Transit Design and Construction Management Expert Michael Trabold Joins HNTB
NEW YORK (November 27, 2018) – Michael Trabold, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as a senior project manager and vice president in the New York transit/rail practice, based in the firm’s Empire State Building office. He has more than 28 years of experience in transit design, construction management and tunneling, including design-build projects, with transportation agencies in the New York City area and Washington, D.C. “Michael has worked on some of the region’s most challenging transit projec...
Stantec Welcomes Seasoned Leader in Water and Wastewater Treatment
Fairfax, VA , NYSE, TSX: STN- In response to continued growth in the Mid-Atlantic region, Stantec’s Water practice welcomes a strategic hire to its Fairfax, Virginia office. Nicolle Boulay joins Stantec as Sector Leader for Water in Virginia, bringing nearly 20 years of experience in water and wastewater treatment plant planning, design, and construction across the Washington, DC metro area. Focused on increasing the group’s growth and performance in the region, Boulay will leverage her...
SimActive Software Used for Large-Scale Photogrammetry Project
Montreal, Canada, November 27th, 2018 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce the use of Correlator3DTM for a large-scale project by First Base Solutions. The software allowed the processing of 50,000 large-format images at 200MP, collected at a 10cm resolution, on a single standard PC. The size on disk for each image consisted of 765MB, totaling 40TB of raw data. Aerial triangulation was performed and DSMs, DTMs and orthomosaics we...
Glen-Gery Corporation Acquired by Brickworks Limited
WYOMISSING, Pa. - Glen-Gery Corporation has announced that its parent company, Ibstock plc, has entered into an agreement to sell Glen-Gery Corporation to Brickworks Limited. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of the year, subject to customary regulatory approvals. Glen-Gery is a leading North American brick and stone manufacturer headquartered in Wyomissing, Pa. The company operates 10 manufacturing plants and 10 Masonry Supply Centers throughout the U.S. Ibstock plc (www...
Just Released: Fourth National Climate Assessment Volume II
Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States The National Climate Assessment (NCA) assesses the science of climate change and variability and its impacts across the United States, now and throughout this century. Summary Findings These Summary Findings represent a high-level synthesis of the material in the underlying report. The findings consolidate Key Messages and supporting evidence from 16 national-level topic chapters, 10 regional chapters, and 2 chapters that fo...
Public Invited to Comment on New Multimodal 4-Year Program of Transportation Projects
Comments are now being accepted on a proposed four-year program of multimodal improvement projects to the state and local transportation system. The Washington State Department of Transportation is asking for public review and comment on the draft 2019-2022 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. More than 1,500 statewide transportation improvement projects using $3.9 billion in federal funds are included in the 2019-22 STIP. Comments will be accepted through Thursday, Dec. 20....
RCSI Announces Project to Remove Contaminants from Water in India
DUBLIN, Nov. 26, 2018 -- Researchers based at RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) are leading a €4.97M project that will remove contaminants from wastewater and drinking water. The funding (€3.58 million from the EU and €1.39 million from the Indian Government) will support PANI-water, a four-year project to develop six prototypes that will be deployed in rural and peri-urban areas in India. The prototypes will look to remove Contaminants of Emerging Concerns (CECs) such as pharmaceu...
Renewables to Grow Fastest in India Amidst Continued Dominance by Thermal Power, says GlobalData
The renewable power sector will be the fastest growing sector in India, driven by solar and wind energy, though thermal power will continue to dominate, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s latest report, ‘India Power Market Outlook to 2030, Update 2018 – Market Trends, Regulations, and Competitive Landscape’, reveals that though installed non-hydro renewable power capacity and generation levels are expected to race ahead at high compound annual growth r...
Bluesky Uses Leica CityMapper to Capture Major UK Cities in 3D
(Heerbrugg, Switzerland ) – Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, announced today the Leica CityMapper, the world’s first hybrid airborne sensor combining vertical and oblique aerial imagery together with 3D laser scanning, was used by Bluesky, a leading aerial survey company in the United Kingdom (UK), to capture major cities throughout the region. Using the CityMapper, Bluesky was able to capture parts of London, Manchester and Birmingham as well as Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Norwich, Nott...
Utah Transit Authority Breaks Ground on New Bus Operations, Maintenance and Administration Facility
The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) recently broke ground on its new bus operations, maintenance and administration facility, known as the Depot District Clean Fuels Technology Center (DDCFT), marked by a ceremony attended by local and state officials and dignitaries. The facility will have the capacity to store, operate, maintain and service UTA’s current fleet of compressed natural gas (CNG) and electric vehicles, with room for future expansion. Global architecture and design firm Stantec provide...