Shruti Ramaker Joins Stantec’s Environmental Services Team in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA - NYSE, TSX:STN - Shruti Ramaker has joined Stantec—a global architecture, engineering, and consulting firm—as a principal environmental planner and permitting specialist in its Santa Barbara, California, office. She has over 20 years of California experience on impact analyses, agency permitting, and management of multiple CEQA/NEPA environmental documents. Ramaker’s experience has centered on utility projects, renewable energy projects, power generation, water resources, i...
Microdesk Acquires Stake in M2 Technologies
Nashua, NH- Global AECO consulting firm Microdesk, Inc. a leading provider of Building Information Modeling (BIM), Virtual Design and Construction (VD&C) and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software and consulting services, announced they have partnered with manufacturing technology firm, M2 Technologies (M2). Founded in 1999, M2 Technologies is an Autodesk Gold partner and has been providing manufacturing companies with world-leading technology and consulting to improve their design and ma...
Cadasta Foundation Welcomes New Director of GIS and Technology Chuck Conley
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Cadasta Foundation is pleased to welcome Chuck Conley as its new Director of GIS and Technology. In this role, Chuck will serve as Cadasta’s technology solution lead and will work alongside senior leadership to lead, analyze, develop, and implement innovative technical strategies to document the land and resource rights of vulnerable communities. Founded in 2015, Cadasta Foundation is a Washington, D.C. based nonprofit that develops and promotes the use of simple digital t...
Energy Infrastructure Expert Benjamin Kosbab Joins Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH) is pleased to announce the addition of Principal Benjamin Kosbab to lead the firm’s new Engineering Mechanics and Infrastructure (EMI) division in Atlanta, Georgia. Benjamin brings expertise in seismic engineering, technology development, and risk and reliability assessment for energy-related assets and complex infrastructure. He specializes in solving complex engineering challenges related to high-technology, nuclear, marine, underwater, and off-shore projects for...
ODOT names three key leaders to new Office of Urban Mobility and Mega Project Delivery, including the new tolling program
SALEM – The Oregon Department of Transportation is developing a new focus on comprehensive solutions to congestion, access, and mobility issues, which affect quality of life and economic health far beyond the Portland metro area. This new focus responds to public and stakeholder feedback and aligns with the visions of the Oregon Transportation Commission and ODOT Director Kris Strickler for the future of the transportation system. ODOT’s newly formed Office of Urban Mobility and Mega Project...
King named Mississippi Transportation Commission Chairman
JACKSON, MISS. – At its first meeting of 2020, the Mississippi Transportation Commission named Commissioner Tom King, Southern Transportation District, as chairman. “I am so honored to be elected as chairman; it is a responsibility I will take pride in” said King. “As chairman, my goal is to ensure the commission continues to focus on sustaining a transportation infrastructure that promotes economic growth throughout the state, as well as the needs of the public when it comes to safety.” K...
Thornton Tomasetti Launches BEACON, First-of-its-Kind Embodied Carbon Measurement Tool
The open-source tool gives users the ability to develop carbon reduction strategies in real time. (New York – Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, has launched Beacon, an innovative embodied carbon measurement tool poised to change the way structural engineers understand and manage embodied carbon optimization. The tool – first-of-its-kind – gives users the ability to measure embodied carbon, allowing for more informed decisions throughout the design process. Beaco...
UMC Celebrates Its Centennial Anniversary in 2020
Seattle/Mukilteo - UMC begins its 100th year of providing mechanical design and construction, facilities service and maintenance, energy services, building automation and fabrication/manufacturing throughout the Puget Sound region and beyond. Since its 1920 founding in Seattle, UMC has been dedicated to serving clients and owners by navigating the inherent complexity of building systems to take worry and angst off clients’ minds and help them create comfortable, productive, energy-efficient and...
Western Specialty Contractors Completes Metal Roofing, Siding Façade on New Kansas City Campus for Animal Care Facility
St. Louis, MO- The Western Specialty Contractors - Kansas City Roofing and Sheet Metal Branch recently completed installation of metal roofing and siding on the new $26 million Kansas City Campus for Animal Care facility – home to KC Pet Project, one of the Top 5 no-kill, open admission animal shelters in the U.S. Located at the corner of Elmwood and Gregory streets in Swope Park, the 54,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art animal campus opened to the public on Jan. 1, 2020 and includes a full-s...
A Decade Later, Inspection Shows Eight Mile Road’s FRP Bridge Deck and Beam System In “Like New” Condition
DAYTON, Ohio - Composite Advantage engineers recently inspected Hamilton County, Ohio’s Eight Mile Road Bridge to see how its fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) deck was holding up after more than a decade of vehicle traffic. The span was the first bridge in the U.S. to receive Composite Advantage’s FiberSPAN prefabricated, drop-in-place system with FRP tee-stiffened panels. Installation for the 22 ft.-long, 62 ft.-wide two-lane crossing took one day. Eight Mile’s specifications called for L/800...
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