HDR to Lead Civil Design Improvements at Five South Florida Airports Including MIA
(OMAHA, Nebraska ) — Miami Miami-Dade Aviation Department has selected HDR to provide civil engineering services for its complex five-airport system --- including Miami International, the 12th busiest airport in the country — on a five-year task-order contract to support an estimated $1.5 billion in capital improvements. Among the planned improvements are rehabilitation of runways, and upgrades to aprons, taxiways, and underground utilities. HDR will also design federally-funded airfield safety...
Lane Construction Corporation Chief Bob Alger Elected ARTBA Chairman
https://youtu.be/KiwpTAwI0Ek WASHINGTON - Robert (Bob) E. Alger, P.E., president and chief executive officer of Cheshire, Connecticut-based The Lane Construction Corporation, has been elected 2018-2019 American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) chairman. The association made the announcement Oct. 1 at its national convention in New York City. Alger’s entire 40-year career in the transportation construction industry has been spent with Lane, where he started as a job...
HxGN Content Program is Now Available through GSA
Hexagon announces HxGN Content Program imagery is now available directly through the General Services Administration (GSA). Imagery, such as this aerial capture of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., USA, can be downloaded or streamed for purchase from GSA. (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Hexagon’s Geosystems Division, the smart digital realities provider, announced today the HxGN Content Program’s imagery is now available to government agencies directly through the General Services Administra...
NCDOT Sending $147.4M to Help Improve Local Transportation
RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Transportation has begun distributing more than $147.4 million in State Street Aid to Municipalities, also known as the Powell Bill fund , to 508 municipalities across the state. The initial allocation, half of the overall total, was sent out on Wednesday, Sept. 26. The next allocation will be paid by December 31. The funding comes from revenues generated by the state gas tax and other highway user fees. The number of municipalities who are r...
New Wärtsilä Power Plant Will Support Industry Development in Equatorial Guinea
The technology group Wärtsilä was awarded a 38 MW power plant project by the EPC company Groupement TEC-IEE in Equatorial Guinea. The project is sponsored by the Ministry of Hydrocarbons with the intention to boost the development of local industry. The order was booked in Q3 2018. A 24 MW Wärtsilä power plant located in Bata, the country’s largest city, already provides thermal production of energy for continental Equatorial Guinea, a nation of 1.2 million inhabitants. Wärtsilä has been pres...
Wigginton Receives Paul L. Busch Award
On Oct. 2, The Water Research Foundation presented the 2018 Paul L. Busch Award to Krista Rule Wigginton, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan. The Paul L. Busch Award recognizes an individual for innovative research in the field of water quality and the water environment, with a special focus on those who show promise and make significant contributions in bridging research and its practical application. The...
HNTB Executive, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Director, Gannett Fleming & Two College Students Honored with ARTBA’s Women Leaders Awards
(WASHINGTON) - HNTB Mid-Atlantic Division President Diana Mendes, Texas Transportation Institute Director of External Initiatives Dr. Melissa Tooley, the global infrastructure company Gannett Fleming, and students from Grand Canyon University and the University of Tennessee, are the 2018 recipients of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation’s “Women Leaders in Transportation Design & Construction” awards. The awards were presented in three categories at an...
They Survived an Earthquake
A note from Jesús “Chuy” Valdez, a Miyamoto engineer in Mexico City… Tears welled up in my eyes as I listened over dinner to three people talk about a seven-story office building destroyed by the large earthquake that rumbled through Mexico City last year. The building, Alvaro Obregón 286, was the worst collapse in the city, taking 49 lives. The rescue workers sharing our table also were moved to tears as the survivors shared their experiences. One minute their friends and coworkers were a...
Fleet Advantage 2018 Benchmarking Survey Reveals Fleet Operators Pulse About Rising Fuel, Maintenance, and Electric Trucks
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Fleet Advantage, a leading innovator in truck fleet business analytics, equipment financing, and lifecycle cost management released today results of its latest annual benchmarking survey taking the pulse of fleet executives on a variety of industry issues. The online survey, presented to more than 1,000 fleet operators during August, covered topics such as the outlook for electric and hydrogen fuel-cell trucks; fuel economy trends; and how they view maintenance and repair (...
Extensis and LizardTech Unite as One Company
Portland, Ore.— Extensis® and LizardTech today announced they are uniting as one global company to help organizations increase the ROI and value of their digital assets, fonts, and large imagery. Last year, Extensis and LizardTech collaborated on the development of new Portfolio asset geo-referencing capabilities that make it ideal for applications in the geospatial, infrastructure, AEC and BIM segments. With Extensis’ market leadership in digital asset and font management combined with...
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