2024 Green Building Challenge Winners!

We are beyond excited to announce that two of our projects have been selected as finalists for the 2024 Green Building Challenge through the Cleveland 2030 District organization.

Cleveland Public Library Hough Branch was the Water Conservation and Management winner due to its multi-faceted approach towards sustainability. Moody Engineering worked on include stormwater management that treats 100% of rainwater on-site with three bio-retention systems that also add to the aesthetics of the outdoor reading garden.

In the same category, Cleveland Public Library Rockport Campus won the Honorable Mention award. Similarly to the Hough Branch library, Moody Engineering designed a stormwater management system that detains all stormwater on-site, and incorporated the stormwater detention areas seamlessly into the outdoor space.

Read more about the 2024 Green Building Challenge winners here: https://2030districts.org/cleveland/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024-Green-Building-Challenge-Winners-final.pdf.

A Brief History of Civil Engineering Through the Ages

We can see examples of civil engineering throughout history, even though the term ‘civil engineering’ wasn’t used until the 18th century. For millennia, people have designed structures, buildings and infrastructure to serve the general public. In history, we see this starting between 4000 and 2000 BC in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley. Many of these examples of early civil engineering achievements still exist in Egypt, China, Rome and many other places.

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What are Smart Cities?

Infrastructure, often intimately connected with civil engineering, provides the backbone and structure that serves various spaces, such as cities or countries. It provides roads and sidewalks for transportation, a water supply for people to drink, sewers to deal with waste, and much more. In the past, infrastructure design and construction has been reactive. It was a response to an event, like a natural disaster, or a local issue such as flooding or fires. Now we are looking for infrastructure to be proactive and work to solve multiple problems with dynamic solutions, like Smart Cities.

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