Author Archives: McNeil Engineering

A closer look at civil engineering

Arguably, civil engineering is the oldest form of engineering. We can imagine it began the [...]

Form + function = structural engineering

Who was the first structural engineer? It could have been the first human who broke [...]

Landscape architecture: Balancing competing needs

The art and science of landscape architecture is often a balance of competing demands from [...]

LIDAR: Precision that saves you time and money

The science and practice of surveying has made a huge advance in recent years due [...]

Structural Engineering Manager Matt Roblez: A complete professional

You could say that engineering is in Matt Roblez’ blood. “My dad was a structural [...]

New materials in structural engineering

Although its output stands for decades or even centuries, few fields change as much or [...]

Earthquake proofing

Structural engineers are making great strides in developing earthquake resistance in new buildings, and making [...]

Best practices for land surveying

Every construction or improvement project starts at the same place: with a careful, up-to-date and [...]

A smooth solution at Salt Lake City International

Paving is an essential, integral component of every built structure in the United States today, [...]

How to read a building information model

Building information modeling, or BIM, has been around for about a decade now, but it [...]