HNTB adds Community Transit veteran Carol Thompson as senior transit planner in Seattle
BELLEVUE, Wash. – Carol Thompson has joined HNTB Corporation as senior transit planner, bringing nearly 50 years of industry experience in transportation planning within Snohomish County and the Puget Sound region. She is based in the firm’s Bellevue office. Most recently, Thompson was with Community Transit in Everett, Washington, working closely with partner agencies in Snohomish County and the greater Puget Sound area. “In addition to extensive hands-on experience directly addressing th...
KAI Hires Radhika Dharanipalan as Senior Project Manager at its Atlanta Office
St. Louis, MO- KAI announces the hiring of Senior Project Manager Radhika Dharanipalan, RA, NCARB, PMP, LEED AP BD+C, of Milton, Georgia at its Atlanta office. As Senior Project Manager, Dharanipalan will be responsible for managing budgets, deliverables and schedules for multiple architecture and engineering projects of various sizes and across different sectors. She will interface with clients, prepare proposals and pricing, in addition to preparing prime- and sub-contracts in coordination...
USDOT Announces $25 Million Infrastructure Investment in Aurora
AURORA – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Trump Administration will invest $900 million in American infrastructure through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Discretionary Grants program. This includes an award of $25 million to Aurora for the I-70/Picadilly Interchange project. “The Administration is targeting BUILD Transportation grants to repair, rebuild, and revitalize significant infrastructure projects...
Latin America and Caribbean on the Brink of Massive Solar Power Growth
Lima, Peru – Latin America and the Caribbean could grow their installed solar capacity by a factor of 40 by 2050, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) shows. Annual investmens exceeding seven billion would see the region's solar PV capacity rise from 7 gigawatts (GW) today, to more than 280 GW by mid-century. While solar energy remains the highest in Asia, North America and Europe, market growth is set to shift to other regions in the world. By that time, solar PV...
10-year Anniversary of Ideate BIMLink for Revit Brings Major Enhancements
San Francisco, CA – Ideate Software, a veteran Autodesk Developer Network member, announced enhancements to Ideate BIMLink, its Revit productivity application that simplifies model management by facilitating the movement of data from Autodesk® Revit® software to Microsoft Excel for editing, and then back into Revit with speed, ease and accuracy. “As we celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Ideate BIMLink, we enjoy looking back at the meaningful enhancements added with every release,” said Glyn...
Construction Complete on University of Colorado Boulder’s Newest and Largest Residence Hall Williams Village East
St. Louis, MO - The new Williams Village East residence hall at the University of Colorado Boulder proudly welcomed its first students in August for the fall 2019 semester. The 178,000-square-foot residence hall, the university’s largest, houses a total of 705 students. The $96.7 million residence hall was designed by St. Louis-based KWK Architects as part of the design-build team, which also included architect-of-record alm2s of Fort Collins, CO and Whiting-Turner Contracting Company of Den...
Autodesk and AGC to Provide Construction Industry with Custom-Fitting Safety Harnesses for Women
Construction technology provider and national trade organization launch grant program to help address industry need for better-fitting personal protective equipment (PPE) for women working at heights SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), falls are the leading cause of private sector worker fatalities in the construction industry. Everyone who works at heights, whether it’s on a roof, scaffolding, or the edge of a tall building, should...
AI-Based Traffic Project Taps Caltrans for Help
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab computer scientists are working with the California Department of Transportation to combine high performance computing and machine learning with the algorithms that control traffic management systems. Sherry Li As a result, those algorithms will be able to generate more accurate and timely traffic predictions and to aid real-time traffic control, such as rerouting traffic, altering traffic light configurations, and other corrective measures, according to Sherry L...
Rescission Funding Cuts May Go Deeper Than Expected
The initial state-by-state calculation of the impending $7.6 billion rescission of Federal-aid highway contract authority mandated by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation or FAST Act indicates states may experience deeper funding cuts than what was called for in that 2015 law. According to Federal Highway Administration data released this week , the total unobligated balances of state highway funding subject to the rescission – scheduled to occur July 1, 2020 – stands at...
Meridiam Named Manager For International Municipal Investment Fund (IMIF)
Durban, South Africa--Meridiam, the infrastructure investment and global asset manager, with USD 7 billion in assets under management, was formally selected as the fund manager of the International Municipal Investment Fund (IMIF)—a unique, bespoke fund designed to focus exclusively on supporting cities and local governments; notably municipalities in developing countries, including the least-developed countries—launched by the coalition for a financial ecosystem that works for cities and local...
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