The U.S. & Europe Automatic Toll Payment Machine Market to Reach $101.5 Million, by 2027 Allied Market Research
Surge in demand for efficient traffic management at toll collection centers, and increase in need for improvement in parking infrastructure drive the growth of the U.S. & Europe automatic toll payment machine market. Portland, OR, May 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to the report published by Allied Market Research, the U.S. & Europe automatic toll payment machine industry was estimated at $63.9 million in 2019 and is expected to hit $101.5 million by 2027, registering a CAGR of 5....
Wanted: America’s Most innovative Structures for 2021 IDEAS² Awards
CHICAGO - The American Institute of Steel Construction is looking for the next generation of American landmarks constructed with structural steel. AISC’s Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Award program is now open for entries! These awards recognize outstanding projects that illustrate the exciting possibilities of structural steel. The IDEAS² Awards showcase the innovative use of structural steel in: the accomplishment of the structure'...
DLR Group Awarded Wood Innovations Grant from the U.S. Forest Service
In partnership with the University of Minnesota, the research will test the viability of mass timber systems for hotel design & construction. May 19, 2020 – DLR Group was awarded the U.S. Forest Service Wood Innovations Grant to fund a conceptual building design and wall panel prototype for a cross-laminated timber hotel. The proposal, Mass Timber Hotel: Tuning CLT to Overcome Barriers to Adoption in the Hospitality Industry, was submitted in partnership with the Master of Science-Researc...
New ASCE Standard 69 Addresses Current Practices for Managed Aquifer Recharge
Reston, Va. – Ongoing demand for water supplies and the need for water storage have led Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) to becoming an increasingly important component for both storage and supply in regional water planning and management. ASCE’s new standard, Standard Guidelines for Managed Aquifer Recharge, ASCE/EWRI 69-19, provides a thorough and up-to-date description of MAR projects. This standard provides details on planning, design, construction, operation, monitoring, and closure of MAR...
Joseph Richards joins Stantec’s Environmental Services team in Portland
Expert in civil and water resources engineering will strengthen ecosystem restoration services PORTLAND, OR – Joseph Richards, PE, CWRE, has joined Stantec’s Portland, Oregon office as a principal and a civil and water resources engineer. With more than 26 years of experience, Joseph will work to strengthen the team’s ecosystem restoration practice – both in the Pacific Northwest, and nationally. “We’re excited that Joe has joined the Stantec team,” says Matthew Lieuallen, operations...
AASHTO Names Swallow as Planning Committee Chair
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials named Kristina Swallow (seen above), director of the Nevada Department of Transportation, to serve as the chair of its Committee on Planning for a two-year term. A 25-year veteran of the civil engineering industry, Swallow served as the president of the American Society of Civil Engineers before being tapped to be Nevada DOT’s director in January 2019. Swallow’s engineering career includes a five-year stint owning her o...
State DOTs Would Get $15B in Phase 4 COVID-19 Bill
A $3 trillion, 1,815-page COVID-19 relief measure proposed by the House of Representatives on May 12 contains $15 billion in stopgap funds for state departments of transportation – well below the nearly $50 billion the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials projects state DOTs will need to continue operations in the face of drastic falloffs in motor fuel tax revenues, toll road receipts, and other funding sources. Specifically, the House’s proposed “Phase 4” COVID-...
Wilo Announces Plans for New Headquarters and Production Site
Cedarburg, WI — WILO USA LLC, a subsidiary of WILO SE, is pleased to announce the investment of a new 250,000 square foot headquarters and production facility in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. A developer's agreement with the City of Cedarburg was approved on Monday, May 11th, with construction scheduled to begin in fall 2020. The new headquarters will bring the combined operations of Wilo USA, Weil Pump, Scot Pump, and Wilo Machine Co. to a single production site. “Following several years of consiste...
Ideal Blasting Supply Blasts Off with Microdrones to Become a Distributor
Rome, NY –Ideal Blasting Supply, a prime source and market leader in the blasting supply industry for over 40 years, recently joined the network of distributors for Microdrones surveying equipment. Ideal Blasting Supply Inc is now offering Microdrones Integrated Systems – complete mapping solutions composed of Survey Equipment and Data Processing modules fully adapted to that Survey Equipment. It includes the drone, the payload and Microdrones proprietary mdCockpit mission planning and contro...
COVID-19 Erases Five Years of Solar Job Growth
WASHINGTON, D.C. – New analysis shows that the U.S. solar industry will employ 114,000 fewer workers by June 2020, compared with previous forecasts that projected the industry would employ 302,000 Americans over the same time period. With an expected workforce of 188,000 people, this job loss will take the industry back to 2014 levels as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Last week the U.S. government reported another 3 million unemployment claims. The solar industry is now losing jobs at a fas...
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