A Celebration of 2021 Luke Carothers
When 2021 began, there were a lot of questions floating around the industry–questions about sustainabil - ity, questions about the ongoing pandemic, questions about digitization, and more. Our responses to these questions have shaped not only the current state of the AEC industry, but also its future. Projects like the Fayetteville North Carolina Solar Farm and habitat restoration in Minnesota’s Kings - bury Bay demonstrate a growing push in the industry to incorporate a sustainable mindset towards environmental resources. This push was also echoed in several of our stories about unmanned systems and drones, discussing the capability of drones to completely alter our approach design, construction, and stockpile management. However, this is but a fraction of the topics and projects covered by us in the last twelve months. To celebrate the thinkers that have shaped the AEC industry’s discourse over the past year, this issue features some of the best pieces from Civil+Structural Engineer Magazine. These projects and ideas are foundational to how we see and shape the world moving forward. It is our goal to both elevate the AEC industry and celebrate the people who design the world around us. From Dubai to Alaska and back again,this publication has spanned the globe, covering those tackling the problems our industry faces with ingenuity and collaboration. By looking back and curating the best of the past, it is our hope that this issue shines a light into the unknowing of a new year.
LUKE CAROTHERS is the Editor for Civil + Structural Engineer Media. If you want us to cover your project or want to feature your own article, he can be reached at lcarothers@zweiggroup.com.
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