by BFW News | Apr 7, 2025 | Environmental
Engineering has long been a driver of progress, shaping the infrastructure that supports modern life. However, this progress does not come without environmental consequences. The construction and engineering industry contributes to 39% of global CO₂ emissions and...
by BFW News | Jun 28, 2023 | Archived, Environmental
Wetlands, Waterways, Riverbeds: How We Protect Our Region’s Ecosystems You can’t just build wherever you want, even if the area looks empty. A barren expanse of land might look innocuous to the untrained eye, but these areas specifically are ones in which wildlife...
by BFW News | Dec 5, 2020 | Archived, Environmental
Transportation & the Environment: Hazardous Materials Hazardous materials may not be the first thing that comes to mind when considering the site preparation process for construction projects. Many can harbor hazards to human health that must be understood and...
by BFW News | Nov 28, 2020 | Archived, Environmental
Transportation & The Environment: Landscape Architecture and Outdoor Advertising The value of landscape architecture isn’t always obvious, especially in a transportation engineering project. After all, barring a scenic byway here and there, what is there to see...
by BFW News | Nov 28, 2020 | Archived, Environmental
Transportation & the Environment: Ecology Our newest multi-part series is all about transportation engineering from an environmental point-of-view. While it’s one thing to expound on the process of designing a transportation project, we’d like to shed light on the...
by BFW News | Nov 25, 2020 | Archived, Environmental
Transportation & the Environment: Mitigation Both our Environmental Manager, Susannah Campbell, and our Fish & Wildlife Biologist, Jeff Herod agree; when it comes to construction, it’s always ideal to completely avoid interacting with sensitive areas and...
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