When I tell my friends I work on a magazine for public works professionals, they almost always say, "Oh, like the Hoover Dam! The Tappan Zee Bridge!" or some other high-profile project. Well, I say, yes and no. Yes, in that my audience plans and builds their city, county, special district, township, and/or states lifelines. Those networks and systems represent these jurisdictions' single largest capital investment, a fact that's always news to my friends.
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