Accelerated delivery and Love Field’s role in the world’s biggest sporting event In January 2024, Love Field began its $64 million Taxiway Alpha rehabilitation and Runway 13L-31R runway safety area improvements. Read Article
How cost-effective, actionable lighting data is reshaping public safety and city operations As expectations for reliability and efficiency increase, understanding lighting conditions across an entire network is becoming a core part of modern infrastructure management. Read Article
A successful PS&E project relies on a thoroughly designed schematic A successful schematic starts with identifying project-specific challenges and collecting data to assess and resolve them. To achieve a 30% PS&E design level at the schematic stage, key elements I focus on include adequate right of way (ROW), ultimate roadway footprint, design exceptions and waivers, and proactive utility planning. Read Article
The Changing Rules of Airport Capital Program Delivery in Florida Florida airports are navigating a changing funding and regulatory environment, with the effects showing up first in many small-scale capital improvement projects. Read Article
Utilities: to best navigate current and future water treatment regulations, look to leading edge research A two-and-a-half-year project led by Garver, in partnership with Clemson University, Southern Nevada Water Agency (SNWA), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, this is one of the first studies focusing on brominated and iodinated disinfection byproducts from occurrence and treatment perspectives. Read Article
One level at a time: reinforce cybersecurity through the SCADA network structure Effectively securing a water utility’s control network first requires an understanding of how operational technology (OT) systems differ from informational technology (IT) systems, and then how SCADA systems are structured, which components they rely on, and where they are most vulnerable. Read Article
What do protected intersection designs have to offer Northwest Arkansas? A topic of discussion at a number of recent NACTO conference sessions, the Dutch intersection design is a good option for a bicycle-friendly metropolitan region that increasingly values an inviting urban environment, like Northwest Arkansas. Read Article
The evolution of GIS in 9-1-1 and the increasingly critical role GIS professionals play in revolutionizing emergency services Without accurate spatial data, the most sophisticated telecommunications equipment in the world can't help a dispatcher guide responders to the right location. Read Article
From Kansas City International to Clinton Regional - serving airports is serving communities Because whether we’re delivering design solutions for a major carrier or a small GA, we’re providing the communities around those airports with a vital resource that makes a positive difference in people’s daily lives. Read Article
From Bureaucracy to Belonging: How Brooke Hudlemeyer Found Her Fit at Garver I joined Garver’s Kansas City office to help shape the growth of its Water Team. At Garver, I discovered a firm with national expertise and local roots—ready to take on major infrastructure challenges while prioritizing maintaining personal connections with our clients. Read Article
Peracetic acid disinfection is proven reliable, effective, and within regulation Our full-scale pilot test, coordinated with TCEQ, proves that using PAA for disinfection is safe and does not compromise regulatory compliance. Read Article
Addressing operational wildfire-fighting challenges through airport design Garver partnered with the City of Abilene and the State of Texas to design an air tanker base to enhance Texas A&M Forest Service’s fire-fighting capabilities — one that allows for four simultaneous fire-retardant loading pits for large air tankers (LATs) and accommodates very large air tanker (VLAT) operations. Read Article
