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Kids who love science once had to be satisfied with building kits and chemistry sets. Nowadays, though, you can find amazing toys for kids who love STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). Play is one of the prime ways that children learn. Kids don't feel pressure when they're playing, so they develop STEM skills and knowledge even as they're having fun. Even preschoolers can enjoy educational toys that open the [...]

Keck & Wood was recently featured in the November 2021 issue of Storm Water Solutions magazine for our work on the College Avenue Improvement project in Rock Hill, South Carolina. This project was completed to help mitigate issues with downstream flooding and erosion that the City of Rock Hill was experiencing. Matt Crawford was the Design Engineer on the project and worked with the City to develop the best plan [...]

(DULUTH, GEORGIA) The City of Doraville broke ground today on the $3.0M New Peachtree Road Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) Project to revitalize New Peachtree Road and three intersections including Park Avenue. This project will provide safety for pedestrians, as well as much needed landscape buffers and beautification features to accentuate this growing part of the city. “I am happy we are finally starting this streetscape initiative that was first envisioned [...]

Many important roadways that people travel today began as trails traversed by horse and wagon. As the United States grew and expanded westward, and as first bicycles and then automobiles took to the roads, many of those transportation routes transformed into significant highways, thanks to the design work and execution by the civil engineers on the job. Take a look at these 6 famous roads that were important roads in [...]

Safe and readily available water is the backbone of healthy communities and thriving economies. Contaminated water and poor sanitation are linked to polio, typhoid, hepatitis A, cholera, dysentery, and diarrhea, with studies revealing that over 19 million Americans get sick every year from drinking contaminated water. Whether used for domestic use, drinking, recreational purposes, or food production, better-managed water resources boost a country's health, economic growth and immensely reduce poverty. [...]

Earth Day was first created to raise awareness that there are finite resources on the earth and that human activity can destroy the delicate natural balance of the planet. In the 1960s, Americans were becoming more aware of how pollution impacts the environment. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (1962) reported the effect of pesticides on the countryside. In 1969, the Cuyahoga River caught fire due to chemical pollution. U.S. Sen. [...]