Big machines. Bigger data. Experts estimate five million new things are connected around the world every day. We’re talking watches, phones, cars and yes, even bulldozers. The future of the construction site is way more than just machines.
“America is one big pothole!” Though he does not repeat the famous soundbite in this issue’s guest editorial, former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood continues to sound the alarm: our nation’s infrastructure is facing a breaking point.
The Illinois River is an integral part of the nation’s inland waterway system, moving goods from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.