Clearwater, FL - Cardno is pleased to announce that Mehrafarid Ghoreishi, PhD, PE, has joined the firm as a Senior Structures Engineer in the company’s Clearwater, FL, USA office. Mehrafarid has more than 20 years of robust experience in structural and bridge…
Oregon Department of Transportation Expands Use of DT Research High Accuracy GNSS Rugged Tablets Statewide
Washington D.C., 2019 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting – DT Research, the leading designer and manufacturer of purpose-built computing…
We Need to Modernize our Infrastructure Now
U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Donohue on why we need to modernize our infrastructure now: Modernizing America’s infrastructure could fundamentally…
Aviation Architecture Expert, Andres Chacon, Joins HNTB in Tampa as Deputy Project Manager
TAMPA, Fla. – Andres Chacon, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB, SCA, joined HNTB Corporation as deputy project manager – aviation. He is based in the firm’s Tampa office and will work throughout the Southeast. Chacon is responsible for coordination of all aviation…
Trelleborg’s Pipe Seals Proven to Offer Eight Times the Service Life of Competitor Systems
A leading independent ‘stress relaxation’ test has determined that the average performance lifetime of some of Trelleborg’s key pipe sealing compounds is in excess of 800 years. Elastocon AB, a global leader in testing stress relaxation in elastomers,…
House, Senate Set Committee Leadership for 116th Congress
Several new faces are set to take over key Congressional committees in 2019 that affect the transportation industry, especially in the House Representatives, which reverted back to Democratic Party control following the midterm elections on Nov. 6 last year.…
Federal Shutdown Impacting Project Planning for State DOTs
As the partial shutdown of the federal government over border wall funding stretches past 20 days, some state departments of transportation are beginning to curtail planning for new projects while several mass transit systems are scrambling as many rely on…
Francesco La Camera Appointed as New IRENA Director-General
Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., – Today, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly selected Francesco La Camera to be the next Director-General of IRENA. The appointment took place during the 9th Assembly of IRENA, the ultimate decision-making…
ACEC California Announces 2019 Engineering Excellence Awards
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Today the American Council of Engineering Companies, California (ACEC California) announced the 2019 recipients of its annual Engineering Excellence Awards. Projects were recognized for demonstrating an exceptional degree of innovation,…
Gannett Fleming Leads the Way with ODOT TSMO Plan
(Columbus, Ohio) - Gannett Fleming recently completed the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) transportation systems management and operations (TSMO) plan, setting a new standard for the industry.“What makes this ODOT TSMO plan so important is that…
