The Lowdown on How to Protect Property Against High Water in the Great Lakes
Courtesy Bryan Nebel of Nebel Construction. By Craig Schuh, PE Water in three of the Great Lakes (Erie, Ontario, and Superior) reached its highest level in a century in 2019, and more of the same is forecast for 2020. Public agencies, consultants, and homeowners are scrambling to react, and emergency permitting has been offered by… Read More »
Tags: breakwater, coastal landowners, erosive wave action, filter fabric, high water levels, high waves, lidar data, linear features, resilience, Riprap, seawalls, storm surge, water level rise
Unseen Project Details Play Important Roles
A “welcome” sign on a newly completed project doesn’t tell the entire story of technical challenges designers overcame between the drawing board and the construction site. Challenging design questions are often answered with hidden – but vital – design elements. Here are a few examples: Can Heavy Artwork Panels Be Removable in a Narrow Space?… Read More »
Tags: Canoe Launch, Concrete Column, construction, Flood Wall, Kayak Launch, Structural Blocks, Structural engineering, Structural Inspection, Structure
A Decade of Changes in Infrastructure Design
With another decade in the books – and a new one starting up – it’s time to look back on some of the most interesting questions in the architecture/engineering world that technology has answered in the last 10 years. What Will the Finished Project Look Like? How can most people (who aren’t engineers or professional… Read More »
Tags: 3D BIM, 3D Modeling, 3D renderings, CFD, Computational Fluid Dynamics, flythroughs, HD Scanning, High Density Lidar, Rendering, Subsurface Utility Engineering, SUE