Sparks Are Flying: The Hun School’s Engineering and Design Class Welds and Wires Electric Scooter From Scratch
Princeton, NJ -- “Water filtration systems, recycling, concrete pouring, paper origami, the electrical grid, electric cars. The principles of engineering are happening around us every day and oftentimes we take them for granted or we may not even realize they exist,” said Chris Cooper, faculty member in the Technology and Engineering department. Which is why students in Mr. Cooper’s Engineering Design class spend time each semester taking a deep dive into the core principles of engineering...
Ten Innovative Projects Win Top Steel Design Awards
CHICAGO - Ten innovative projects throughout the U.S. have won 2021 IDEAS² Awards, the steel industry’s top design honor. Sponsored by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), the Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Award program recognizes projects that illustrate the exciting possibilities of building with structural steel. This year’s projects range from a massive arena to a jaw-dropping school that appears to defy gravity to a...
New Ad Campaign Pushes Economic Growth Through Infrastructure Investment
WASHINGTON — The transportation construction, labor, and business community are jointly launching an ad and social media campaign to push for action this year by Congress and the Biden administration on a transportation infrastructure investment package that improves mobility and fuels economic growth. Beginning April 12, a television spot will run inside the Beltway aimed at members of Congress, staff, and other policymakers. The TV commercial will be supplemented by online ads that began A...
Bentley Systems Brings Infrastructure Digital Twins to NVIDIA Omniverse
Image courtesy of Houston Waterworks Team (a Joint Venture of Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. and CDM Constructors, Inc.) Bentley iTwin First to Harness Real-time Rendering, AI, and Simulation Capabilities of NVIDIA Omniverse EXTON, Pa. – GTC21: Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced that it is developing applications using the NVIDIA Omniverse platform for photorealistic, real-time visualization and sim...
Cost Estimation Software Expands Trimble's Connected Construction Portfolio
SUNNYVALE, Calif. Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today a cloud-based Software-as-a Service (SaaS) estimating and budget management software for civil construction professionals. Trimble® Quest™ estimating software is designed for civil engineering contractors who need detailed cost estimates to effectively bid and manage budgets for civil construction projects. Team Collaboration The software allows contractors to quickly and accurately develop a bid by creating a pricing database, which...
Trimble Expands Availability of Quadri BIM Collaboration Software for Civil Projects to North America
Software Provides Continuous Sharing of One Central Model Across Civil Construction Projects Driving Real-time Collaboration Between Field and Office SUNNYVALE, Calif.- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the availability of Trimble® Quadri Building Information Modeling (BIM) collaboration software in North America. Well known in Europe, Quadri software provides a common data environment for 3D project models, facilitating collaboration across the project for planners, designers, constructi...
GSSI to Highlight StructureScan Mini XT at World of Concrete 2021
GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, will be showcasing its StructureScan™ Mini XT all-in-one concrete inspection GPR system at the in-person World of Concrete, to be held on June 8-10, 2021 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Booth W753. Also on display will be the Palm XT miniaturized GPR antenna for the StructureScan Mini XT and the industry-leading compact UtilityScan® GPR system. Visitors to the booth can see demos of all...
DART Celebrates Opening of Hidden Ridge Station in Irving
On April 9, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) celebrated the opening of the Hidden Ridge Station at Carpenter Ranch in Irving, the 65th station in the DART network. Developed in partnership with the City of Irving and Verizon Communications, the new station is located on the Orange Line between North Lake College and Irving Convention Center stations. Originally a part of the 3.9-mile Irving-2 opening of the Orange Line in December 2012, Hidden Ridge Station (formerly known as Carpenter Ranch...
OriginClear Offers Free Advice to Piney Point Reservoir Owners on Emergency Repairs to Remediate Toxic Waste Leaks
CLEARWATER, Fla.- OriginClear Tech, a division of OriginClear Inc. (OTC Pink: OCLN), a leading provider of water treatment solutions, offered to advise at no expense the owners of Tampa Bay’s old Piney Point phosphate plant on the best method to remediate the toxic waste leak and emergency discharge of an estimated 38 million gallons per day into the Bay. OriginClear also said proposals being offered to remedy the situation were all way too high and the emergency could be remediated at far le...
Johnson Controls releases 2021 Sustainability Report
Report includes Johnson Controls` bold new environmental, social and governance commitments Highlights progress towards sustainability goals Reinforces Johnson Controls commitment to building a world that`s safe, comfortable and sustainable CORK, Ireland — Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, today published its 2021 Sustainability Report, highlighting includes bold new environmental, social and governance commitm...