New Report From US Water Alliance and Stantec Offers Innovative Model for Water Pricing Equity
Pilot program develops alternative affordability practices for utilities Today, the US Water Alliance and Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design, released A Promising Water Pricing Model for Equity and Financial Resilience. This report presents an innovative model for pricing and billing water that is an opportunity to achieve greater equity by reducing water bills for most low-income households while preserving revenue and improving financial resilience for water utilities. ...
Elma Milanovic Joins FitzGerald
New Managing Associate Brings 20 Years of Experience to Firm’s Workplace Practice Chicago—FitzGerald is pleased to announce that Elma Milanovic has joined FitzGerald as a Managing Associate. Elma joins FitzGerald with twenty years of experience in workplace, mixed-use residential, and senior living design. She has a strong focus on building repositioning, workplace design, and project team management, and she will work alongside interior design director Kristen Larkin to lead the firm's...
AISC Congratulates Larry Kruth and Cindi Duncan on their Retirements
CHICAGO - 2023 marks a new year and a new chapter for two outstanding leaders at the American Institute of Steel Construction: retirement! Vice President of Engineering and Research Lawrence F. Kruth, PE, has spent more than four decades in the structural engineering world. He spent almost 40 of those years at Douglas Steel Fabricating Corporation in Lansing, Mich., where he served as a vice president and member of the Board of Directors. He retired from Douglas Steel in 2015 and joined AISC...
U.S., Slovakian Companies Win The Water Council’s Tech Challenge
Innovations address water quality sensors and water hardness monitoring MILWAUKEE – The Water Council is pleased to announce the winners of its fall 2022 Tech Challenge, chosen by industry leaders to help solve real challenges in the water sector. The Water Council’s Tech Challenge connects water innovators with leading water technology companies, facilitating potential partnerships and helping new ideas and technologies gain exposure in the industry. The fall 2022 challenge sought solutio...
Registration Open for DFI-COPRI New York City Ports and Engineering Seminar March 16 in Brooklyn, New York
Hawthorne, N.J.: Registration is open for the DFI-COPRI New York City Ports and Engineering Seminar being held March 16 at New York University Tandon School of Engineering in Brooklyn. The full day of learning and networking features speakers and presentations about projects in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. Focus is on a variety of topics including ferry boat landings, resilient waterfront design, case studies, and histories of various waterfront projects in the area and abroad....
Hexagon strengthens its construction software offering for asset owners with the acquisition of Projectmates
Stockholm, Sweden: Hexagon strengthens its construction software offering for asset owners with the acquisition of Projectmates. Hexagon AB, a global leader in digital reality solutions combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies, today announced the acquisition of Projectmates, a SaaS-based, owner-focused, enterprise construction project management software provider. Since 1997, Projectmates has been delivering a best-in-class solution designed specifically with an owner’s ne...
Navigate New Waters with UltraMap 6.0
Graz, Austria: Vexcel Imaging today releases the latest version of its all-in-one photogrammetric software suite UltraMap, with sophisticated and best-in-class water handling features, an enhanced Ortho module performance and a redesigned Ortho reprocessing workflow. UltraMap v6.0 introduces True Pixel Processing (TPP), a proprietary raw data processing approach in the Essentials module and supports professional data production for the recently launched UltraCam Eagle 4.1. The new highly auto...
Hord Coplan Macht Renews Annual Scholarship for Morgan State University Design Programs
Baltimore, MD – (January 2023) — Hord Coplan Macht, an award-winning integrated architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and planning firm is pleased to announce the renewal of the Hord Coplan Macht Scholarship Fund at Morgan State University. The annual commitment, which the team originally pledged in 2018, has been renewed for an additional five years. The $5,000 annual scholarship will continue to help offset educational costs for two students in the School of Architecture and P...
The Acrow Group Obtains ISO 14064-1 Carbon Reduce Certification
Parsippany, New Jersey – The Acrow Group is pleased to announce it has recently been certified in accordance with ISO 14064-1. The accreditation was awarded by the internationally recognized Achilles Carbon Reduce Scheme and commemorates the Group’s commitment to the reduction of its carbon footprint. ISO 14064 was developed by the International Organization for Standardization in 2006 to address the quantification and reporting of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions as well as the verification of...
Badger Meter Enhances Smart Water Capabilities With Acquisition of Syrinix
Milwaukee, Wis.– Badger Meter, Inc. (NYSE: BMI) today announced the acquisition of Syrinix, Ltd., a privately held provider of intelligent water monitoring solutions, for £15 million, funded with available cash. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in the U.K., Syrinix specializes in high-frequency pressure monitoring and leak detection within water distribution and collection networks. Its remote network monitoring equipment and cloud-based software platform deliver data, customized alerts and...