New ESIG Report: Opportunities to Evolve Grid Planning for Electric Vehicles
Reston, Va. – The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) has released a new report, Charging Ahead: Grid Planning for Vehicle Electrification, a national-level examination of transportation electrification challenges that impact integrated distribution planning. The report’s primary audiences are utilities, utility regulators and other state decision-makers, EV manufacturers, charge station operators, aggregators, and other technical experts. It explores the challenges of grid planning for elec...
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $623 Million in Grants to Continue Building Out Electric Vehicle Charging Network
Photograph: Bjoern WyleZich/Getty Images Funding will deploy chargers in communities and along major travel corridors, while promoting American jobs and leadership in EV charging WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris Administration today announced $623 million in grants to help build out an electric vehicle (EV) charging network across the U.S., which will create American jobs and ensure more drivers can charge their electric vehicles where they live, work, and shop. This is a critical p...
Vortex Companies acquires Applied Felts® Inc. to Deliver Comprehensive Trenchless Rehabilitation Solutions
Since 2015, Vortex Companies has been a trailblazer in transforming the trenchless rehabilitation industry through a commitment to making access to cutting-edge technologies easier and more streamlined. Today, this commitment takes a giant leap forward with the landmark acquisition of Applied Felts® Inc., positioning Vortex Companies to deliver a direct, UNITED offering to the market. Applied Felts Inc. including MaxLiner® and FerraTex Solutions™ represents all manufacturing and distribution thr...
Vectorworks, Inc. Named GOOD DESIGN® Award Winner
Design Without Limits Branding Wins in Graphic Design Category. Columbia, MD (January 11, 2024)—Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. has been honored as a GOOD DESIGN® winner for its “Design Without Limits” entry in the graphic design category. The GOOD DESIGN Awards Program, presented by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and Metropolitan Arts, is the world's oldest and most prestigious program for the most innovative and cutting-edge industrial...
i.safe MOBILE and RealWear present RealWear Navigator® Z1
The world’s most advanced intrinsically safe head-mounted wearable is redefining smart glasses for ATEX/IECEx industry use Lauda-Koenigshofen- i.safe MOBILE, innovation and world market leader for explosion-proof mobile devices and solutions and RealWear, Inc., the pioneer of smart glasses for frontline workers, have launched with the RealWear Navigator Z1 the world’s most advanced intrinsically safe and ATEX/IECEx certificated head-mounted wearable. The Navigator Z1 is particularly design...
HCSS Highlights HeavyBid for Heavy Construction Bidding and Estimating
Leading construction software provider enhances efficiency and informs decision-making for contractors and estimators through historical insight and streamlined operations SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — HCSS, the trusted leader in construction software helping heavy civil companies improve their business with solutions to support the entire life cycle of their projects, highlights its product HeavyBid, a platform used by 50,000 estimators across North America to help them move faster, collaborate...
Florida Department of Transportation and one.network Sign Multi-Year Agreement to Keep Workers and Drivers Safe in Work Zones
The 3-year agreement comes on the heels of a successful one-year pilot during which 2,000 workers were trained to use FDOT’s Lane Closure Notification System, powered by one.network. Tallahassee, Florida – one.network, a leading road management and work zone data technology provider, today announced the signing of a multi-year agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to continue providing software and training for Florida’s statewide Lane Closure Notification System...
Woolpert and Great Bridge Primary School Earn Local and Statewide Design Honors
The Chesapeake school offers locally inspired environmental themes to inspire collaborative learning, sustainable design elements, and structural and methodological flexibility. CHESAPEAKE, Va.— Woolpert and Great Bridge Primary School were recognized by local and state organizations recently for exceptional interior and exterior educational design. The Chesapeake, Va., school received the 2023 Award of Merit for Best Educational Building by the Hampton Roads Association for Commercial Real E...
New York City-based Urbahn Architects Establishes Urbahn International in Jakarta, Indonesia to Serve Clients Globally
Urbahn Architects, a planning and design firm based in New York City, has launched Urbahn International, a new affiliate focused on commercial and public work globally. Urbahn International will operate in both New York City and Jakarta, Indonesia. Pictured are (left to right): Urbahn Architects Principals Rafael Stein, AIA and Ranabir Sengupta, AIA; Special Staff to the Minister of Trade Bara Hasibuan; Urbahn Princial Natale V. Barranco, AIA LEED AP; the IKN Authority Deputy of Funding and Inve...
Vectorworks 2024 Update 3 Blooming with Possibilities for Designers
Latest Update Elevates the Overall Quality of Vectorworks 2024, Introduces New PlantMaster Integration. Columbia, MD — Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. announces the third update to its Vectorworks 2024 product line, which is now available. In addition to performance improvements that elevate the overall quality of the software, the update also debuts a new integration with the online plant database and Vectorworks Partner Network member PlantMaster. For Al...