SmithGroup Adds Mobility and Urban Design Specialist Janet Attarian to Leadership Team
Detroit, Mich.- SmithGroup, one of the nation’s largest integrated design firms, has hired urban design and mobility specialist Janet Attarian, AIA, LEED AP BD+C at its Detroit office. A nationally recognized authority in transportation policy creation, neighborhood development, and sustainable infrastructure, Attarian will work closely with multi-disciplinary team members within the firm’s Urban Design Practice and across the U.S. to drive the creation of smart, sustainable urban environments a...
Acrow Bridge’s Paul Sullivan Appointed to EXIM’s Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee
Will advise on the implementation of EXIM’s policies and programs designed to support the Bank’s engagement in the region (Parsippany, New Jersey) – Paul Sullivan, President – International Business at Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, was recently appointed to the 2019 Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), the official export credit agency of the United States. EXIM is an independent Exe...
Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. Selects Consortium led by Hill International as Designer and Project Manager for Major Port Expansion Works
PHILADELPHIA and THESSALONIKI, Greece - Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today it has signed an agreement with the Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (THPA) as leader of a consortium including Rogan Associates SA, to provide design and project management services for the planned expansion of the marine works infrastructure of Pier 6. The Port of Thessaloniki is the most important port of Northern Greece and a key transportation hub for So...
Steel Deck Institute is Reaccredited as an American National Standards Developer
GLENSHAW, PA — After a recent audit of its standards development activities, the Steel Deck Institute (SDI) has been reaccredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) under its recently revised operating procedures for documenting consensus on SDI-sponsored American National Standards. The revised procedures replace the previous version, approved in February 2015. The SDI sought ANSI accreditation and was approved as a developer of American National Standards in 2003. The SDI c...
Technology Helping ADOT to Manage Traffic through I-15 Bridge Project
PHOENIX – To enhance safety and manage traffic through the bridge improvement project along Interstate 15 in the Virgin River Gorge, the Arizona Department of Transportation is using a first-of-its-kind alert system to help reduce emergency braking and collisions. With I-15 reduced to one lane in each direction during construction, traffic begins to queue during peak travel times and holidays. A queue warning system that includes portable message boards informs drivers of stop-and-go traffic...
HNTB Shapes Transportation Infrastructure in Greater Kansas City for 105 Years
First HNTB office opened in Kansas City, Mo., in 1914; early history of the company includes bridge, rail and toll projects. KANSAS CITY, Mo. – HNTB Corporation is marking the 105th anniversary of its Kansas City office opening. The firm’s heritage in Kansas City dates back to its founding in 1914. That year, John Harrington, Ernest Howard and Louis Ash formed the civil engineering partnership Harrington, Howard & Ash in Kansas City, which later became HNTB. Today, HNTB occupies a...
Melisa Montemayor joins HNTB as group director – engineering in San Antonio, Austin and El Paso
SAN ANTONIO – Melisa Montemayor joined HNTB Corporation as group director and vice president, based in the firm’s San Antonio office. She is responsible for direction and supervision of HNTB’s roadway engineering group, which serves a variety of transportation clients throughout the region. Montemayor has nearly 25 years of transportation programming, design, environmental, planning, construction and maintenance experience. Previously, she spent her career serving the Texas Department of Tr...
Business Development Professional Franco Puentes Joins Cardno's Houston Office
Houston, TX - Cardno is pleased to announce that Franco Puentes has joined the firm as a Business Development Manager in the company’s Houston, TX, USA office. Franco has more than 16 years of experience delivering complex projects across the commercial, residential, healthcare, and oil & gas sectors. He has worked with public agencies, architects, commercial developers, and other engineering disciplines in the Houston, TX, market, including the Harris County Civil Justice Center building....
The American Water Summit 2019, Houston: Leadership for a Sustainable America
AUSTIN, TEXAS - Global Water Intelligence (GWI) has announced the theme for the 2019 American Water Summit, taking place in Houston, on November 12th – 14th. The 10th annual event will hear from keynote speaker Rana Foroohar, FT, and bring together productive networking, with an agenda and speakers that represent and drive action, progress and opportunity. The goal of the 2019 American Water Summit is to explore the ways in which strong leadership will shape the future of sustainability in North...
Ping Flicks Switch on Wind Turbine Listening Devices
The first major roll out of acoustic listening devices to monitor the health of wind turbines will go live in Australia today. South Australian company Ping Services will install 55 of its devices on turbines at a wind farm in the neighbouring state of Victoria as part of a three-month pilot program. The patented device, known as the Ping Monitor, uses acoustic analysis, machine learning and the Internet of Things (IoT) to continuously detect wind turbine blade damage. The key piece of...
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