Articles: BenchMark 2001 No. 4

A New Environment
In the last few weeks, many words have been written about the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on September 11, 2001.

A Race to the Finish
Imagine having to solve a giant jigsaw puzzle with only some of the pieces in hand, a segment at a time. Now, imagine that the puzzle keeps changing as you work — and that overhead, a giant time clock is running out.

Fuller Park: Cleanup Plus Creating Community Partnership
On the frozen ground of an inner-city park, workers erect a temporary structure as the Chicago wind drives snow and whips the Kevlar sheeting they attach to aluminum beams.

Higher Learning
Burns & McDonnell helped a major university make future Wisconsin heat waves a little more tolerable for students and university workers. Expansion at

Human Superhighway
Practically since humans could walk upright, they have been concerned with how to get from Point A to Point B. From the invention of the wheel to the roads of the Roman Empire, from the Wright brothers to Henry Ford, humankind has been concerned with how we can get up and go.

In Search of the Gopher Tortoise
It burrows into the earth, sometimes creating tunnels 40 feet long. Its subterranean home is also used as a “crash pad” for other critters, such as snakes, frogs and owls.

Thermal Upgrades: Same line, more megawatts
Businesses all need to get the most out of their assets. But when that asset is a transmission line and the sole method of getting power to consumers, utilizing it to full capacity is doubly important.