Fall Conference Panel Addresses Federal/Local Infrastructure Relationship
Washington, DC - Elected officials and a panel of firm leaders discussed the recommendations in the recently published A Playbook for a New Infrastructure Partnership, which looks at improving how the federal government works with local governments to build the nation’s infrastructure. The Playbook was jointly produced by the ACEC Research Institute and Accelerator for America’s New Partnership for Infrastructure. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who chairs the Accelerator for America, kicked...
Announcing the Winners of the 2020 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Awards
The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Awards recognize the best preservation projects in the United States WASHINGTON (October 28, 2020) —The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced the winners of the 2020 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Awards, the nation’s most coveted and prestigious awards bestowed on historic preservation efforts that demonstrate excellence in preservation practice and partnersh...
HEEP BIM Educational Webinar Series - IFC
The Highway Engineering Exchange Program (HEEP) is an organization that promotes advances in transportation engineering through the exchange of knowledge and information technology. HEEP started a BIM Special Interest Group in 2019 and that group has been reformed to a series of educational webinars. Today, 10/28/20, HEEP is proud to present the second in its BIM Educational Webinars. Richard Petrie, CEO of buildingSMART, will give a presentation on Industry Foundation Classes (IFC). IFC is a da...
DFI Announces Osterberg Memorial Lecturer Presentation at IFCEE 2021
Hawthorne, N.J.: J. Erik Loehr, Ph.D., P.E., Logan Professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Missouri and a senior principal engineer with Dan Brown and Associates, has been invited to present the DFI Osterberg Memorial Lecture at the International Foundations Congress and Equipment Exposition (IFCEE 2021). The event, being held at the Hyatt Regency Dallas in Dallas, Texas, May 10–14, 2021, is hosted by DFI, ADSC (The International Association of Foundation Drilling), ASCE Ge...
JOIN US - First EVER Virtual Past/ Forward Conference - Oct. 27-30
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is proud to present the 74th annual PastForward conference. This year’s conference theme-- Resilience and Relevance--features provocative conversation about contemporary challenges and the power of preservation to respond to: Racial Justice and Equity Pandemic Issues Challenges of America’s Main Streets Climate Change Impacts How does historic preservation connect to all these issues? Join us online to find out. You can dow...
InfraMarker® RFID Drives TVC Compliance in CHA Integrated Solutions’ Newest Asset Management Solution, Corrivo
MADISON, Wisc.— Berntsen International, the leader in infrastructure marking solutions, announced that it has partnered with CHA Integrated Solutions (formerly NovaraGeo Solutions) to provide it’s InfraMarker RFID capability within the Corrivo mobile software platform, delivering Traceable, Verifiable and Complete (TVC) field asset data. See it at the Esri Infrastructure Management & GIS Conference on Oct 29, 2020 CHA Integrated Solutions will highlight its Corrivo Solution at Esri’s upcom...
Open Call for Solutions to Create the Future of Resilient Energy Production, Transmission, Usage and Storage for the U.S. Air Force and Department of Defense
Submission Deadline Extended to October 29 LAS VEGAS – AFWERX, the U.S. Air Force’s innovation catalyst, is seeking solutions from public and private industries, commercial sectors, government, and academia for the Department of Defense (DoD) Reimagining Energy Challenge to modernize and create the future of resilient energy production, transmission, utilization and storage for the U.S. Air Force. Due to the high level of interest received from participants and government agencies, AFWERX...
Fifth Vectorworks Design Scholarship to Open December 1
Global competition will recognize design students’ best work Columbia, MD (October 20, 2020)—Continuing its commitment to cultivate future generations of designers, global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. will open submissions for its fifth Vectorworks Design Scholarship on December 1, 2020. The Vectorworks Design Scholarship invites undergraduate and graduate students in major disciplines related to architecture, landscape architecture, landscape, entertainment and inte...
Leading Engineers, Impact Investors, Scholars and Social Entrepreneurs Convene Dec. 3-4 to Cultivate and Accelerate Engineering Driving Positive Social Change
ASME’s 4th annual Impact.Engineered forum includes speakers from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, BlackRock, New Lab, The Lemelson Foundation, Siemens Stiftung, the United Nations, World Bank, and Top Engineering Universities NEW YORK – With a commitment to positively impact underserved communities with engineered solutions to social and environmental issues, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)’s Engineering for Change (E4C) will host the fourth annual Impact.Engineere...
Astronaut's Future City Message
Astronaut Ricky Arnold has a message for those entering the Future City contest. Sign up for the Future City Competition at futurecity.org/register