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The Georgia Transportation Institute (GTI) was established nine years ago to coordinate and act as a focal point for transportation research in the State of Georgia.
    The lead institution, the Georgia Institute of Technology, is affiliated with other members including Albany State University, Clark Atlanta University, Georgia Southern University, Georgia State University, Southern Polytechnic and State University, and the University of Georgia. The combined transportation research, education, and training activities that constitute the member institutions' portfolio make t.... READ MORE

The first graduate of the Transportation Engineers of the Future program has started work at Georgia Department of Transportation. Chester Thomas, a Honduras native, was born to U.S. missionary parents who instilled in him the value of humility and hard work. After completing high school, Chester joined the U.S. Air Force, where he served four years active duty. Chester has received numerous distinctions, including Airman of the Year, NCO of the Quarter, Top Wrench, Superior Performer, as well as a variety of medals. Since 2003, Chester has successfully juggled college and his active members.... READ MORE

Certainly the technology in one of today's modern landfills would have amazed General Oglethorpe and his men as they climbed the bluffs of the Savannah River to found our great state, but the solid waste management methodology would not have. Land filling has been the primary solid waste disposal method for over hundreds of years and it is likely that landfills will continue to be the most feasible method of disposal well into the future. Despite concentrated efforts to recycle and reduce waste disposed of in the landfills over the past 30 years, the per capita disposal rate in Georgia has con.... READ MORE

"The Paper Industry: Going Green," or as I would like to say Greener. In today's society the word "green" has become the buzz word of the new millennium. It is a fact that nearly everywhere we go, we will come in contact with the "green regime" advertising and propaganda. Whether it's through billboards, newspapers or the packaging of our consumer products the global green initiative is ever present. Most of these good hearted, awareness tools have one outlying thing in common. The paper they are printed on. Now, more than ever, we are seeing an overwhelming initiative by the paper industry t.... READ MORE

Dreams of the future seem rarely to include practical equipment and industry, but that's probably because there just isn't any room for practicality in a jungle of vacuum tubes, hover cars, and semi-sentient robot friends: the essential constituents of any respectable futuristic daydream. But of course, much to the disappointment of children (and many adults) everywhere, feasibility has a tendency of winning out over "coolness" in the long run and effectively keeps such novel ideas from ever seeing the light of day.

History has shown us, however, that one true mark of technological.... READ MORE

In the A/E industry, we all know that Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS) is the preferred process for soliciting interest, evaluating qualifications, selecting and contracting with engineers, surveyors, architects and other design professionals for public projects.  We also know that the effective selection and contracting with engineers and architects represents a major challenge for all public officials including state agencies, county commissioners, city councilmen, county and city managers and procurement officers.
   
This challenge is manifest in the manner .... READ MORE

You would expect a lot of changes in a company that spans the latter half of the 20th century, but as Jordan, Jones & Goulding celebrates 50 years in business, it looks to the values it set in the beginning to keep the company moving forward: building longstanding relationships with communities across Georgia and the Southeast to make good communities even better.

President and CEO Don Allen sums it up this way—"It has been our privilege to work with so many great clients who have put their faith in JJG to meet a need, improve people's quality of life, protect natural resources,.... READ MORE

Avoid costly surprises in the planning phase of a project using UPC's Design Locate Request  to help identify what type of utilities
  already exist on the project site. Determine the location of existing utilities, the size and material of the facilities. Will it support the type of project that is planned? Would the plan need to be designed around an existing facility? Will it be costly to relocate the utilities? Is sewer available on the project site? Design Locates will help you answer all of these questions. UPC's Design Locates request can assist by providing mapping inform.... READ MORE

Rising gas prices and greater awareness of "green" issues have prompted a range of professional groups to consider ways they can take positive steps to solve environmental problems—and engineers are no exception.

In many ways, the engineering profession is uniquely positioned to understand and respond to the issues of poor air quality and traffic congestion, which increasingly are the result of infrastructure that has not kept pace with explosive population growth. By 2030, almost seven million people will call metro Atlanta their home. Millions more will reside in other areas arou.... READ MORE

I guess we are hardwired to love the place we grew up in. We probably have little imprint receptors for temperature, smells, sounds, and maybe even for humidity. I know that I absolutely love summertime in Georgia, complete with its screaming insects and water-laden air; breathing in a lung-full of heat even gives me comfort. I feel safe—I’m at home.
   
I’m a little puzzled when lately I hear people talk about tree-planting campaigns. In Georgia? Isn’t that a bit like carrying coals to Newcastle? I mean, if you neglect your mowing for a couple of months, I thought the t.... READ MORE

Two government agencies have teamed up in the Atlanta area to build a $36 million, 411-acre (166 ha) reservoir that will help bolster water supplies needed for two booming metro counties already approaching a combined population of one million residents.

The Hickory Log Creek Reservoir near Canton, Georgia, will feature a huge roller-compacted concrete dam towering 180 feet high and stretching 980 feet across a rocky ravine.

The reservoir and dam, touted as the highest non-federal dam in Georgia, is expected to help meet the water needs of the area until the year 2050.
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