays, or shutdowns, focus frequently goes to the scheduling clauses contained in design and construction professional service agreements. One…

Portland, ME  – Chalkline, Inc. has published a Case Study on TowerPinkster’s evaluation, selection, and success of deploying and using VisiSpecs. TowerPinkster wanted to better utilize their BIM models to create and…

What is it and When Does it Make Sense? By Augustus “Gus” Raymond Entering the 19th century, the 482’ Strasbourg Cathedral was the tallest structure in the world, horses, and…

Business owners need to utilize technology effectively in order to compete. Whether you want a steady flow of work or to grow your business, adopting technology is the key. Download…

Cetrus’ Plug-in, Expense-2-Project (E2P), can uniquely identify application use, by a specific user for a specific project, down to the file level. This exact, file-level association allows companies to turn…

Swarms of mosquitoes near a retention pond adjacent to a big-box retail center was the first indication that the area was suffering from significant environmental damage. What started out as…

The common belief shared by many stormwater engineers and local and state agencies is that gravel parking lots, roads, and driveways are not porous—and for purposes of stormwater runoff, gravel…

Read our ebook to learn about the benefits of implementing productivity tools to eliminate information gaps that occur as data is generated over the course of a construction project. This ebook…

Your end goals are the same as they have been – achieving them has just been made simpler. In our e-book, we highlight how 3 organizations leveraged new solutions to: Better…

Geocells (cellular confinement) offer a more effective and practical 3D design solution to load support challenges than multilayered 2D geogrid efforts. Geocells transfer applied loads instantaneously, delivering practical soil stabilization…

Helical Drilling installs Ductile Iron Piles, a new low-vibration deep foundation system, within an existing high-bay commercial building to support the new concrete structural slab. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE…