Michael Baker International Appoints Caroline Brabrook, P.E., as Seattle Office Manager
Industry veteran brings transportation engineering and operations management experience to leadership role Pittsburgh - Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services celebrating 80 Years of Making a Difference, announced today that Caroline Brabrook, P.E., has joined the firm as the Office Manager for the growing Seattle Office. In her new role, Ms. Brabrook will lead the office by managing and overseeing all office personnel and business activi...
USDOT Announces Over $1 Billion in Grants to 439 Airports in 50 States
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $1.187 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants. The total includes $731 million in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants (PDF) and an additional $455 million in Supplemental Discretionary grants (PDF). The money will be available for 100 percent of the eligible costs under the Coronavirus...
Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium Publishes Best Practice for Defining Operational Design Domains
Latest best practice provides recommendations for a common framework and vocabulary to help guide the on-road testing of SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicles WARRENDALE, Pa.- The Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium™ (AVSC) today announced the availability of its second published best practice titled, Describing an Operational Design Domain (ODD): Conceptual Framework and Lexicon. The best practice provides a much-needed conceptual framework and common language that all manufacturers and developers...
States Projecting Big Budget Cuts Due to COVID-19
State governments continue to ratchet back current spending and projected budget outlays due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; reductions that are starting to include planned transportation infrastructure investments. [Above photo by the New York State DOT.] “The coronavirus outbreak has quickly upended state budgets with states now facing significant revenue declines and increased spending demands as they contend with both a public health emergency and a severely deteriorat...
Enhanced Exprodat Software for ArcGIS Pro Provides Increased Exploration Insight
Exprodat, the Esri software oil and gas specialist, has released an enhanced version of its Exploration Analyst software for ArcGIS Pro. This updated version of the popular software that allows oil and gas geologists and geophysicists to make better exploration decisions provides a range of new tools and features which further enhance these critical workflows. Key to play based exploration (PBE) workflows is understanding how results of previously drilled wells inform the future prosp...
Trimble Introduces the Next Generation of Paving Control for Asphalt Pavers
Trimble Roadworks 2D Paving Control Platform Advances Machine Control with Integrated 2D Aftermarket Asphalt Paver Automatics SUNNYVALE, Calif.— Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) announced today Trimble® Roadworks 2D Paving Control Platform for asphalt pavers, an automatic screed control system that can improve the accuracy and productivity in applications of asphalt paving. Trimble Roadworks enables paving contractors to minimize the waste of expensive asphalt material, achieve optimal rideability resul...
Cold-Formed Steel Research Consortium Announces New Conference
Abstracts for session topics are requested by May 27, 2020 BALTIMORE, MD — The Cold-Formed Steel Research Consortium (CFSRC) announces the CFSRC Colloquium, a new entirely online, global conference that will take place in October 2020. The colloquium will benefit researchers, professionals and students interested in cold-formed steel structural engineering and related topics. The colloquium will consist of full online proceedings. Sessions will be aligned with different times of the day to...
WorldGBC and GRESB Join Forces to Drive Net Zero Carbon Buildings
World Green Building Council, a global network of around 70 Green Building Councils, has announced GRESB, the leading global sustainability benchmark for real estate portfolios, to recognise companies that make a Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment. London, England World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) and GRESB have announced a collaboration that will see companies who commit to making their portfolios 'Paris Proof' by signing WorldGBC’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment (the Commitmen...
ACI Foundation Announces 2020 Award Recipients
Farmington Hills, Mich. – The ACI Foundation is pleased to announce its 2020 awardees. Frank J. Vecchio (University of Toronto) receives the Arthur J. Boase Award for outstanding contributions made in the field of structural concrete and in recognition of work leading to the advancement of concrete modeling procedures and their application within nonlinear analysis software. John W. Wallace (University of California Los Angeles) receives the Arthur J. Boase Award for outstanding contributi...
3D-printed concrete to help build offshore wind energy infrastructure
Illustration of a 3D-printed concrete suction pile anchor for connecting floating wind turbines to the seabed via mooring lines. (Credit: RCAM Technologies) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Wind off the coasts of the U.S. could be used to generate more than double the combined electricity capacity of all the nation’s electric power plants, reports have suggested. But building wind turbines offshore is expensive, requiring parts to be shipped at least 30 miles away from a coast. Purdue Univer...
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