Augmented reality (AR) has been gaining ground over the last couple years—most likely as a result of an increasing number of applications incorporating AR and an increase in the capabilities of supporting technology. But while the advances have been useful and impressive, I have not seen much related to the public works industry. This surprises [...]
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Free Highway Design Software!
October 28th, 2008 
Pam Broviak Hey all you designers of two-lane highways! Get your free download of the 2008 Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM). Brought to you by your friendly Federal Highway Administration. The site does require you to register for approval. Information required for registration includes your name, title organizational affiliation, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, and [...]
Posted in Civil Engineering, Government in the Metaverse, Public Works, Public Works in the Metaverse 
Tags: design, FHWA, highways, safety, software 
1 Comment »The Ugly Stepsister
July 14th, 2008 Pam Broviak Over the last few years the amount of information related to stormwater practices has dramatically increased. Some days it seems like every e-mail, magazine, or flyer I receive covers some topic related to the stormwater industry. However, it wasn’t until this weekend when our area had the worst rainfall event that I can remember, that [...]
Posted in Public Works, Stormwater Tags: Civil Engineering, design, hydraulics, hydrology, Public Works, storm sewers, stormwater, water quality 2 Comments »Losing Your Creativity
May 16th, 2008 Pam Broviak A couple weeks ago, I attended a meeting with our local business association to hear and participate in a discussion about tax increment financing districts (TIFs). Our TIF attorney made a comment at the meeting something to the effect that “infrastructure is not sexy.” At the time, I interjected my disagreement with his assessment; everyone [...]
Posted in Public Works in Second Life Tags: creativity, design, engineering, human resources, personnel, training Comments OffFor all things pavement….
February 15th, 2008 Pam Broviak Throughout my travels in Second Life, I have seen the impressive vision expressed by people who work for government agencies located in the United States. There are a number of creative and innovative government employees who have seen the potential of using Second Life to better perform their jobs and to reach out to citizens [...]
Posted in Civil Engineering, Construction, Public Works Tags: construction, design, pavement, pavement interactive, second life, wiki Comments OffWe have a Wiki!!!
January 31st, 2008 Pam Broviak At our first engineering meeting this year, Theory Shaw visited and suggested we develop a wiki for the projects that we were planning. What a great idea! He has been involved with the architecture group’s wiki and generously offered to set up a wiki for us. Wow, what a great guy. Our new wiki is [...]
Posted in Public Works in Second Life Tags: code house, design, Public Works, Public Works Group, second life, TEEX, wiki Comments Off
