Underground Construction: The Sustainable Choice for Global Urbanization
Underground construction meets the demand for urban infrastructure, the need to relieve congestion in our cities and save space, and the challenges of a changing climate. The sector grossed 86 billion euros in 2016 and global demand for underground projects is growing by 7% per annum. Since 2015, the international competition "ITA Tunnelling Awards" seeks and rewards the most ground-breaking innovation and outstanding projects in tunnelling and underground space utilisation. The 2018 edition...
DuPont™ Tyvek® Receives “A” Ratings for Outstanding Quality and Outstanding Service
WILMINGTON, Del. – DuPont Safety & Construction today announced it has once again received the Partners of Choice Award for an A rating in both quality and service from David Weekley Homes, the largest privately held U.S. homebuilder. Out of approximately 200 participating companies, DuPont™ Tyvek® was one of 18 recipients to receive an A rating in both quality and service. It is the seventh time DuPont™ Tyvek® has received this prestigious recognition. “It’s an honor to receive our seventh P...
15 Copper Buildings Receive Architectural Honors
MCLEAN, VA – From a skyscraper towering over Manhattan’s East River to the exterior envelop of a preK-12 school, the copper industry recently awarded the top 15 buildings from across the United States and Canada with its 2018 North American Copper in Architecture (NACIA) Award for their outstanding use of architectural copper and copper alloys. The winners include educational facilities, residential dwellings, government buildings and religious structures. The NACIA awards program, establis...
Stantec’s Rhys Coombs Crowned ‘Emerging Professional of the Year’ at the ACE 2018 Consultancy and Engineering Awards
Stantec’s Civil Engineer, Rhys Coombs has won the title of ‘Emerging Professional of the Year’ at the ACE 2018 Consultancy and Engineering Awards. Rhys, based in the United Kingdom is a Civil Engineer and Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology UK with a broad range of technical study and research experience covering hydraulics assessments, hydrological assessments and geospatial and numerical modelling with regards to dams, hydropower, big data and water resources. As a techn...
The LiRo Group’s Virtual Design, Construction and Operations Team Recognized with Autodesk’s AEC Excellence Award for Its Role on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s East Side Access Project
The LiRo Group’s Virtual Design, Construction and Operations (VDCO) team was awarded second place in the Infrastructure category of Autodesk’s prestigious AEC Excellence Awards for its revolutionary work on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Construction Division’s $10.2 billion East Side Access railroad tunnel and infrastructure project. Left to right: The LiRo Group’s VDCO team of Operations and Visualizations Specialist, Virtual Design, and Construction Manager Cheryle Cranbour...
University Pointe Boulevard Earns Envision Bronze Rating
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The University Pointe Boulevard in Charlotte, North Carolina, has earned the Envision Bronze rating for sustainable infrastructure from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI). This is the first project in North Carolina to receive Envision recognition. The University Pointe Boulevard, completed in the summer of 2017, is a roadway improvement project addressing a need identified in the Charlotte University Area Plan for a new roadway and pedestrian corridor to...
Thornton Tomasetti Vice Chairman Aine Brazil Receives CTBUH Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal
(New York, New York – June 18, 2018) – Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that Vice Chairman Aine Brazil P.E., F.SEI, LEED AP, has received the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s (CTBUH) prestigious Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal for her contributions to the advancement of the built environment. She was presented with the award during the CTBUH 2018 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference in Chicago, Illinois on May 31. The Fazlur R. Kha...
Shared Autonomous Vehicle Pilot Program Named Advanced Technology Program of the Year
San Ramon, CA, NYSE, TSX:STN : The California Transportation Foundation (CTF) recently named the Shared Autonomous Vehicle (SAV) Pilot Program its Advanced Technology Program of the Year for 2017. The SAV Pilot Program is part of the GoMentum Station program in San Ramon, Calif. Since March 2017, Stantec has been testing SAVs in mixed traffic through the Bishop Ranch business park. Two EasyMile EZ10 self-driving shuttles have been testing at the park. The testing started in a closed park...
Five Western States Honored in National Transportation Competition
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Outstanding state department of transportation projects that tested innovative ways to improve driver safety on winter roads and brought economic growth to communities are among the top winners in the western regional America's Transportation Awards competition. Thirteen western states nominated 27 projects this year, with nine of those projects receiving top honors today. "State DOTs are committed to making America safer, better and stronger by improving connections betwee...
Bentley Systems Named 2018 Microsoft CityNext Partner of the Year
EXTON, Pa. — Bentley Systems today announced it has received a 2018 Microsoft Partner of the Year award. Bentley was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of user solutions based on Microsoft technology. Awards were announced in 39 categories, with winners chosen from more than 2,600 entrants from 115 countries worldwide. Bentley Systems was recognized for providing outstanding solutions and services in the CityNex...
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