LOS ANGELES — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has begun construction of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at Fort Carson, Colorado, using Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) GridStar® Lithium…
Focus on Highway Safety Earns ITD’s Stokes Lifetime Achievement Award from AAMVA
BOISE - Idaho Transportation Department Chief Deputy Scott Stokes has spent his entire career advocating for highway safety issues, and that focus earned…
Governor Cuomo Announces Renewed 15-Year Partnership Between New York and Canada for Management of Premiere Hydropower Project
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a renewed partnership between the New York Power Authority and Ontario Power Generation for 15 more years of…
More than Bricks and Mortar: Milestone Reached in Refurbishment of Homeless Accommodation
Before work started August 24, 2018 - Oxford Direct Services (ODS), the commercial arm of Oxford City Council, has successfully refurbished 50% of homeless accommodation for the charity Homeless Oxfordshire. Homeless Oxfordshire is the largest…
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announces New Maritime Administration resources for Paducah, KY
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Maritime Administration (MARAD) will establish a new, dedicated Gateway office in Paducah, KY. Gateway offices provide assistance to public ports and state and local officials…
GeoKrete® Geopolymer Awarded “Reduced Carbon Footprint” Certification
HOUSTON, Aug. 23, 2018 - Quadex LLC, a division of the Vortex Companies recently announced that its GeoKrete® Geopolymer mortar has received Reduced Carbon Footprint Certification by SCS Global Services, an internationally recognized sustainability certification…
Wärtsilä Delivers its First Engine Plus Storage Hybrid Installation Enabling Hungary’s ALTEO Group to Optimize Their Generation Portfolio
Wärtsilä’s first EPC energy storage project in Europe, in Budapest, Hungary The technology group Wärtsilä has delivered its first engine plus storage hybrid installation worldwide and its first Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) energy storage…
Fracture-Critical System Analysis for Steel Bridges
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 883: Fracture-Critical System Analysis for Steel Bridges presents a proposed specification for the analysis and identification of fracture-critical members and system-redundant members.…
Winners Announced in National Faces of Transportation Competition
Make-A-Wish kid Samuel and Caltrans Equipment Shop staff explore transportation possibilities the week before Samuel hit the road to have his wish of seeing a real spaceship become a reality at the Kennedy Space Center. Photograph by Caltrans Senior Photographer…
Safeguard Duty on Solar Equipment Will Adversely Affect India’s Commitment to Paris Agreement, says GlobalData
India’s Ministry of Commerce, through the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), has imposed a safeguard duty (SGD) on solar cells and modules imported from China and Malaysia for the next two years. However, the imposition of SGD will impact the…
