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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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”?...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...