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By Taylor Nelson, PE, and John Rydzewski, PE One of the most pressing challenges facing utilities today is how to effectively respond to surging industrial demands while managing costs and maintaining established levels of service to existing customers. Thanks to new funding sources and drivers such as AI, the landscape has changed dramatically in recent years.
With the CHIPS Act spurring domestic investment in semiconductor manufacturing, more municipalities are finding themselves on the receiving end of a new fab campus or pending fab expansion. These projects bring hundreds of millions of dollars of economic stimulus and tens of thousands of direct and indirect jobs to their respective communities.
Safely reopening K–12 schools for in-person instruction requires complicated protocols ranging from symptom monitoring to physical distancing, as well as containment of coronavirus transmission in the community. Widespread screening for asymptomatic carriers of the virus is not currently part of most school protocols, even though children and adults without symptoms may play a role in viral transmission.
Previous Blog PostSecretary Azar's Taiwan Visit Should Be Celebrated—for the Right ReasonsNext Blog PostToo Interconnected to Fail commentary (The RAND Blog) Photo by Ridofranz/Getty Images by Robert H. Brook and John J. Rydzewski August 21, 2020 The increasingly positive news on COVID-19 vaccine development is also bringing growing alarm over whether Americans will trust these vaccines when they become available.
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