Industry Trends

We examine the challenges in the industry today as well as the solutions for them. The modern landscape of engineering and design is always evolving, and we’re here to explore the fresh ideas that spur these changes.

Washington National Airport Tower and Metro

Industry Trends

A Train to the Skies: STV’s Diverse Team Helps Clients Connect Rail to Airports

Last year's completion of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) Silver Line Extension to Washington Dulles International Airport marks yet another U.S. metropolis that opted to connect its airport to a passenger rail system. STV was a key player ...

Industry Trends

Building for Security: A Look Inside SCIF Design

As more industries invest in strengthening and modernizing their infrastructure against emerging security threats, there has been a growing demand for the design and construction of Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities, or SCIFs. Originally coined and popularized by the federal government, ...

NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health

Employee News, Industry Trends

New Research Paper Looks at Resilience at Critical Facilities

In a new research paper that was funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), STV Vice President, Technical Director and Engineering Chief Christopher Cerino, P.E., F.SEI, DBIA, examines best practices to improve disaster resilience for our communities ...

Employee News, Industry Trends

Designing Structures Around Coastal Inundation Events

STV Vice President, Technical Director and Engineering Chief Christopher Cerino, P.E., F. SEI, DBIA, a renowned expert in resilience and adaptability for climate change, is playing a key role in efforts to update codes and standards featured in the FEMA ...

Industry Trends, Project News

The Newest Aviation Marvels: STV’s Design and CM/PM Teams Help Create “Lasting Impressions” in Upgrading Air Travel in New York Region

Over the last decade, a trip to one of the New York Metropolitan region’s three major airports – LaGuardia Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Newark Liberty International Airport – typically conjured a “grin and bear it” attitude ...

Industry Trends

10 Years After Superstorm Sandy: STV’s Thought Leadership on Resilient Design Continues to Guide Infrastructure Improvements

As we reach the 10th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy – one of the most costly and destructive weather events to ever hit the Northeastern United States – the need to innovate and think outside the box to protect and prepare ...

Industry Trends, Roundtables

Growing a Team to Meet the Challenges of the Water Industry

Last year’s passage of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act marked a watershed moment for an industry that was already at a crucial juncture regarding the urgency for investment and innovation. Rapid urbanization, skyrocketing demand and insecurity, global climate ...

Industry Trends, Roundtables

Adaptive Resilience and Rethinking Disaster Management Post-Pandemic

Since 2002, the United States has endured seven of the 10 most costly disasters in its history, with 2005’s Hurricane Katrina and 2012’s Superstorm Sandy topping the list. As a result, in concert with our clients and our stakeholders in ...

Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission Aerial Image

Industry Trends, Project News

Going Beyond the Code for Resilience at Major Wastewater Treatment Facility

When developing the structural design for a 2.5-mile-long floodwall to protect the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission’s (PVSC) Newark, NJ, plant – a plant that took on 200 million gallons of floodwater during Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and was inoperable for ...

Industry Trends, Project News

STV’s Expertise Helps to Close the Gap in Housing Equity in Baltimore

In major American cities like Baltimore, the need for equitable access to affordable housing has reached a fever pitch – especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which further exposed a systemic lack of housing security for vulnerable families. STV’s ...

Featured, Industry Trends

STV Paves the Road for Zero Emissions Bus Fleets

As part of the global mission to address climate change, the transportation sector has emerged as a key lynchpin in reducing greenhouse emissions. The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has identified the nation’s transportation network as the single largest source ...

Industry Trends, Roundtables

Thinking Deeper Underground: STV Tunneling Experts Talk Urban Underground Construction

As more major American cities expand their transportation networks to incorporate a more dynamic mix of transit modes, the design and construction industry is increasingly turning to underground infrastructure – namely tunnels – to help facilitate service and capacity needs. ...

Industry Trends

Southern Exposure: STV Expands Presence in Tennessee

Tennessee, “the Volunteer State,” is known by many for its country and blues music, barbecue, and hot chicken. But it is also a hub for the nation’s healthcare and automotive industries, home to multiple Fortune 100 company headquarters, and a ...

Employee News, Industry Trends

New Aviation Practice Lead Looks at Post-Pandemic Priorities

Prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the aviation market sector was booming with activity. Air travel had grown steadily for almost 20 consecutive years. To accommodate that growth, aviation hubs throughout the United States were undergoing massive capital ...

Featured, Industry Trends

A Path for Improved Building Water Quality

As the daily occupancy in public and commercial buildings continues to rise, an unintended consequence of many stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic has emerged relating to the quality of building water systems. All the “work from home” activity and ...

Featured, Industry Trends

The Way We Work: Outfitting Clients with Fixtures for the Future

The pandemic’s effects on the country’s employment landscape run extraordinarily deep. Pre-pandemic, the percentage of full-time telecommuting employees in the U.S. was 17 percent. As the pandemic shut-down blows past its one-year anniversary, 52 percent of the nation’s workers continue ...