A Love Letter to the AEC Industry: Embracing Change, Celebrating You

A (Love) Letter from the Editor By Luke Carothers, Editor-in-Chief February 2025 This letter is meant to express my tremendous affection for and gratitude to you, our audience.  And, frankly, it’s about time we got around to telling you how much you mean to us.  You have been with us from the start, back when […]

A Patchwork of Progress: US Highway 101

By Luke Carothers Stretching almost the entirety of the United States’ West Coast from California to Washington, US Highway 101 (or US 101) traverses many of the most beautiful landscapes the country has to offer.  In its southern stretches, this scenic highway clings to the coast along the sunny Pacific ocean before turning inward to […]

To New Horizons

By Luke Carothers It has been my pride and passion to serve in my role as Editor for Civil+Structural Engineer Magazine.  For the last five years, I have been given the unique opportunity and responsibility to peer into every corner of the vast network that is the AEC industry in the service of highlighting the […]

A Dynamic Approach to Adaptive Reuse

By Luke Carothers Recently, there has been a push within the AEC industry—particularly within the United States—to shift our focus to new ways to adapt and reuse old buildings to fit new purposes.  The term Adaptive Reuse has risen to prominence over recent years, and there has been no shortage of stunning and innovative examples […]

Spanning throughout the Years and Across the Mon: The Smithfield Street Bridge

By Luke Carothers Steel City, the City of Bridges, Three River City—Pittsburgh has no shortage of nicknames, self-ascribed or otherwise.  The city of Pittsburgh, PA is located at the meeting point of three rivers.  Founded as Fort Pitt in 1758, the city and the people who live in it have developed a strong identity and […]