CONTENTS
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THE COVER Illustration by Maisie Johnson
CHANNELS ENVIRONMENTAL + SUSTAINABILITY 10 Solar Panels as Natural Resources of Energy 11 Open the Door to Energy Efficiency 12 PFAS Cleanup STRUCTURES + BUILDINGS 14 How Fire Causes Office-Building Floors to Collapse 16 Clamping Down on Noise 18 Meeting Healthcare Challenges Through Prefabricated Modular Solutions and Engineering 21 Turner Protects Workers in U.S. Navy Building with WES3 23 Safety While Working at Height TRANSPORTATION + INFRASTRUCTURE 24 Keeping America Safely Supplied in the Face of Corona Virus 26 Building Resiliency into Construction Businesses with Cloud- Based Technology WATER + STORMWATER 28 Spencer Dam Failure Investigation Provides Lessons to Engineers and Dam Professionals BUSINESS NEWS 31 30 Universal Work Zone Safety Tips 33 Structural Health Monitoring: A Technologically Preparedness Solution for Infrastructure Health Management 35 6 Essential Safety Principles for New Engineers 36 Working Without a Contract SOFTWARE + TECH 37 The Importance of BIM Integration without Compromising Vital Design Data UNMANNED SYSTEMS 39 Rapid Response Brings Calm After the Storm 42 Shell Polymers Utilizes Drone Technology to Capture Real-time Data on a Large Ethane Cracking Plant SURVEYING 44 3D Augmented Reality Solution Sought, Evaluated and Deployed
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departments 8 Events
47 Benchmarks 48 Reader Index Columns 5 From The Publisher: Opportunity in Crisis Jamie Claire Kiser 6 Engineering Front Line: Actions in a Moment of Crisis H. Kit Miyamoto
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