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The combination of years long drought and explosive growth in the Atlanta metro area has both taxed the local water system and fueled the 20-year plus Tri-State Water War among Geo[...]
As Millennials finally develop a sense of job security, many are opting to move from apartments in urban areas to the suburbs. What design features appeals to 20 and 30 something h[...]
Since Google, Tesla, and others are closer to having road-worthy vehicles than many anticipated, the Federal Highway Administration is now fast tracking the formation of regulation[...]
As water scarcity becomes a real issue for state and local water officials, some water managers and property owners are exploring the option of using greywater and stormwater for n[...]
As more people migrate to urban areas, developers are struggling to find buildable parcels in cities. To overcome this obstacle and make the most of small lots, architects are taki[...]
For multiple reasons, the world’s fresh water supplies are decreasing at an alarming rate. An MIT engineering research team recently published a paper describing a new desalination[...]
Residents living along the South Carolina coast breathed a sigh of relief when forecasters announced the area would be spared a direct hit from Hurricane Joaquin. Unfortunately, ma[...]
While South Carolina’s historic rain event that occurred in early October 2015 brought dam safety to the attention of residents and public officials, catastrophic water management [...]
Often even the most sensitive monitoring instruments miss small movements in bridges or buildings that may compromise the integrity of their structural components. A MIT research t[...]
With historically low vacancy rates, as well as developers chasing unprecedented high ROIs for rental property investments, the demand for new rental property construction shows li[...]
The bioretention gardens developed by the University of Michigan hold the promise of being a cost effective solution to both Detroit’s issues with blight and Toledo’s problems with[...]
As urban planners integrate multiple eco-friendly systems into their infrastructure designs that allow data from multiple systems to feed into analysis software, the opportunity fo[...]