Thirteen Steel Projects Win 2019 AISC IDEAS2 Awards
Drumroll please… Announcing the 2019 IDEAS2 winners, showcasing the best structural steel projects this year! The Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel awards program is conducted annually by AISC, and is the highest honor bestowed on building projects by the U.S. structural steel industry, recognizing excellence and innovation in the use of structural steel on building projects across the country. The 13 IDEAS2 winners were chosen from nearly 100 submission...
ARTBA Foundation Seeks Nominations for Annual Industry Leader Development Program
Deadline: April 1 WASHINGTON) - The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) is accepting nominations for its 2019 Industry Leader Development Program (ILDP), a first-of-its-kind “101” introduction to federal and state advocacy for transportation infrastructure market development and protection. It will be held May 13-15 in the Nation’s Capital. The ILDP and its associated Industry Leader Development Council (ILDC), boasts of ne...
Four Students Take Top Honors in Annual Video Contest on America’s Transportation Infrastructure
(WASHINGTON) - High school students from Arizona and Nebraska, a graduate student from Texas Southern University in Houston and a post-graduate student at Regis University in Boston are the 2018 winners of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) 8th Annual “Student Transportation Video Contest.” They will each receive a $500 cash prize. The association received 21 submissions from students across the country, representing 14 states, in two categories: general transp...
Naples Bay Restoration and Water Quality Improvements at the Cove Project Earns Envision Silver for Sustainable Infrastructure
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Naples Bay Restoration and Water Quality Improvements at the Cove Project in Florida has received the Envision® Silver award for sustainable infrastructure, designated by the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI). To reach Silver status, a project must demonstrate that it delivers a heightened range of environmental, social, and economic benefits to the host and affected communities. “Our team is proud to support the City of Naples in its mission of environmen...
Renaissance Roofing, Inc. a Finalist for NRCA Roofing Alliance 2019 Gold Circle Award
BELVIDERE, Ill., Feb. 4, 2019 - Renaissance Roofing, Inc. today announced that the company is a finalist for the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) 2019 Gold Circle Award in the category of Outstanding Workmanship for their historical restoration of the copper roofing systems of the Cascade County, Montana, courthouse. The award presentation will be announced on February 12 at a ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee. After nearly two years of work in Great Falls, Montana utilizing loc...
Penn Awards Indian Minister Top Prize in Energy Policy
New Delhi, India —Today the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania presented its fourth annual Carnot Prize for achievements in energy policy to the Honorable Piyush Goyal, India’s former minister of power and of renewables and current minister of railways and coal. During his tenure, Goyal directed a fast-track effort to electrify 18,000 villages in remote parts of India. He was also instrumental in reforming India’s power markets and expanding renewable en...
Dow Receives National Institute of Building Sciences Award for Low-Carbon Legacy Collaboration with the Olympic Movement
MIDLAND, Michigan – Over 4.3 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) were mitigated through carbon reduction projects implemented by Dow in its role as the Official Carbon Partner of the Organizing Committees of Olympic Games Sochi 2014, Rio 2016, and the IOC. Of the total volume of carbon mitigated, 3 million metric tons is attributed to built environment projects. This, and the fact that the Company is now applying this proven framework on a global scale in its role as the Offi...
International Award Showcases Gannett Fleming's Urban Mobility Leadership
Jan. 28, 2019 (Harrisburg, Pa.) Gannett Fleming’s Uber SKYPORT design concept recently won a 2018 GOOD DESIGN® Award in the transportation category from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. GOOD DESIGN, which attracted a record number of applicants this year, is the oldest and most recognized global design award in the world. Founded by architects Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames, and Edgar Kaufmann...
Leica BLK3D Recognised by Prestigious Global Awards for Innovation, Engineering, Design
(HEERBRUGG, SWITZERLAND, 23 January 2019) Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, today announced its ground-breaking Leica BLK3D 3D imager has earned multiple prestigious global design and innovation awards. The first BLK3D units began shipping to customers last month. Designed to impact the work of professionals across a range of industries, including architecture, construction, public safety and real estate, the compact handheld BLK3D improves productivity by enabling instant, precise 3D measur...
North Dakota State University Professor Denver Tolliver Honored with ARTBA’s Research & Education Award
(WASHINGTON) - Dr. Denver Tolliver, the director of the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI) at North Dakota State University, is the 2018 recipient of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) prestigious S.S. Steinberg Award. He was honored Jan. 13 during the association’s annual Research & Education Division (RED) meeting, held in the Nation’s Capital. Named after the founding president of RED, the award recognizes “an individual who has made remar...