Architecture, engineering and consulting giant Stantec used its broad  transportation, water and building design prowess to grow even bigger in a year where the COVID-19 pandemic shrunk lesser firms. 

Fixing our nation's aging water infrastructure will take effort from the private and public sectors as well as collaborative technology that helps designers and contractors tackle the challenges deferred maintenance causes.

Autodesk acquires water infrastructure design and management provider Innovyze for $1 billion, plans to integrate it with Autodesk Civil 3D, BIM360 and other products.

Ohio's infrastructure earns a C- from the American Society of Civil Engineers.

When completed in 2025, a nearly $120 million, 54-in. water line will move up to 75 million gallons per day of surface water from the Southeast Water Purification Plant to the city of Houston, as well as seven other cities and water authorities.

Chicago has around 400,000 homes with lead service lines. Although the city has made EPA's safe drinking water standard, the homes tested mostly belong to employees and retirees from the water management department and the voluntary replacement program is not funded beyond 2021.

Public-private partnership alleviates overused aquifer