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ACEC Research Institute Releases Findings of COVID-19 Business Impact Survey Series

June 17, 2020 - in COVID-19, News

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented disruption in America’s economy, which extended to the engineering industry. To gauge the effect of the economic shutdown on design firms, the ACEC Research Institute – the research arm…

Parsons Adds Resilience to Wildfire Mitigation and Utility Infrastructure Protection

June 17, 2020 - in Corporate, News

Grid Armor™ empowers utility companies with predictive analytics CENTREVILLE, Va., – Parsons Corporation (NYSE:PSN) today announced Grid Armor™,…

Burns & McDonnell Keeps Workforce Moving Through Pandemic

June 17, 2020 - in Corporate, News

Firm Completes World Headquarters Campus and Continues Work on Nearly 10,000 Critical Infrastructure Projects KANSAS CITY, Missouri  — State and…

ARTBA Foundation Hall of Fame Class: Two Highway Contractors, Former U.S. DOT Secretary & Engineering Family

June 17, 2020 - in News, People

WASHINGTON — Peter Kiewit, Jim Peterson, Norm Mineta and the Roebling Family are the 2020 inductees into the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation’s Transportation Development Hall of Fame.    Launched…

Ideate Software Applications Now Aligned with Autodesk Revit 2021

June 17, 2020 - in News, Products, Technology

San Francisco, CA – Ideate Software, a veteran Autodesk Developer Network member, announced enhancements to its Revit productivity applications. “As we do every year, we launched updates to all our products shortly after Autodesk released its newest version…

AEIS Appoints Dr. Chandra Sekhar Meduri as Lead Metallurgical Engineer

June 16, 2020 - in News, People

New York, NY — AEIS, a testing, inspection and certification company based in South Plainfield, NJ, has named Dr. Chandra Sekhar Meduri as Lead Metallurgical Engineer. This newly-created role will focus on solving complex metallurgical technical challenges,…

GPA elects officers for FY2021

June 16, 2020 - in News, People

SAVANNAH, Ga. -At its meeting Tuesday, the Georgia Ports Authority board elected officers for the coming fiscal year, selecting Will McKnight to serve a second year as chairman. Also on Tuesday, GPA Secretary-Treasurer Joel Wooten, Jr. was elected vice chairman…

Installation Begins on Energy-Saving LED Streetlights Throughout Utica

June 15, 2020 - in Energy, News

NYPA Partners with Utica to Install more than 7,100 LED Streetlights   Governor’s Statewide Smart Street Lighting NY Program Calls for 500,000 Streetlights to Be Converted to LED Technology by 2025 View Video on the Installation of the Utica Street…

Purdue Researchers Seek to Create Smart Concrete

June 15, 2020 - in Buildings, News, Structural components

Researchers at Purdue University are working to create “intelligent concrete” that would help cut down on road repairs and traffic delays; an effort based on information gleaned from a pilot project conducted jointly with the Indiana Department of Transportation.…

Virtual Surveyor Drone Surveying Software Simplifies Workflow for Earthworks Monitoring at Construction Sites

June 15, 2020 - in News, Products, Technology

Fast Cut-and-Fill Calculations   AARSCHOT, Belgium, 15 June 2020 – Virtual Surveyor has introduced new functionality in Version 7.3 of its popular drone surveying software to create a simplified workflow for monitoring earthworks progress at construction…