Transportation Construction Coalition Statement on Release of White House Infrastructure Plan & FY2019 Budget Proposal
(WASHINGTON) — The Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) released the following statement in response to the Feb. 12 release of the Trump administration’s Legislative Outline for Rebuilding Infrastructure in America and FY2019 Budget request. "The 31 national associations and trade union members that make up the Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) are pleased to see the arrival of President Trump’s long-awaited infrastructure package and budget proposal put forward today. The Ad...
Woolpert Partners with Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport on Drone Utilization
Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) is partnering with Woolpert to integrate unmanned aircraft system (UAS) technologies into airport and airfield operations. SAV is the first commercial service airport to formally integrate drone technologies into its regular operational programs for inspection, maintenance, monitoring and facility management, including supporting its Part 139 inspection protocols. SAV is integrating UAS, which will be a force multiplier for their wildlife and secu...
Wärtsilä Guarantees the Performance of Hail Cement Company’s Power Plant in Saudi Arabia
The technology group Wärtsilä and Saudi Arabia-based Hail Cement Company continue their co-operation by renewing the three-year asset management agreement for Hail Cement Company’s power plant in Turbah, Saudi Arabia. Wärtsilä provides guarantees for the performance of the power plant and ensures the reliability and availability of its operations. The operations of the power plant are remotely monitored from a Wärtsilä service centre for real-time data gathering and analysis. This agreement, sig...
Gannett Fleming Names 2018 Senior Associates
Feb. 13, 2018 (Harrisburg, Pa.) Gannett Fleming names eight employees as senior associates of the firm. These respected company leaders demonstrate mastery within their fields of practice, understand client needs and deliver innovative solutions to become trusted advisors, and are committed to the firm’s corporate values. Ned Allis, CDP, is a project manager for depreciation and technical development for Gannett Fleming’s Valuation and Rate Consultants, LLC, based in Harrisburg. He has m...
FHWA Distributes $2.4B More in Federal-Aid Highway Obligation Authority to State DOTs
The Federal Highway Administration issued its latest notice Feb. 2 to distribute another $2.4 billion in obligation authority for federal-aid highway programs. That allows state DOTs to access part of their authorized funds from the Oct. 1 start of the 2018 fiscal year through Feb. 8, when the last congressional stopgap funding measure was scheduled to expire. But the partial-year funding under the notice continues at 2017 levels since Congress had not yet passed a full-year appropriations...
Minnesota Department of Transportation Saved Taxpayers $83 Million in 2017
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Reflecting the agency’s commitment to maximizing value for Minnesotans, a new report finds that the Minnesota Department of Transportation saved $83 million in 2017 from new and revised practices in its construction program delivery and project development. “Minnesotans expect and deserve good government,” said Governor Mark Dayton. “Since 2015, MnDOT has saved $217 million and reinvested it back into road construction and maintenance projects across Minnesota. Building on t...
Seven AIAA Members Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) congratulates the newly elected members of the prestigious National Academy of Engineering (NAE), seven of whom also are AIAA members. “On behalf of our nearly 30,000 members, let me say how proud we are to count seven of our own members, from industry, academia, and government, among NAE’s newly elected class,” said AIAA President Jim Maser. “Election into this esteemed academy is one of the highest professional hono...
BuildSteel Releases e-Book with Proactive Tips to Minimize Construction Impacts from Fire, Cold Weather, Hurricanes and Flooding
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 13, 2018) – BuildSteel, a partnership of steel and construction industry organizations, announced the release of “Strength in the Face of Disaster: How Cold-Formed Steel Framing Keeps Buildings Safe,” a free e-book exploring the durability and resiliency of cold-formed steel (CFS) framing when confronted with fire, cold weather, hurricanes and flooding. Building professionals will also learn how the use of CFS framing can lower insurance rates and reduce construction delay...
PixelFLEX and Vectorworks, Inc. Partnership Brings Latest LED Display Technology to CAD and BIM Designers
Columbia, MD —In an effort to better provide ready-to-use LED video solutions for your entertainment, architectural and commercial designs, PixelFLEX™ is proud to announce that it has joined the Vectorworks, Inc. software content community. Used by over 650,000 designers worldwide, the design symbols, images and specifications for the PixelFLEX FLEXTour, FLEXLite Plus and FLEXCurtain HD video solutions, including accessories, will be available for download in all Vectorworks CAD and BIM design p...
National Gendarmerie Conducts Post-Hurricane Missions with SimActive
Montreal, Canada, February 13th, 2018 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is proud to announce that the National Gendarmerie of France has been using Correlator3D™ to support Saint Martin following Hurricane Irma. The software has facilitated rapid mapping from UAV images for damage assessment, aiding reconstruction efforts. “Correlator3D™ generated orthomosaics of excellent quality with the UAV missions post-Irma”, said Mathieu Cerciat, Geomatics Chie...
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