Infrastructure Resilience

Clarity in the Storm: Weather Intelligence, GIS, and the Future of Operational Awareness

For many organizations today, the weather has shifted from an occasional disruption to a constant planning factor. Scientific assessments show that extreme weather events—including heatwaves, heavy rainfall, and wildfires—are occurring more frequently and with greater intensity, placing growing strain on infrastructure, utilities, and public services. As weather-related disruptions become more costly and harder to manage,…

Why the Best Leaders Don’t Climb Straight Ladders: How Karen Alter Built Success Through Detours

As companies push to decarbonize, modernize infrastructure, and bring new technologies to market, the leaders who stand out aren’t always the ones who followed a straight career path. Increasingly, it’s the people with the zigzags—the folks who’ve worked across different industries, adapted to new environments, and learned to make decisions under pressure—who bring the…

Creating and Enhancing Network Resilience Can Curtail Threats From Natural Disasters

Building stronger infrastructure today can mean the difference between network failure and survival when natural disasters strike

A Decade of Supply Chain Disruptions Made U.S. Domestic Logistics Ready for a Baltimore-Style Closure

Years of supply chain stress tests have positioned U.S. logistics companies to absorb major infrastructure disruptions without widespread collapse

Baltimore Bridge Collapse: A Wake-Up Call for Supply Chain Reforms and Investments in Critical Infrastructure

A single infrastructure failure exposed how fragile America's supply chain networks truly are, raising urgent questions about prevention

Past Crises as Present Shields: How COVID and Suez Canal Experiences Averted a Major Fallout from the Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Organizations that weathered pandemic and maritime disruptions built supply chain flexibility that cushioned the blow from a major U.S. port infrastructure fail

The Effects of the Baltimore Bridge Collapse is Testing the Resilience of the Supply Chain

A major U.S. port's recovery could reshape how companies prepare for catastrophic disruptions to critical infrastructure

Energy T&D Resilience: Hot-Dip Galvanizing Shields Infrastructure, Saves Resources

Zinc coatings that last decades reduce replacement cycles and lower the carbon footprint of power grid infrastructure

A Recent Energy Facility Expansion Sets Precedent for the Future of Energy Storage

Record-breaking battery expansion demonstrates how strategic infrastructure upgrades reshape the viability of renewable energy integration at scale