AWWA's Opflow magazine wins fifth consecutive APEX Award
(DENVER) – Opflow, the monthly magazine for water utility operators published by the American Water Works Association (AWWA), earned an Award of Excellence in the Magazines, Journals & Tabloids category for its "Operators Need to Know" series by the 2023 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence. This marks the fifth consecutive year that Opflow has received this recognition and the fourth year in a row that it picked up an Award of Excellence for a series on a single topic/theme. This is the 3...
Orlando International Airport deploys Tellabs Optical LAN for high-speed, future-proof, energy-saving gains
Orlando International Airport is one of the first airports to install 10 gigabit Passive Optical LAN for innovative high-speed, future-proof, and energy-efficient fiber-optic connectivity at its new Terminal C CARROLLTON, Texas, July 25, 2023 - Tellabs, the leading provider of Passive Optical Network (PON) solutions, announces that our Tellabs® Optical LAN solutions have been successfully installed and operationalized at Orlando International Airport’s new Terminal C. The Tellabs Optic...
Increased demands for renewable energy solutions and EV adoption lead JLL to expand team
Robert Anderson and Jamare Bates join JLL’s Clean Infrastructure and Advisory practice to advise clients on sustainability solutions WASHINGTON, D.C. July 24, 2023 – JLL announced today that it has expanded its growing Clean Energy & Infrastructure Advisory team with the addition of electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure expert Robert Anderson as a senior vice president and federal program manager Jamare Bates as a vice president. Over the last decade, Anderson has devoted his career to the...
Precast Concrete Market Report Outlines Industry’s Impact on National, State Economies
U.S. precast concrete manufacturers accounted for more than $25.8 billion in revenue and $5.1 billion in worker wages in 2022, employing approximately 102,000 individuals at its 2,730 facilities, according to an industry market report released this week by the National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA). The report includes statistics obtained from NPCA members, non-member facilities and the U.S. Census Bureau. NPCA contracted with Industry Insights to compile the data. Among th...
Avvir Announces Key Product Enhancements to Minimize Discrepancies in Construction, Protecting Budgets and Timelines
New York, NY - Avvir, an automated risk analysis company for the construction industry, today announced a number of enhancements across its product offerings that will further improve customer efficiency, accuracy, and advance Avvir’s mission of automating workflow for contractors. Alongside the announcement of these product updates, Avvir has also released a new case study with Ryan Companies, the national builder, developer, designer, and real estate manager based in Minneapolis. The case stud...
DART Board Chair Michele Wong Krause Named APTA Vice Chair
Michele Wong Krause, chair of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Board of Directors, was unanimously approved by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Board of Directors to fill the role of APTA vice chair at its June 10 meeting at the Rail Conference in Pittsburgh, PA. Vice Chair Wong Krause will be eligible to serve as APTA chair in October 2023. APTA is a nonprofit international association with more than 1,500 public and private sector member organizations. APTA is the...
Lhyfe completes a first step in its work on re-oxygenating the oceans through offshore hydrogen production
IRD Brest publishes a first article on its work in conjunction with Lhyfe in the scientific journal Environmental Research Letters Nantes (France), 20 July 2023 – Lhyfe (EURONEXT: LHYFE), one of the world’s pioneers in green and renewable hydrogen production, has completed a first step in its work on ocean re-oxygenation with the publication, by IRD Brest, of a first scientific article on the results of the research carried out in recent months. Right from 2017, when Lhyfe w...
CivilGrid makes waves in the water industry alongside Imagine H2O
San Francisco, July 20, 2023 – Imagine H2O, a leading powerhouse in the water technology industry, took on CivilGrid as one of the cohorts for their 2023 Accelerator Program. Through this program, the CivilGrid team is gaining mentorship and collaboration opportunities from Imagine H2O and their partners. CivilGrid is building the Google Maps equivalent of the underground to provide the infrastructure and construction community with the critical site data that they need to build more safely, eff...
Franklin Electric Launches New App, FE Connect, to Support Variable Frequency Drives
Fort Wayne, IN – Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (NASDAQ: FELE) has released an enhancement to its FE Connect app, which is designed to help professionals quickly set up and service Franklin Electric products equipped with wireless connectivity. The app supports the company’s most popular variable frequency drives (VFDs), including SubDrive Connect, SubDrive Connect Plus, SubMonitor Connect and select configurations of Cerus X-Drive. This enhancement is the latest innovation for the app, which of...
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $21 Million in Grants to Improve Road Safety on Tribal Lands
Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, projects will make roads safer for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced $20.9 million in grant awards for 88 Tribal projects that will reduce roadway fatalities and serious injuries on Tribal lands. The grants, from the Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund for proven countermeasures such as pavement markings, rumble strips and better...