Efficient and sustainable wooden modular construction of 32 schools in Berlin
The sustainable and innovative wooden modular construction with its extremely short construction time aided the decision to build 32 wooden schools by 2025 in Berlin. First 6 schools have been successfully built and new schools are under construction by The Senate Department for Urban Development & Housing. Metsä Wood’s Kerto® LVL beams are used for offsite production. Modular wood construction – fast and economical construction method Wooden modular construction has experienced an extreme...
Philippine National Railways Modernizes Communication System For Improved Work Efficiency
Picture credit: Philippine National Railways MANILA, February 17th, 2022 – Hytera (SZSE: 002583), the global leading provider of professional communications equipment and solutions, announced today that it has completed the construction of a new digital TETRA network for the Philippine National Railways (PNR). The PNR railway system spans 78 kilometers and serves countless passengers daily across 15 train crossings and 17 stations, making it one of the Philippines’ most used public tr...
MoD keeping pace with its sustainability goals thanks to holistic approach, says GlobalData
The UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) recent annual report for 2020-2021, which shows that the department is either meeting or exceeding most of its sustainability targets, is a positive step for an industry that is comparatively less enthusiastic about enacting change when it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG), according to GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company notes that the aerospace, defense and security (ADS) sector ranked at the bottom of several survey quest...
Invention addresses the problems of running a red light at traffic intersections
Howell Li, principal research analyst, Joint Transportation Research Program, Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University. (Purdue University photo/Vincent Walter) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – An invention from Purdue University and the Indiana Department of Transportation that uses wireless communication devices could save lives at high-speed traffic signals. Principal research analyst Howell Li and transportation research engineer Jijo Mathew of the Joint Transportation Research...
Interior Department Releases Blueprints for Implementing Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Spend plans submitted to Congress outline infrastructure investments that will deliver direct benefits to communities WASHINGTON — Several bureaus across the Department of the Interior submitted to Congress their fiscal year 2022 blueprints for implementing President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law this week, marking a significant step in the Department’s efforts to help communities tackle the climate crisis and address legacy pollution while creating good-paying union jobs, advancing e...
Woolpert Hires Construction Management and Inspection Team Leader Ian Lesko
The transportation project manager will support aviation and roads and bridges projects across the Midwest. INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 16, 2022) — Woolpert has hired Construction Management and Inspection Team Leader Ian Lesko. Lesko will lead Woolpert’s Midwest construction management staff and services, with a focus on aviation and roads and bridges throughout the region. He will work out of the firm’s Indianapolis office. Lesko started his career at the Indiana Department of Transportation and...
BST Global & HNTB Establish Strategic Partnership
Tampa, FL, USA - International software provider BST Global and infrastructure solutions firm HNTB established a strategic partnership on January 20, 2022. HNTB conducted an extensive evaluation process and ultimately selected BST Global and its latest Work Management solution, BST10, to help optimize the firm’s project management capabilities and processes for the future. “We wanted to find a solution that would empower our project, finance and leadership teams, providing visibility to r...
Jacobs to Design First Inductive Charging Project on a U.S. Public Road
Electreon-led consortium to deliver innovative wireless vehicle charging route DALLAS – Jacobs (NYSE:J) is part of a consortium selected by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to develop and implement an inductive vehicle charging pilot – the first of its kind in the United States. The project team will be led by Electreon, a leading provider of wireless charging solutions for electric vehicles (EVs). NextEnergy, a Detroit-based clean energy accelerator, will head up stake...
RIEGL Announces Management Change to RIEGL Canada
RIEGL USA Inc. is excited to announce the new Managing Director of RIEGL Canada Ltd., Michael Sitar, who is also acting as Airborne Division Manager for the North American territory. Michael will be joining Kelly Martin who has been Managing Director for RIEGL Canada since 2019. His appointment to this position comes as Susan Licari, former Managing Director for RIEGL Canada and RIEGL USA’s Sales & Marketing Director, passes the torch to him as she focuses on other initiatives for RIEGL USA. “As...
MAPEI: 85 years old and looking to the future
The multinational group at the cutting edge in chemicals for the building trade was founded on February 12, 1937, in Milan It was 1937 when Rodolfo Squinzi founded his building materials business in the outskirts of Milan with seven members of staff and the support of his wife Elsa. That is how Mapei - Materiali Ausiliari Per l'Edilizia e l'Industria - was first established, setting off on a path that would lead it to become a multinational company championing Italian excellence all over t...
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