Atkins’ Dr. Honeycutt Appointed to Resilient America Roundtable
CALVERTON, Md., USA: Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, is pleased to announce its National Director for All-Hazards Resilience, Maria Honeycutt, PhD, CFM has been appointed to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s (NASEM’s) Resilient America Roundtable. Dr. Honeycutt is a nationally recognized subject matter expert and trusted executive advisor on climate and weather hazards, floodplain management and multi-hazard risk reduction. “I am honored to be joining...
Microdesk, a Symetri Company, Announces Expanded Sustainability Capabilities with One Click LCA Global Partnership
This Agreement Brings the U.S. AEC Sustainability Leader and the Worldwide Innovator in Lifecycle Assessment Together NASHUA, NH - Microdesk, a leading provider of BIM, Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) services, announces a new partnership with One Click LCA, the world’s leading construction Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) software provider. Building LCA is a science-based methodology for quantifying th...
Vectorworks and Solibri Inside Integration to Save Architects Time and Money
New, SaaS-Based Solution from Solibri Provides In-Design Model Checking for Vectorworks Users. Columbia, MD — Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. has partnered with fellow Nemetschek Group brand Solibri to offer users a new way to deliver quality designs confidently. With Solibri Inside, you can validate, report and modify design errors in an easy-to-use model checker directly inside Vectorworks. Created with designers’ needs in mind, the new feature helps to reduce...
RINA enters US infrastructure market with acquisition of Patrick Engineering
GENOA, Italy - RINA, the Inspection, Certification and Engineering consultancy multinational, has announced the acquisition of the entire share capital of Patrick Engineering Ltd., the Chicago-based engineering consultancy company active in Infrastructure, Transport and Renewable Energy. With a turnover of approximately 82 million dollars and 340 employees in 19 offices mainly located in the North-East of the US, Patrick Engineering will be fully integrated into RINA Consulting, the subsidiary o...
SolarEdge’s Technology First to Meet South Australia’s New Dynamic Export Regulations
SolarEdge’s technology is the first to meet South Australia’s new Dynamic Export regulations. SA Power Networks is the first Australian electricity distribution network to set Dynamic Export requirements in the State Government’s new plan to stabilize the grid with sophisticated and remote cloud control SolarEdge is the first vendor to develop and certify a native Dynamic Export compliant system without the need of additional hardware System owners benefit from export of up...
DFI Announces New Co-chairs of Driven Pile Committee
Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces Gregory A. Canivan, P.E., and Seth Hamblin, P.E., have been named co-chairs of DFI’s Driven Pile Committee. They take the helm from Pollyanna Cunningham of ICE® – International Construction Equipment, Inc. Canivan is a technical principal with S&ME, Inc. (S&ME) in Charleston, South Carolina. He has spent the past 28 years practicing geotechnical engineering, and many of his larger projects include structures on deep foundations or gr...
MADGI Designs/Completes NYC Office of London-Based Financial Institution
Interior design firm Montroy Andersen DeMarco (MADGI) has completed a new corporate workplace at 280 Park Avenue in Manhattan for one of the world’s foremost global insurance and banking groups headquartered in London. The lobby space features an elaborate lighting design with low-set fixtures on the walls that cast an uplight glow, as well as overhead circular pendant lamps arranged in clusters of three. Behind the reception desk, there is an architectural feature wall made of gray handmade pig...
Registration Now Open for 2023’s Premier Structural Steel Education Event
CHICAGO - NASCC: The Steel Conference is heading to Charlotte, N.C., April 12 to 14-- and registration is now open. Register today to get the best price on the industry’s top education event, featuring 200 sessions full of must-have practical information that you can implement as soon as you get home, an exhibit hall packed with more than 250 innovations you need to know about right now, and a chance to network with thousands of the world's best designers, fabricators, erectors, and other ste...
Xylem To Acquire Evoqua in $7.5 Billion All-Stock Transaction
Creates Transformative Platform to Address World’s Most Critical Water Challenges Extends Leadership in Water Technologies, Solutions and Services with Strong Positions in Resilient, Attractive and Growing Markets $7 Billion in Combined Revenues with Compelling New Growth Opportunities Annual Run Rate Cost Synergies of $140 Million Expected to be Achieved within Three Years WASHINGTON, DC, (January 23, 2023) – Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology comp...
Vodafone Creates Country-Scale Digital Twins to Engineer Better Networks
Boris Pitchforth, the lead architect of Vodafone’s digital twin, began the project of capturing network and environmental details in 3D out of personal curiosity and more and more dimensions have been added as it has proved to be useful for all aspects of the business. Key Takeaways Vodafone’s digital twin started as a map and now delivers many operational efficiencies. Vodafone engineers use the digital twin to conduct virtual site visits. Vodafone planners use digital twins...