WQA announces Leadership, Excellence awards
15 individuals, two companies honored at 2024 Convention & Exposition ORLANDO, Fla. – The Water Quality Association honored 15 individuals and two member companies March 5 with its annual Leadership and Excellence Awards. President Amanda Moore, CWS, announced the recipients during the Keynote Session on the opening day of the WQA Convention & Exposition. The 2024 Hall of Fame award – the highest honor bestowed on a WQA member, given for lifetime dedication and service to the industry a...
ROK Technologies, LLC receives Esri’s Collaboration Award for Exceptional Achievement at the 2024 Esri Partner Conference (EPC)
ROK Technologies received the Collaboration Award for successful customer win due to partner-to-partner collaboration at the 2024 Esri Partner Conference (EPC) held March 10–11, 2024. This award was announced at the EPC Plenary session on Sunday. Esri is the global leader in location intelligence with a network of over 2900 partners around the world. ROK Technologies demonstrated innovative and creative ways to solve complex problems by using Esri’s ArcGIS software and exceptional work in advanc...
Lexicon’s Magen Schlesier Named NAWIC Woman of the Year
(Photo, from left): Megan Williams, Vice President of Chapter Development for Associated Builders and Contractors of Arkansas, Magen Schlesier, Lexicon, Inc. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Lexicon, Inc. project administrator Magen Schlesier has been named Woman of the Year for the Greater Little Rock chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC). The chapter recognized Schlesier at its monthly meeting during Women in Construction week (March 3-9). As project administrator at L...
Kirigami-Inspired Sculptural Steel Structure Wins 2024 Forge Prize
CHICAGO - A stunning steel shade structure intended for the trailhead of the Razorback Greenway in Northwest Arkansas has taken the top award in the American Institute of Steel Construction’s 2024 Forge Prize. The Forge Prize, established by The American Institute of Steel Construction in 2018, recognizes visionary emerging architects, architecture educators, and graduate students for design concepts that embrace innovations in steel as a primary structural component. The Mile Zero design...
Global Student Innovation Challenge Calls on Next-Generation Leaders to Tackle Water Security
High School and University Students Worldwide Invited to Expand Water Access and Community Resilience WASHINGTON, DC – Global water technology leader Xylem (NYSE: XYL) is inviting high school and university students worldwide to develop solutions to the world’s biggest water challenges by joining the 2024 Global Student Innovation Challenge. Innovators aged between 13-25 can submit ideas to tackle three global problems: reducing plastic ocean waste, lowering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...
House of Worship Honored for Precast Concrete Craftsmanship
CHICAGO, February 28, 2024 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Temple in Tallahassee, Fla., has been 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 and glass-fiber-reinforced concrete (GFRC) structures and individual components. GATE Precast Company in Monroeville, Ala....
Ten Outstanding Designers, Industry Professionals, and Educators You Should Know
CHICAGO - Innovation abounds in the structural steel industry, and the American Institute of Steel Construction is honoring 10 leaders in the design, construction industry, and education fields at this year’s NASCC: The Steel Conference. “It’s getting crowded on the cutting edge,” said AISC President Charles J. Carter, SE, PE, PhD. “These 10 people have made extraordinary contributions to the present--and future--of America’s built environment.” The presentations will take place at 8:00 a....
ACI Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards Introduces New Bridge Category
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. - The American Concrete Institute’s (ACI) annual Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards has introduced a new Bridge Category for 2024. Due to the increase of nominations in the Infrastructure Category, the International Project Awards Committee has added an eighth category for project submission. The ACI Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards honors exceptional and innovative concrete construction from around the world. Projects are recognized for the degree of...
More Than 180 AISC Members Receive 2023 Safety Awards
CHICAGO - The American Institute of Steel Construction is honoring more than 180 structural steel fabricators and erectors for their outstanding safety records in 2023. And the majority of this year’s Safety Award recipients will get the Safety Award of Honor, AISC’s top safety honor. “Avoiding accidents is not an accident,” said AISC Senior Director of Engineering Tom Schlafly. “Structural steel fabrication shops and construction sites are busy places with many activities occurring simultane...
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Recognizes 10 PCI Titans of the Industry
Eight of the 2024 PCI Titans of the Industry answered questions at the PCI booth at The Precast Show. From left to right are Steve Seguirant, Jason Lien, Andy Osborn, Pat Hynes, Keith Wallis, Gary Wildung, Reid Castrodale, and Richard Miller. Not pictured: Roger Becker and Sami Rizkalla. Photo: PCI CHICAGO, February 22, 2024 – The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) has named 10 PCI Titans of the Industry for their exceptional and unique contributions to the precast concrete ind...
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