KAI Build Selected General Contractor for Half-Acre Urban Park in St. Louis City’s Historic Laclede’s Landing District
(St. Louis, MO) The Great Rivers Greenway has selected KAI Build as the general contractor for The Katherine Ward Burg Garden project, the first step in a plan to redevelop the St. Louis City Riverfront in historic Laclede’s Landing. Great Rivers Greenway is a public agency dedicated to making the St. Louis region a more vibrant place to live, work and play by developing a regional network of greenways and parks. The urban park, planned for a half-acre vacant lot adjacent to historic Eads Bri...
Renewables 'Eliminate' Base Load Reliance in South Australia
Picture: Nathan Rodriguez. An Australian state once ridiculed for its reliance on renewable energy sources is being used as a global example of how traditional “base load” generation can be eliminated from the electricity supply system. South Australia already leads the nation in the uptake of wind energy and roof-top solar with renewable sources accounting for more than 50 per cent of the electricity generated in the state. This followed the closure of the state’s last coal-fired...
Asia-Pacific power plant tenders activity down 17% in July 2019
T&D Project stood at first place when compared with other power tender categories in the Asia-Pacific region in July 2019 with 300 tenders and a 48% share, followed by T&D Equipment with 126 tenders and a 20.2% share and Generation Equipment with 99 tenders and a 15.8% share during the month. The proportion of tenders by category tracked by GlobalData in the month was as follows: Project Implementation: 75 tenders and an 89.3% share Repair, Maintenance, Upgrade & Others: six tender...
New Rider Data Shows How Public Transit Reduces Greenhouse Gas and Pollutant Emissions
Public transit has long been an answer for people looking to leave their car at home and reduce their air pollution emissions. But now, with better rider tracking tools, the University of Utah and the Utah Transit Authority can better answer the question: How much does public transit reduce pollution emissions? In a paper published in Environmental Research Communications, University of Utah researchers Daniel Mendoza, Martin Buchert and John Lin used tap-on tap-off rider data to quantify the...
Newsweek Honors Vectorworks, Inc. with Inaugural Award
Columbia, MD (August 28, 2019)—Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. was named to Newsweek’s inaugural list of the “Best Business Tools 2019.” Among the 54 categories, Vectorworks and its award-winning Vectorworks Architect software appeared within the Production & Warehouse Management category. The following parameters were taken into consideration for this award: Willingness to recommend the brand to work colleagues Trustworthiness Reliability Fulfil...
FRA Providing $272M in Grants to 10 Rail Projects
The Federal Railroad Administration is disbursing more than $272 million in grant funding to 10 rail projects in 10 states through its Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair or SOGR program to help to repair and rehabilitate railroad infrastructure around the country. [Above photo from the Rhode Island Department of Transportation.] “This funding will make a significant contribution to freight and passenger rail-related capital projects in our communities, help our nation’s rai...
FEMA Gives Florida DOT $1.12M for Hurricane Cleanup
The Federal Emergency Management Agency issued more $1.12 million via its public assistance program to the Florida Department of Transportation on August 13 to cover the costs of collecting and disposing of debris left that clogged public rights-of-way in the wake of Hurricane Irma nearly two years ago. [Above photo from the Florida DOT.] Between October 18 and Dec. 16, 2018, the Florida DOT and its contractors gathered, hauled away and/or disposed of 34,778 cubic yards of vegetative debri...
Transportation Awards Given to Seven Southern State DOTs
Seven southern state departments of transportation won regional awards for 10 transportation projects on August 20 from the Southern Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. [Left to right above: Carlos Braceras, AASHTO’s 2018-2019 president; Kevin Thibault, secretary of the Florida DOT; and Jim Tymon, AASHTO’s executive director.] This is the last of four regional America’s Transportation Awards competitions. The three highest-scoring projects from each regional competit...
New Regional State DOT Association Leaders Elected
Four regional state department of transportation associations elected new leaders for 2019-2020: Mark Lowe (top left in above photo), director of the Iowa DOT, and Craig Thompson, secretary of the Wisconsin DOT, will serve as president and vice president, respectively, of the Mid America Association of Transportation Officials. Victoria Sheehan (bottom left in above photo), commissioner of the New Hampshire DOT, and Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, commissioner of the New Jersey DOT, will s...
National League of Cities Report Backs Congestion Pricing
A new 24-page report issued by the National League of Cities on August 7 recommends congestion pricing as a key tool for “solving the growing infrastructure crisis in American cities, towns, and villages.” [Above photo by the New York City Department of Transportation.] The report – entitled “Making Space: Congestion Charging in Cities” – encourages cities and other localities to consider congestion charging systems as a “potentially economical solution” to “build thriving c...
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