NCDOT Provides First Round of State Street-Aid Funding
The North Carolina Department of Transportation began distributing more than $147.5 million in State Street-Aid to Municipalities on September 27, also known as the Powell Bill fund , to 508 cities and towns across the state. [Above photo by the NCDOT.] The agency made an initial allocation of almost $73.8 million and plans a second allocation of the same amount by December 31 this year. “Funding provided through the Powell Bill helps cities and towns pay for needed repai...
National Freight Report Highlights Growing Capacity Challenges
The growth in commercial truck freight could be put at risk by inadequate highway capacity; lack of funding for improving the freight network and a shortage of truck drivers. [Above photo by the Virginia DOT.] That’s according to a new 37-page report issued October 3 by the national transportation research firm TRIP, which projects that freight moved annually in the United States by commercial trucks is expected to increase 91 percent in inflation-adjusted dollar value by 20...
Neste to lead its Renewable Polymers and Chemicals business from its office in Düsseldorf, Germany
Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel and renewable aviation fuel and an expert in delivering drop-in renewable and circular polymers and chemicals solutions, opens a new office in Düsseldorf, Germany, to serve as the global hub for its Renewable Polymers and Chemicals business unit. The business unit provides the plastics and chemicals industries globally with solutions derived from biomass and chemically recycled plastic waste, enabling sustainability-oriented companies to re...
Helsinki invites cities to solve global problems together
Helsinki Impact Conference will this week bring a great number of decision-makers, researchers and urban policy influencers, who take an interest in sustainable city development, to the Music Centre in Helsinki. As host of the Conference, the City of Helsinki wishes to boost inter-city cooperation, which is needed to solve global problems and to tighten the European community. “Cities create opportunities for smooth and good every-day life. They are trendsetters and a platform for the most im...
ESI ThoughtLab study reveals measurable ROI on Smart City investments
Stantec, along with think tank ESI ThoughtLab and a coalition of partners, has unveiled preliminary findings from the 2019 Smart City Research Initiative. The study of 100 worldwide metro centers, co-sponsored by Stantec and other industry leaders, found that most cities are seeing major economic, financial, and social benefits from their investments in smart technologies, but also greater cyber-risks, if digital innovation is not managed properly. According to the study, 38% of cities deploy...
HNTB Corporation has been shaping infrastructure in Houston for 105 years
Firm celebrates 40th anniversary of Houston office opening. HOUSTON, Texas – HNTB Corporation is proud to mark the 40th anniversary of its Houston office opening in 1979, and traces roots in the region dating to 1915. That year, the firm helped build the Bray’s Bayou Bridge. HNTB would go on to help shape Houston’s transportation system through transformative projects such as several Houston Ship Channel crossings, San Luis Pass Toll Bridge, NASA Visitor Center (HVAC system design), nume...
Fluor Joint Venture Breaks Ground on Chicago Transit Authority’s Red and Purple Line Modernization Program
Fluor CEO Carlos Hernandez (center) at Chicago Transit Authority's Red & Purple Line groundbreaking today along with Greg Amparano, senior VP (right) & Dago Beek, project director (left) (Photo: Business Wire) IRVING, Texas & CHICAGO- Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) and its joint venture partner Walsh Construction Company broke ground today on the Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) Red and Purple Line Modernization Phase One Project, the largest capital project in CTA’s history. The proj...
Michael Baker International Names Jake Watson, S.E., Senior Vice President of Federal Operations
Pittsburgh - Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, announced today the promotion of Jake K. Watson, S.E., to Senior Vice President of Federal Operations. In this new position within Michael Baker’s Growth Organization, Mr. Watson will work in conjunction with the firm’s Operations team and its Federal Centers of Excellence – a coast-to-coast network of offices that are characterized by their employees’ deep Federal experience and credentia...
Anna Barry, former Connecticut Department of Transportation deputy commissioner, joins HNTB in Boston
Barry brings extensive executive leadership and program management experience with rail and bus transit as well as infrastructure asset management BOSTON – Anna Barry joined HNTB Corporation as program manager and vice president, based in the firm’s Massachusetts office, located in Boston. She is responsible for leading transportation programs for HNTB’ s clients including the MBTA and MassDOT. “Anna is a highly regarded leader with extensive knowledge of rail and bus transit progr...
Woolpert’s Qassim Abdullah Selected for NOAA’s Hydrographic Services Review Panel
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Woolpert Chief Scientist and Senior Associate Qassim Abdullah, Ph.D., CP, PLS, has been named to a four-year term on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Hydrographic Services Review Panel (HSRP). The HSRP was created to provide NOAA with independent advice on hydrographic operations, research and development, as well as the acquisition and dissemination of data and information pertaining to hydrographic surveying, shoreline surveying, nautical ch...
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