Brown and Caldwell Begins Work on the Allen-McColloch Pipeline Rehabilitation for Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Aug. 06, 2019 — Brown and Caldwell, a leading environmental engineering and construction firm, was selected by Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metropolitan) to provide engineering design services for rehabilitation of the prestressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP) portion of the Allen-McColloch Pipeline. Metropolitan is a regional wholesaler that provides water to 26 member public agencies that, along with their retail providers, serve 19 million peopl...
Architecture Reference for Cooperative and Intelligent Transportation
The Architecture Reference for Cooperative and Intelligent Transportation (ARC-IT) provides a common framework for planning, defining, and integrating intelligent transportation systems. It is a mature product that reflects the contributions of a broad cross-section of the ITS community (transportation practitioners, systems engineers, system developers, technology specialists, consultants, etc.). ARC-IT is a reference architecture: it provides common basis for planners and engineers with dif...
ACI 318-19 Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete Now Available
New edition of popular American Concrete Institute resource now in full color FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The American Concrete Institute announces that ACI 318-19 Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete is now available in print and digital formats. Now with full-color illustrations to improve clarity, ACI 318-19 includes major technical changes in higher reinforcing steel yield strengths; the addition of shotcrete and deep foundation provisions; seismic requirements for deep f...
Schapker Tapped as ARTBA Vice President of Legislative Affairs
WASHINGTON) - The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) announced the hiring of Lauren Schapker as vice president of legislative affairs, a newly created position. She brings to the association nearly 15 years of experience on infrastructure policy issues. As one of ARTBA’s primary advocates on Capitol Hill, Schapker will work with legislators and their staffs to boost federal transportation investment, secure a permanent Highway Trust Fund revenue solution and advance...
FAA Awards Another Round of Airport Infrastructure Grants
The Federal Aviation Administration awarded $478 million in airport infrastructure grants on July 31 to 232 airports in 43 states, including American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Puerto Rico – monies that come from a total of $3.18 billion allotted to the Airport Improvement Program, which provides grant funding to “selected projects” including runway reconstruction and rehabilitation, construction of firefighting facilities, and the maintenance of taxiways, aprons, and terminals....
FTA Awards $84.9M in ‘Low-No’ Transit Bus Grants
The Federal Transit Administration awarded $84.9 million in grants to 38 projects in 38 states on July 26 via its Low- or No-Emission or “Low-No” program that funds transit bus projects centered around “advanced propulsion” technologies. Eligible projects include the purchase or lease of buses powered by technologies such as hydrogen fuel cells, battery-electric engines, and related infrastructure investments such as charging stations. “Since its establishment, FTA’s Low-No program has fun...
GAO Report Finds Interoperability Issues Plague PTC Deployment
A new report issued by the U.S. Government Accounting Office on July 31 indicates that “vendor and software issues” are currently “major or moderate challenges” for Positive Train Control or PTC technology implementation, with more than half of railroads reporting that “interoperability” is also a “major or moderate challenge” that can be “complicated by software issues and coordinating host and tenant schedules,” among other issues. [Above photo by Amtrak.] “Amtrak, commuter railroads, an...
Ideagen Launch New ‘Modern, Slick and Visually Rich’ Version of Q-Pulse in 25th Anniversary of the Software
The latest iteration of Ideagen’s quality, safety, risk and compliance management software comes with powerful dashboards and an intuitive user experience Ideagen, the governance, risk and compliance (GRC) software provider, has launched a new and improved version of its Q-Pulse application to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the software. The UK-based firm - which has a global presence with sites in the UK, Europe, US, SE Asia and the UAE - unveiled Q-Pulse version 7 today (Monday,...
MANN+HUMMEL Completes Acquisition of Hardy Filtration
Signing of Acquisition - from left to right: Graham MacDonald, Geneviève Hardy, Luc Girard Larger footprint and new center for manufacturing operations in Canada Expansion of the product Portfolio in the Areas of heating, ventilatin and air conditioning (HVAC) Ludwigsburg (Germany) / Quebec (Canada) August 5, 2019 – MANN+HUMMEL today announced it has finalized the acquisition of Hardy Filtration, a Canada-based air filtration company. This will expand the global footprint and...
Donald Nyland Joins HNTB in Austin as Construction Services Leader
AUSTIN, Texas – Donald Nyland, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as construction engineering and inspection services leader, based in the firm’s Austin office. He is responsible for overseeing delivery of construction solutions to clients throughout Central and South Texas and growing the firm’s practice in the region. Nyland has 34 years of industry experience, including 29 years with the Texas Department of Transportation. His project experience in the region includes assisting with construction...
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