Homebuilding Project Provides New Perspective
By Disa Wahlstrand, PE, LEED AP Being a civil engineer for 22 years equips you with a fair amount of information about site development projects. I know there needs to be a firm foundation for a building, good drainage, access for utilities, and adherence to local regulations, among other standard considerations. But I learned a… Read More »
Tags: construction, Contractor, Design Consultant, Homebuilding, Site Design, Site Development
Drones Fly Straight into Mapping, Inspection, Engineering Roles
How Can Drones Help Design Things? By documenting and mapping a site. By helping with traffic and parking volume studies. By tracking construction progress. By Jason Krueger, CP, GISP Unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, are becoming an increasingly common tool in the survey, mapping, and engineering fields. Incorporating these aerial imaging and mapping platforms… Read More »
Tags: Aerial Mapping, Drones, Geospatial, UAS, Unmanned Aerial Systems
Cranberries Depend on Water Resources
Dams serve a range of organizations in a variety of locations. They store water, control floods, provide irrigation, supply hydropower, reduce sedimentation – the list of uses for this scalable water resource structure goes on and on. It’s hard to miss a big dam on a big river. But you can find small dams doing… Read More »
Tags: Cranberry Bogs, Dams, Water Control, Water Supply, Wisconsin