Lawmakers Promise to Keep Repairs of Roosevelt Bridge a High Priority for FDOT
STUART — Motorists can expect at least an additional 30 minutes to be added to their commute as transportation officials attempt to repair the closed Roosevelt Bridge. The Florida Department of Transportation Wednesday shut down the six-lane bridge after pieces of concrete fell off during the biannual routine inspection Tuesday. Early Wednesday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard issued an alert the bridge was at “risk of imminent collapse.” However, inspection later showed the 23-year-old fi...
Stantec to Lead Feasibility Study for El Dorado County Fairgrounds
Placerville, CA - Stantec—a global engineering, consulting, architecture, and design firm—recently was selected by the El Dorado Water Agency and the County of El Dorado to prepare a drainage feasibility study for the county fairgrounds. The Fairgrounds Water Drainage Improvement Project Feasibility Study will help alleviate localized flooding and protect this economically critical attraction in Placerville, California. The El Dorado County Fairgrounds hosts a variety of events open to the pu...
iXblue, Woolpert Partner to Deliver Lidar Mapping Services to New Zealand Councils
BRISBANE, Australia — Woolpert and iXblue Sea Operations division, part of the French-based iXblue Group, have been awarded two significant airborne lidar mapping projects in New Zealand, covering over 38,500 square kilometres for the Hawke’s Bay and Waikato regional and local councils. These projects are part of the New Zealand government’s Provincial Growth Fund Lidar program in which the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Land Information New Zealand and councils are working...
U.S. Department of Transportation Awards $43.3 Million in Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Grants
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today awarded Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) grants valued at $43.3 million to ten states for projects using cutting-edge technologies that will improve mobility and safety for America’s travelers. “This $43.3 million in federal funding will advance innovative technologies that will improve mobility and safety in America’s transportation network,” said...
Nob Hill Water Association Saves Water and Costs with VODA.ai's Machine Learning
BOSTON - Nob Hill Water Association announced they will renew their VODA.ai machine learning subscription for another year. VODA.ai's software has been helping reduce water loss, property damages and expenses with their artificial intelligence based virtual condition assessment for water mains. VODA.ai's daVinci machine learning platform enables utilities to make smart, data-driven decisions for proactively monitoring, repairing, replacing and, when appropriate, ignoring water mains. Zella We...
America’s Structural Steel Industry Remains a Success Story
CHICAGO - Domestic steel mills produced more than 6 million tons of structural steel last year, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute. That structural steel supply chain has remained robust, active, and ready to build tomorrow’s landmark structures throughout the last few months. Confusion and uncertainty regarding the availability of structural steel boil down to the generic nature of the word “steel.” When people hear that mills supplying the automotive industry are shutting...
Monograph Launches New Forecasting Features
Firm management software provides comprehensive project status and budgeting tools for AEC firms San Francisco, CA — June 2020 — Monograph, a San Francisco-based technology company innovating the way architects and engineers oversee projects, timesheets and forecasts, is pleased to announce two important software features. Designed to support connected workflows and improve forecasting capabilities, the new Project Status categorizations and Project Planner are a direct response to curre...
Grand Opening Today for Old Hilliard’s Franklin Street, Redesigned by Woolpert
These before-and-after photos illustrate the renovation of Franklin Street in Hilliard, Ohio. The city will host a ribbon-cutting event with walking tours and local vendors from 4:30-6:30 p.m. HILLIARD, Ohio — The grand reopening of Franklin Street will take place from 4:30-6:30 p.m. today, June 17, at the corner of Franklin and Main streets in Hilliard, Ohio. Woolpert provided engineering, design and survey services for the redesign of the roughly...
ACEC Research Institute Releases Findings of COVID-19 Business Impact Survey Series
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented disruption in America’s economy, which extended to the engineering industry. To gauge the effect of the economic shutdown on design firms, the ACEC Research Institute – the research arm of the American Council of Engineering Companies – conducted a series of surveys to accurately measure the pandemic’s effect on the industry. The summary of those surveys is now available. “The Business Impact Surveys are the first of their kind...
Parsons Adds Resilience to Wildfire Mitigation and Utility Infrastructure Protection
Grid Armor™ empowers utility companies with predictive analytics CENTREVILLE, Va., – Parsons Corporation (NYSE:PSN) today announced Grid Armor™, a predictive resiliency solution that helps utility companies improve operational efficiency and better respond to and prevent potential catastrophic events, such as wildfires and major power outages. Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, Grid Armor™ collects real-time data from weather, conductors, video and vegetation and provides sim...