TxDOT Announces $82 Million in Grants for Public Transportation
AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Transportation has announced $82 million in grants to fund public transportation providers in rural, small urban and large urban areas of Texas. Overall, these state and federal grants are designed to help pay for maintenance of vehicles and facilities; vehicle purchases and transit facility improvements; and regionally coordinated public transportation planning efforts. Ultimately, these funds pay for resources that give Texans access to transportation so the...
CDOT Announces Next Steps for I-25 South Gap Project
Denver, CO – Today, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) signed the official Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on the I-25 South Gap Project. The project will significantly improve the 18 mile section of I-25 between Monument and Castle Rock. “Signing the FONSI is significant,” said CDOT Executive Director Michael Lewis. “This is a necessary step before we can break ground on one of the most critical transportation projects i...
ARTBA Honors Texas A&M Professor & Retired ORAFOL Leader with Prestigious Highway Safety Award
(WASHINGTON) - Gene Hawkins, a professor in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University, and retired ORAFOL Americas leader Tom Flaherty, are the respective public and private sector recipients of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) 2018 “Jake Landen Memorial Safety Award.” Established in 1979 by ARTBA’s Traffic Safety Industry Division (TSID), the Landen Award is presented annually to those individuals who have “made significant and lasti...
HNTB Names Phil Collin and Doug Champlin to Northeast Division Management Team
New York – HNTB Corporation promoted Phil Collin, PE, to the position of Northeast Division Sales Officer, and named Doug Champlin as Northeast Division Program and Construction Management Director. Based in the firm’s New York City office, both Collin and Champlin are HNTB vice presidents. Phil Collin, PE Collin will lead the firm’s sales and marketing efforts throughout the northeast – accounting for the firm’s largest workforce of nearly 850 professionals in nine offices who serve mo...
Netherlands Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Launches Responsible Mining Index 4 July, 2018
Netherlands Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Ms. Sigrid Kaag, launches the first global Index on responsible mining Metals and minerals are inseparable from our daily lives. Copper, iron, cobalt and lithium are found in our mobile phones, cars and houses. These materials are mined around the globe and our consumption of them links us to mining workers, mining-affected communities and environments worldwide. And our demand for these raw materials will only increase; also...
Breakthrough Order for Climeon in Japan
Climeon has received its first order within geothermal heat power in Japan. The Heat Power modules are purchased by Baseload Capital Sweden on the behalf of a newly started Heat Power operator. The order value amounts to just over 2 MEUR, plus service fees and software licenses. The four Heat Power modules are purchased by Climeon’s associated company Baseload Capital Sweden on the behalf of a local Heat Power operator and will be installed in Japan during 2019. The newly started Heat Power...
AISI Publishes Report on LRFD and LSD Resistance Factors for CFS Compression Members
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has published a new research report on the recalibration of the Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) and the Limit States Design (LSD) resistance factors for cold-formed steel compression members when the strength is predicted using the Direct Strength Method. Since the Direct Strength Method statistically provides a better strength prediction, higher resistance factors are realized. A summary of the project, findings and analys...
Amin Alsaden Appointed as the Director of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial
Amin Alsaden has been appointed the Director of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial, the first major platform dedicated to architecture and urbanism in the Middle East, East and North Africa, and South Asia. Bringing a depth of experience to the position as an architectural scholar and practitioner, Alsaden will contribute to the organization's growth, sustainability, long-term mission, and launch one of the Triennial's core initiatives: a research program. Alsaden will work closely with the...
Urgent US$621 Billion Need for Africa to Meet UN Sustainable Development Goals for Drinking Water, Sanitation and Electricity
The Global Infrastructure Hub, a G20 initiative, has today published two reports that reveal an urgent need for infrastructure investment in 10 Compact with Africa[1]countries, and highlight the reforms required to encourage greater investment. The first of these reports, Global Infrastructure Outlook: Infrastructure Investment Need in the Compact with Africa Countries, reveals that, unless US$621 billion is invested in these 10 countries by 2030, they will fail to meet the UN Sustainable D...
The Transportation Impact of Justice Kennedy’s Supreme Court Tenure
On June 27, Justice Anthony Kennedy announced that he would be retiring from the U.S. Supreme Court effective July 31, 2018; wrapping up a 30-year tenure that included several major legal decisions that directly affected the transportation industry. According to research by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Justice Kennedy participated in 15 transportation-focused legal decisions after President Ronald Reagan appointed him to the nation's highest court in...
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