DuPont Joins Semiconductor Climate Consortium as a Founding Member
WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 1, 2022 – DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced it has joined the Semiconductor Climate Consortium (SCC) as a Founding Member. The SCC is an outgrowth of the SEMI Sustainability Initiative, and is the first global, ecosystem-wide effort to advance the semiconductor industry’s response to the challenge of climate change. The SCC includes member companies from across the semiconductor value chain. Its vision is to accelerate progressive climate action - including support of t...
Rebecca Ashton Appointed WSP USA New York District Lead
Ashton was previously the firm’s chief operating officer for Earth & Environment and was integral to the firm’s integration of Golder and EarthCon. NEW YORK, November 1, 2022 — Rebecca Ashton has been appointed New York district lead for WSP USA, a leading engineering, environment and professional services consultancy. Ashton previously served as chief operating officer (COO) for the U.S. Earth & Environment business and has been at WSP for the past 13 years. She succeeds Jerry Jann...
Stantec-Freese and Nichols JV Awarded 5-Year Contract for Water/Wastewater Projects by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Supporting the USACE Mobile District’s Water and Wastewater Technical Center of Expertise EDMONTON, AB; NEW YORK, NY (November 1, 2022) TSX, NYSE:STN Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, and Freese and Nichols, a national leader in water resources solutions, together (Stantec-Freese and Nichols JV), has been awarded a five-year, US$25 million multiple award task order contract for architecture and engineering services by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)...
DFI Announces New Technical Committee Chairs
Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces new chairs for three of its technical committees and an industry-wide working group. Hannah Iezzoni, P.E., is the new chair of DFI’s Augered Cast-in-Place and Drilled Displacement Pile Committee succeeding Jonathan Huff of Goettle. A design engineer with Keller North America, Iezzoni has 10 years of industry experience in design and construction of deep foundations, ground improvement, grouting, dam infrastructure and earth retention...
Crowley, JAXPORT Awarded Grant to Make Terminal More Sustainable
(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) – Crowley and the Port of Jacksonville, Fla. (JAXPORT), have been awarded a federal grant that will support a $14.6 million project to reduce emissions and add electric-power equipment at Crowley’s terminal. The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Maritime Administration (MARAD) awarded the grant under the Port Infrastructure Development Program. The funding will pay 50 percent of the cost, with Crowley matching 50 percent through JAXPORT’s initiative, named JAXPOR...
Aries Industries Adds Tampa Dealer to Rapidly-Growing Sales Network
Evervac Equipment is sole Florida vendor for many prominent brands CONTACT: Jim Kraschinsky, Aries Industries, (262) 446-5620, [email protected] Waukesha, Wis. – Aries Industries, the industry leader in state-of-the-art equipment for inspection and maintenance of underground infrastructure, has strengthened its market reach by adding Tampa-based Evervac Equipment to its dealer network. Evervac Equipment strategically delivers top-tier products employing company sta...
TWC, KPMG Form Strategic Alliance to Promote Water Stewardship, ESG
Milwaukee, WI – The Water Council, a nonprofit addressing critical water challenges, and KPMG LLP today announced a strategic alliance to collaborate for and promote corporate water stewardship and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting. As part of this new relationship, KPMG and The Water Council will work together to help companies to identify and manage water-related business risks, understand and mitigate their adverse impacts on ecosystems and communities, and contribute to...
Bricsys® Promises to Democratize Innovations in CAD with Flexible Licensing for All Users
BricsCAD® Version 23 LAUNCH Ghent, Belgium- Today, Bricsys®, a global provider of CAD and construction CDE software, held its annual Digital Summit to showcase the launch of the new BricsCAD® Version 23 and the updated Bricsys® 24/7. The new release of BricsCAD® Version 23 for the Bricsys® computer aided design (CAD) product family, available to watch [https://brics.ly/3U1CwtQ], has added more intuitive, AI-driven CAD tools for design, construction, engineering, and manufacturing wor...
Two State DOTs Earn Top Awards In National Competition
An equity-inspired infrastructure project that reconnected a community of color in downtown Pittsburg and a project that is guiding active transportation projects and programs across Washington State received the top prizes in the 2022 America’s Transportation Awards competition. [Above photo by AASHTO] Sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, AAA, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the 2022 America’s Transportation Awards involved 80 projects fro...
New shuttering robot boosts Elematic’s portfolio of double-wall production technology
On display at Elematic’s booth at bauma 2022, the new robot strengthens the company’s offering of comprehensive solutions for all types of wall production, with double wall technology now joining its existing solid wall, sandwich wall and filigran portfolio. The innovative new shuttering robot revealed at Elematic’s bauma booth will be doing much more than merely impressing visitors with its efficient automated wall production capability – it will also be announcing, albeit rather quietly, th...