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Lead Article: Implementing Sustainability in the Geotechnical Industry
By Karie Yamamoto, EIT, PhD Candidate, Keller and Kimberly Martin, PhD, PE, ENV SP, Senior Engineer - Innovation and Sustainability, Keller
Sustainability encompasses three broad areas: social, environment, and economics. As geotechnical engineers and contractors that work in a for-profit industry, it can feel overwhelming to try to figure out how we fit in with the sustainability movement that is gaining steam across the world, across the country ... Read more
President's Report
By Ronald K. Burns, PE, LSP, LEED AP, Principal Engineer, Arcadia Technology, Inc. and BSCES President
The focus of this month’s issue is Climate Change Mitigation. As an environmental engineer and LEED AP this is a subject near and dear to my heart. The impact of climate change is becoming more apparent every year as we see the significant rise in extreme weather events across the US and the world. ... Read more
Featured Group: Committee on Sustainability
By Sulata Paul (Arianna), PE, LEED AP BD+C, Project Engineer, Green International Affiliates, Inc. and Chair, BSCES Committee on Sustainability
BSCES Committee on Sustainability is looking for active members to volunteer and join the discussion about sustainability in all civil engineering practices. Please reach out to Sustain.Comm@BSCES.org if you are interested. ... Read more
Revealing Hidden Opportunities – Cambridge Discovery Park
By David Biancavilla, PE, LEED AP, Principal, BSC Group, Inc.
Located within one of the world’s most important biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and high-tech centers, Cambridge Discovery Park is a 27-acre, state-of-the-art life science campus, which connects to the Alewife Reservation, one of metro-Boston’s largest urban wilds and an important North American migratory bird flyway. ... Read more
Stormwater Infrastructure Safeguards a Massachusetts Community from Future Impacts of Climate Change
By Katherine Goyette, PE, Senior Project Manager, Kleinfelder
Extreme rain and flooding from the effects of climate change are impacting infrastructure and lives on a global scale. Kleinfelder’s engineers worked with the City of Cambridge to increase resiliency in one of its lower-income neighborhoods most impacted by flooding and sanitary sewer backups through the design and construction of a new stormwater tank – in one of the most challenging urban locations – just in time for the area’s third wettest summer on record. ... Read more
Rainfall Intensification: The Challenge of Projecting Future Extreme Storms
By Mark Maimone, PhD, PE, D WRE, BCEE, Senior Vice President, CDM Smith and Sebastian Malter, CC-P, Water Resources Engineer, CDM Smith
Extreme rainfall and flooding is affecting the world with increasing frequency and severity. There are a number of promising approaches to help estimate climate change impacts on extreme rainfall. This article summarizes three practical methods to assess climate change impacts on extreme rainfall. ... Read more
Extreme Heat Resiliency Cambridge
By Kyle Johnson, Climate Resiliency & Green Infrastructure, Kleinfelder
New England is oft-associated with a “cold climate” label, however, the effects of climate change with regards to heat are already being felt today. The Greater Boston region has increasingly been exposed to dangerous heat waves, and the number of days above 90°F is projected to triple in the coming decades. ... Read more
Restored Resilience: Replacement of Coastal Cedar Point’s Vulnerable Sewer System in Scituate, Massachusetts
By Francesca Barilla, EIT, Senior Project Engineer, Environmental Partners Group, LLC, Quincy, MA, Paul Millett, PE, Senior Principal, Environmental Partners Group, LLC, Quincy, MA, Kevin Cafferty, Director of Public Works, Town of Scituate, MA, and William Branton, Sewer Supervisor, Town of Scituate, MA
The original Cedar Point gravity sewer collection system in Scituate, Massachusetts was constructed of vitrified clay (VC) pipe in the 1970s. Despite construction of several sewer system rehabilitation projects over the last decade, the coastal area remained a source of excessive infiltration/inflow ... Read more
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