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New Topcon laser with mobile app display connectivity to bring improved productivity to today’s job sites

July 29, 2020 - in News, Products, Technology

LIVERMORE, Calif., U.S./ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, the Netherlands  – Topcon Positioning Group announces mobile device connectivity control has been added to its pipe laser offering. By pairing an Android mobile device via Bluetooth with the new TP-L6…

Why Sustainability and Resiliency Make Fiscal Sense: HDR’s Latest Experts Talk, with Pamela Yonkin

July 29, 2020 - in Events, News, People

OMAHA, Neb. — With stiff competition for every dollar, transportation agencies need facts and data to make the best decisions for their communities.…

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $11.2 Million in Grants for Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses

July 28, 2020 - in Financial, News

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced $11.2 million in grants from the Fiscal…

Woolpert Selected by National Safe Skies Alliance to Develop UAS Response Guidebook for Airports

July 28, 2020 - in News

The document will provide planning considerations, response strategies and resources for airports to employ when a UAS is detected. DAYTON, Ohio (July 28, 2020) — The National Safe Skies Alliance, through its Program for Applied Research in Airport Security…

Apex-Brasil hosts virtual webinar on state of Brazil’s infrastructure industry

July 28, 2020 - in Announcement, Events, News

Brazil aligns its infrastructure concession strategy, making the country an attractive foreign investment destination even amid COVID-19   BRASÍLIA, Brazil  – Apex-Brasil, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, today hosted a virtual…

DFI Announces New Chair of Project Information Management Systems Committee

July 28, 2020 - in News, People

Hawthorne, N.J. : DFI announces that Jamey Rosen, P.Geo., a senior principal geoscientist at Geosyntec Consultants, is the new chair of its Project Information Management Systems Committee (PIMS). Rosen succeeds Massimo Mucci, director of R&D at Bencor…

American Concrete Institute and Post-Tensioning Institute Announce Expanded Partnership

July 28, 2020 - in News

Collaboration on joint committee and new structural post-tensioned concrete code requirements to benefit designers, industry, and public   FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – In direct response to expressed industry need for building code requirements that address…

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $47.5 Million in Grant Awards to Select Projects Nationwide to Improve Passenger Ferry Service

July 28, 2020 - in Financial, News

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced approximately $47.5 million in grant awards to selected projects nationwide to improve access, safety, and reliability of America’s ferries and…

Kansas DOT Begins Highway Expansion Project, Issues CCLIP Funds

July 28, 2020 - in News, Roads, Transportation

Julie Lorenz, secretary of the Kansas Department of Transportation (at left in above photo), joined Kansas Governor Laura Kelly (D) (at right in photo) on July 20 to officially “break ground” on a long-delayed U.S. 50 highway expansion project. [Above…

AASHTO, Industry Letters Highlights Immediate Fiscal Need of State DOTs

July 28, 2020 - in Financial, News

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials urged in a July 20 letter to Congressional leadership that state departments of transportation across the country need an “immediate infusion” of at least $37 billion to prevent disruptions…