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WHAT EXACTLY IS A SMART CITY?

There is a lot of buzz about “smart cities” these days, with cities such as Portland, San Francisco, Denver, Austin, Columbus and Kansas...

WIRELESS SERVICES

THE BENEFITS OF USING DRONES FOR CELL TOWER AUDITS

It used to be if you asked someone how they got something done so fast, they would respond, “There’s an app for that.” Well soon we might...

TRAFFIC + TRANSPORTATION

A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING

It is Monday morning, and you are trying to beat traffic on your way to work when all of a sudden it seems like the whole traffic...

BROADBAND ENGINEERING

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OPEN ACCESS NETWORKS

The telecommunications engineering industry is rife with acronyms and jargon, and it can be hard to sort out the truly important terms...

WIRELESS SERVICES

TIPS FOR CONDUCTING SITE WALKS LIKE A PRO

Site walks are the “rubber meets the road” portion of project analysis. In order to ensure your construction documents (CDs) are...

WIRELESS SERVICES

NOW DAS WHAT I’M TALKING ‘BOUT

Phone, Wallet, Keys. I must check my pockets for these three items at least ten times a day. We bring them everywhere we go and...

LAND DEVELOPMENT

BECOMING ADA COMPLIANT IN OUR SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC PLACES

Imagine your child uses a wheelchair and has started the fall at a new school. She comes home one day happily chatting about new...

LAND DEVELOPMENT

BUILDING IN THE EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE

Much of the work that the land development department of Foresite Group, Inc. does is prototypical for larger clients, like...

CORPORATE

HUH? ENGINEERING JARGON FOR THE NEW ENGINEER PART II

Have you ever tried to play it cool in a meeting when you’re not quite sure what people are talking about? You wonder if you missed some...

LAND DEVELOPMENT

HOW TO APPROACH A UNIQUE CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECT

Do you remember the popular meme that showed pictures of “What (fill in the blank) thinks I do” and then a picture of “What I really do”?...

LAND DEVELOPMENT

5 THINGS I DIDN’T LEARN IN CIVIL ENGINEERING SCHOOL

School teaches us a lot of things and prepares us in many ways for our job and life in the real world. However, there are a number of...

LAND DEVELOPMENT

A DESIGNER’S TAKE ON CIVIL 3D

Autodesk’s Civil 3D is used by civil engineers, civil designers and other professionals to plan, design and manage land development,...

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

PARK-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS BENEFIT CITIES AND THEIR RESIDENTS

On June 23rd, I was excited to attend a roundtable discussion about Economic Development & Parks focusing on “park-oriented development”...

WIRELESS SERVICES

USING PHOTO SIMULATIONS TO VISUALIZE A WIRELESS PROJECT

In the world of telecommunications, cell carriers are forever working to find solutions for site designs that consider three major...

TRAFFIC + TRANSPORTATION

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TRAFFIC ENGINEERING

Whenever I introduce myself to a new contact and tell them I work as a Traffic Engineer, the number one response is always "So what is...

WIRELESS SERVICES

3 WAYS TO PROTECT BIRDS IN CELL TOWERS

With the spring season upon us in the Atlanta area there are a number of images that come to mind. Most of us might picture flowers...

BROADBAND ENGINEERING

PRE-PROJECT DATA COLLECTION FOR FIBER NETWORK PLANNING: A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

Just as cakes don’t bake themselves, fiber networks don’t build themselves. Fiber network planning and baking cakes both need the right...

LAND DEVELOPMENT

5 TIPS FOR PREPARING FOR THE PE EXAM

Becoming a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) is the ultimate goal for most people graduating with an engineering degree. You put in...

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

ADAPTIVE REUSE IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING IS ALIVE AND WELL!

The trend of adaptive reuse is alive and well in Atlanta. The practice of adaptive reuse, meaning to reuse an existing building for a...

BROADBAND ENGINEERING

WHAT IS FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY?

Google Fiber recently announced in the news that they will be bringing their gigabit Internet service to Huntsville, Alabama. This will...

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

REFORESTATION: NOT JUST FOR FORESTS

When you first hear the word reforestation, you may imagine a large group of foresters in a national park trudging through burnt...

CORPORATE

HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR NEXT PROJECT MANAGER

While you’re busy pushing tasks their way and asking for status updates, your entry level employees are slowly working toward becoming...

WIRELESS SERVICES

A CLOSER LOOK AT ANTENNA LEVEL EQUIPMENT IN CELL TOWERS

When you look at a cell tower site from a distance, a few things can jump out at you. Naturally, the first thing you notice will be the...

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

ALL ABOUT PARKS

We all know what a park is, right? But where did they begin, what were they originally intended for, who owns them and are there...