If you honk your car horn and there’s no one around to hear it, does it make a sound? We may have an answer to that question within our lifetimes. Driverless cars are nothing new — and thus far, they’re nothing popular, either. We’re at...
The best is, by definition, different from all the rest. So, you have to be different to be the best. We embrace that idea at EnSite. So does engineering student Tinashe Chipako, who took home the top prize in a recent contest for emerging engineers...
The end is just the beginning. Buildings that have been condemned usually don’t appear to be of much use. These dilapidated structures are usually just taking up space at best, and blighted eyesores at worst. But for civil engineers, they’re golden wellsprings of potential solutions. A team...
It should be easy to avoid, but we’ve all done it. We work diligently on a project for hours, only to find out that our co-worker down the hall has been doing the very same work. That means one of us has just wasted our...
The average person uses about 80 to 100 gallons of water a day. Imagine trying to find room for 80 to 100 gallon jugs of milk in your refrigerator. So when running water stops or is compromised because of a water main break, it can result...
So it shouldn’t be the only aspect of sustainability. What makes our planet truly special is its inhabitants. True sustainability involves not just the environment but the society and the economy as well. Accordingly, each of those aspects needs more than one leg to...
Season in Southwest Florida means gridlock on the roads. Precious time ticks away while you sit in a stationary car stuck behind hundreds if not thousands of others on U.S. 41, Interstate 75 or one of many jammed east-west corridors. And relief might not be...
Red-and-pink decorations have replaced the red-and-green ones of a few weeks ago — yes, Valentine’s Day is coming soon! Hallmark and the like have mastered the art of telling you how to put love in your life for Feb. 14. But for true romance...
Work-life balance is often seen as something of a unicorn. It’s not a mythical creature here at EnSite, though, but an integral component of our organizational structure. Our team is the key to our success and creating a positive workplace that supports a balance...
We're big on collaboration. None of our projects exist in a vacuum. Many are in fact metaphorical expressions of our love of working with communities to design a better future. McGregor Boulevard Veterinary Clinic, for instance, invites passersby to interact with the space, incorporating...