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On February 19, Straughan was the recipient of an Engineering Excellence Award at the 2015 ACEC/MD Awards Banquet! Straughan submitted the Methodology for Pavement Application Using Foam Stabilized Base project which was selected as a finalist. The project…

Straughan's Diana Gutierrez recently presented on the new IgCC requirements to a sold-out crowd of more than 45 attendees! A comprehensive look at how the new IgCC requirements affect the A/E community. There has been a lot of buzz lately surrounding…

By Diana Gutierrez, M.S. Civil Eng., LEED AP BD+C, Senior Sustainability Specialist Energy efficiency is good for the environment, but more so it is an important cost saving component for any business, facility management or homeowner's budget. On an…

By Diana Gutierrez, M.S. Civil Eng., LEED AP BD+C, Senior Sustainability Specialist There is a new framework that can help infrastructure projects of all kinds bring greater sustainability. Envision is a rating system for evaluating community, environmental…