Kevin Collins Named HNTB Office Leader in Seattle
With more than two decades of transportation experience, Collins is responsible for leading project delivery and continuing to grow HNTB’s presence in the Pacific Northwest BELLEVUE, Wash. – Kevin R. Collins, PE, has been named HNTB Corporation’s Seattle office leader, based in the firm’s Bellevue office. A vice president, Collins brings more than two decades of transportation industry experience to the position. He succeeds Jim Thomson, PE, who recently was appointed president of HNTB’s...
Ted Moudis Associates Announces Promotions
NEW YORK, NY – March 25, 2019 – Ted Moudis Associates (TMA), a leading architectural and interior design firm, announces the promotion of seven of its talented employees. Patrick Ventker was promoted to Team Principal; Jamie Feuerborn and Johnny Rodland have risen to Senior Associate; and John Herrera, Andrés Navia, Ray Sell, and Douglas Wramage were promoted to Associate. “Ted Moudis Associates is pleased to announce several new promotions. Our team members demonstrated TMA's core values...
Neste to open the first commercial fueling site in California offering Neste MY Renewable Diesel
Renewable diesel fuel is soon to be much more accessible to fleet drivers looking to fuel up in northern and central California, thanks to cardlock locations that will be offering Neste MY Renewable Diesel™. This is the very first time vehicles can be fueled with this high performance low-carbon fuel directly at a station. Neste, the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel, has opened the first Neste-branded cardlock in San Leandro and other three sites will open in cooperation with lo...
A Customized Corrosion Solution for Pipe End Protection
Pipe ends are sometimes capped to protect against physical damage and intrusion of foreign objects during storage and shipping. Cortec’s CorroLogic® CorrPlug® brings pipe caps to the next level by incorporating VpCI® corrosion protection technology directly into the plastic cover. CorroLogic® CorrPlug® pipe caps are heavy wall black polyethylene pipe caps containing proprietary Vapor phase Corrosion Inhibitors. CorroLogic® CorrPlug® pipe caps protect pipe threads, pipe ends, and other tubular o...
Dickson Nominated to be FAA Administrator
President Trump nominated Stephen Dickson (seen above) on March 19 to serve a five-year term as the next administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration as well as the chairman of the Air Traffic Services Committee within the U.S. Department of Transportation. Dickson, the recently retired senior vice president of flight operations for Delta Air Lines, is a former U.S. Air Force officer and civilian airline pilot, with experience flying F-15 fighter jets as well as Airbus A320 commercia...
State DOTs Battle Major Flooding Across the Midwest
A “bomb cyclone” that struck the Midwest in mid-March caused major flooding across Nebraska and parts of Iowa and Missouri, damaging highways, roads and bridges and causing in excess of $1 billion in property losses, according to news reports. [Above photo by Captain Ryan Hignight, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.] The Nebraska Department of Transportation reported that more than 1,500 miles of roads were closed at the height of the flooding on March 18, with 15 major...
Michael Baker International's Frank Russo Recognized by the American Institute of Steel Construction with Special Achievement Award
Philadelphia – Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, announced today that Francesco (Frank) M. Russo, Ph.D., P.E.., Vice President and Technical Director, Bridge Engineering for Michael Baker, was recognized by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) with its Special Achievement Award. He will receive the award April 3 during NASCC: The Steel Conference, in St. Louis. The Special Achievement Award recognizes individuals who...
Bechtel Completes Major Milestone at the Only Nuclear Plant Under Construction in U.S.
A Bechtel-led team today placed the massive dome on a new nuclear reactor building at Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 in Georgia, the site of the only nuclear power facilities currently under construction in the U.S. When complete, Plant Vogtle will be the nation's largest generator of carbon-free electricity. Weighing approximately 745 tons and measuring 130 feet in diameter, the dome, known as the "top head," is the roof of the high-integrity steel structure that contains Unit 3's nuclear reacto...
ARC Nuclear Canada Inc. and AECOM will collaborate on New Brunswick Small Modular Reactor Project
SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK – ARC Nuclear Canada, Inc. (ARC Canada) today announced that it has entered an agreement with AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, to continue its development of the Advanced Reactor Concepts ARC-100 technology. In 2018, ARC Canada, NB Power and the Government of New Brunswick announced an agreement to work together to explore the potential for a commercial demonstration of the ARC-100 in New Brunswick as part of a larger program to establis...
Greenhouse Gas Management Achievement Earns Climate Leadership Award
The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions and The Climate Registry, in partnership with headline sponsor Bloomberg Philanthropies, recognized Jacobs with a Climate Leadership Award for Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Achievement Award) at the eighth annual Climate Leadership Awards on March 21, 2019, in Baltimore, Maryland. Awardees were honored for exemplary corporate, organizational, and individual leadership in reducing carbon pollution and addressing climate change in their o...