Stormwater Design: What Happens When Testing Fails
You find a piece of land that looks perfect. It’s flat, dry, and easy to picture your project on. So you move forward with your plans. Everything feels on track—until something unexpected slows things down. The issue? The site fails infiltration testing. This situation happens more often than most people expect. In Grand Rapids, stormwater […]
How Power Outages Are Changing Engineering Services
Recent storms across Michigan left thousands of people without power. Homes went dark, businesses paused, and some areas dealt with flooding at the same time. At first, it looked like a weather issue. However, these events pointed to something deeper. They exposed weak spots in how sites, utilities, and systems are designed. Because of this, […]
Why Data Centers Are Challenging Urban Engineering
Big tech projects often make the news. Recently, people in West Michigan have talked about something different. It is not about housing or retail projects. This time, the debate is about large data centers planned near the Grand Rapids area. These buildings store and process huge amounts of digital data. However, the talk is not […]