Bentley Systems Announces Finalists for the 2021 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure
Join us for the Year in Infrastructure series of events and Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure highlighting advancements in going digital Finalists Also Announced for the Student Future Infrastructure Star Challenge EXTON, Pa.-Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq:BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced the finalists for the 2021 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure. The annual awards program honors the extraordinary work of Bentley software users...
InEight’s Fall 2021 Platform Innovations Double Down on Real-Time Capital Project Insights for Stronger Collaboration
Focused on bringing real-time based innovations to bear, ongoing quarterly updates will empower project teams with industry-leading capabilities — first in short-interval planning (SIP) and subcontractor management. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Sept. 21, 2021 – InEight Inc., a global leader in construction project management software, today announced the rollout of the first in a series of quarterly platform enhancements designed to enable deeper project insights. These innovations will include...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Its Largest Package of Loans Ever, Up to $3.84 billion, for Sound Transit to Carry Out Six Projects in Washington State
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced it has provided a package of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loans of up to $3.84 billion for the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) for the financing of the Downtown Redmond Link Extension and refinancing of an additional five projects (the Projects.) The total savings to Sound Transit is estimated to be more than $630 million over the life of the loans, while helpin...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $5 Million in Awards under the New Regional Infrastructure Accelerators (RIA) Demonstration Program
WASHINGTON – The U.S Department of Transportation (USDOT) today announced that the Biden-Harris Administration has selected five recipients to receive a total of $5 million under the new Regional Infrastructure Accelerators (RIA) program. The RIA program will help accelerate project delivery through a variety of ways, including project planning, studies and analysis, and preliminary engineering and design work. The selected RIAs are: Fresno Council of Governments, Fresno, California: $1 mi...
NCDOT Funding Research Project To Improve Bridge Designs
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is funding a research project undertaken by North Carolina State University to study steel girders from the now-demolished Herbert C. Bonner Bridge to help improve designs for such structures in the future. [Above photo by the NCDOT] Those girders are undergoing stress tests at the university’s Constructed Facilities Lab in Raleigh to see how an aged bridge exposed to a half-century of extreme weather conditions can provide design improvement...
World's largest open dataset for the development of self-driving vehicles launched
Self-driving vehicles such as cars, ships and drones offer the potential for reduced costs, lower environmental impacts and fewer accidents. Now, a new open dataset from researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, sets a new standard for evaluating the algorithms of such vehicles, and the development of autonomous transport systems on roads, water and in the air. For self-driving vehicles to work, they need to interpret and understand their surroundings. To achieve this, they us...
ACEC Honored for Advocacy and Research Programs
Washington, DC – This week, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) held its annual Global Infrastructure Conference virtually from its headquarters in Geneva Switzerland and announced the winners of the Member Association Excellence Awards. The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) was honored with two awards: Best Advocacy Campaign for its work on PPP loan fairness for the engineering industry and Best Publication or Website for ACEC’s Private Market Briefs. ...
U.S. Navy’s Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command selects WSM Pacific SIOP Joint Venture to Support West Coast Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization
Program will modernize U.S. Navy’s public shipyards at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and Puget Sound, Washington. HONOLULU, HI, September 17, 2021 — Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Pacific has selected the WSM Pacific SIOP Joint Venture—comprising global engineering and design firms WSP USA, Stantec and Moffatt & Nichol—to lead multidiscipline architect-engineer services as part of a five-year, $500 million single award indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract. T...
Simpson Strong-Tie Lights Up Furnace Tests to Achieve UL-Listed Fire Protection Ratings on RTUD and ATUD Strong-Rod® Components
Pleasanton, Calif. — Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, announced today that the RTUD and ATUD take-up components of its high-performance Strong-Rod® anchor tiedown and uplift restraint systems are now UL listed as through-penetration firestop solutions when used in conjunction with Simpson Strong-Tie bearing plates. Designed for securing mid-rise wood-framed buildings against forces caused by seismic and wind events, Strong-Rod systems...
U.S. Airlines July 2021 Passengers (Preliminary) Increase 207% from July 2020, but Remain 15% Below Pre-Pandemic July 2019
U.S. airlines carried 207% more scheduled service passengers in July 2021 than in July 2020 (preliminary) but 15% fewer passengers than in pre-pandemic July 2019, according to data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by 24 airlines that carry more than 90% of passengers. The large airlines carried 73.4 million passengers in July 2021 (preliminary), compared to 23.9 million passengers in July 2020, which was the lowest monthly total in BTS records dating back to 1974. The...
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Redevelopment of Horseshoe Bay Terminal
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