Recipe for Great Downtown: Make it Destination with Deep Roots and Authentically Local Flavor
What Makes a Great Downtown? Keep things authentic by incorporating a community’s history Tell a story with design Improve access to popular locales Make spaces flexible to accommodate multiple uses and purpose Planning for programming opportunities All communities have the best of intentions when it comes to their downtowns. In most cases, this means offering… Read More »
Tags: Cheyenne, Colorado, Downtown, Landscape Architecture, Planning, River, Watertown, Windsor, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Beautiful Bridges: Structurally Sound, Aesthetically Pleasing
The United States has nearly 600,000 bridges, and our structural engineers have designed nearly 1,500 of them. All are important to their local transportation networks, and all have a visual impact on their surrounding environment. That’s why good bridge design considers aesthetics as well as structural integrity –and why our bridge designers bring an artistic… Read More »
Tags: Aesthetics, Bridges, Clearwater, Courtney Campbell, DeForest, Duluth, Florida, Honey Creek Parkway, Minnesota, Montreal River, Red Bug Lake Road Cross Seminole Trail Overpass, Roberts and Dona Bay Trail Bridges, Rusk County, Sarasota County, Seminole County, Structural Design, Tampa, US 17-92 General Hutchison Pedestrian Bridge, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Mississippi River Flooding Raises Questions About Feasibility of Encroaching on Rivers
Mississippi River flooding that started in December has caused over 20 deaths, forced hundreds of evacuations, and left a path of destruction in Illinois and Missouri. As Illinois and Missouri were cleaning up the mess, the surging waters headed south to Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi. This week all eyes are on New Orleans to see how… Read More »
Tags: Flooding, Levees, Mississippi River, River Engineering, River Walls, Water Resources