Students Use a Driving Simulator to Test Roadway Design Before Construction
ROLLA, Mo. – Two undergraduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology used a driving simulator to help a civil engineering firm evaluate a new roadway design for the $18.6 million Route 160 widening project from Springfield to Willard, Missouri. David Doell, a senior from Eureka, Missouri, who graduates this week with a degree in engineering management, and Matt DeMoss, an S&T senior from Ozark, Missouri, who also graduates this week with a bachelor’s degree in civil engine...
Western Specialty Contractors Stresses Importance of Maintaining Caulk Joints as First Line of Defense Against Building Water Intrusion
(St. Louis, MO) The best tip for making a building maintenance program more cost-effective, according to the façade restoration experts at Western Specialty Contractors, is to make sure to inspect a property’s caulk joints on a regular basis. “Caulking is the first line of defense against water getting into your building, and failed caulking is the number one cause of water issues in all types of buildings,” said Tom Brooks, COO of Western Specialty Contractors. “The good news is that there’s...
DOE Announces $33.5 Million for Energy Efficient, Advanced Building Construction Technologies & Practices
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $33.5 million for early-stage research and development of advanced building construction techniques to reduce energy bills. Together, America’s 118 million homes and 5.6 million commercial buildings account for approximately 40% of the nation’s total energy demand and use 75% of its electricity. Furthermore, about half of America’s homes and commercial buildings were built before 1980 when most of today's more eff...
M Property Services Hires Dr. Ramona Tumblin-Rucker as Director of Design/Build & Construction Management
(St. Louis, MO) – M Property Services (MPS) proudly announces the hiring of Dr. Ramona Tumblin-Rucker, PEng, MBA, MPM, CHC, as Director of Design/Build & Construction Management. In her new position, Tumblin-Rucker will provide oversight to evaluate and monitor complete design/build project bids, construction schedules, proformas, budgets and project activities. She will also manage project implementation, including resource allocation, quality control, change order processing and risk analys...
Savonlinja and Neste Launch a Low-Emission Green Travel Service for Bus Passengers
From mid-May onward, customers with the Savonlinja bus company will be able to opt for a lower-emission journey. In cooperation with Neste, Savonlinja is introducing a surcharge, called Green Travel, on the normal bus ticket price. The customer is free to decide the amount of this additional charge. Savonlinja will use the money collected through the Green Travel service to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by fueling its buses with Neste MY Renewable Diesel™, which is produced entirely fro...
Approval for Sanjeev Gupta’s South Australian solar farm
The first large scale project in billionaire industrialist Sanjeev Gupta’s plan to generate one gigawatt of dispatchable renewable energy in South Australia has been approved. The 280MW solar Cultana Solar Farm has been signed off by the South Australian Government with financial close expected to be reached by the end of June and construction to begin in the Upper Spencer Gulf town of Whyalla in the second half of the year. The project on 1100ha of vacant land to the north of the Whyalla...
Oldcastle Infrastructure Expands Environmental, Health, Safety & Sustainability Team
ATLANTA, Ga. (May 14, 2019) - Oldcastle Infrastructure™ is part of the Building Products division of CRH, the largest building materials company in North America. Oldcastle Infrastructure is pleased announce the expansion of the Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHS&S) leadership team. Shaun Larsen is appointed as the West Region EHS&S Director, and Todd Ravazza as the Northern California Area EHS Manager. Catherine Lyden will lead as our Central Region EHS&S Director, and...
SimActive Software Enables Processing of Wingtra Drone Data
Montreal, Canada, May 14th, 2019 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, announces that Correlator3D™ is being used for mapping projects acquired by Wingtra and its high-end vertical take-off and landing drone WingtraOne. “The high-quality data collected with our WingtraOne PPK drone is well supported by the rigorous workflow of Correlator3D™”, said Basil Weibel, CRO at Wingtra. “Our customers can generate extremely good quality maps and surface models on the S...
Acrow Bridge and Mabey Bridge Join Forces
Two powerhouses in the bridge infrastructure and engineering space come together to provide customers with a wider spectrum of premium products that connect communities and people (Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, announced today it has completed the acquisition of the assets and employees of UK-based Mabey Bridge. The combination results in a prominent global provider with unsurpassed critical mass and a team with th...
AASHTO Releases Annual Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Council on Public Transportation recently published its 37th annual Survey of State Funding of Public Transportation, which offers a snap shot of state-by-state investments in public transit. [Above photo by the Federal Transit Administration.] Available from the AASHTO Store by clicking here, the survey chronicles how state departments of transportation support public transit operations and capital projects while advan...
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