Thornton Tomasetti Wins Prestigious Institute of Physics Business Innovation Award for JASSO
The portable shock testing machine builds upon Thornton Tomasetti’s patented technology developed in Scotland. London, 14 July 2020: Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, has received the 2020 Institute of Physics (IOP) Business Innovation Award for its JASSO portable shock testing machine. Developed in the firm’s Edinburgh, Scotland, office through a companywide R&D initiative, JASSO allows for the safe and cost-effective testing of individual pieces of equipment and live...
New Edition of ASCE Manual of Practice 115 Presents Best Practices for Using Pipe Ramming
Reston, Va. – ASCE’s new book, Pipe Ramming, MOP 115, Second Edition, details the latest and best practices used by engineers and construction professionals for the design and construction of road and railroad crossings using pipe ramming technologies. The manual provides both introductory and advanced design and construction information to support the safe, cost-effective, and efficient application of the pipe ramming method. Divided into seven sections, the book is based upon the results of...
USGBC Announces LEED Homes Awards Recipients and Residential Project of the Year
Awards recognize projects, builders and developers committed to creating healthy, sustainable and resilient homes Washington, D.C.— (July 14, 2020) — Today, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced the recipients of the annual LEED Homes Awards. The awards recognize LEED-certified residential projects that are positively impacting communities through sustainable, healthy and resilient design, as well as builders and developers who are helping to advance green home building. Reci...
Xylem Updates Second Quarter Results, Announces Major Contract Wins
Solid performance in context of COVID-19 market challenges Healthy longer-term commercial momentum with large, signature project wins Company to report second quarter earnings July 30, 2020 RYE BROOK, NY, (July 14, 2020) – Global water technology company, Xylem Inc. (NYSE:XYL), today announced that for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, it expects revenue declines of approximately -14 percent on a reported basis, and -12 percent organically, versus previous guidance of -20 to -30 per...
Flowfinity Announces Support for Wastewater Industry with Built-in Mapping Integrations, Robotic Process Automation
VANCOUVER, B.C.- Flowfinity Wireless Inc., a proven provider of no-code app development software, today announced new functionality that improves field data management and operations efficiency for the water and wastewater industry. With built-in map hosting and software robots, sampling data can be viewed and edited directly from geographic maps and escalations triggered from site safety inspections are performed faster. Latest features include: ...
Fugro ramps up site characterisation programme for Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind in US
Fugro has mobilised two additional vessels off the coast of New Jersey to support their ongoing site characterisation work for Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Shell New Energies US LLC (Shell) and EDF Renewables North America. Operating in the Atlantic Shores lease area since May, Fugro now has three vessels on site with a fourth to be added later this month. The project involves collection of high resolution geophysical, benthic, and shallow geotechnical data within th...
Fundamental Exploration Into Future Clean Energy Technologies Receives DOE Support
$1.2 million in grants support Rensselaer research on nuclear energy technologies TROY, N.Y. - The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded $65 million in grants to support research that will advance safe, reliable, and clean nuclear energy. Among those projects are two led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, which received a combined total of $1.2 million. The first is led by Jie Lian, a professor of mechanical, aerospace and nuclear engineering at Rensselaer. It will examine an...
Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant’s New Pilot Facility Breaks Ground
Los Angeles Moves Another Step Closer to 100% Wastewater Recycling Goal LOS ANGELES, CA – The City of Los Angeles today began the installation work at the Hyperion Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) Pilot Facility. A virtual celebration was held to mark the progress on this initiative that is part of the City’s commitment to meet Mayor Eric Garcetti’s goal of recycling 100% of treated water at the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant by 2035. "Los Angeles stands on the leading edge of smart planning f...
PFS System from Simpson Strong-Tie Now Code Listed for Building Portal Frames for Wider Openings with Faster Installation
Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, has received code listing from the International Code Council Evaluation Services (ICC-ES) for its Strong-Wall® site-built portal frame system (PFS) designed to provide engineers, builders, and framers in prescriptive markets with an easy way to meet code-defined wall bracing requirements when building narrow wall widths. Since first developed by the APA Engineered Wood Association and accepted into the...
Dewberry to Provide Enhanced QL1 Lidar for Florida Panhandle
Firm to provide data for U.S. Geological Survey following widespread impacts of Hurricane Michael. Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to provide updated base elevation models for the panhandle region of Florida, which was heavily impacted by Hurricane Michael in 2018. The firm has collected data for approximately 8,000 square miles of Florida, including the counties of Washington, Bay, Jackson,...
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