LuxTurrim5G Ecosystem Builds the Smart City of the Future
Nokia Bell Labs driven industry group is building key enablers for fast 5G network based on smart light poles, which will form the digital backbone of future smart cities. The LuxTurrim5G ecosystem project has developed the 5G smart pole concept where 5G base stations, a variety of different sensors, video cameras, displays and other devices have been integrated to light poles. This creates a novel platform providing fast, low latency mobile communications and possibilities to exploit huge amoun...
Buckwalter Joins ASCE as Chief Operating and Strategy Officer
Gerald E. “Jerry” Buckwalter will join the ASCE staff in a new role, Chief Operating and Strategy Officer, effective June 4. Buckwalter will be responsible for helping to shape the Society’s strategic direction and operational effectiveness. Among his key early responsibilities will be continued oversight of ASCE’s new Future World Vision project. He will also oversee several areas of internal operations, including finance and administration, engineering and lifelong learning, and human resou...
Saudi Aramco-Sabic Deal Helps Citi Retain Top Position in GlobalData’s M&A Financial Advisers League Table in Oil & Gas Sector
Citi has retained the top position in the latest mergers and acquisitions (M&A) league table of the top 10 financial advisers for the oil & gas sector based on deal value for the first quarter (Q1) 2019, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The American multinational investment bank topped the rankings with a deal value of US$81.1bn, by advising on eight deals during the quarter, which incidentally was the highest in terms of volume (a figure shared by two others). H...
R&R Engineers - Surveyors, Inc. Heralds in New Leadership, Company-Wide Cultural Shift & New Office
Denver, Colo. - R&R Engineers - Surveyors, Inc., a Denver-based land surveying and civil engineering firm operating primarily in the Rocky Mountain Region, announces that Tony Smith, PLS, is R&R's new President and Douglas Dunkin, PE, will continue to be the company's CEO. The leadership changes are effective immediately. As R&R's President, Smith will be guiding operations and day-to-day activities. Smith has been with R&R since 2012. By 2016, he was running the entire Survey Department a...
Charren Shepherd Named Marketing Director for HNTB’s Mid-Atlantic Division
ARLINGTON, VA. – Charren Shepherd was appointed director of marketing for HNTB Corporation’s Mid-Atlantic Division. She is based in Arlington. Shepherd will coordinate with division leaders to develop, execute and monitor overall marketing strategy and lead a department of more than a dozen marketing professionals supporting nine offices to provide comprehensive marketing communications services across the division. Shepherd brings nearly two decades of engineering and construction marketin...
USGS, Scientists Test Drone-Based Stream Gauging at ‘2019 Aquatic Airshow’
AUBURN, Maine — U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and independent scientists gathered this month in Auburn, Maine, to evaluate the use of sensor-mounted unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or drones, to gauge stream stage, velocity, bathymetry and discharge. The technology is being evaluated and modeled to determine whether it will support the fast, accurate and safe measurement of rivers, especially when they are flooded or contain floating trees, ice or other debris. Close to two dozen hydrologic,...
HNTB’s Craig Denson Named CFO of the Year by EFCG
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Craig Denson, CPA, CFO HNTB Corporation, was named CFO of the Year by the Environmental Financial Consulting Group (EFCG) during its 19th annual CFO conference in New York City on May 9. Denson, a senior vice president, has been with HNTB for 18 years in various roles, including corporate controller, corporate treasurer and corporate secretary. Appointed as CFO in 2018, he oversees approximately 60 professionals who support the corporate financial operation. EFCG’s CFO c...
HNTB’s Shahram Vahdat appointed president of American Council of Engineering Companies – Los Angeles County chapter
LOS ANGELES – Shahram Vahdat, PE, group transportation director and vice president for HNTB Corporation, has been appointed president of the board of directors of American Council of Engineering Companies – Los Angeles County chapter. He has been a member of the board of directors since 1999, holding numerous executive positions. This will be the second time Vahdat is serving as president. “I am honored to serve in a leadership capacity for our Los Angeles chapter, which is comprised of over...
Solar Project Racks up 50 Farms in South Australia
A renewable energy project that started as a way to provide extra income for grape and citrus growers has built its 50th small-scale solar farm in South Australia. Renmark-based Yates Electrical Services began its Red Mud Green Energy project three years ago with the first 187kW commercial farm joining the electricity grid in September 2016. Since then 50 farms have been built up to 1MW in size on sites ranging in area from 4000sq m (1 acre) to 2 hectares (5 acres). About 80 per cent of t...
Storm gets on board with Greenbyte Energy Cloud for data management
The Belgian wind farm developer chose Greenbyte Energy Cloud for data management of their operational wind farms of 100 MW all over Belgium and Ireland. Greenbyte Energy Cloud will enable Storm to monitor and manage their wind farms, and analyze their performance for future optimization. Storm is more than the average wind farm developer. With over 400 MW in their pipeline, both in procedure and under construction, they are a rapidly growing organization. On top of that, Storm empowers custom...
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