The Wild Releases Video Support and Sketch Annotation Tool
Portland, OR – Today, The Wild announced two new features for their cloud-based immersive collaboration platform. The Wild enables architecture and design teams to experience design together, in real time, from anywhere in the world. Now, these teams can ideate and collaborate on spatial design even more effectively with two new features—video support and a sketching tool for use in The Wild’s VR/AR platform. Customers use The Wild to view and evaluate their existing designs, imported from S...
Federal Transit Administration Announces $15 Million Funding Opportunity for Innovative Mobility Projects in Public Transportation
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the opportunity to apply for $15 million in research funds through the new Integrated Mobility Innovation (IMI) Demonstration program. This program will support innovations in public transportation service models, payment systems, and automation applications to improve mobility for all Americans. “FTA is committed to advancing U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao’s strategic goal...
In New Bipartisan Letter, Committee Leaders Urge Congressional Leaders to Address Key Infrastructure Priorities in Budget Talks
Washington, DC- Yesterday, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO); Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Chair Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL); and Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Chair Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) and Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy requesting two Committee-related priori...
Prostar Capital To Acquire Saint Eustatius Terminal From Nustar Energy L.P. For $250 Million
GREENWICH, CT, May 10, 2019 – Prostar Capital (“Prostar”), a private investment firm focused on midstream energy infrastructure assets, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of an oil storage terminal facility on Saint Eustatius from NuStar Energy L.P. (NYSE: NS). The purchase price is approximately $250 million, subject to customary closing conditions and adjustments, and the transaction is expected to close by the end of the second quarter of 2019. T...
Woolpert Receives SAME Award for Leadership, Mentorship
The firm was honored to accept the 2019 Seymour S. Greenfield Sustaining Member Award at the Society of American Military Engineers’ annual conference Thursday night. TAMPA, Fla. (May 10, 2019) — The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) presented Woolpert with the 2019 Seymour S. Greenfield Sustaining Member Award on Thursday night. The national award was presented at the Society Ball and Awards Gala that concluded the 2019 Joint Engineer Training Conference & Expo (JETC). Th...
Wood Wins $1 Billion UK Nuclear Design and Engineering Contract
Wood has secured a new contract worth up to $1 billion to provide engineering design services to Sellafield Ltd over the next 20 years. The company has been selected as Design and Engineering Partner at the UK’s most complex nuclear site as part of the new Programme and Project Partners (PPP) procurement model. Sellafield Ltd has described PPP as a ‘game changer’ for the supply chain, creating long-term relationships with selected partners, developing closer working practices, and deliveri...
Seaboard Marine Launches New Savannah-Central America Route
SAVANNAH, Ga. - The Port of Savannah welcomed its first Seaboard Marine vessel Wednesday. The new shipping line customer supports Savannah's cold chain logistics system with one new service to Central America, and a second to Latin America and the Caribbean. "In addition to serving Georgia's poultry growers, Seaboard is tapping into an expanding market for fresh produce imports via Garden City Terminal," said Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch. "This is further proof that...
Profile Products Opens New Fiber Plant in Conover, North Carolina
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. — Profile Products recently completed its state-of-the-art wood fiber processing plant in Conover, North Carolina as part of a five-phase expansion project that will include more infrastructure for creating new fiber technologies. The investment provides significant capacity to support growth for the foreseeable future. In addition to the new plant, the project features state-of-the-art greenhouses that have more than tripled the previous space. These greenhouses will be...
Pickard Chilton Selected to Master Plan and Design Transformative Urban Development in Stuttgart, Germany
New Haven-based architecture firm furthers international presence through design of sustainable, high-quality, and future-oriented urban development (New Haven, Conn. ) – Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and cutting-edge design of corporate headquarters and campuses, announced that it was selected by global real estate firm Hines to master plan and design an urban development at Plieninger Straße 140 in Stuttgart, Germany. The firm w...
ITT Enidine Redefines Shock Absorber Industry with Sentinel™ 1
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. – ITT Inc. (NYSE: ITT) and its Enidine brand is redefining the shock absorber industry with Sentinel™ 1, ITT Enidine’s first-generation on-board monitoring system. “Sentinel™ 1’s new patent-pending design is the first of its kind in the shock absorber industry,” said Farrokh Batliwala, Senior Vice President and President, Connect and Control Technologies, ITT Inc. “By incorporating microelectronic solutions with Enidine’s robust heavy-duty shock absorber technology, Senti...