Michael Flatt Joins WSP USA as Tennessee Transportation Manager
Veteran regional transportation leader brings 37 years of highway design experience to new role with the firm. NASHVILLE — Michael Flatt has been named Tennessee transportation client services manager at WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy. In his new role, Flatt will provide leadership for transportation business operations in the Nashville office and collaborate with the transportation community on multiple projects in the region, including the Tenne...
Bureau of Reclamation Selects Water-Efficiency Improvement Projects
Local grants are part of a total $40.99 million from Reclamation to 54 projects across the West WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation has selected 54 projects to share $40.99 million in WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants to help projects use water more efficiently and effectively in the western United States. Five projects located in Colorado will receive a total of $4.58 million. "The WaterSMART Program is helping Reclamation address the West's water challenges," said Reclamat...
USDOT Announces Availability of $1 Billion to Upgrade American Infrastructure
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to apply for $1 billion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 discretionary grant funding through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Discretionary Grants program. “BUILD grants will upgrade infrastructure across America, making our transportation systems safer and more efficient,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao. As the Trump Admi...
HDR Selected to Bring PennDOT’s Vision of 3D-Only Plans to Reality
OMAHA, Neb. — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has selected HDR to assist it in developing and implementing its 3D Digital Delivery initiative. The game-changing effort will redefine how infrastructure projects are designed and delivered in the state. Through 3D Digital Delivery, the department expects that by 2025 all of its construction projects will have the ability to be bid using 3D technology such as building information modeling, rather than in a traditional construction p...
PROFILE Products LLC acquires HydroStraw, LLC
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. — PROFILE Products LLC, a provider of environmentally friendly soil, water and vegetation management solutions, today announced the acquisition of the erosion control and seed businesses of HydroStraw, LLC. The transaction includes all HydroStraw erosion control and seed product lines, as well as the company’s Rockford, Washington, production plant/distribution center and employees. The acquisition will strengthen Profile’s ability to meet a wide variety of customers’ product...
AISI Publishes Two New Cold-Formed Steel Framing Test Standards
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has published two new cold-formed steel test standards: 1) “AISI S921-19, Test Standard for Determining the Strength and Stiffness of Cold-Formed Steel Truss Assemblies and Components,” and 2) “AISI S922-19, Test Standard for Determining the Strength and Stiffness of Bearing-Friction Interference Connector Assemblies in Profiled Steel Panels.” Both are available for free download at www.aisistandards.org. AISI’s Committee on Spe...
ARTBA Names Transportation Veterans to Chair Two Safety Groups
(WASHINGTON)— The American Road & Transportation Association (ARTBA) has named two safety experts to chair its two primary safety panels, the Transportation Safety Advisory Council (TSAC) and the ARTBA Safety Committee. Jim Burnley, a partner at Venable LLP, has been named chair of the TSAC, which creates the policies that guide the association’s legislative, regulatory and member services efforts on safety. Burnley was secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation from 1987 to 1989. He...
HostDime Breaks Ground on Tier IV Data Center in Colombia
HostDime broke ground last week on a brand new, built-to-suit data center facility in Bogotá, Colombia. HostDime is the owner and developer of the new data center facility. The 65,000 square foot building will house HostDime Colombia's data center operations team, network engineers, build team, system administrators, and system engineers. The final expected price tag for the facility is $20M to $23M USD with 70% of that being construction costs. This facility continues HostDime's vision to build...
Johns Hopkins Proton Therapy Center Now Open
The 80,000 square foot Stantec-designed facility brings advanced cancer care to adult and pediatric patients in Washington, DC and the broader Mid-Atlantic region Washington, DC - TSX, NYSE: STN- The Johns Hopkins Proton Therapy Center is complete and delivering care to cancer patients in Washington, DC and the broader Mid-Atlantic region. Stantec, a leading global design firm recognized for its Particle Therapy Center of Excellence, led the architectural and interior designs of the state-of-...
National Building Museum reopens March 13, 2020 after Great Hall renovations
Auditorio de Tenerife, Santiago Calatrava Architect. Photo © Alan Karchmer WASHINGTON, D.C.—On March 13, 2020, the National Building Museum will reopen to the public following the completion of renovations to the historic Great Hall. The three-month-long project involved replacing the concrete floor with a modern foundation and was executed by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). A new exhibition, Alan Karchmer: The Architects’ Photographer, will open at the same time, along w...
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