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Beyond the Blueprint: Contracting 101
From a bridge supporting rush-hour traffic to a pipe bringing water to your faucets, civil infrastructure isn’t always glamorous, but it’s the spine of our communities. For engineers and contractors building these lifelines for government, the related contracts are not just paperwork—they are the game plan. Welcome to our series on construction contracting in the...
The post Beyond the Blueprint: Contracting 101 first appeared on Public Works Group Blog.
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for FEMA BRIC & FMA Grants Posted
On January 6, 2025, a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) was posted for FEMA’s BRIC and FMA FY24 Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants. Both grants have a submission deadline of April 18, 2025, at 3:00 PM ET. Below is more information about each grant: Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) – the estimated total program funding...
The post Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for FEMA BRIC & FMA Grants Posted first appeared on Public Works Group Blog.
How to Quantify Benefits of Trees
It seems obvious that trees impact our communities in a beneficial way by providing shade and lowering temperature, absorbing carbon dioxide, and intercepting and absorbing rainfall. But quantifying these benefits can be challenging. Fortunately the USDA Forest Service “provides urban and rural forestry analysis and benefits assessment tools” that can help us. The USDA developed...
The post How to Quantify Benefits of Trees first appeared on Public Works Group Blog.
Can AI Be Used to Check Stop Control Warrants?
For some time I have been thinking about how AI could be used to assist civil engineers and the public works industry. While I have several ideas, one obvious application I’ve thought about is using it to check all-way stop control signal warrants as defined by the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). Since...
The post Can AI Be Used to Check Stop Control Warrants? first appeared on Public Works Group Blog.
Using AI to Generate Images for Public Works – Post 2
In the first post on this topic I introduced the Midjourney AI tool which can be used to generate images. In this post, I’ll talk about a few more image generating tools I have tried. The first is Canva. This tool is fairly easy to use; however, you will need to make a free account...
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