Anser Advisory was founded in 2018 by merging three Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) firms. Since then, we have acquired a historically certified DBE in California, a certified Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) in California, a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) in Florida, and a certified WBE and LGBTQ+-owned business in Massachusetts. Team Anser now includes a total of ten...

Anser Advisory, the 14th largest program management firm according to ENR, the second fastest growing AE firm according to Zweig Group, and an Energage Top Workplaces USA organization, is pleased to announce its acquisition of Gafcon Digital, the world’s leading software-agnostic systems digital model integrator for building and infrastructure owners. The combination of Anser Advisory’s broad...

I'll admit that I love the conveniences of technology. At the appointed time every morning, the kitchen lights and the coffee maker come on to start the day. Alexa gives me the weather forecast and plays my favorite wake-up song. Then I hop into my car, which proceeds to inform me which roads to avoid for my commute. What's not to love? 

In Texas, every utility that has more than 3,300 connections will have both water conservation and maintenance plans. But conservation and maintenance converge in a specific place: leak detection.

No Time to Waste Texas can't wait any longer. We have great plans for water — water quality improvement, water resource management, water resource protection, natural systems protection, infrastructure improvement, and more. The list goes on and on and comes with a mega price tag. 

Today’s complex construction projects undertaken by public agencies demand an experienced advocate to ensure the owner’s best interest in all aspects of the work. A constructability review—an independent, structured review of design documents by construction professionals— levels the playing field between project owners, contractors, vendors, and architects. The goal of a constructability review...

A constructability review, conducted by construction professionals, helps level the playing field between project owners, contractors, etc. and saves time and money by uncovering issues that may affect construction. Benefits include reduced costs and schedule, a smoother construction process and fewer public relations and legal issues.

Resiliency is more than hardening our infrastructure to withstand changing weather patterns. Wind. Ice. Tornadoes. Drenching rainfall, crippling drought, and more. Our challenges range from building construction to managing our energy grid, telephone, roads, ports, and more. Water and wastewater systems also must withstand these changes and the uncertain economics that attend them.

When OpenAI was founded in 2015, the company set out to “ensure that artificial intelligence benefit(s) all of humanity.” Their latest breakthrough is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot named ChatGPT. GPT stands for Generative Pre-trained Transformer, which denotes that the chatbot operates a language model relying on deep learning. The chatbot operates through a browser. The premise of the...

For decades, the news about water infrastructure in the United States hasn’t been good. Development, treatment facilities, delivery systems, and restoration of natural systems have all been severely underfunded. But now, there is good news. There is a lot of funding available for infrastructure improvement, including water infrastructure.