Utah’s Braceras Named AASHTO’s President, Missouri’s McKenna Vice President
The board of directors of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials elected Carlos Braceras (above on the left), executive director of the Utah Department of Transportation, to serve as its president for 2018-2019, along with Missouri Department of Transportation Director Patrick McKenna (above on right) as its vice president. These actions occurred during the group’s annual meeting in Atlanta on September 20-24. “I’m honored and inspired to accept the role of AAS...
GreenBlu Begins $1.6 Million U.S. Department of Energy Award to Commercialize Adsorption Desalination Technology
GreenBlu's stand-alone module deployed with solar collectors can produce 16000 gal/day using a 5000 sq. ft. footprint. A one million gallon per day plant, enough for a town of 20,000, would require 63 containers and shade the parking lot of a standard big-box retail store. HAMILTON, N.J. - GreenBlu, Inc., a water technology company commercializing a new thermal distillation technology, Vapor Adsorption Distillation with Energy Recycling (VADER), announced it is beginning its $1,600,000 a...
50 US Schools Ready to 'Go Solar' to be "Buddied Up" with Schools Already Using Solar Energy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – How do you encourage more schools to go solar when so many school administrators are unsure about the process, time frame and costs? The “Solar Schools 2025” initiative of the nonprofit Renewable Nation thinks it has the answer: by using the “buddy system” to pair up schools eager to go solar with schools that already have gone solar. Today, Solar Schools 2025 announced that it is seeking 50 K-12 schools across the United States that it can “buddy up” with schools that alre...
Hexagon App Wins UX Design Award
(Heerbrugg, Switzerland ) – Hexagon’s Geosystems division, the smart digital realities provider, announced today the Leica Cyclone FIELD 360 laser scanning mobile-device app won a UX Design Award during the International Design Center Berlin ceremony 3 September 2018. Along with user-experience (UX) company Ergosign, Leica Geosystems submitted the app under the concept of “intuitive image management for industrial 3D scanning.” The UX Design Awards is a competition focused on recognising exc...
Stantec Tower Officially Opens as Company’s New Global Headquarters
Stantec and ICE District Properties Joint Venture are celebrating the grand opening of Stantec’s new global headquarters, Stantec Tower. At 69-storeys in height (66 functional floors), Stantec Tower will be the tallest building west of Toronto and serves as one of the key pillars in Edmonton’s vibrant ICE District. The structure will house 29 floors of commercial workspace for Stantec’s 1,500 Edmonton-based employees, Dentons Canada LLP, DLA Piper, and PwC Canada, as well as SKY Residences—483 p...
Geophysics Expert Jacob Spinsby, PG, Joins Cardno's Denver Office
Denver, CO - Cardno, Inc., is pleased to announce that Jacob Spinsby, PG, has joined the firm as a Utility Engineering and Surveying (UES) Practice Group Leader in the company’s Lone Tree, CO, USA office. Jacob has more than 10 years of experience in advanced geophysical, geological, non-destructive, and utility projects, including subsurface utility engineering investigations. He has performed thousands of shallow-surface explorations, advanced subsurface utility locating/designation, a...
Fluor Announces Financial Close on Gordie Howe International Bridge
IRVING, Texas (September 28, 2018) – Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced that Bridging North America, a partnership of Fluor, ACS Infrastructure Canada and Aecon Group Inc., reached financial close to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the Gordie Howe International Bridge Project for Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA). Fluor plans to book its share of the design and construction contract value in the third quarter of 2018. Fluor is participating in the entire 36-year life c...
25 Million PLN (5.8 million EUR) Loan for Photovoltaic Project in Poland
September 28, 2018. A group of project companies - including strategic investor E energija, project developer Sun Investment Group and EPC contractor I+D Energias - received funding from a Polish bank. The companies are getting a 25 million PLN (€ 5.8 million EUR) loan, which re-finances the construction costs of a part of the group’s PV (photovoltaic) power plant portfolio in Poland. The agreement was signed with ING Bank Śląski on September 25th in Warsaw. The Institute for Renewable Ene...
AQUAOSO® Officially Launches Water Risk Intelligence Tools for Identifying, Understanding and Monitoring Water Risk
FOLSOM, Calif., Sept. 28, 2018 - AQUAOSO® Technologies PBC, a software company that helps customers identify, understand and monitor water supply risks has officially unveiled their Water Risk Intelligence Tools for the agricultural economy. The platform uses data science and machine learning to provide meaningful insight into water data that has previously been inaccessible. Designed specifically to meet the needs of growers, banks, investors and other agricultural professionals, the AQUAOSO...
Epson Further Expands SureColor T-Series Wide-Format Printer Line with Two High-Production Wireless Workgroup Printers
CHICAGO (PRINT, Epson Booth #3121) – Epson today announced it is continuing the expansion of its wide-format technical plotter line – the SureColor® T-Series. The new 24-inch SureColor T3470 and 36-inch SureColor T5470 are ideal for high-production printing of blueprints, line drawings, and posters. Leveraging a compact and modern design, these easy-to-use wide-format wireless printers feature an intuitive touch screen and offer advanced network security and encryption designed to safeguard inf...
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