Rest Easy, Global Giant: additive manufacturing as risk mitigator
For infrastructure-builder AECOM, additive manufacturing represents a way to address a set of its most-pressing risks–but is the technology ready?
Infrastructure
Additive manufacturing – Will the world’s next mega city drop out of a 3D printer?
Can you imagine building your next house from the push of a button? Will, you feel safe driving over a bridge if it was built by a giant printer? In this age of digital technology disruption, we as a society […]
Time, Tide and… Massive Capital Expenditures, Wait for No One
The US Navy takes serious action to adapt to sea level rise.
From the tundra to the savannah: climate change risk for a global mining company
Rio Tinto, the second largest diversified mining company in the world, combats different types of climate change risks across its geographically diverse global footprint.
When Rising Tides Don’t Raise All Ships
The Difference of a Few Degrees on Shipbuilding in the US Navy
Floating Our Concrete Jungles
Our shining cities can be saved from rising sea levels by floating concrete systems.
An Explosion Redefines a Worst-Case Scenario
Con Edison’s 13th Street Power Facility erupts in light as water floods the station. Half of Manhattan goes dark and Hurricane Sandy rages on.
“The Sky is the Limit” In Addressing Impacts of Climate Change on Public Health Provision in Africa
Can public health systems in infrastructure-starved and climate-affected developing countries “leapfrog” current stresses on their operational logistics? Rwanda is experimenting with drone delivery of blood to find out!
It’s Not the Ship That’s Sinking, It’s the Port!
An underappreciated impact of climate change in a city that feels the water rising