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VOL. 7 NO. 8

DECEMBER 2021

REALITY NOW

TURNING DATA INTO ACTIONABLE INFORMATION

California's Mass Timber Regulation Changes

Expand the Building Material's Viability

Design Considerations for
Development Series
Using Flexible Buried Bridges
in Lieu of Conventional Bridges

Geospatial Technology Boosts Efforts to Rebuild

Forests and Reestablish Landscapes

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24 ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS

CAD for Small Businesses

26 Knock on Wood

California's Mass Timber Regulation Changes

Expand the Building Material's Viability

By Carol Brzozowski

30 Reality Now

Turning Data into Actionable Information

By Mark Scacco, P.E.

26	EDUCATION	Development Series

37 Design Considerations

for Using Flexible Buried Bridges in

Lieu of Conventional Bridges

By Joel Hahm, P.E.

46 ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS

Improving on 'Par for the Course': Aerial

Imagery Helps Prepare Golf Courses for

U.S. Open Tournament

48 Plotting for Growth

	Geospatial Technology Boosts Efforts to
30	Rebuild Forests and Reestablish Landscapes
By John Stenmark
54	ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS
	Two California Locations Save Space and
	Money with Engineered Stormwater Systems
						VOL. 7 NO. 8
						DECEMBER 2021
		REALITY NOW
		TURNING DATA INTO
		ACTIONABLE INFORMATION
		California's Mass Timber Regulation Changes
		Expand the Building Material's Viability
		Design Considerations for
		Using Flexible Buried in Lieu
		of Conventional Bridges
		Geospatial Technology Boosts Efforts to Rebuild
		Forests and Reestablish Landscapes
48	Cover Image Credit: Nearmap
(March 2020, New York City)

DECEMBER 2021 VOL. 7 NO. 8

COLUMNS

8 FROM THE EDITOR

Finally! An Infrastructure Bill Passes!

By Robert Schickel

14 INFRASTRUCTURE OUTLOOK

ASCE Statement on House Passage of

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act By Dennis D. Truax, P.E.

16 REENGINEERING THE ENGINEER

Times Change: Don't Be the Cranky Old Neighbor

By Douglas G. Fitzpatrick, P.E.

18 EXECUTIVE CORNER

How Private Equity Is Quietly

Transforming the A/E Industry

By Steve Gido

20 THOUGHTS FROM ENGINEERS

Stepping Up Source-Water Protection

By Chris Maeder, M.S., P.E., CFM

22 TRANSPORTATION TROUBLESHOOTING

Solving a Decades-Old Problem:

The Commute

By Vikrant Vaze

DEPARTMENTS

1. Letters
2. Trends

56 Specification Section: 2021 Guide to Concrete Product and Design Software for Buildings, Bridges and Roads

1. Change Leader: Joe Cavanaugh

1. Advertiser Index

70 Future Forward: Cathy Lin and Jonathan Tinney

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