Open Source Wood challenged architecture students participating in the EASA 2020 event – Here’s the winning design
The Open Source Wood initiative challenged the architecture students participating in EASA 2020 to create a concept for a wooden multi-storey building using the element and module designs available on Opensourcewood.com. Metsä Wood’s Open Source Wood initiative is an open collaboration and knowledge-sharing platform for modular wood construction. EASA (the European Architecture Student Assembly) is a network that organises a two-week workshop event every summer. However, this year the event w...
Lebanese Wastewater Solution Wins Global Tech Innovation Competition
• Mrüna’s digital idea revolutionises access to sanitation and recycled water • Low-cost, rapid tech solution for refugee camps and global urbanisation • Winning InfraChallenge will help Mrüna transform urban infrastructure The Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub) has crowned Lebanese tech start-up Mrüna the winner of its first global innovation competition, InfraChallenge, following a live pitch against nine other finalists from the UK, US, Sierra Leone, Australia, Mexico, Singapore and Spai...
Three State Technology Initiatives Selected as Finalists for National Awards
Harrisburg, PA – Secretary of Administration Michael Newsome announced today that three state technology initiatives have been selected as finalists by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) for its 2020 state IT recognition awards. The projects are among 30 finalists selected from over 90 state nominations. Winners in 10 categories will be announced at NASCIO's annual conference in October. "Pennsylvania continues to be at the forefront of technology and inn...
New York Honors Town of Dover as Climate Smart Community
WSP USA collaborated with Mid-Hudson community to create a comprehensive sustainability plan to guide adaption to climate change and resiliency activities. DOVER, New York —The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) announced that the Town of Dover is among the communities certified as a Climate Smart Community (CSC). WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, assisted the Town of Dover to achieve bronze-level CSC certification wit...
Georgia Department of Transportation Announced as the 2020 NOCoE TSMO Awards Overall Winner
Data initiative could have implications for agencies throughout the nation. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE), announced today that the Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) was selected as the 2020 NOCoE TSMO Awards Overall Winner. The announcement was made by Jim Tymon, Executive Director of the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) during a YouTube Live event today. These awards celebrate the expan...
Lucy Moses Preservation Award for iconic 280 Broadway renovation
Photo by Ola Wilk/Wilk Marketing Communications $17.5 Million Historic Façade Restoration of the 240,000-square foot National and New York City Landmark 280 Broadway Building, by DCAS, DDC, Urbahn Architects, and Jablonski Building Conservation, Wins 2020 Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award from the New York Landmarks Conservancy Historic 1846 structure is New York City’s first commercial building designed in the Italianate style New York, NY – The historic restoration of the mar...
The National Operations Center of Excellence to Make Live Announcement of the 2nd Annual TSMO Award Overall Winner and Honor TSMO Champions
Georgia, North Carolina, Washington DOTs and Houston TranStar are in the running to become the 2020 TSMO Award Overall Winner. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE), today announced they will reveal the overall winner of NOCoE’s 2nd Annual TSMO Awards on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 2 p.m. The reveal will take place during a YouTube Live Event, hosted by Jim Tymon, Executive Director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Offi...
AEC Excellence Awards 2020 Finalists: Bold and Inspirational in a Year of Challenge
An emergency COVID-19 hospital built in 10 days. The world’s largest balanced concrete cantilever bridge. A self-sustaining development on a floating island. These are just a few of the remarkable projects chosen as finalists for Autodesk’s AEC Excellence Awards 2020. In a year defined by hardships and change, we are pleased to showcase the ways in which the global architecture, engineering, and construction industry is successfully reimagining what’s possible – and giving us a moment to paus...
ASME’s Engineering for Change and Siemens Announce Innovate for Impact: Siemens Design Challenge Winners
Teams from Colombia, Uganda and the U.S. selected for outstanding innovations that help meet need for clean water and adequate food supply globally NEW YORK, September 15, 2020 – Earlier today in a virtual awards ceremony, global technology company Siemens, in collaboration with Engineering for Change (E4C), a knowledge organization, digital platform and community from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), announced the two winners of the Innovate for Impact: Siemens Desig...
18 Exceptional Student Projects Win Steel Industry Awards
CHICAGO – The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) are pleased to announce that 18 remarkable student projects have won the 2020 Steel Design Student Competition. This year, the competition offered two challenges that prompted architecture students to explore working with steel in design and construction. For the first category, the 2020 ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition challenged students to design an urban...