FHWA to Redistribute $3.9B in FY 2019 Formula Funds
State departments of transportation will be divvying up more than $3.9 billion in federal highway program funds after receiving authority from the Federal Highway Administration on Aug. 30 to obligate unused fiscal year 2019 money to various infrastructure projects. [Above photo by the Arkansas DOT.] The funding is from what the FHWA calls its “August redistribution,” which is an annual budgeting practice under which the agency shifts federal funding authority out of accounts that are not...
FHWA Disburses $225M in Competitive Highway Bridge Program Grants
The Federal Highway Administration awarded $225 million in Competitive Highway Bridge Program or CHBP grants to 20 state department of transportation projects in 18 states on August 29; grants that only state DOTs could apply for and that fund a variety of bridge projects in rural areas with population densities of less than 100 people per square-mile, based on U.S. Census data. [Above photo by the Missouri DOT.] FHWA noted that those funds must be used for highway bridge replacement or re...
Rice Wins 'Mass Timber' Funding From Feds
Research on mass timber construction by Jesús Vassallo, left, Rice's Gus Wortham Assistant Professor of Architecture, and Albert Pope, the Gus Wortham Professsor of Architecture, encouraged Rice University to consider the technique in plan to update Hanszen College. The university won a U.S. Forest Service grant to facilitate planning and approval of the proposed structure. (Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University) HOUSTON – Rice University has won a share of $1 million in grants by the Depa...
USDOT Announces $225 Million in Grants
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the recipients of $225 million in Competitive Highway Bridge Program (CHBP) grant funding. Awarded to 20 projects in 18 states, the grants will fund a variety of bridge improvements including replacement and rehabilitation. “This $225 million in federal funding will enable 18 states to make vital upgrades to select bridges in rural areas,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao. By law, the funds were rest...
USDOT Announces $4.36 Million Grant to Restore Gulf Coast Passenger Rail Service
BILOXI, MS – U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that DOT’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has awarded $4,360,000 to the Southern Rail Commission to help restore intercity passenger rail service along the Gulf Coast. “This funding will help Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama resume passenger rail service between New Orleans and Mobile to enhance regional economic growth and rural mobility,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Cha...
SimActive Software Used for Gold Mine Mapping
Montreal, Canada, September 3rd, 2019 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, announces that Correlator3D™ is being used for gold mining projects in Ivory Coast by Newcrest Mining Limited. SimActive software is employed to produce dense digital terrain models (DTMs) using small format digital cameras. Newcrest Mining also extracts high-quality contours lines from the DTMs with Correlator3D™. The accuracy of the outputs allows for precise volume calculation an...
Costello Named CFO at DART
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has named Joe Costello to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Costello will be responsible for providing the agency’s strategic and financial planning, budgeting, debt financing, treasury, funds management, revenue administration and collection, grants management, accounting and risk management. An employee since 2014, he came to DART from the Regional Transportation Authority of Northeastern Illinois where he worked as Chief Financial Officer and then Ex...
HLW Appoints New Principal to NYC Office
New York, NY — August 2019 — Global architecture, design and planning firm HLW is pleased to announce the latest addition to its New York team, Julia Belkin. As Principal, Belkin comes to her new role with a strong background in creative visioning, planning and project execution. Her organizational leadership and approach to business development, with specific focus on growing landlord relationships and financial services, will complement HLW’s current initiatives and goals for the future. Belki...
ACI Updates Flatwork Finishing Certification Program Names and Requirements
Updated names include ACI Concrete Flatwork Associate, ACI Concrete Flatwork Finisher, and ACI Advanced Concrete Flatwork Finisher FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The American Concrete Institute (ACI) has updated the names and requirements for its Flatwork Finishing Certification program. ACI Concrete Flatwork Technician has been renamed as ACI Concrete Flatwork Associate; ACI Concrete Flatwork Tradesman has been renamed as ACI Concrete Flatwork Finisher; and ACI Concrete Flatwork Finish...
APAC Will Continue to Lead Global Wind Turbine Market with 33.14GW Capacity by 2023, Says GlobalData
Asia-Pacific (APAC) is expected to lead the wind turbine market with an annual installation capacity of 33.14 gigawatt (GW) by 2023, largely driven by onshore deployment; followed by EMEA and Americas with capacities of 19.9GW and 11.7GW, respectively, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s latest report ‘Wind Turbine, Update 2019 – Global Market Size, Competitive Landscape and Key Country Analysis to 2023’ reveals that the buoyancy in the market is large...
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