DFI Educational Trust Awards Scholarships From Five Funds
Hawthorne, N.J. (March 4, 2025): Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust, the charitable arm of DFI, recently awarded 10 scholarships totaling $43,750 to students pursuing careers in civil and geotechnical engineering. The scholarships went to the following recipients. Charles J. Berkel Memorial Scholarship Fund ($5,000) Solon Palu, senior, University of California, Berkeley LANGAN Engineering & Environmental Services Legacy Scholarship Fund ($6,250 each) L...
HERE Technologies Holds Top Ranking in Counterpoint’s 2024 Location Platform Effectiveness Index
Industry analyst firm ranks HERE as the top location platform for the eighth consecutive year, citing AI-powered mapping innovations, strategic partnerships and customer-centric solutions Location data identified as crucial for global automotive industry’s development of Software-Defined Vehicles, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and Automated Driving functions Amsterdam – HERE Technologies has been recognized as the industry leader in Counterpoint’s 2024 Location Platform Effective...
DIGroup Architecture's Vince Myers Honored as 2025 Diversity in Business Leader
DIGroup Architecture’s (DIG) Vince Myers was recently honored as a 2025 Diversity in Business Leader at a reception at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. The DIG president and co-founding principal was recognized for advancing the field of architecture while championing inclusion within the business community. ~ Photo Credit: DIGroup Architecture Philadelphia, Pa. / New Brunswick, NJ — Vince Myers, president and co-founding principal of DIGroup Architecture (DIG),...
Missouri S&T researcher’s robotic bridge inspection system wins ASCE’s 2025 Pankow Award
Dr. Genda Chen stands beside a Rolla, Missouri, bridge, while an unmanned aerial vehicle that is part of his BIRDS invention hovers in the sky behind him. Photo by Blaine Falkena/Missouri S&T. ROLLA, Mo. – A researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology has developed a robotic system to make bridge inspections faster, more comprehensive and safer. Dr. Genda Chen’s invention, called the Bridge Inspection Robot Deployment System, or BIRDS, has been selected for the American S...
Steel Bridge Task Force Announces Frank Russo as Recipient of the 2025 Richard S. Fountain Award
Washington, DC– The Steel Bridge Task Force, comprised of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), the National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA) and the American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Steel and Metals Technical Committee, has named Frank Russo, Ph.D., P.E. at Russo Structural Services, as the recipient of the 2025 Richard S. Fountain Award. Named for the founder of the Steel Bridge Task Force, the Richard S. Fountain Award was established in 2001...
Five Steel Structures to Know for 2025
CHICAGO - Project teams across the country continue to push the boundaries with structural steel--and it can be hard to keep up. We’ve made it easy: focus on these five. They’re this year’s winners of the structural steel industry’s highest design honor: the Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (or IDEAS²) Awards, presented by the American Institute of Steel Construction. “Innovative breakthroughs happen at intersections--be they meetings of minds, change...
Teledyne Geospatial's Optech CZMIL SuperNova integral to Tetra Tech's award-winning project
An Aero Commander flying over Betio, Tarawa; (Right) The Optech CZMIL SuperNova installed in the aircraft Vaughan, Ontario, CANADA – February 27, 2025 – Teledyne Geospatial is pleased to congratulate Tetra Tech on their remarkable achievement of winning three prestigious MAPPS Awards for a single project using the Teledyne Optech CZMIL SuperNova. The awards include the MAPPS Award for Airborne Acquisition and Processing, the MAPPS Member Choice Award, and the MAPPS Grand Award. The project...
NYPA Employees Recognized With EPRI Technology Transfer Awards
Promising Research Focuses on Electric Vehicles, Vegetation and Wildlife Management, and Decarbonization Five New York Power Authority (NYPA) employees have been selected to receive prestigious 2024 EPRI Technology Transfer Awards for implementing collaborative research to the electricity sector and its customers. The annual EPRI Technology Transfer Awards recognize the leaders who help ensure the public has clean, safe, reliable, affordable and equitable access to electricity across the glob...
Museum Honored with Precast Concrete Craftsmanship Award
Photo caption: GATE Precast in Hillsboro, Texas, manufactured the precast concrete for the Crow Museum of Asian Art. Photo: Mauricio Rojas, Courtesy of UT Dallas. CHICAGO – The Crow Museum of Asian Art at the University of Texas at Dallas was honored with the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute’s (PCI) Sidney Freedman Craftsmanship Award. The annual award recognizes PCI-certified plants for unique solutions and excellence in manufacturing and craftsmanship of architectural precast concrete...
Great Water Tech LLC Awarded Sourcewell Cooperative Contract
Pictured in order from left to right: Andrew Finco, Dillon Graff, Lauren Letnes, Zach Sirek, Blair Boutet, and Melissa Beyer. Contract allows streamlined purchasing of Great Water Tech products ST. PAUL, Minn. – Great Water Tech, a Minnesota-based water treatment company, has secured a Sourcewell Awarded Contract in February 2025 to provide innovative water treatment solutions to public agencies across the United States. Public agencies can view the contract by clicking here or by referen...