Leica Geosystems Introduces Latest GNSS Technology Smart Antenna for Construction
(Heerbrugg, Switzerland, 26 April 2018) – Leica Geosystems, industry leader in measurement technology, announced today the new Leica iCON gps 70 T smart antenna as part of its Leica iCON gps 70 series for reliable and easy stake-out jobs on any construction site. Measurement results become quicker and more accurate with the gps 70 T’s permanent tilt compensation, resistance to magnetic interferences and calibration-free usage. “The construction industry is one of the most hazardous workpla...
Bentley Systems Acquires Plaxis, and Complementary SoilVision, to Integrate Geotechnical Engineering within Digital Workflows for Infrastructure Projects
EXTON, Pa. – April 26, 2018 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced the acquisition of Plaxis, the leading provider of geotechnical software, based in Delft, Netherlands, and the agreement to acquire soil engineering software provider SoilVision, based in Saskatchewan, Canada. The acquisitions, with Bentley’s market-leading borehole reporting and data management software gINT, serve to make Bentl...
AWE Secures MegaRoller EU Research & Innovation Funding – Results to Boost Wave Energy Bankability
The 3-year MegaRoller project concentrates on developing a Power Take-Off unit for a 1MW device. The collaboration project includes ten partners consisting of companies and research institutes. Received funding enables resources for research of innovative ideas aimed to benefit entire wave energy industry. The granted funding for the project comes from the EU Horizon2020 program and is a total of 5 Million EUR. The goal is to produce a commercially feasible Power Take-Off unit for a 1MW devic...
Teleste to Supply Alstom with an Integrated On-board Solution for the Metro in Greater Lyon
TURKU, FINLAND – Teleste Corporation will provide an integrated on-board solution to Alstom for the Greater Lyon metro network in France. The deployment will include systems for passenger information, public address and intercommunication as well as Mitron displays for 30 metro trains. The first deployments will take place in 2018. “We are thrilled to continue cooperation with Alstom, a leading provider of transport systems for the public transport market. With this deployment, we will conti...
Kilcarr Joins AASHTO’s Communications Team as New Editor
Sean Kilcarr, a former editor-in-chief of trucking industry magazine Fleet Owner, joined the association this week as senior editor, reporting to AASHTO Communications Director Lloyd Brown and responsible for producing the weekly AASHTO Journal online newsmagazine. He replaces longtime journalist John Boyd, who is retiring after helming the AASHTO Journal for nearly four years. "While AASHTO will miss John's leadership, guidance and news sense, we are thrilled that someone with Sean's expe...
AASHTO Releases First 2018 Update to Materials Standards
The association has released the first of three 2018 updates to its web-based edition of the publication known as Materials Standards, which contains specifications, test methods and provisional standards commonly used in the construction of highway infrastructure. AASHTO through its Bookstore sells the Materials Standards as a one-year online subscription, which includes automatic access to all updates published during the subscription period as well as access to recent past editions, with c...
U.S. Department of Transportation Launches BUILD Transportation Program, Announces $1.5 Billion Notice of Funding Opportunity
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to apply for $1.5 billion in discretionary grant funding through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Discretionary Grants program. BUILD Transportation grants will replace the pre-existing Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program. As the Administration looks to enhance America’s infrastructure, FY 2018 B...
FHWA Notice Clears Way for State DOTs to Tap Full FAST Act 2018 Highway Funding
State departments of transportation finally have access to all of their scheduled federal highway program funds for fiscal 2018, after the Federal Highway Administration issued a formal distribution notice April 16. That day the FHWA notified the state agencies of their full-year federal-aid highway program obligation limitation levels, which is the funding amounts they can obligate to projects during the federal budget year that ends Sept. 30. The FHWA action followed the March 23 enactme...
Newest Bristol-Myers Squibb Redwood City Research Center, Designed by Stantec, to Open its Doors
Redwood City, CA (April 25, 2018): On Friday, April 27, Bristol-Myers Squibb is officially welcoming the newest building to its Redwood City, Calif., research and development campus in Woodside Technology Park, celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The newly-opened site serves as Bristol-Myers Squibb’s biologics discovery center, focusing primarily on cancer immunotherapies—drugs that manipulate the immune system so that the body’s own defensive network recognizes and attacks tumors. Global...
Thornton Tomasetti Engineers Installation of Cantilevering Leaping Lion at San Diego Zoo
Thornton Tomasetti recently completed engineering work on another high-profile large-scale sculpture, this time at the world-famous San Diego Zoo. At more than 27 feet tall and weighing in excess of 18,000 pounds, the new bronze lion sculpture greeting zoo visitors is said to be the largest cantilevered bronze animal sculpture in the world. Rex's Roar (Rex for short) was unveiled in late March at the center of the zoo’s newly designed entry plaza. Thornton Tomasetti provided structural engineeri...
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