American Concrete Institute Announces ACI 318-19 Building Code Seminars in South America, Central America and Mexico
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (Dec. 16, 2019) – The American Concrete Institute is offering a series of seminars in South America, Central America and Mexico with a focus on the new ACI 318-19, Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and Commentary. “ACI 318-19: Changes to the Concrete Design Standard” seminars will feature face-to-face interaction with highly recognized speakers. The new ACI 318-19 Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete contains some of the most significa...
Subasic To Lead The Masonry Society as 1st Female President
Ms. Christine A. Subasic, consulting architectural engineer in Raleigh, North Carolina became President of The Masonry Society (TMS) following the Society’s November 2019 meetings in Scottsdale, Arizona. Subasic, who has been a Member of TMS for over 25 years, and who has served in numerous leadership roles including Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer, Board Member, Chair of the Sustainability Committee, and Editor of the Society’s Sustainability E-Newsletter, was introduced by TMS Past-Preside...
KAI Build Breaks Ground on Renovation, Addition to Maryland Heights Fire Protection District Headquarters Engine House One
St. Louis, MO - KAI Build broke ground Dec. 10 on a renovation and addition project at the Maryland Heights Fire Protection District Headquarters Engine House One in Maryland Heights, Missouri. The project was made possible by a bond passed by voters for capital purchases to “Build a Safer Community.” Plans for the project include a complete state-of-the-art upgrade of the existing 22-year-old, 18,902-square-foot firehouse located at 2600 Schuetz Road, plus a 2,112-square-foot living quarters...
Polyglass Opens New Liquid Applied Membrane Facility in Phoenix
PHOENIX–Polyglass U.S.A., Inc. has opened a new 62,000-square-foot facility in Phoenix dedicated to manufacturing premium roof coatings and primers. Polyglass, based in Deerfield Beach, Fla., is a leading manufacturer of roofing and waterproofing solutions. The plant features 52,000 square feet of manufacturing and warehousing space, doubling manufacturing capacity and adding automated equipment to improve efficiency and ergonomics. Expanded shipping and receiving facilities; a laboratory w...
San Ysidro Land Port of Entry Celebrates Completion of $741 Million Expansion
SAN YSIDRO, CA - The General Services Administration's (GSA) San Ysidro Land Port of Entry (LPOE) — the busiest land border crossing in the Western Hemisphere — celebrated the official completion of a $741 million, three-phase expansion project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on December 17, 2019. The LPOE currently processes an average of 70,000 northbound vehicle passengers and 20,000 northbound pedestrians per day. The San Ysidro LPOE expansion project, directed by the GSA with U.S. Customs a...
Engineered Solutions: The Case for 3D Geotechnical Analysis
By Dr. Murray Fredlund, strategic advisor, Geotechnical, Bentley Systems Sponsored by: There are ongoing discussions in the geotechnical community about the need to perform 3D analysis. The questions raised relate to the results achieved when performing a 3D analysis vs. the results of a traditional 2D analysis. While the industry has largely embraced the 2D approach as an accepted method of practice, important questions still need to be answered, including the following: Is ther...
Stantec-led team selected for $300 Million traffic and community enhancements project in Baton Rouge
Edmonton, AB; New York, NY; Baton Rouge, LA (December 17, 2019) TSX, NYSE: STN: The City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has selected a Stantec-led team to oversee comprehensive traffic improvements and community enhancements as part of the city’s MOVEBR program, a dual-phase effort to revitalize infrastructure and enhance mobility in East Baton Rouge Parish. The Stantec team’s scope of work on this project, with a construction cost of $312.6 million, will focus on relieving traffic congestion, enhanc...
Award-Winning Future City Competition Announces Theme for 2019-20: Clean Water: Tap Into Tomorrow
We turn on the faucet and clean water flows. Most of us don’t give it much thought. But for civil engineers, urban planners, developers, and other professionals, maintaining a reliable water supply takes expertise, planning and constant vigilance. A water-resilient city must be prepared to address a wide range of risks, including drought, flooding, population change, natural and manmade disasters and economic recession. With this pressing issue top of mind, the Future City Competition, now in...
Woolpert Contracted to Map and Survey Mines Via UAS
DAYTON, Ohio (Dec. 17, 2019) — Woolpert has been selected to perform aerial mapping and surveying via manned aircraft and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for two global mining operations under two separate contracts. The imagery is being collected to assist in volumetric calculations, provide digital terrain information for autonomous hauling trucks, enable change detection analysis and validate the locations of drill holes for blasting, while providing a safer, more frequent and accurate acc...
PMC Launches New Website
The New PPGPMC.com PPG Protective and Marine Coatings is proud to announce the launch of their new website at PPGPMC.com. With a new look and new features, their website was made to make searching for products and documents as easy as point, click, found. Key features include: • One-click to find the products and documents you need • Robust, predictive search • Cleaner, simpler navigation • Easily find distributors and stores globally based on zip code • View products for your specific market •...
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