Focus on Highway Safety Earns Stokes the AAMVA Lifetime Achievement Award
ITD Chief Deputy Scott Stokes has spent his entire career advocating for highway safety issues, and that focus earned him the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA). Watch video tribute to Scott. AAMVA presented the award to Stokes during their annual conference, Aug. 23 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stokes began with ITD in December of 1991 as a staff engineer in the bridge section at ITD headquarters, after some time spent in t...
Fluor-Led Joint Venture Opens Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge in New York
IRVING, Texas – Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the final span of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, which replaced the Tappan Zee Bridge, will open to drivers beginning Saturday, September 8, 2018, when all four lanes of eastbound traffic will shift to the new second span. The eastbound span will consist of four general purpose traffic lanes, two emergency shoulders, space for a dedicated bus lane and an advanced traffic monitoring system. The westbound bridge will remai...
Simon Kirby Joins Nichols as Associate Senior Advisor
Simon Kirby has joined The Nichols Group as an associate Senior Advisor, reporting to the Board and responsible for Strategic Advice. Simon held previous positions as Chief Operating Officer at Rolls-Royce plc and Cheif Executive at HS2 Ltd. Simon said “Nichols are an industry leading strategic consultancy supporting clients on many iconic projects across the world. I am very proud to join Nichols at an exciting time when they are growing and building a stronger reputation for meeting customer...
Utility Engineering & Surveying Expert Jim Godfrey, PLS, Joins Cardno's Tampa Office
Tampa, FL - Cardno, Inc., is pleased to announce that Jim Godfrey, PLS has joined the firm as Branch Manager of the company’s Tampa, FL, USA office. With more than 30 years of utility engineering and surveying (UES) experience, Jim has provided mapping and subsurface utility engineering expertise and guidance for public clients throughout Florida, including extensive project experience with the Florida Department of Transportation. Jim’s surveying expertise includes control surveys, desi...
Environmental Compliance & Coastal Infrastructure Specialist Brenton Jenkins, PE, Joins Cardno's Baton Rouge Office
BATON ROUGE, LA - Cardno, Inc., is pleased to announce that Brenton Jenkins has joined the firm as a Project Engineer in the company’s Baton Rouge, LA, USA office. Brenton has more than five years of experience performing environmental project management, engineering and construction services, primarily for the oil and gas sector. His specific project management expertise includes due diligence, environmental compliance, and wetland support for a number of coastal infrastructure projec...
DealPoint Merrill Secures a $6.6 Million Construction Loan for Their Redevelopment Project in Cleveland, Ohio
LOS ANGELES- DealPoint Merrill has secured a $6.6 Million construction loan for the redevelopment phase of the Giant Eagle Shopping Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The redevelopment will focus on the renovation of the existing building structures, landscaping and additional 60,000 square feet of building. Reconstruction is underway and scheduled for a 1Q 2019 grand opening. DealPoint Merrill's executives, David Frank, CEO, negotiated the transaction, and Sterling McGregor, President, handled the d...
FARO® Introduces the ScanPlan™ Handheld Floor Mapper
Lake Mary, FL — FARO® (NASDAQ:FARO), the world’s most trusted source for 3D measurement and imaging solutions for public safety forensics and factory metrology, announces the availability of FARO® ScanPlan™ (www.faro.com/scanplan/sg), a solution for fast and easy mapping of floor plans. This next generation 2D handheld mapper is specifically designed to enhance the effectiveness of public safety professionals such as emergency responders, fire and crime scene investigators and security managers....
Boral Resources Acquires Natural Pozzolan Source for Fly Ash Blending
ATLANTA - Boral Resources has acquired 4.5 million tons of pozzolanic deposits located in central Utah that will be processed for blending with fly ash to extend supplies for Western states concrete markets. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed by Boral. Boral procured the natural pozzolans from an active mining company. The material is contained in large surface piles that are immediately accessible for excavation. "Extensive core drilling, testing and characterization...
Software Tool Could Help Architects Design Efficient Buildings
Typically, when architects or engineers design a new building, it’s only at the end of the process — if ever — that a lifecycle analysis of the building’s environmental impact is carried out. And by then, it may be too late to make significant changes. Now, a faster and easier system for doing such analyses could change all that, making the analysis an integral part of the design process from the beginning. The new process, described in the journal Building and Environment in a paper by MIT r...
REPORT: Energy Efficiency Employs 2.25 Million Americans
Energy efficiency jobs grew 3% in 2017 17 states have more than 50,000 energy efficiency workers; 25 have more than 30,000 Energy efficiency employs 2X as many Americans as fossil fuel industries WASHINGTON AND BOSTON – (September 6, 2018) – Energy efficiency added more new jobs than any other industry in the entire U.S. energy sector in 2017, and now employs nearly 2.25 million Americans, according to a new jobs analysis from E4TheFuture and the national, nonpartisan business grou...
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