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An Engineer in the Woods, Installment 2: Critters #1, Bats and Rats and Elephants...Lord So Forlorn!

Friday, June 30, 2017
  If you were born in the early 60’s or late 50’s, you probably know the Unicorn Song about Noah.  If you’ve never heard it, Google it and you’ll see that I was a little loose with the phrasing – but the reference is appropriate. Living in this house is wha...

It’s June, 2017— Do you know where your Federal Transportation Funds are?

Tuesday, June 13, 2017
New Qualification Based Selection Rules (QBS) for Local Federal Aid Projects in Illinois Editor’s Note: Due to a very important new requirement for the state and local agencies that comprise much of our client base, we are posting this blog sooner than we normally would.  In addition, ...

An Engineer in the Woods, Installment 1: Where

Thursday, May 18, 2017
More mornings than not, Mary Beth, Christy, Miriam and Donina are serenaded with at least one story of my latest house disaster.  Due to their perverse natures, and the basic satisfaction that anyone gets when they learn that one of the Bosses is a long way from perfection (for me you can m...

Are Engineers Really That Smart?

Thursday, April 20, 2017
I once had a friend introduce me as “the smartest man she knows.”  I was embarrassed – did she really know how many times I had to take Calculus?  But then I thought about what we consider to be smart… I enjoy baseball and football and basketball and hockey and ...

What is Behind the Recent Increase in Traffic Related Deaths?

Wednesday, March 22, 2017
You may have seen some recent press releases detailing a significant increase in traffic deaths in the U.S.  The 7.7% increase from 2014 (32,675 traffic deaths) to 2015 (35,200 traffic deaths) reverses several years’ trend of small increases or decreases. Traffic deaths peaked in 2005 ...