Hybrid City competition results offer solutions to improve both sustainability and efficiency
Metsä Wood’s Hybrid City Challenge called for ways to make construction more sustainable, while maintaining efficiency using current building methods. The answer lies in hybrid construction: modular construction practically combining wood and other construction materials. The Hybrid City Challenge gathered some 40 ideas from 22 countries. The winner of the first prize of €10,000 was a design called “WHAT IF… New York´s SEAGRAM Building was a HYBRID building”, by Colombian architect Jose Gust...
Vectorworks, Inc. Offers Discounted Licenses to Graduating Students with student2PRO Program
Higher education graduates are eligible for a 40 percent discount on award-winning design software licenses up to twelve months after graduation Columbia, MD (June 30, 2020)—To help graduating students transition into their professional careers, global design and BIM software provider, Vectorworks, Inc. is offering recent graduates 40 percent off perpetual licenses as part of its student2PRO program. This deal is applicable to any Vectorworks product. “Starting a career after graduati...
Cityzenith Launches $20,000,000 Regulation A+ on StartEngine
Market-leading Digital Twin provider Cityzenith based out of Chicago recently launched its $20 million Regulation A+ crowdfunding round on StartEngine, one of the leading crowdfunding platforms in the world. Cityzenith’s Regulation A+, or SPO (Simple Public Offering), is open to accredited and non-accredited investors alike the world over who are able to invest as little as $500. In the first couple of days since launching Cityzenith have already amassed over 100+ new investors. Cityzenith has...
Skanska signs biggest lease ever in the company’s history at Generation Park Y, a skyscraper in Warsaw, Poland
Skanska has signed a 10 year lease with the insurance company PZU Group for 47,000 square meters office space and in addition 325 parking lots in the skyscraper office building, phase III of Generation Park in Warsaw, Poland. The tenant will start to take occupancy in the second quarter 2022. With this lease the building is now 98.5 percent occupied. This is the largest office lease agreement in terms of square meters in Skanska's history. Generation Park will comprise of three office buildin...
Light Weight, Design Flexibility Make FRP Cantilever Sidewalks COVID-19 Compliant
DAYTON, Ohio (June 29, 2020) Demand for walkable urban places coupled with the growing number of pedestrians has vehicle bridge owners looking for ways to add sidewalks to provide safe places for people to walk and ride. The weight and cost associated with traditional concrete is typically prohibitive and time to cure disruptive. The new requirement for social distancing is boosting demand for sidewalks up to 15 ft. wide. Composite Advantage’s lightweight FiberSPAN-C fiber reinforced polymer (...
Skanska signs additional contract for hospital expansion project in Arlington, USA, for USD 96 M, about SEK 896 M
Skanska has signed an additional contract with existing client Virginia Hospital Center for an expansion project of site work, a new outpatient pavilion and parking garage in Arlington, Virginia, USA. The contract is worth USD 96 M, about SEK 896 M, which will be included in the US order bookings for the second quarter of 2020. The new six-story outpatient pavilion will house physical therapy examination and treatment rooms, radiology and imaging suites, clinics for examinations and six opera...
ODOT Selects Woolpert for 2-Year Statewide Safety Design Contract
The firm will provide multidisciplinary services to reduce traffic crashes throughout Ohio. COLUMBUS, Ohio (June 29, 2020) — The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has signed Woolpert to a two-year Statewide Safety Design contract. The firm will provide engineering, traffic, field survey and supportive geospatial services to improve transportation safety on Ohio’s most hazardous roads. The project will be managed by Woolpert Project Manager and Transportation Engineer Jon Wiley, who...
Jacob Tompkins OBE, UK Water Executive Joins Waterhound Futures as Board Advisor
DUBLIN - Waterhound Futures Ltd., a leader in water and waste water data analytics, announced today that Jacob Tompkins will join Waterhound Futures Ltd as a Board Advisor. Waterhound Futures provides deep tech software solutions to industry and municipal water and waste water treatment customers, while Jacob will advise on market strategy, growth and building commercial collaborations in the UK market. Jacob is an executive in the UK water industry and brings extensive experience and insight...
Bryan Erler Begins Term as ASME’s 139th President, Three New Members of the Board of Governors Announced
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Effective July 1, 2020, Bryan Erler, P.E., will begin his term as the 139th president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society announced June 16 during its virtual annual meeting. An active member of ASME since 1991, Erler has been an executive and expert in the nuclear power industry for more than 45 years with significant leadership roles and responsibilities in the designing of electric power plants as an owner and senior vice president of Sargent &...
Eos Positioning Systems Releases Eos Tools Pro for Windows
Eos’s new GNSS app for Windows 10 devices is loaded with new, powerful features and a colorful user interface. For developers, integrating high-accuracy Arrow receivers is faster and easier than ever before JUNE 23, 2020, MONTREAL, CANADA — Eos Positioning Systems, Inc.® (Eos) — the leading manufacturer of high-accuracy Arrow Series® GNSS receivers for the GIS, engineering, construction, and surveying community — announced today the release of Eos Tools Pro for Windows 10. Eos Tools Pro imp...
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