Selected as rising industry stars, ENR’s 2022 National Top 20 Under 40 have their eyes set on the future and see a sense of urgency to embrace innovative solutions for industry challenges.

The occasion was a starting point to shape grand ideas into groundbreaking solutions, and there was no shortage of ground to cover when ENR’s 2022 National Top 20 Under 40 assembled in Tempe, Ariz., for a conference and a conversation on the industry’s top issues.

In COVID-19's early stages, construction firms counted on field crews to become virologists virtually overnight to keep jobsites open. If companies can change overnight to stamp out the virus, why can’t they do the same for racism and other forms of bias?

The firm's new Education Program puts its design and engineering software into more young hands and encourages the next generation of engineers.

Shelter-in-place rules, project shutdowns and social distance mandates spurred by COVID-19 have disrupted career starts for this year’s engineering and construction graduate hires and interns—with job commitments and work parameters changing for many.

Restrictions already have disrupted the craftworker pipeline, with many programs shuttered, severely limited and now coping with new rules of engagement.

At the start of my son’s junior year in high school, I tagged along with him to meet with his school career counselor to discuss post-graduation plans.