Stetson University Names Jason Evans Interim Executive Director of Institute for Water and Environmental Resilience
DELAND, Florida, June 25, 2019 – Stetson University has named Jason Evans, Ph.D., as the interim executive director of the Institute for Water and Environmental Resilience (IWER). His role begins on Aug. 15. Evans will fill the position while Stetson searches for a permanent replacement for Clay Henderson, J.D., who is retiring. Evans is an associate professor of environmental science and studies at Stetson as well as faculty director of IWER. Evans is looking forward to the leadership opp...
59 New Transportation Project Professionals Earn ANSI-Accredited Safety Credential
(WASHINGTON) - Fifty-nine professionals from 21 companies or agencies representing 17 states have earned the “Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals™” (SCTPP) credential over the past four months, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation said today. Since its launch in late 2016, 360 individuals from 83 companies representing 37 states and the District of Columbia have earned the prestigious credential, which is valid for three years...
USDOT Announces $495 Million in Infrastructure Grants to 327 Airports in 46 States and the Pacific Islands
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States. “This significant investment in airport improvements will fund construction and rehabilitation projects that will help maintain high levels of safety in U.S. aviation,” sai...
HNTB’s New York Office Adds Christopher Jenkins to Growing Program Management/Construction Management Practice
NEW YORK – Christopher Jenkins joined HNTB Corporation as a project director and associate vice president in the program and construction management practice, based in the firm’s Empire State Building offices in New York City. Through the course of his 32-year career, Jenkins has contributed to many significant high-profile projects across the nation, including New York City’s Goethals Bridge and World Trade Center, the Boston Big Dig and major highway projects in Austin, Texas and Orange Co...
American Concrete Institute Releases New ACI 562-19 Repair Code
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The American Concrete Institute (ACI) announces that ACI 562-19 Code Requirements for Assessment, Repair, and Rehabilitation of Existing Concrete Structures and Commentary is now available in print and digital formats. ACI 562-19 was specifically developed to integrate with the International Code Council’s International Existing Building Code or to be adopted as a stand-alone code. ACI 562 was written specifically to be integrated into building codes as a mechanism...
Acrow Bridge’s Bill Killeen and Paul Sullivan Share Insights During Panels at Corporate Council on Africa’s U.S.-Africa Business Summit
(Parsippany, New Jersey) – Bill Killeen, CEO, and Paul Sullivan, Senior Vice President – International at Acrow Bridge, and Darren Keep, General Sales Manager for Acrow’s British unit Mabey Bridge, both leading international bridge engineering and supply companies, recently took part in Corporate Council on Africa’s 12th biennial U.S.-Africa Business Summit. The event took place from June 18-21, 2019 in Maputo, Mozambique and was attended by more than 1,000 U.S. and African private sector execut...
ClockSpring|NRI Adds Milliken Infrastructure Solutions to its Portfolio
Leading Composite Repair Manufacturer Expands Suite of Rehabilitation Products for Critical Infrastructure HOUSTON – ClockSpring|NRI, a leading manufacturer of highly innovative and engineered products for the repair and rehabilitation of global critical infrastructure, today acquired Milliken Infrastructure Solutions, LLC, previously a subsidiary of Milliken & Company, expanding its line of superior composite solutions for industrial process and transmission pipelines and adding new, pi...
Clayco Announces Lamar Johnson Collaborative
CHICAGO - Lamar Johnson Collaborative (LJC), a subsidiary of top 20 constructor Clayco, has announced that it will combine with Clayco-owned architecture firm BatesForum, creating one firm of more than 240 professionals in five offices with industry-leading capabilities in integrated design and delivery that promises to transform the industry. “The inefficiency that remains in the traditional design-bid-build construction model needs to change,” noted CEO Lamar Johnson. “We believe we can lev...
AASHTO Makes Two Committee Appointments
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently made appointments to its Committee on Human Resources and Committee on Civil Rights. The organization re-appointed Lee Wilkinson (above left), director of the operations and finance division at the Iowa Department of Transportation, to a new two-year term as chair of the Committee on Human Resources, which researches, recommends, and shares best practices and policy initiatives to enable the human resource functio...
USDOT Offers $293M in Port Infrastructure Development Grants
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity on June 13 for $292.7 million in discretionary grant funding through its new Port Infrastructure Development Program, which aims to support public coastal ports by improving the safety, efficiency, or reliability of goods movement into, out of, or within a port. [Above photo by the Virginia DOT.] USDOT said it will award grants via this program for port transportation infrastructure projects loca...