ASCE Signs Landmark Agreement on Sustainable Development
Knowledge of sustainable development should be a key requirement for engineers, according to a joint statement of intent signed today by ASCE, the British-based Institution of Civil Engineers, and the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering. The statement was issued as part of the Global Engineering Congress, hosted in London by ICE and the World Federation of Engineering Organizations in London. More than 2,000 engineers – including several ASCE leaders – from more than 70 countries have ga...
Thornton Tomasetti’s Tanya de Hoog Receives University of Wollongong Alumni Award for Professional Excellence
(New York, New York ) – Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that Principal Tanya de Hoog, CEng, FIStrutE, MIEAust, co-founding director of the firm’s London office, has received the Alumni Award for Professional Excellence from University of Wollongong (UOW) in New South Wales, Australia. The award was presented at the university’s Fellowship and Alumni Awards dinner on October 11. The UOW Alumni Award for Professional Excellence recognizes outstanding form...
Georgia Moves 630K Cars, Trucks and Tractors in FY18
Savannah, Ga. - October 25, 2018 - At the Brunswick State of the Port today, Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) Executive Director Griff Lynch detailed Fiscal Year 2018 successes, including 630,000 units of cars, trucks and tractors handled through Georgia terminals. "The Port of Brunswick achieved a solid performance across all cargo categories over the last fiscal year," Lynch said. "As GPA adds new terminal space, we will expand our service area in the Southeast and beyond." During...
Gas Pos Establishes Arkansas Headquarters, Creates 30 Jobs
Little Rock, Arkansas – Gas Pos, a new technology platform for the fuel business, announced today that it has relocated its headquarters to North Little Rock, Ark. from Birmingham, Ala. Gas Pos is a graduate of the 2018 Venture Center FinTech Accelerator Powered by FIS. “Metro Little Rock is an ideal technology hub due to its revitalized and growing downtown areas, access to tech talent, convenient transportation options, and, most importantly to the programs that Governor Asa Hutchinson, May...
Comprehensive Bridge Reconstruction Design Project in Washington Opens to Traffic
Rimrock, WA - On October 22, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) celebrated the opening of the newly replaced Wildcat Creek Bridge on US 12 east of White Pass, Washington, with a grand opening event attended by local and state officials and dignitaries. Stantec, a global engineering and consulting firm, led the design of the comprehensive bridge replacement project of Wildcat Creek Bridge for WSDOT in collaboration with Graham Contracting. The previous 150-foot bridge cross...
Ronald D. Ziemian Wins 2019 T.R. Higgins Award
(Chicago, IL) - The 2019 winner of the $15,000 AISC T.R. Higgins Award is Ronald D. Ziemian, a professor at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa. Ziemian is recognized worldwide for his expertise in structural stability and his uncanny ability to take an incredibly complex topic and make it understandable to everyone from undergraduates to experienced structural engineers. Get an inside look at his life and career in the May 2016 Steel Profiles podcast episode at www.aisc.org/podcasts, in which he...
Trump Signs Legislation Clearing Way for Long-sought Soo Lock Improvements
Legislation expected to lead to long-sought improvements and upgrades to the Soo Locks complex in Sault Ste. Marie, considered a vital linchpin to Michigan, the nation’s economy and national security, was signed into law by President Trump on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, following approval in the U.S. Senate. According to MFB National Legislative Counsel John Kran, the Senate approved S. 3021, America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (WRDA 2018) by a 99-1 vote on Oct. 10, 2018. The U.S. House ov...
China’s Solar Subsidy Cuts will Help US Developers to Revive Projects and Jobs, says GlobalData
The move by China in May this year to slash subsidies for domestic utility-scale solar projects will ultimately benefit developers in the US who rely on imported solar panels to revive projects and jobs, says GlobalData, leading data and analytics company. Solar power developers in the US have been struggling since early 2018 due to two separate policy decisions announced in the US and China. In January 2018, the US government imposed tariffs of 30% on imports of solar products to safeguard t...
Water Well Trust Receives USDA Grant for Arkansas Water Well Projects
WASHINGTON - The Water Well Trust, a national nonprofit helping Americans get access to a clean, safe water supply, has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Household Water Well Systems program for a project to increase potable water availability to rural households in Arkansas. The USDA grant and matching funds from the Water Systems Council will be used to fund Water Well Trust projects in 12 Arkansas counties, including Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Jefferson, Mad...
As Natural Disasters Increase Worldwide, Local Social Networks May be the Key to Preparedness, Says New Study Released Today
San Francisco, SOCAP - A new study released today found that being connected to your neighbors via a trusted social network during a natural disaster can save lives, decrease chances of injury and reduce economic loss. Can Mobile Phones Improve Disaster Preparedness? was independently conducted by the Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance (CIPG) in Indonesia and released today at the Social Capital Markets (SOCAP) conference by Atma Connect, a San Francisco-based tec...
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