New ASCE Publications Offers Insight for the Design Stage of Electric Transmission Structures
RESTON, Va. – In this age of increasing dependency on electricity to support digital lifestyles and economic development, new transmission lines are continually being required. Public opinion has evolved from welcoming new power lines as a sign of societal progress to now having to accept their presence on the landscape as a necessity. ASCE’s latest publication, Aesthetic Design of Electric Transmission Structures provides a greater understanding of aesthetics in the design of transmission li...
Woolpert Contracted to Plan, Design Northwest Concord (N.C.) Community Park
The firm will solicit input from the community to determine the desired amenities for the 28.6-acre site. CONCORD, N.C. — Woolpert has been contracted by the city of Concord, N.C., to provide park master planning, conceptual design, and engineering and architecture services for its new 28.6-acre Northwest Concord Community Park. The park site is at 1252 Cox Mill Road in Concord, adjacent to Cox Mill Elementary School and across the street from Cox Mill High School. Woolpert Project Manager...
Co-Located Events AEC Next, SPAR 3D, International Lidar Mapping Forum and Geo Week Announce 2021 Dates in Denver, CO
Portland, ME (USA) – AEC Next, SPAR 3D Expo and Conference, International Lidar Mapping Forum (ILMF) and Geo Week announced the dates and location of their next in-person event. The events will be co-located together from March 30 – April 1, 2021, at the Colorado Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Denver in Denver, CO. The 2021 events in Denver will continue to include co-location partner events: USIBD Annual Symposium, WIPFLI’s Building Tomorrow Together Summit, and the ASPRS Annual Confere...
Stantec Leads Design for I-83 North York Widening Project
The $300 million project will widen a 5-mile stretch of congested interstate and reconstruct three interchanges in southern Pennsylvania York, PA - TSX, NYSE: STN: Top ten global design firm Stantec is leading design for the I-83 North York Widening Project in York, Pennsylvania, approximately 25 miles south of Harrisburg. As part of the $300 million project being led by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), approximately five miles of the four-lane interstate will be reco...
Green Infrastructure in Kansas City
Going from Gray to Green to Keep it Clean in the Historic West Bottoms. When most people think about heavy construction projects, acres of lush, green landscaping are not exactly what come to mind. But when it comes to developing creative solutions to stormwater and sewer overflow issues, those plants and trees you see on the surface are more than meets the eye. Welcome to green infrastructure in Kansas City. Green alternatives to infrastructure projects not only produce an appealing...
FARO® Releases First Fully Integrated High-Accuracy Indoor Mobile Laser Scanner: Focus Swift
Lake Mary, FL — FARO Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: FARO), the global leader for 3D measurement, imaging and realization solutions for 3D Metrology, AEC and Public Safety Analytics, today announced the release of the first fully integrated indoor mobile mapping solution: Focus Swift. Designed to accomplish large-area as-built capturing tasks with minimal time and effort, this lightweight and highly portable extension of FARO’s renowned Focus Laser Scanner delivers better data faster, enabling AEC i...
$13.5 Million SUNY New Paltz Engineering Innovation Hub, designed by Urbahn Architects PC and built by PC Construction, Receives LEED Gold Certification
Photo by Ola Wilk/Wilk Marketing Communications. The new Engineering Innovation Hub (EIH) building at the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz, designed by Urbahn Architects, has earned a coveted LEED Gold Certification award from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The two-story, 19,500-square foot building houses the College’s relatively new and highly popular bachelor’s degree program in mechanical engineering and includes innovative teaching and research lab spaces, as well...
AASHTO MTAP Steering Committee Elects New Leaders
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Multi-State Transit Technical Assistance Program or MTAP Steering Committee elected a new chair and vice chair on July 14. Don Chartock The new chair of the MTAP Steering Committee is Don Chartock, deputy director of the public transportation division at the Washington State Department of Transportation. A 20-year veteran of WSDOT, Chartock oversees a $400 million grant program, light rail safety, community partnerships,...
Hastings Named Vice Chair of A.I.I. Steering Committee
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has appointed Shante Hastings (seen above), chief engineer for the Delaware Department of Transportation, to a two-year term as vice chair of the Steering Committee for the AASHTO Innovation Initiative, known as A.I.I. Formerly called the AASHTO Technology Implementation Group, A.I.I. aims to accelerate the adoption of new innovations by transportation agencies nationwide. During her 19-year career with the Delaware DOT...
Smith Named Vice Chair of AASHTO Committee on Construction
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has appointed Shawn Smith, senior project manager with the Maine Department of Transportation, to a two-year term as the vice chair for its Committee on Construction. A 30-year veteran of the Maine DOT, Smith’s career experience spans highway reconstruction, pavement preservation, and bridge repair activity to recruitment and retention activities as well as managing the state’s capital interstate system projects. Within...