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Disaster Bill Provides $1.6B to FHWA Emergency Relief Program

June 10, 2019 - in Featured, News

President Donald Trump signed into law H.R. 2157 – the “Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act of 2019” – on June 6 that provides $19.1 billion to cover recovery and other costs associated with a series of catastrophic disasters…

Making History by Preserving History: Casino Development in Springfield Based on Extraordinary Structural Preservation

June 5, 2019 - in Articles, Feature, Featured

  June 1, 2011, was a tragic day in Springfield, Mass. (settled since 1636, it’s Massachusetts’ third-largest city); seven devastating tornadoes…

Federal Transportation Officials Monitoring Storm and Flood Damage to Roads and Bridges in Midwest

June 5, 2019 - in Featured, News, Transportation

WASHINGTON – Under the leadership of U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) continues to monitor and…

Research Finds Consumer Overconfidence Regarding Building Codes in Disaster-Exposed Communities

June 5, 2019 - in Buildings, Featured, News

The nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH)® Partnership today announced consumer research findings and analysis underpinning a new transparency initiative entitled, No Code. No Confidence. Inspect to Protect.org. The organization created the effort…

Digging Deep to Unlock the Waterfront: Massive New Tunnel Opens Below Downtown Seattle

June 3, 2019 - in Articles, Feature, Featured

  The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) needed to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct that carried a section of State Route 99 (SR 99) along the downtown waterfront. Originally opened in 1953, the Viaduct was aging and cut off access to…

Falling Renewable Power Costs Open Door to Greater Climate Ambition

May 30, 2019 - in Energy, Featured, News, Renewables

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – Renewable power is the cheapest source of electricity in many parts of the world already today, the latest report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) shows. The report contributes to the international…

Omron Helps University of Houston Engineering Students Gain Real-World Skills with New Design and Robotics Laboratory

May 30, 2019 - in Featured, News, Technology

Omron Foundation, the charitable arm of the U.S.-based operations of industrial automation solutions provider Omron, donated a new laboratory complete with workstations and state-of-the-art equipment to give University of Houston students the opportunity to…

LuxTurrim5G Ecosystem Builds the Smart City of the Future

May 29, 2019 - in Featured, News, Technology

Nokia Bell Labs driven industry group is building key enablers for fast 5G network based on smart light poles, which will form the digital backbone of future smart cities. The LuxTurrim5G ecosystem project has developed the 5G smart pole concept where 5G base…

A New New York Bridge

May 27, 2019 - in Articles, Feature, Featured

The iconic Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge is New York’s most ambitious infrastructure project of the 21st century. The Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge is about more than connecting one point to another. The iconic structure also is an important feature in…

Engineered Solutions: New NACE e-Course Provides for More than a Skilled Coatings Applicator Workforce

May 27, 2019 - in Articles, Feature, Featured, Showcase

Sponsored by:     Protective coatings are the primary means and most widely used tool to protect assets against corrosion. Their importance has helped drive the evolution of the industry to a highly technical field that requires skilled personnel…