Vice President and Director of Infrastructure focuses on structural longevity.
Ted Bennett, PE, has seen countless infrastructures fail before their time. Pump stations, roads, and water systems—designed for the long term—have broken down much too soon because of short-sighted planning, inferior materials, and outdated work techniques. What disheartens Ted most is that structures built generations ago continue to endure while many modern creations are needlessly prone to early failure.
Ted describes his frustration in the article, “Built to Last: Uncovering the Secrets of Timeless Infrastructure,” which he penned for the Spring 2025 edition of The Cord Report. Interest in the phenomenon led Ted to begin studying the differences between today’s engineering and construction conventions and those of the past. He discovered that structural longevity results from deliberate decisions made at a project’s inception.
Ted began sharing his investigations through a YouTube series titled “Built to Last.” To date, he has created eighteen episodes with stories exploring Louisville Water Tower’s historic pumping station, the birth of the Model T, and Ann Arbor’s iconic Michigan Stadium. And he is just getting started.
“If we want infrastructure that lasts, we need to rediscover what worked in the past and apply it to the future,” writes Ted.
You can read Ted’s article here, and watch the entire Built to Last series here.
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